TY - JOUR A1 - Okkenhaug, G. A1 - Gebhardt, K.-A. G. A1 - Amstaetter, K. A1 - Bue, H. L. A1 - Herzel, Hannes A1 - Mariussen, E. A1 - Almås, Å. R. A1 - Cornelissen, G. A1 - Breedveld, G. D. A1 - Rasmussen, G. A1 - Mulder, J. T1 - Antimony (Sb) and lead (Pb) in contaminated shooting range soils: Sb and Pb mobility and immobilization by iron based sorbents, a field study JF - Journal of Hazardous Materials N2 - Small-arm shooting ranges often receive a significant input of lead (Pb), copper (Cu) and antimony (Sb) from ammunition. The goal of the present study was to investigate the mobility, distribution and speciation of Pb and Sb pollution under field conditions in both untreated and sorbent-amended shooting range soil. Elevated Sb (19–349 μg L⁻¹) and Pb (7–1495 μg Pb L⁻¹) concentrations in the porewater of untreated soil over the four-year test period indicated a long-term Sb and Pb source to the adjacent environment in the absence of remedial measures. Mixing ferric oxyhydroxide powder (CFH-12) (2%) together with limestone (1%) into the soil resulted in an average decrease of Sb and Pb porewater concentrations of 66% and 97%, respectively. A similar reduction was achieved by adding 2% zerovalent iron (Fe°) to the soil. The remediation effect was stable over the four-year experimental period indicating no remobilization. Water- and 1 M NH₄NO₃-extractable levels of Sb and Pb in field soil samples indicated significant immobilization by both treatments (89–90% for Sb and 89–99% for Pb). Results from sequential extraction analysis indicate fixation of Sb and Pb in less accessible fractions like amorphous iron oxides or even more crystalline and residual mineral phases, respectively. This work shows that amendment with Fe-based sorbents can be an effective method to reduce the mobility of metals both in cationic and anionic form in polluted shooting range soil. KW - Shooting range soil KW - Antimony KW - Lead KW - Soil amendment KW - Porewater KW - Field test PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.01.005 SN - 0304-3894 VL - 307 SP - 336 EP - 343 PB - Elsevier Science CY - Amsterdam, Netherlands AN - OPUS4-36109 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Fasano, A. A1 - Woyessa, G. A1 - Stajanca, Pavol A1 - Markos, C. A1 - Stefani, A. A1 - Nielsen, K. A1 - Rasmussen, H. K. A1 - Krebber, Katerina A1 - Bang, O. T1 - Production and characterization of polycarbonate microstructured polymer optical fiber bragg grating sensor T2 - POF 2015 - 24th International conference on plastic optical fibers (Proceedings) N2 - We present the fabrication and characterization of a polycarbonate (PC) microstructured polymer optical fiber (mPOF) and the writing of a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) in it to obtain a polymer optical FBG sen-sor. The manufacturing process of the PC mPOF consists of multiple consecutive stages, such as casting of pol-ymer granulates into a solid rod, machining and drilling of a 3-ring hexagonal lattice of holes into it, and finally drawing into fiber. We demonstrate that the obtained PC mPOF is photosensitive and FBGs can be conveniently inscribed into it, thereby enabling FBG-based temperature and strain sensing. The PC optical fibers are for some applications an attractive alternative to conventional materials used in POF fabrication, such as polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA). In general, PC can be used at temperature up to 120 °C and breaks at considerably higher strains than PMMA. T2 - POF 2015 - 24th International conference on plastic optical fibers CY - Nürnberg, Germany DA - 22.09.2015 PY - 2015 SP - 64 EP - 67 AN - OPUS4-34587 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Bleeker, E. A1 - Visser, M. A1 - Groenewold, M. A1 - Blab, G. A1 - Brouwer, D. A1 - Sultan, Y. A1 - Gagnon, C. A1 - Wilkinson, K. A1 - Doa, M. A1 - Boyes, W. A1 - Kiyota, Y. A1 - Yanase, K. A1 - Holmqvist, J. A1 - Rasmussen, K. A1 - Sumrein, A. A1 - Clancy, S. A1 - Brown, S. A1 - Carlander, D. A1 - Murphy, L. A1 - Bresch, Harald A1 - Hund-Rinke, K. A1 - Igarashi, T. A1 - Riego-Sintes, J. A1 - Tentschert, J. T1 - Physical-chemical properties of nanomaterials: Evaluation of methods applied in the OECD-WPMN Testing Programme T2 - Series on the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials N2 - The Sponsorship Programme for the Testing of Manufactured Nanomaterials (further referred to as “the Testing Programme”) was concluded in March 2013, and the publication of the dossiers via the OECD website (www.oecd.org/science/nanosafety) started in June 2015. As indicated in the “Guidance manual for the testing of manufactured nanomaterials: OECD’s sponsorship programme”, after conclusion of the Testing Programme a next step is to consider “the status, need for, and coordination of further test development”. Parallel to concluding the final stages of the Testing Programme, a series of workshops have taken place, in which for different topics the applicability of existing OECD test guidelines for nanomaterials was discussed and the need for new ones analysed. One workshop focussed on physico-chemical methods, addressing in detail the relevance of each physico-chemical endpoint proposed in the Testing Programme for the regulation of nanomaterials. The methods were discussed in more general terms. However, as most of the proposed endpoints are new to the OECD Test Guidelines Programme, a much more detailed evaluation of the applied methods would be highly relevant. To this extent,the Netherlands volunteered to lead an initial detailed evaluation of the applicability of the test methods applied to determine the physico-chemical properties of different types of nanomaterials in the Testing Programme. This initial focus on physico-chemical properties was prompted by the essential need for an adequate and complete characterisation of nanomaterials to enable a further evaluation of their (toxicological) properties. A number of experts from several delegations volunteered to review and evaluate the methods applied to determine the physico-chemical properties of the nanomaterials in the Testing Programme. KW - Nanomaterialien KW - Nano KW - Nanopartikel KW - Charakterisierung KW - OECD KW - Nanomaterials PY - 2016 UR - http://www.oecd.org/env/ehs/nanosafety/publications-series-safety-manufactured-nanomaterials.htm IS - 65 SP - 1 EP - 43 CY - Paris AN - OPUS4-38495 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fasano, A. A1 - Woyessa, G. A1 - Stajanca, Pavol A1 - Markos, C. A1 - Stefani, A. A1 - Nielsen, K. A1 - Rasmussen, H. K. A1 - Krebber, Katerina A1 - Bang, O. T1 - Fabrication and characterization of polycarbonate microstructured polymer optical fibers for high-temperature-resistant fiber Bragg grating strain sensors JF - Optical Materials Express N2 - Here we present the fabrication of a solid-core microstructured polymer optical fiber (mPOF) made of polycarbonate (PC), and report the first experimental demonstration of a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) written in a PC optical fiber. The PC used in this work has a glass transition temperature of 145°C. We also characterize the mPOF optically and mechanically, and further test the sensitivity of the PC FBG to strain and temperature. We demonstrate that the PC FBG can bear temperatures as high as 125°C without malfunctioning. In contrast, polymethyl methacrylate-based FBG technology is generally limited to temperatures below 90°C. KW - Fiber optics sensors KW - Fiber Bragg gratings KW - Microstructured fibers KW - Fiber characterization KW - Polymers PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-355591 DO - https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.6.000649 SN - 2159-3930 VL - 6 IS - 2 SP - 649 EP - 659 PB - OSA Publishig AN - OPUS4-35559 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Fasano, A. A1 - Woyessa, G. A1 - Stajanca, Pavol A1 - Markos, C. A1 - Stefani, A. A1 - Nielsen, K. A1 - Rasmussen, H. K. A1 - Krebber, Katerina A1 - Bang, O. ED - Kalli, K. ED - Mendez, A. T1 - Creation of a microstructured polymer optical fiber with UV Bragg grating inscription for the detection of extensions at temperatures up to 125°C T2 - Proc. of SPIE N2 - We describe the fabrication of a polycarbonate (PC) micro-structured polymer optical fiber (mPOF) and the writing of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) in it to enable strain and temperature measurements. We demonstrate the photosensitivity of a dopant-free PC fiber by grating inscription using a UV laser. We further show that PC Bragg gratings can be extended up to at least 3% without affecting the initial functionality of the micro-structured fiber. The response of PC FBGs to temperature up to 125°C is also investigated. Polycarbonate has good mechanical properties and its high temperatureresistance might extend the range of application of polymeric FBGs. T2 - Photonics Europe 2016, Micro-Structured and Specialty Optical Fibres IV CY - Brussels, Belgium DA - 03.04.2016 KW - fiber Bragg gratings KW - Polycarbonate KW - polymers KW - micro-structured polymer optical fibers KW - UV laser inscription KW - optical fiber sensors PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2227843 VL - 9886 SP - 988619-1 EP - 988619-6 PB - SPIE AN - OPUS4-35928 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rasmussen, H. K. A1 - Fasano, A. A1 - Stajanca, Pavol A1 - Woyessa, G. A1 - Schukar, Marcus A1 - Bang, O. T1 - Mechanical characterization of drawn Zeonex, Topas, polycarbonate and PMMA microstructured polymer optical fibres JF - Optical materials express N2 - The mechanical stress-strain behaviour of polymer optical fibres (POFs) drawn from various materials was measured, both before and after temperature annealing of the POFs. The POFs were drawn from PMMA (GEHR), Zeonex (480R), PC (Makrolon LED2245) and two different grades of Topas (8007S-04 and 5013S-04). With fibre drawing stresses at or above the elastic (uniaxial extensional) plateau modulus, the polymer chains in the POFs have a high degree of alignment, which has a large impact on fibre mechanical behaviour. The testing was performed at straining rates ranging from 0.011%/s, to 1.1%/s for the un-annealed fibres and a straining rate of 1.1%/s for the annealed ones. The elastic modulus of the tested POFs showed no sensitivity toward variation of straining rate. In the case of Topas 5013S-04 and PMMA, the producer-reported values are the same as the one obtained here for the POFs both before and after annealing. The drawn POFs made of Zeonex, PC, and Topas 8007S-04 exhibit larger elastic modulus than the respective materials in the bulk form. The elastic modulus of these fibres is reduced upon annealing by 10-15%, but still remains above the producer-reported values for the bulk polymers. In the nonlinear elastic region, only the PC POF is statistically unaffected by the changes in the straining rate, while Topas 8007S-04 POF shows insensitivity to the straining rate until 3% strain. All other changes affect the stress-strain curves. The annealing flattens all stress-strain curves, making the fibres more sensitive to yield. KW - Polymer optical fibres KW - Mechanical characterization KW - Stree-strain curve KW - PMMA KW - Topas KW - Polycarbonate KW - Zeonex PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-464163 DO - https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.8.003600 SN - 2159-3930 VL - 8 IS - 11 SP - 3600 EP - 3614 PB - Optical Society of America CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-46416 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -