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Assessment of existing steel structures - Recommendations for estimation of remaining fatigue life
(2008)
The content of chromium in different oxidation states in chromium-treated wood was studied with XANES (X-ray absorption near-edge structure) measurements at the Cr K absorption edge. It could be shown that wood samples treated with Cr(VI) (pine and beech) did still contain a measurable content of Cr(VI) after four weeks conditioning. If such wood samples were heat exposed for 2 h with 135 °C prior conditioning, Cr(VI) was no longer detected by XANES, indicating a complete reduction to chromium (III).
A set of compound refractive lenses (CRLs), mounted on a silicon wafer, was obtained from the Institut für Mikrostrukturtechnik Karlsruhe. The CRLs were characterized at the BAMline at the synchrotron BESSYII in Berlin. It could be demonstrated that beam diameters below 1 µm can be obtained. The beam size accepted by the lenses is (140 × 140) µm2, thus the intensity gain in the micrometer spot, including absorption, is about 15,000. It is possible to switch between different beam energies within a few minutes. First results of scans and the application of the lenses for MicroXANES (X-ray absorption near-edge structure) measurements are presented in this paper. Also, the possibility of MicroEXAFS (extended X-ray absorption fine structure) measurements is discussed.
In many areas of material sciences, hydrogen analysis is of particular importance. For example, hydrogen is most abundant as impurity in thin film materials depending on the deposition process and has great influence on the chemical, physical and electrical properties of many materials. Existing bulk reference materials (RMs) are not suited for surface sensitive analytical methods like elastic recoil detection analysis (ERDA) or nuclear reaction analysis (NRA). To overcome this serious lack of (certified) thin-layer reference materials for the determination of hydrogen in the near-surface region (12 µm depth), we produced stable, homogeneous amorphous silicon layers on Si-wafers (aSi:HSi) by means of chemical vapour deposition (CVD), while about 10% of hydrogen was incorporated in the Si-layer. Homogeneity and stability were proved by NRA whereas traceability of reference values has been assured by an international interlaboratory comparison.
Dynamics of nearly single cyanobiphenyl and cyanophenylbenzoate molecules adsorbed onto aerosil
(2008)
The Dead Sea Scrolls belong to the most important cultural assets of mankind. Their long term preservation and study is a challenge that demands an interdisciplinary approach. As early as the 1950s natural scientists assisted the scholars in studying the scrolls. It was at this time that the first extensive study of the scroll material took place. It was found that most fragments were written not on leather but on parchment. In addition, a method for determining the age of the parchment was developed which is still of value today. In the 1990s the AMS-C14 method confirmed the palaeographic determination of the age of the manuscripts. The use of carbon ink throughout the scrolls is also consistent with the known scribal practices of that time. There are, however, manuscripts, and among them the famous Genesis Apocryphon Scroll, which exhibit ink corrosion, normally associated with iron-gall inks.
Today, 60 years after their discovery, a community of scientists from the Jewish National and University Library (JNUL), the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin), the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) and Fritz-Haber-Institute of the MPG (FHI) set out to scientifically investigate the finds of Qumran using the most modern methods. The results of the study will be used to determine the provenance of the texts as well as to contribute to their long-term preservation. A considerable part of the non-destructive investigation is taking place in the Berlin State Library and at the Berliner Elektronenspeicherring-Gesellschaft für Synchrotronstrahlung , BESSY II.
Preliminary investigations, performed at the BAM on some fragments, were used to evaluate the extent to which X-ray analytical methods can provide information regarding the geographical origin of the fragments and match the individual pieces. The interpretation of the measurement results is made more difficult by age and storage of the objects. It is believed that ageing processes as well as conservation methods have altered the samples in addition to the changes caused by environmental influences.
In collaboration with the TU Berlin, the samples from the parchments found in the caves near Qumran were tested by means of three-dimensional synchrotron based X-ray fluorescence analysis (3D-SyXRF). The aim of this non-destructive investigation was the identification of the inorganic material used in the manufacture of the parchments.
The XRF experiments are supported by the non-destructive analysis by means of synchrotron based infrared spectroscopy (SyFTIR) in collaboration with BESSY II as well as optical and electron microscopy in collaboration with Fritz-Haber-Institute (FHI).
Application of an IR laser ablation system and comparison to spark and glow discharge methods
(2008)
3D Micro X-ray fluorescence analysis was used for the investigation of reverse-glass paintings. The material-specific combination used in reverse-glass paintings leads to damage phenomena reinforced by glass corrosion. To elucidate the mechanism of corrosion processes taking place in the glass object depth profiles of mobile elements are of interest. In order to obtain elemental depth profiles of such kind of fragile objects the method of choice should be non-destructive. Our first results demonstrate the usefulness of the 3D Micro-XRF measurements for this kind of investigations. The assumption that certain binding media may initiate corrosion processes beginning at the interface glass/binding material could be confirmed.
Within the framework of a German government project (initiated by the Federal Environment Agency) to check the compliance of commercially available batteries with the German Battery Ordinance concerning their heavy metal contents, 18 different types of commercially available zinc-air button cells were analysed for their cadmium, lead and mercury contents. After microwave assisted dissolution with aqua regia, Cd and Pb were determined using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), and Hg was determined using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP OES) and atomic absorption spectrometry. Cd contents were found to be much lower than the permitted limits; Pb contents were also found to be below the limits. Hg contents were found to be near the limits, and in one case the limit was exceeded.
Casks for the transport and storage of heat generating radioactive waste in Germany are normally provided with screwed lid systems, which are in most cases equipped with double jacket metal seals with an inner spring wire to provide long term resistance to the seal compression force. Preservation of the high sealing quality of those seals under operational and accidental stress conditions is essentially important to the safety of those casks. Relative displacements of the lid system surfaces caused by specific impact scenarios cannot be excluded and have to be evaluated with respect to a possible increase in the leakage rate.
To get representative data for such metal sealed lid systems, BAM has developed a special conceptualised flange system placed in an appropriate testing machine for relevant mechanical loading of the metal seals under static and cyclic conditions. Furthermore, the flange system enables continuous measurement of the standard helium leakage rate during each test.
The primary aim of the investigation is to identify the correlation between variation of installation conditions (axial displacements) caused by external loads and the standard helium leakage rate. An essential parameter in this case is the useable resilience ru of a metal seal under relevant stress conditions. The useable resilience ru is the vertical difference in the cross-section between the seal's assembling status and the point where the leakage rate, by means of external load relieving, exceeds the quality criterion of 10-8 Pa m3 s-1. Load relieving can instantly occur due to modification of the seal groove dimension caused by accident impacts and deformation of the lid system. Furthermore, component specific basis data for the development of finite element calculation models should be collected. In the tests, seals are subjected to static and cyclic loads. All tests are performed at ambient temperature.
This paper presents the test configuration, different test series and results of the current experiments. Typical load-displacement-leakage rate correlations are presented and discussed.
Hohlkathode in Kombination mit einer Grimmschen Glimmentladung zur Spurenanalyse von Reinstmetallen
(2008)
Energy dispersive and wavelength dispersive X-ray spectrometry are used to determine the composition of a specimen in a scanning electron microscope (SEM) by electron probe microanalysis (EPMA). A valuable completion for the SEM is analysis by X-ray fluorescence (XRFA). The main advantage of this method consists in its low detection limit. XRFA with a SEM uses the same spectrometers as for EPMA, necessary are only an additional X-ray source for the excitation of fluorescence spectra and software for their evaluation. Recent developments of smart low-power X-ray tubes and X-ray optical components enabled the construction of compact X-ray sources with focussing properties as add-on for a SEM. For quantitative XRFA the source spectrum has to be known. For its calculation the X-ray production yields Y have been measured for the commonly used tube target materials Mo, Rh and W. The excitation spectra were calculated for a variety of source types and compared with respect to the achievable photon flux and its spectral distribution.
Thermo-mechanical fatigue (TMF) testing plays an increasingly important role in the design, the reliability assessment and the lifecycle management of safety critical components used, for instance, for power generation, in the process industry and in aeronautical and automotive applications, with a view to increasing the fuel efficiency, safety and service intervals, while reducing production (and material) costs. In a European Commission funded research project (acronym: TMF-Standard) of the 5th Framework Programme, 20 European laboratories have undertaken a joint research effort to establish a validated code-of-practice (CoP) for strain-controlled TMF testing. Starting from a survey of the testing protocols and procedures previously used by the partners, a comprehensive pre-normative research activity into various issues has been completed, addressing the dynamic temperature control, the effects of deviations in nominal temperatures and phase angles, the influences of temperature gradients, as well as the practicalities of test interruption and restart procedures. Meaningful allowable tolerances for the various test parameters were identified and practical recommendations as to the test techniques were formulated. From this a preliminary CoP was compiled and used to guide an extensive round robin exercise among the project partners. From the statistical analysis of that exercise, a validated CoP was derived dealing with strain-controlled constant amplitude TMF of nominally homogeneous metallic materials subjected to spatially uniform temperature fields and uniaxial mechanical loading. It is intended to give advice and guidance on the appropriate test setup, testing procedures and the analysis of results, in particular for newcomers in the field of strain-controlled TMF. This paper highlights some of the results of the TMF-Standard project. Moreover, commonalities and differences of the present CoP with respect to the standard documents for strain-controlled TMF, which have been developed at ISO and ASTM levels, are presented in this paper.
A major international inter-comparison exercise on strain-controlled thermo-mechanical fatigue (TMF) has been undertaken to validate a new European Code of Practice for TMF Testing and to provide underpinning information for an ISO Standard. This paper focuses on (a) distribution of samples of Nimonic 90, (b) the establishment of a protocol for testing and reporting results, and (c) the analysis of the results. Participants in the inter-comparison exercise comprised eight inner-circle partners who primarily used test pieces which were all manufactured at the same workshop, albeit of three different test piece geometries, and ten outer-circle participants who manufactured their own test pieces, of their own in-house geometry. Each participant undertook three repeat in-phase (IP) tests and three repeat out-of-phase (OP) tests. The tests were conducted at temperatures cycling between 400 °C and 850 °C, with a strain range selected to give a failure life of approximately 1000 cycles, resulting in a stress range of up to ~1000 MPa. The testing conditions were chosen following a preliminary evaluation of critical testing parameters. Results from solid circular and solid flat test piece geometries, together with hollow tubular test pieces have been compared. The influence of temperature measurement using different types of temperature sensors has also been investigated. In-house repeatability has been assessed, together with inter-laboratory reproducibility. The results have been correlated with modulus and thermal expansion data for individual tests. Initially, the largest contribution to scatter in the results was attributed to human errors in reporting the results, compounded by computer assisted cut-and-paste errors. Once these obvious discrepancies had been corrected, it was possible to use the data sets to point to some recommendations regarding testing procedures that can be incorporated into the Code of Testing Practice [Hähner P et al. Code of practice for thermo-mechanical fatigue testing TMF-Standard-Work Package 6 Report, September 2005] and provide technical underpinning for the ISO Standard. The results and the procedures used for analysis are presented.
Solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) were produced loaded with cyclosporine A in order to develop an improved oral formulation. In this study, the particles were characterized with regard to the structure of the lipid particle matrix, being a determining factor for mode of drug incorporation and drug release. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) measurements were employed for the analysis of the polymorphic modifications and mode of drug incorporation. Particles were produced using Imwitor®900 as lipid matrix (the suspension consisted of 10% particles, 8% Imwitor®900, 2% cyclosporine A), 2.5% Tagat S, 0.5% sodium cholate and 87% water. DSC and WAXS were used to analyse bulk lipid, bulk drug, drug incorporated in the bulk and unloaded and drug-loaded SLN dispersions. The processing of the bulk lipid into nanoparticles was accompanied by a polymorphic transformation from the ß to the α-modification. After production, the drug-free SLN dispersions converted back to ß-modification, while the drug-loaded SLN stayed primarily in α-modification. After incorporation of cyclosporine A into SLN, the peptide lost its crystalline character. Based on WAXS data, it could be concluded that cyclosporine is molecularly dispersed in between the fatty acid chains of the liquid-crystalline α-modification fraction of the loaded SLN.
BK-Container
(2008)
Einführung in den IMDG-Code
(2008)
Holzschutzmittel gegen den biologischen Angriff von Insekten, Pilzen und Bakterien besitzen eine erhebliche volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutung. Zur Vermeidung einer in der DIN EN 252 beschriebenen rein visuellen Beurteilung wurde 1996 durch die BAM auf Grundlage des in der DIN 52186 enthaltenen Biegeversuchs eine alternative Strategie vorgeschlagen. In weiterführenden Untersuchungen soll ergänzend zur Prüfmaschine die Stereo-Fotogrammetrie als optisches 3D-Messverfahren eingesetzt werden. Die Entwicklung eines möglichst objektiven und technisch einfachen Nachweisverfahrens der Schutzwirkung und die vergleichende Bewertung der Aussagekraft beider Normen sind von besonderem Interesse.
A new class of boron-dipyrromethene (BDP or BODIPY) dyes was obtained by phenanthrene fusion to the β-pyrrole positions, absorbing in the wavelength range of important laser sources. Despite a 'propeller-like' distorted structure in the crystalline state, the chromophore absorbs (log ε ≥ 5) and fluoresces (Φf ≥ 0.8) strongly and can be easily turned into a fluorescence light-up probe. Incorporation into latex beads produces bright and photostable single-dye and Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) particles for microscopy applications.
X-Ray imaging and modeling
(2008)
Parametrisation and visualisation of the pore structure of gradated soils via 3D image processing
(2008)
Los contaminantes atmosféricos son con frecuencia responsables
de la aceleración de la degradación de la piedra
en los edificios y monumentos históricos de las zonas
urbanas. Son muchos los factores que influyen de manera
decisiva en el comportamiento de las piedras naturales
ante los contaminantes gaseosos. Dos de esos factores
son la composición de la atmósfera y el tipo de piedra.
Las areniscas en particular son propensas al ataque de
los contaminantes atmosféricos debido a su naturaleza
porosa, pero muchas de las reacciones de las areniscas
no carbonatadas con estos gases no se conocen bien. El
estudio presentado tiene por objeto comprender los procesos
y factores que controlan el distinto comportamiento
de las areniscas respecto al dióxido de azufre. Para el
estudio se investigaron siete areniscas distintas procedentes
del sur y del este de Alemania. Las areniscas mostraban
una diferencia significativa en la composición de
su aglomerado. Por lo que respecta a la absorción de
SO2, las distintas variedades de arenisca mostraron un
comportamiento completamente diferente. Curiosamente,
la cantidad de SO2 depositada no estaba relacionada con
la superficie específica de las areniscas, este parámetro
está relacionado con el contenido en óxidos de hierro.
Air pollutants often accelerate stone deterioration in historical
buildings and monuments in urban areas. Many factors
condition natural stone behaviour with respect to
gaseous pollutants. Two of the more prominent of such
factors are the composition of the atmosphere and the
type of stone. Due to their porosity, sandstones are particularly
vulnerable to air pollutant attack. Many of the reactions
between noncarbonaceous sandstones and these
gases are not well understood, however. The present
study aimed to acquire an understanding of the processes
and factors governing sandstone behaviour when exposed
to sulphur dioxide. Seven different sandstones from southern
and eastern Germany were analyzed for the study.
The binder composition of the stones varied significantly.
They also exhibited completely different behaviour in connection
with SO2 deposition. Interestingly, while the
amount of SO2 deposited was unrelated to the specific surface
area of the sandstones, this parameter was closely
correlated to the iron oxide content.
Aus der Abstellkammer ins Labor - Wissenschaftler unterstützen die Restaurierung von Glasfenstern
(2008)
Testing friction and wear of the tribosystem piston ring and cylinder liner outside of engines
(2008)
An OEM-driven working group started in January 2004 to elaborate the philosophies, concepts and test procedures for testing piston ring and cylinder liner materials as well as engine oils outside of engines using the SRV (abbreviation for German: Schwingung, Reibung, Verschleiß; in English: Oscillation, Friction, Wear) test equipment. The different SRV test philosophies in use by OEMs are compiled. The working group focuses on (i) ASTM fuel economy sequence by ageing oils; (ii) friction and wear in the top-dead-centre region under mixed/boundary lubrication; (iii) extreme pressure load under mixed/boundary lubrication; and (iv) hydrodynamic friction. Tribological test results and precision data are presented.
Thermography (IR) allows global visualization of temperature distribution on surfaces with high accuracy. This potential can be used for visualization of fluid mechanics effects at the intersection of laminar and turbulent flows, where temperature jumps appear due to convection and friction i.e. for the optimization in the design of airplane geometries. In civil engineering too it is the aspiration of the modern engineer of light weight structures to meet singular loads like wind peaks rather by intelligent structures and materials than by massive structures. Therefore the "Institute of Conceptual and Structural Design" of the Technical University of Berlin (TUB) is working on the development of adaptive structures, optimized geometry and intelligent microstructures on surfaces of structural elements. The paper shows the potential of modern computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in combination with thermography (IR) to optimize structures by visualization of laminar-tumultuous border layer currents. Therefore CFD simulations and IR wind tunnel experiments will be presented and discussed. For simulations and experiments - artificial and structural elements of the cable-stayed Strelasund Bridge, Germany, are used.
In this paper a new approach for quantitative non-destructive testing (NDT) of near-surface structures in civil engineering (CE) with active thermography is presented. It adopts the method known as pulsed phase thermography (PPT) for the special requirements of NDT-CE and was developed in a German research project of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in cooperation with the Technical University of Berlin. The new quantitative concept that might be understood as a square pulse thermography in frequency domain or an amplitude-expanded PPT with square pulse heating is based on the thermal diffusivity of the material and the characteristic frequency of the negative maximum phase and amplitude contrast. It aims at complementing the established approaches for defects depth calculation for measurements with long heating and observation times quite usual at active thermography in CE but is easily extendable to other fields of application. After an introduction to the basics of active thermography in CE and the thermography concept of BAM, qualitative results of several case studies will be presented. The main focus of the last section of this contribution is on applications of the new quantitative approach at test specimens of BAM to determine the concrete cover of artificially manufactured defects.
Datenbank GEFAHRGUT
(2008)
Molecules in nanometer confinement investigated by dielectric, thermal and neutron spectroscpoy
(2008)
Für die sicherheitstechnische Beurteilung von Sterilisationsprozessen wurden die Explosionsgrenzen von Gasgemischen aus Ethylenoxid, Inertgas und Luft experimentell bestimmt. Die Messungen sind mit Stickstoff, Kohlenstoffdioxid und Wasserdampf bei 20 und 100 °C sowie bei 0,4 und 1,0 bar durchgeführt worden. Mit Hilfe der Daten wurde ein halbempirisches Modell entwickelt, mit dem die Explosionsfähigkeit von Prozessgasgemischen berechnet werden kann.
Chemically unstable gases - flammability of ethylene oxide mixtures in sterilization processes
(2008)
For the assessment of explosion hazards by industrial
sterilization processes with ethylene oxide (EO), the flammability
regions of 3-component systems EO/nitrogen/air, EO/carbon
dioxide/air and EO/water vapor/air were determined. The tests were
performed at temperatures of 20 °C and 100 °C and at pressures of
40 kPa and 100 kPa in accordance with the standard test method EN
1839-B.
The observed flammability regions are similar in shape and
typical for mixtures with ethylene oxide. According to the molecular
heat capacities the regions get larger with nitrogen and smaller with
carbon dioxide. They become larger with increasing pressure and
increasing temperature.
Using experimental data a semi-empirical model was created
that allows the calculation of flammability limits of process gases in
sterilization processes. Such process gases can consist of EO,
nitrogen, carbon dioxide, water vapor and air.
The model is based on the assumption that the adiabatic flame
temperatures along the boundary curves of a flammability region
have a certain temperature profile that is nearly independent of the
type of the inert gas. The adiabatic flame temperatures were
calculated by using the Gaseq Code.
Using a temperature profile calculated from only one
experimental system EO/inert gas/air it is possible to predict the
flammability limits of systems with other inert gases or of process
gases containing several inert gases.
Desensitized Explosives
(2008)
Barrieren manchmal notwendig
(2008)
Die Zusammensetzung WC-(W,Cr)2C-7%Ni gehört zu den kommerziell verfügbaren Standardzusammensetzungen für Hartmetallspritzpulver und -schichten. Abweichend davon wird sie mit unterschiedlichen Bezeichnungen wie WC-CrC-Ni, WC-Cr3C2-Ni oder WC-NiCr gehandelt. In diesem Beitrag werden die spezifischen Mikrostrukturen und Phasenzusammensetzungen der Beschichtungspulver und der HVOF-gespritzten Schichten vorgestellt. Das besondere Anliegen ist es, dass noch unbekannte Potenzial dieser Zusammensetzung, ihre außerordentliche Oxidationsstabilität und das günstige Verhalten im ungeschmierten Reib-/Gleitverschleiß aufzuzeigen. Diese Eigenschaften werden mit denen von WC-10%Co-4%Cr-Schichten verglichen. Da seit dem Zeitpunkt der Entwicklung der Zusammensetzung 50 Jahre verstrichen sind, kann davon ausgegangen werden, dass sie bei weitem nicht optimal auf die uns heute zur Verfügung stehende Anlagentechnik abgestimmt ist. Somit ist der Impuls für weitere Verbesserungen und neue Anwendungen gegeben.
The composition WC-(W,Cr)2C-7%Ni is a standard commercially available composition for hardmetal feedstock powders and coatings, but it is sold under a variety of designations including WC-'CrC'-Ni, WC-Cr3C2-Ni and WC-NiCr. In this paper the specific microstructures and phase compositions of the feedstock powder and the HVOF-sprayed coatings are presented with a view to shedding light on the still-unknown application potential of this composition as well as its extraordinary oxidation resistance and advantageous behaviour in dry sliding conditions. These properties are compared with those of WC-10%Co-4%Cr coatings. As 50 years have passed since it was developed, this composition can well be said to be far from optimal for todays HVOF equipment. There is hence room for improvement as well as for new applications.
Nach besonders spektakulären Störfällen oder Unfällen mit großer öffentlicher Wirkung beschäftigen sich viele Medien zunächst mit zwei Dingen: Zum einen wird über die Unfallursache gemutmaßt und zum anderen wird die Schuldfrage gestellt. Diese Art der Berichterstattung ist aber auch Ausdruck einer gewissen Fassungslosigkeit darüber, dass es immer wieder zu solchen Ereignissen kommen kann bei all den Erfahrungen die schon gesammelt worden sind! Die nachfolgenden Unfalluntersuchungen kommen in den meisten Fällen zum Resultat, dass die Unfallursache nicht nur auf einen Fehler oder den Ausfall eines Bauteils, einer Fehlhandlung usw. zurückzuführen ist. Oftmals liegen komplexe Zusammenhänge und miteinander verkettete Ereignisse vor, die im Resultat zu einer Katastrophe führen. Um Unfälle zu verhindern bzw. in ihrer Konsequenz zu mindern, müsste also versucht werden, eine in Gang gesetzte Ereigniskette zu unterbrechen. Folgender Beitrag geht der Frage nach, ob dies überhaupt möglich ist bzw. welche Voraussetzungen notwendig wären, um dies Erfolg versprechend umzusetzen.
The International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90) is based on thermodynamic equilibrium states of ideally pure substances. The largest contribution to the uncertainty budgets of most metallic fixed points is the influence of impurities on the fixed-point temperature. Therefore, a traceable chemical analysis of the remaining impurities with small uncertainty is the basis of further progress. Further requirements are better knowledge of the phase diagrams at very low impurity contents, impurity segregation, and the quantification and correction of thermal effects during a fixed-point realization. In this article, current and future activities at PTB and BAM in order to develop improved metallic fixed-point cells of the ITS-90 are reviewed.
In this article we present inelastic neutron scattering (INS) experiments on different systems of confined glass-formers. The aim of these experiments is to study the influence of spatial restriction on the microscopic dynamics related to the glass transition. Such results could be helpful for the detection of a currently speculated cooperativity length of the glass transition. The glass-forming component is either a molecular liquid or a polymer. The confining matrices are `hard' (silica glass, silicon) or `soft' (microemulsion droplets). For some experiments the confining structure could be spatially oriented. Except for the soft confinement the naïvely expected acceleration effect could only be found at low temperatures where INS experiments are difficult because of the long relaxation times. A clear effect of confinement could be observed for the glass-typical low energy vibrations (boson peak). This effect seems to be completely different for soft and hard confinement. Surprisingly, the experiments on oriented nanopores did not show any signs of an anisotropy of the dynamics.
Bereits einfache Rohreinbauten wie 90°-Rohrbögen erhöhen den Turbulenzgrad einer Strömung signifikant. Bei Explosionsversuchen von Propan/Luft-Gemischen in einer DN150-Rohrleitung mit einem 90°-Rohrbogen wurden sowohl stark beschleunigte Deflagrationen als auch Detonationen mit maximalen Explosionsdrücken von über 65 bar (abs.) beobachtet.
Phosphor ist ein für alle Lebewesen essenzielles Element und kann in seinen Funktionen z. B. als Bestandteil der DNS und RNS sowie als Schlüsselelement beim Energiestoffwechsel (ADP/ATP) nicht ersetzt werden. Klärschlammaschen sind aufgrund ihrer hohen Gehalte an Phosphor (1525 % P2O5) geeignete Sekundärrohstoffe für die Herstellung von P-Düngemitteln. Aufgrund der schlechten Pflanzenverfügbarkeit des Phosphors und der Gehalte an umweltrelevanten Schwermetallen sollten diese allerdings nicht direkt in der Landwirtschaft eingesetzt werden. Im Mittelpunkt des EU-Projekts SUSAN steht die Entwicklung und Optimierung einer thermochemischen Behandlung von Klärschlammaschen, mit der die Düngewirkung der Aschen auf das Niveau konventioneller Mineraldünger (Thomaskali und Superphosphat SSP) angehoben wird und die Schwermetallkonzentrationen unter die Grenzwerte nach Düngemittelverordnungen europäischer Länder abgesenkt werden. Die sehr positiven Ergebnisse, die bisher im SUSAN-Projekt erzielt wurden, und die darauf basierenden ökonomischen Betrachtungen legen eine großtechnische Umsetzung des Verfahrens nahe.