• Exploration of playa surface crusts in Qehan Lake, China through field investigation and wind tunnel experiments

    分类: 地球科学 >> 地理学 提交时间: 2023-05-11 合作期刊: 《干旱区科学》

    摘要:Globally, many lakes are drying up, leaving exposed lakebeds where wind erosion releases dust and sand rich in salt and harmful heavy metals into the atmosphere. Therefore, understanding the characteristics and spatial distribution of playa surface crusts is important to recognize the manifestation of salt dust storms. The objective of this study was to explore the playa surface crust types as well as their spatial distribution and evolution of Qehan Lake in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China to understand the salt dust release potential of different types of playa surface crusts. Various crust characteristics were investigated by field sampling in Qehan Lake, and playa surface crusts were further divided into five types: vegetated areas, salt crusts, clay flats, curly crusts, and margins. It should be noted that curly crusts were distributed in clay flats and covered only a small area in Qehan Lake. The spatial distribution characteristics of playa surface crust types were obtained by supervised classification of remote sensing images, and the salt dust release potential of crusts was explored by the wind tunnel experiments. The field investigation of Qehan Lake revealed that playa surface crust types had a circum-lake band distribution from the inside to the outside of this lake, which were successively vegetated areas, clay flats, salt crusts, and margins. The spatial distribution patterns of playa surface crust types were mainly controlled by the hydrodynamics of the playa, soil texture, and groundwater. There was a significant negative correlation between crust thickness and electrical conductivity. The results of the wind tunnel experiments showed that the initial threshold of friction wind velocity for the salt dust release was higher in clay flats (0.7–0.8 m/s) than in salt crusts (0.5–0.6 m/s). Moreover, the particle leap impact processes occurring under natural conditions may reduce this threshold value. Salinity was the main factor controlling the difference in the initial threshold of friction wind velocity for the salt dust release of clay flats and salt crusts. This study provides a scientific reference for understanding how salt dust is released from a lakebed, which may be used for ecological restoration of dry salt lakes.
     

  • Diisocyanate free and melt polycondensation preparation of bio-based unsaturated poly[ester-urethane]s and their properties as UV curable coating materials

    分类: 物理学 >> 普通物理:统计和量子力学,量子信息等 提交时间: 2017-05-02

    摘要: This paper reported the synthesis of bio-based unsaturated poly(ester- urethane)s via a nonisocyanate route, by metal-catalyzed melt poly- condensation of itaconic acid with urethanediols. Three novel types of bio-based unsaturated poly(ester-urethane)s, namely, poly- (urethanediol 2-itaconic acid), poly(urethanediol 4-itaconic acid) and poly(urethanediol 6-itaconic acid) (poly(U2-IA), poly(U4-IA) and poly (U6-IA) for short code, respectively), were prepared by a green synthetic route. The urethane linkage was formed by the reaction of two equivalent of ethylene carbonate with 1,6-hexanediamine, 1,4- butanediamine and 1,2-ethanediamine to form urethanediols. The urethanediols underwent polymerization with itaconic acid (IA) in the presence of metal catalyst dibutyltin dilaurate (DBTL) to produce low- molecular-weight bio-based unsaturated polyurethanes. Then, these bio-based unsaturated poly(ester-urethane)s were formulated with free radical photoinitiator and curing promoter to prepare UV curable polyurethane systems. After UV curing, the tensile properties, thermal properties and general coating properties of the three UV-cured polyurethane films were similar to that of UV cured polyurethane films prepared by polyurethane-acrylate (PUA). The results suggested that the obtained bio-based unsaturated polyurethanes could serve as coating materials.