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Factors affecting the Faradaic efficiency of Fe(0) electrocoagulation
Electrocoagulation (EC) using Fe(0) electrodes is a low cost water treatment technology that relies on efficient production of Fe(II) from the electrolytic dissolution of Fe(0) electrodes (i.e. a high Faradaic efficiency). However, the (electro)chemical factors that favor Fe(0) oxidation rather than O2 evolution during Fe(0) EC have not been identified. In this study, we combined electrochemical methods, electron microscopy and Fe measurements to systematically examine the interdependent effects of current density (i), anodic interface potential (EA) and solution chemistry on the Faradaic efficiency. We found that Fe(0) oxidation was favored (Faradaic efficiency >0.85) in chloride and bromide solutions at all i, whereas carbonate, phosphate, citrate, and nitrate solutions lead to Faradaic efficiencies <0.1. The anodic reaction (i.e. Fe(0) oxidation or O2 evolution) only depended on i in the sulfate and formate solutions. Experiments in binary-anion solutions revealed that molar ratios of [HCO3−]/[Cl−] near 100 and [NO3−]/[Cl−] near 20 separated the electrochemical domains of Fe(0) oxidation and O2 evolution in the EC system. These molar ratios were supported by experiments in synthetic groundwater solutions. We also found that the EA vs i curves for solutions with poor Faradaic efficiency overlapped but were situated 2–4 V vs Ag/AgCl higher than those of solutions with high Faradaic efficiency. Therefore, the position of the EA vs i curve, rather than the EA alone, can be used to determine unambiguously the reaction occurring on the Fe(0) anode during EC treatment
Prediction of the absolute hydraulic conductivity function from soil water retention data
For modeling flow and transport processes in the soil–plant–atmosphere system, knowledge of the unsaturated hydraulic properties in functional form is mandatory. While much data are available for the water retention function, the hydraulic conductivity function often needs to be predicted. The classical approach is to predict the relative conductivity from the retention function and scale it with the measured saturated conductivity, Ks. In this paper we highlight the shortcomings of this approach, namely, that measured Ks values are often highly uncertain and biased, resulting in poor predictions of the unsaturated
conductivity function.
We propose to reformulate the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity function by replacing the soil-specific Ks as a scaling factor with a generally applicable effective saturated tortuosity parameter Ï„s and predicting total conductivity using only the water retention curve. Using four different unimodal expressions for the water retention curve, a soil-independent general value for Ï„s was derived by fitting the new formulation to 12 data sets containing the relevant information. Ï„s was found to be approximately 0.1.
Testing of the new prediction scheme with independent data showed a mean
error between the fully predicted conductivity functions and measured data
of less than half an order of magnitude. The new scheme can be used when
insufficient or no conductivity data are available. The model also helps to
predict the saturated conductivity of the soil matrix alone and thus to
distinguish between the macropore conductivity and the soil matrix
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Dynamics of Wetting Fronts in Porous Media
We propose a new phenomenological approach for describing the dynamics of
wetting front propagation in porous media. Unlike traditional models, the
proposed approach is based on dynamic nature of the relation between capillary
pressure and medium saturation. We choose a modified phase-field model of
solidification as a particular case of such dynamic relation. We show that in
the traveling wave regime the results obtained from our approach reproduce
those derived from the standard model of flow in porous media. In more general
case, the proposed approach reveals the dependence of front dynamics upon the
flow regime.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, revte
Excess air in the noble gas groundwater paleothermometer: A new model based on diffusion in the gas phase
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A one-dimensional model of water flow in soil-plant systems based on plant architecture
Influence of physical attributes and pedotransfer function for predicting water retention in management systems
High Electron Mobility InN
ABSTRACT Irradiation of InN films with 2 MeV He + ions followed by thermal annealing below 500 o C creates films with high electron concentration and mobility, as well as strong photoluminescence. Calculations show that electron mobility in irradiated samples is limited by triply charged donor defects. Subsequent thermal annealing removes a fraction of the defects, decreasing the electron concentration. There is a large increase in electron mobility upon annealing; the mobilities approach those of the as-grown films, which have 10 to 100 times smaller electron concentrations. Spatial ordering of the triply charged defects is suggested to cause the unusual increase in electron mobility
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Exceptional Electron Transport Properties of In-rich InGaN
Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in the narrow band gap end of the InGaN alloy system, particularly in InN. The existence of surface electron accumulation and a tendency for n-type conductivity have been well-established and are explained by an extremely large electron affinity and the location of the Fermi level stabilization energy (E{sub FS}) high in the conduction band [1]. These characteristics pose significant challenges to the integration of In-rich InGaN into devices and demonstrate the need for a better understanding of the relationship between native defects and electronic transport in the alloy system. It has been previously shown that high-energy particle irradiation can predictably control the electronic properties of In-rich InGaN [1]. With increasing irradiation dose, the electron concentration (n) increases and the electron mobility ({mu}) decreases until the Fermi level reaches E{sub FS}, which is the saturation point. The value of n at saturation decreases with decreasing In fraction, due to the raising of the conduction band edge with respect to E{sub FS}
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