TThis study investigated the water absorption of chitosan, collagen, and chitosan/collagen blend membranes exposed to gamma-ray irradiation. These membranes were produced via the solvent evaporation method. All membranes then underwent irradiation at 15 or 25 kGy gamma-ray doses, while membranes without irradiation were used as controls. After immersing the membranes in distilled water for up t...

The rate of absorption of water by roots of transpiring plants is in general closely dependent upon the rate of transpiration, and a change in the rate of transpiration is soon followed by a corresponding change in the rate of absorption (3). Since the rate of absorption lags behind and apparently is dependent on the rate of transpiration it is usually considered that under conditions such that...

Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)/hydroxyapatite (HA) composite has potential application in denture base materials. The denture base materials should exhibit good mechanical properties and dimensional stability in moist environment. Silane coupling agent [3-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxy silane (γ-MPS)] was used to treat the HA fillers in order to enhance the interfacial interaction between the P...

expansive behavior is usually observed in soils, which contain fractions of clay minerals in their composition. water absorption of clay particles and change of natural water content of soil up to plastic limit and down to shrinkage limit will cause significant volume change in expansive soils and will result in severe damages to the structures, buildings and foundations. swelling potential is ...

in this research, some of the echo-physiological characteristics of pistachio trees were studied to understand crop response to drought stress and determine the best irrigation interval. this experiment was carried out in an orchard with a sandy loam textured soil and a commercial cultivar of pistachio named ouhadi grafted on pistacia vera l. rootstock for three years. the irrigation system sel...

1. A double-lumen perfusion technique was used to study the effect of a wide range of concentrations of the dipeptide glycyl-L-alanine and its constituent amino acids on water and electrolyte absorption from iso-osmotic solutions in the upper jejunum of normal human subjects. 2. There was no significant absorption of water and electrolytes from sodium chloride solution (150 mmol/l) but the pres...

background: cement production is associated with heavy metal emissions and environmental pollution by cement dust. the degree of contamination of drinking water sources by major and trace elements present in cement dust generated by united cement factory (unicem) is still uncertain. this study estimated the element content of ground and surface water samples (hand-dug wells, boreholes and strea...

The differences in water absorption properties were investigated among three types of flat pastas (LT: pasta dried at low temperature 50°C for 20 hours ; HT: pasta dried at high temperature 70°C for 11 hours; VHT: pasta dried at very high temperature 85°C for 4 hours). Pastas were soaked at different temperatures and for different times in a thermostatic bath to investigate moisture distributio...