Thermoplastic polyamide elastomers (TPAEs) were synthesized using polyamide 6 (PA6) as hard segments and polyethylene glycol (PEG) as soft segments. The prepared TPAEs showed a superior mechanical property and thermal property, which the strength and elongation-at-break reached 35.50 ± 3.54 MPa and (316.05 ± 20.58)%, respectively, when the molecular weight of soft segment was 600. Furthermore, crystallization property and microphase separation of TPAEs were also investigated in detail, having a significant influence on the foaming behavior of the obtain elastomers. Owing to the restriction of crystalline hard segments, only a few cells formed in the amorphous soft segment regions at foaming temperature of 140 C, while it transformed to larger cells with a thin cell wall at foaming temperature of 160 C and above. When the molecular weight of soft segment increased from 300 to 1000, the average cell size of the foamed TPAEs at 160 C enlarged from 28.73 to 42.17 μm, while the cell density decreased from 5.26 Â 10 8 #/cm 3 to 4.25 Â 10 8 #/cm 3 , both expansion ratio and shrinkage ratio increased gradually.
Wood decay is a releasing process of carbon fixed in the wood. The study on carbon sequestration change caused by decay can provide a theoretical basis for wood preservation and utilization. At present, there are few reports on decay influence on wood carbon emission and no corresponding
quantitative data. Therefore, one broad-leaved species, Poplar, and one coniferous species, Korean pine, were selected as the research object, and brown rot fungus (Gloeephyllum trabeum) and white rot fungus (Coriolus versicolor) were used to conduct accelerated
decay test on wood samples in the laboratory. During decay, specimens were taken out in different periods to measure chemical properties, mass loss and carbon sequestration. The influence of decay time on carbon sequestration, chemical component and mass loss were then analyzed and the change
rule of carbon sequestration were finally studied. The results showed that with increasing decay time, the relative carbon sequestration content of wood affected by different types rot fungi decreased, which was consistent with the change rule of mass loss, indicating that decay would lead
to a loss of wood mass and affect its carbon sequestration. However, the absolute carbon sequestration (measured value of carbon sequestration) after brown rot treatment did not decrease but increased slightly, which was different from previous expectation. According to the analysis, with
increasing brown rot time, the absolute content and proportion of lignin in wood samples increased slightly, while the corresponding value of holocellulose (including α-cellulose and hemicellulose) decreased significantly. The carbon content of lignin per unit mass is higher than
that of holocellulose (Poplar 64.08% > 37.38%; Korean pine 66.37% > 35.94%), resulting in absolute carbon sequestration in wood increases instead of decreases. In conclusion, the change of lignin proportion during the process of brown rot is the decisive factor affecting the change of
absolute carbon sequestration. This study focused on two aspects of wood decay and wood carbon sequestration, systematically analyzed the change rule and internal mechanism of wood carbon sequestration with the increase of wood decay degree, and accumulated basic data for wood carbon emission
reduction and wood prevention.
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