Temperature extreme

At very low temperatures, approaching those of liquefied natural gas, Rostasy and Sprenger [149] found that the addition of steel fibres greatly reduced the loss of both compressive and tensile strengths under repeated thermal cycles down to -170 C. Reactive powder concretes were found to have excellent freeze-thaw resistance, even in the absence of air entrainment [150]. 

Romualdi and G. Batson, Mechanics of crack arrest inconcrete , ASCE,J. Eng. Mech. Z2/V 89,1963,147-168. 

Romualdi and J.A. Mandel, Tensile strength of concrete affected by uniformly 

P Shah and V.B. Rangan, Fiber reinforced concrete properties , J. American 

ASTM A 820, Standard Specification for Steel Fibers for Fiber-Reinforced Concrete, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, NJ, 2004. 

Personnel exposed to higji temperatures, alone or in conjimction with high humidity, can suffer from heat stress. Cold environments with high eiir velocities can cause frostbite or hypothermia. ASHRAE [11] has established comfort zone standards identifying the temperature and humidity ranges in which individuals can work comfortably and safely. Areas that must operate outside these comfort zones should be 

The tolerance level can be extended when time of exposure is limited. When extra clottiing is needed for chemical protection in a Wctrm environment, heat stress becomes more likely. 

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It is important that the control system in RAPS facilities be able to decrease and increase the ToCV as the battery temperature increases and decreases, respectively. This procedure, called temperature compensation , is required to minimize both corrosion and water loss at high temperatures, and undercharging at low temperatures. Typically, the ToCV is decreased and increased by 4mV per cell for each °C change above or below 25°C, respectively. (Note, this procedure is especially important at temperature extremes, i.e., above 40°C and below 10°C.) Battery temperature is usually measured by means of a probe attached to the battery. Preferably, the probe should be fixed to a side of the battery that is parallel with the face of the plates. It should also be held against the battery case with a piece of closed-pore foam. In applications where discharge and charge rates are low and diurnal temperature swings are small, the ambient temperature can be used as a basis for the compensation. 

Some RAPS facilities are located in Arctic and Antarctic regions where the dark season can last for several months and the temperature can drop below — 50°C. Obviously, batteries installed in PV-powered RAPS systems in these regions can experience low SoCs at sub-zero temperatures for extended periods of time. As might be expected, the two main failure modes of batteries operated under such duty are sulfation of the active material and freezing of the electrolyte [26]. The latter mode is particularly prevalent when the battery is in a discharged state. This is because the temperature at which sulfuric acid freezes increases with decreasing relative density. (Note, it is quite unusual for a fully charged battery to experience this problem.) 

Freezing of the eleetrolyte can result in over-compression of the plate group and in short-circuits in extreme cases, it can rupture the battery case. 

What appears to present the most problems within the workplace are chemicals and the effects on workers who are exposed to them. Thus, you will note the emphasis in that direction in this chapter. The major Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) general standard that affects most workplaces will be discussed. That standard is the hazard communication standard (HCS). 

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Antiwear premium hydrauHc fluids represent the largest volume of hydrauHc fluids used. Shortly after their introduction in 1960, a second product group was formulated, characterized by the same antiwear characteristics but having lower pour points and higher viscosity indexes. These were formulated for use in mobile and marine appHcations subject to temperature extremes. 

Automotive and architectural laminates of PVB develop maximum impact strength near 20°C, as shown in Figure 2. This balance is obtained by the plasticizer-to-resin ratio and the molecular weight of the resins. It has been adjusted to this optimum temperature based on environmental conditions and automobile population at various ambient temperatures. The frequency and severity of vehicle occupant injuries vs temperature ranges at the accident location have been studied (5), and the results confirm the selection of the maximum performance temperature and decreasing penetration resistance at temperature extremes. 

Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives. SiHcoae PSAs are used primarily ia specialty tape appHcatioas that require the superior properties of siHcoaes, including resistance to harsh chemical environments and temperature extremes (398,399). SiHcone PSAs are also used ia appHcatioas requiring long service Hfe, electrical iasulatioa, and protection from moisture. Another distinctive advantage of siHcone PSAs is their abiHty to wet low surface energy tape substrates such as PTEE. 

Sohd tantalum capacitors have a high volumetric capacitance which makes them attractive for use in miniaturized electronic systems like cellular telephones, hand-held video cameras, and personal computers. The insensitivity of their capacitance to temperature and their abiUty to operate at temperature extremes explains why these devices are used in such harsh environments as automobile engine compartments. Sohd tantalum capacitors are extremely rehable and, therefore, are often the capacitor of choice in critical appHcations like spacecraft electronics, pacemakers, and safety equipment. 

Solutions of HEC are pseudoplastic. Newtonian rheology is approached by very dilute solutions as well as by lower molecular-weight products. Viscosities change Httie between pH 2 and 12, but are affected by acid hydrolysis or alkaline oxidation under pH and temperature extremes. Viscosities of HEC solutions change reversibly with temperature, increasing when cooled and decreasing when warmed. 

Hydration at Ordinary Temperatures. Pordand cement is generally used at temperatures ordinarily encountered in constmction, ie, from 5 to 40°C. Temperature extremes have to be avoided. The exothermic heat of the hydration reactions can play an important part in maintaining adequate temperatures in cold environments, and must be considered in massive concrete stmctures to prevent excessive temperature rise and cracking during subsequent cooling. 

Under adverse conditions, certain microorganisms produce spores that germinate upon return to a favorable environment. Spores are a particularly stable form or state of bacteria that may survive diyness and temperature extremes. Some microorganisms form spores at a stage in their normal life cycle. 

Molybdenum High melting point less dense than tungsten or tantalum moderately ductile at room temperature Extremely high oxidation rate (volatile oxide)... 

Temperature extremes that could result in burns, eye injury, or ignition of PPE... 

The new hand protection standard resulted from OSHA s belief that many hand injuries result from not wearing hand protection or wearing protection for the wrong type of hazards. Employers should evaluate and provide hand protection when there are hazards to hands from absorption of harmful substances, severe cuts or lacerations, severe abrasions, punctures, chemical burns, thermal burns, and harmful temperature extremes. 

Fitness for duty ineluding the ability to wear any required PPL under eonditions that may be expeeted at the work site (i.e., temperature extremes) [OSHA Referenee, 120(f)(4)(I)]... 

Appropriate medical considerations, such as limitations during temperature extremes and potential for heat stress [OSHA Reference, 120(x)]... 

Airway surfaces, like skin, are continually exposed to the ambient environment. In contrast to skin submucosal vessels, however, w hich shed excess heat by vasodilating when heated and conserve heat by vasoconstricting when chilled, it is unclear how the airway vasculature responds to temperature extremes. Inspiring cold air poses two challenges to conducting airway tissues the risk of tissue injury should inadequate heat reach the airway surface and excessive body heat loss due to increasing the radial temperature gradient. Vasodilation would protect airway tissue but increase heat loss, while vasoconstriction would produce the opposite effect. 

Temperature extremes of cooling water for condenser and duration of time for these temperatures. 

For industrial applications, hydraulic oil viscosity is typically approximately 150 SUS at 100°F. It is a general rule that the viscosity should never go below 45 SUS or above 4000 SUS, regardless of temperature. Where temperature extremes are encountered, the fluid should have a high viscosity index. 

Plastics will continue to be required in space applications from rockets to vehicles for landing on other planets. The space structures, reentry vehicles, and equipment such as antennas, sensors, and an astronaut s personal communication equipment that must operate outside the confines of a spaceship will encounter bizarre environments. Temperature extremes, thermal stresses, micrometeorites, and solar radiation are sample conditions that are being encountered successfully that include the use of plastics. 

Perhaps the most striking phenomenon encountered in outer space is the wide variation in temperature that can be experienced on spacecraft surfaces and externally located equipment. Temperatures and temperature gradients not ordinarily encountered in the operation of ground or airborne structures and equipment are ambient conditions for spacecraft equipment. On such hardware, not suitably protected externally or housed deep within the space vehicle in a controlled environment, these temperature extremes can wreak destruction. Designers of earthbound... 

At the other temperature extreme we have the measurements of specific heats executed at the temperatures of liquefied gases. A known mass of the substance is dropped into liquid carbon dioxide (— 78°), oxygen (— 183°), or hydrogen (— 250°), and the volume of gas liberated is measured. 

There is indeed some disagreement as to whether values of AC carry chemical meaning. Although many workers5 believe they do, others6 would argue that these small effects are instead more likely the artifacts of an incomplete theoretical model or a chemical path that intrudes to a minor extent near one of the temperature extremes. It seems that the matter cannot be settled in any general way. 

Thermal and thermomechanical analyses44 are very important for determining die upper and lower usage temperature of polymeric materials as well as showing how they behave between diose temperature extremes. An especially useful thermal technique for polyurethanes is dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA).45 Uiis is used to study dynamic viscoelastic properties and measures die ability to... 

A significant observation has been that under stress conditions new families of proteins are synthesised. This holds for temperature extremes. 

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