SOIL STABILIZATION WITH SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANES

Electrostatic interaction of neutral semi-permeable membranes.

We consider an osmotic equilibrium between bulk solutions of polyelectrolyte bounded by semi-permeable membranes and separated by a thin film of salt-free liquid. Although the membranes are neutral, the counter-ions of the polyelectrolyte molecules permeate into the gap and lead to a steric charge separation. This gives rise to a distance-dependent membrane potential, which translates into a re...

Soil Stabilization with Bioenergy Coproduct

The production and use of biofuel have increased under the context of sustainable development. Biofuel production from plant biomass not only produces biofuel or ethanol but also coproduces products containing lignin, modified lignin, and lignin derivatives. The use of lignin-containing biofuel coproduct in pavement soil stabilization was explored as a new application area. The primary experime...

An averaging principle for fast diffusions in domains separated by semi-permeable membranes

We prove an averaging principle which asserts convergence of diffusions on domains separated by semi-permeable membranes, when the speed of diffusion tends to infinity while the flux through the membranes remains constant. In the limit, points in each domain are lumped into a single state of a limit Markov chain. The limit chain’s intensities are proportional to membranes’ permeability and inve...

Studies on crystal semi-permeable membrane. II. On the formation of barium sulfate semi-permeable membrane.

The 1st report1) in a series of these studies, which was deduced from the report by Miyamoto and Takikawa2) that a precipitate of calcium silicate and magnesium silicate formed a semi-permeable membrane at the Pringsheim'a equilibrium point, recognized a formation of the so-called •hCrystal semi-permeable membrane•h also in a common water-insoluble salt (In this case, sodium carbonate and calci...

gen-permeable perovskite-type membranes with high permeability†