ii To my family, friends and professors who helped me throughout this experience iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This research project was made possible with the help of many supporting people throughout the process. I wish to express my gratitude firstly to my supervising professor, Dr. Hosin " David " Lee for the support and advice needed to start and finish this project. I would also like to thank the ...

A nontraditional method for chemical analysis of light weight coated (LWC) grade paper is described. Laser-induced plasma emission spectrometry (LIPS) produces three-dimensional profiles of coatings and fillers. The technique ablates the coating from the top to the paper base with a laser beam. LIPS provides spatial resolution and characterization of the chemical homogeneity of the paper coatin...

This study investigated the effect of distribution aged binder from reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) on fracture tolerance recycled mixtures. Two RAP sources (one coarse, one fine), virgin polymer-modified binder, and four contents (0 %, 20 30 40 %) were used to produce a total seven Fracture was assessed in terms energy density (FED) at three levels: interstitial component (IC) (composed effec...

Silicon based composites are among the most promising negative electrodes for lithium ion battery applications due to their high theoretical capacities. One major drawback of silicon based anodes are their large volume changes during lithiation and delithiation. Although many efforts have been made in view of new binder materials and improved electrolytes, the resulting battery cell suffers fro...

Previous studies have demonstrated that some chronic myelogenous leukemia cells contain a macromolecular binding factor for folic acid. This binder, which previously was believed to be a single factor, has now been resolved into two distinct binding proteins. Separation of each binder was obtained by DEAE chromatography of the partially purified lysate of chronic myelogenous leukemia cells. One...

High energy density, low cost and environmental friendliness are the advantages of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery which is regarded as a promising device for electrochemical energy storage systems. As one of the important ingredients in Li-S battery, the binder greatly affects the battery performance. However, the conventional binder has some drawbacks such as poor capability of absorbing hydrop...

Lithium ion battery electrodes were manufactured using a new, completely dry powder painting process. The solvents used for conventional slurry-cast electrodes have been completely removed. Thermal activation time has been greatly reduced due to the time and resource demanding solvent evaporation process needed with slurry-cast electrode manufacturing being replaced by a hot rolling process. It...

A Reusable Interface Technology is presented for application to thermal parameter estimation problems. It is applied to the estimation of thermal conductivity of compacted Al2O3 powder without binder. As temperature increases, the thermal conductivity of Al2O3 powder without binder decreases.

Conventional asphalt binder derived from the petroleum refining process is widely used in pavement engineering. However, asphalt binder is a non-renewable material. Therefore, the use of a co-production of renewable bio-oil as a modifier for petroleum asphalt has recently been getting more attention in the pavement field due to its renewability and its optimization for conventional petroleum-ba...

Of four protein fractions previously reported which bind corticosteroids in liver cytosol, one fraction, corticosteroid Binder II, has been found to be a major hormone receptor. It has a molecular weight of 67,000 determined by gel filtration. Binder II has an appropriate glucocorticoid binding specificity: dexamethasone > corticosterone > cortisol >> cortisone >> deoxycorticosterone and it als...