Study of the Electrochemical, Physical and Morphological Characteristics of Anode Catalysts for Perfluorosulfonic Acid (PFSA) Membrane Water Electrolysers

A number of supported and un-supported Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) iridium based electrocatalysts for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Water Electrolysis (PEMWE) were synthesized using a polyol method. The electrocatalysts and the supports were characterized using a wide range of physical and electrochemical characterization methods. The effect of morphological characteristics of the OER electrocatalyst and the support on the OER activity was studied. The results of this thesis contribute to the existing research to reduce the cost of PEMWE by enhancing the utilization of precious metal for OER electrocatalysis. Iridium electrocatalysts supported on antimony tin oxide (Ir/ATO) were synthesized using the polyol method with two different heating techniques: conventional and microwave-irradiation. It was shown that the physical morphology and electrochemical properties of Ir/ATO synthesized with the two heating methods were comparable. However, the microwave irradiation method was extremely faster than the conventional heating method. Additionally, the effect of heat treatment (calcination temperature) on the morphology and OER activity of Ir/ATO synthesized electrocatalyst with the conventional polyol method. It was found that the iridium electrocatalyst synthesized with the polyol method, consisted of 1-5 nm particles, possessed an amorphous structure, and contained iridium with an average oxidation state of less than +4. Calcining the catalyst at temperatures more than 400 ºC and less than 700ºC: 1) increased the size of the iridium particles to 30 nm, 2) changed the structure of iridium particles from amorphous to crystalline, 3) increased the iridium oxidation state to +4 (IrO2), 4) reduced the electrochemically active surface area by approximately 50%, and 5) reduced the OER activity by approximately 25%; however, it had no significant effect on the physical and chemical morphology of the ATO support. Moreover, potential support metal carbides and oxides including: Tantalum Carbide (TaC), Niobium Oxide (Nb2O5), Niobium Carbide (NbC), Titanium Carbide (TiC), Tungsten Carbide (WC) and Antimony-doped Tin Oxide (ATO, Sb2O5-SnO2), were characterized, and used as support for the iridium OER electrocatalysts. TaC was found to be a promising support, and increasing its surface area by 4% improved the OER performance of the final supported catalyst by approximately 50%.

Expanding our Constitutional Horizons: A Comprehensive Study of Quasi-Constitutionality in Canada

A number of laws in Canada which uphold rights are referred to as quasi-constitutional by the courts in recognition of their special importance. Quasi-constitutional statutes are enacted through the regular legislative process, although they are being interpreted and applied in a fashion which has become remarkably similar to constitutional law, and are therefore having an important affect over other legislation. Quasi-constitutionality has surprisingly received limited scholarly attention, and very few serious attempts at explaining its significance have been made. This dissertation undertakes a comprehensive study of quasi-constitutionality which considers its theoretical basis, its interpretation and legal significance, as well as its similarities to comparable forms of law in other Commonwealth jurisdictions. Part I examines the theoretical basis of quasi-constitutionality and its relationship to the Constitution. As a statutory and common law form of fundamental law, quasi-constitutionality is shown to signify an association with the Canadian Constitution and the foundational principles that underpin it. Part II proceeds to consider the special rules of interpretation applied to quasi-constitutional legislation, the basis of this interpretative approach, and the connection between the interpretation of similar provisions in quasi-constitutional legislation and the Constitution. As a statutory form of fundamental law, quasi-constitutional legislation is given a broad, liberal and purposive interpretation which significantly expands the rights which they protect. The theoretical basis of this approach is found in both the fundamental nature of the rights upheld by quasi-constitutional legislation as well as legislative intent. Part III explores how quasi-constitutional statutes affect the interpretation of regular legislation and how they are used for the purposes of judicial review. Quasi-constitutional legislation has a significant influence over regular statutes in the interpretative exercise, which in some instances results in conflicting statutes being declared inoperable. The basis of this form of judicial review is demonstrated to be rooted in statutory interpretation, and as such it provides an interesting model of rights protection and judicial review that is not conflated to constitutional and judicial supremacy.

WIPO and the Reinforcement of the Nagoya Protocol: Towards Effective Implementation of an Access and Benefit Sharing Regime for the Protection of Traditional Knowledge Associated with Genetic Resources

Traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources (TKaGRs) is acknowledged as a valuable resource. Its value draws from economic, social, cultural, and innovative uses. This value places TK at the heart of competing interests as between indigenous peoples who hold it and depend on it for their survival, and profitable industries which seek to exploit it in the global market space. The latter group seek, inter alia, to advance and maintain their global competitiveness by exploiting TKaGRs leads in their research and development activities connected with modern innovation. Biopiracy remains an issue of central concern to the developing world and has emerged in this context as a label for the inequity arising from the misappropriation of TKaGRs located in the South by commercial interests usually located in the North. Significant attention and resources are being channeled at global efforts to design and implement effective protection mechanisms for TKaGRs against the incidence of biopiracy. The emergence and recent entry into force of the Nagoya Protocol offers the latest example of a concluded multilateral effort in this regard. The Nagoya Protocol, adopted on the platform of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), establishes an open-ended international access and benefit sharing (ABS) regime which is comprised of the Protocol as well as several complementary instruments. By focusing on the trans-regime nature of biopiracy, this thesis argues that the intellectual property (IP) system forms a central part of the problem of biopiracy, and so too to the very efforts to implement solutions, including through the Nagoya Protocol. The ongoing related work within the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), aimed at developing an international instrument (or a series of instruments) to address the effective protection of TK, constitutes an essential complementary process to the Nagoya Protocol, and, as such, forms a fundamental element within the Nagoya Protocol’s evolving ABS regime-complex. By adopting a third world approach to international law, this thesis draws central significance from its reconceptualization of biopiracy as a trans-regime concept. By construing the instrument(s) being negotiated within WIPO as forming a central component part of the Nagoya Protocol, this dissertation’s analysis highlights the importance of third world efforts to secure an IP-based reinforcement to the Protocol for the effective eradication of biopiracy.

The Influence of Healed Intrablock Rockmass Structure on the Behaviour of Deep Excavations in Complex Rockmasses

Conventional rockmass characterization and analysis methods for geotechnical assessment in mining, civil tunnelling, and other excavations consider only the intact rock properties and the discrete fractures that are present and form blocks within rockmasses. Field logging and classification protocols are based on historically useful but highly simplified design techniques, including direct empirical design and empirical strength assessment for simplified ground reaction and support analysis. As modern underground excavations go deeper and enter into more high stress environments with complex excavation geometries and associated stress paths, healed structures within initially intact rock blocks such as sedimentary nodule boundaries and hydrothermal veins, veinlets and stockwork (termed intrablock structure) are having an increasing influence on rockmass behaviour and should be included in modern geotechnical design. Due to the reliance on geotechnical classification methods which predate computer aided analysis, these complexities are ignored in conventional design. Given the comparatively complex, sophisticated and powerful numerical simulation and analysis techniques now practically available to the geotechnical engineer, this research is driven by the need for enhanced characterization of intrablock structure for application to numerical methods. Intrablock structure governs stress-driven behaviour at depth, gravity driven disintegration for large shallow spans, and controls ultimate fragmentation. This research addresses the characterization of intrablock structure and the understanding of its behaviour at laboratory testing and excavation scales, and presents new methodologies and tools to incorporate intrablock structure into geotechnical design practice. A new field characterization tool, the Composite Geological Strength Index, is used for outcrop or excavation face evaluation and provides direct input to continuum numerical models with implicit rockmass structure. A brittle overbreak estimation tool for complex rockmasses is developed using field observations. New methods to evaluate geometrical and mechanical properties of intrablock structure are developed. Finally, laboratory direct shear testing protocols for interblock structure are critically evaluated and extended to intrablock structure for the purpose of determining input parameters for numerical models with explicit structure.

Vortex evolution in the wake of accelerating low-aspect-ratio plates and three-dimensional bodies of revolution

To find examples of effecient locomotion and manoeuvrability, one need only turn to the elegant solutions natural flyers and swimmers have converged upon. This dissertation is specifically motivated by processes of evolutionary convergence, which have led to the propulsors and body shapes in nature that exhibit strong geometric collapse over diverse scales. These body features are abstracted in the studies presented herein using low-aspect-ratio at plates and a three-dimensional body of revolution (a sphere). The highly-separated vortical wakes that develop during accelerations are systematically characterized as a function of planform shape, aspect ratio, Reynolds number, and initial boundary conditions. To this end, force measurements and time-resolved (planar) particle image velocimetry have been used throughout to quantify the instantaneous forces and vortex evolution in the wake of the bluff bodies. During rectilinear motions, the wake development for the flat plates is primarily dependent on plate aspect ratio, with edge discontinuities and curvature playing only a secondary role. Furthermore, the axisymmetric case, i.e. the circular plate, shows strong sensitivity to Reynolds number, while this sensitivity quickly diminishes with increasing aspect ratio. For rotational motions, global insensitivity to plate aspect ratio has been observed. For the sphere, it has been shown that accelerations play an important role in the mitigation of flow separation. These results - expounded upon in this dissertation - have begun to shed light on the specific vortex dynamics that may be coopted by flying and swimming species of all shapes and sizes towards efficient locomotion.

Analysis of Non-Stationary Flows Using Eulerian and Lagrangian Frameworks

Recent developments have made researchers to reconsider Lagrangian measurement techniques as an alternative to their Eulerian counterpart when investigating non-stationary flows. This thesis advances the state-of-the-art of Lagrangian measurement techniques by pursuing three different objectives: (i) developing new Lagrangian measurement techniques for difficult-to-measure, in situ flow environments; (ii) developing new post-processing strategies designed for unstructured Lagrangian data, as well as providing guidelines towards their use; and (iii) presenting the advantages that the Lagrangian framework has over their Eulerian counterpart in various non-stationary flow problems. Towards the first objective, a large-scale particle tracking velocimetry apparatus is designed for atmospheric surface layer measurements. Towards the second objective, two techniques, one for identifying Lagrangian Coherent Structures (LCS) and the other for characterizing entrainment directly from unstructured Lagrangian data, are developed. Finally, towards the third objective, the advantages of Lagrangian-based measurements are showcased in two unsteady flow problems: the atmospheric surface layer, and entrainment in a non-stationary turbulent flow. Through developing new experimental and post-processing strategies for Lagrangian data, and through showcasing the advantages of Lagrangian data in various non-stationary flows, the thesis works to help investigators to more easily adopt Lagrangian-based measurement techniques.

A new multilevel converter configuration for high power and high quality applications

The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) allows the presentation of theses for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the format of published or submitted papers, where such papers have been published, accepted or submitted during the period of candidature. This thesis is composed of ten published /submitted papers and book chapters of which nine have been published and one is under review. This project is financially supported by an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Grant with the aim of investigating multilevel topologies for high quality and high power applications, with specific emphasis on renewable energy systems. The rapid evolution of renewable energy within the last several years has resulted in the design of efficient power converters suitable for medium and high-power applications such as wind turbine and photovoltaic (PV) systems. Today, the industrial trend is moving away from heavy and bulky passive components to power converter systems that use more and more semiconductor elements controlled by powerful processor systems. However, it is hard to connect the traditional converters to the high and medium voltage grids, as a single power switch cannot stand at high voltage. For these reasons, a new family of multilevel inverters has appeared as a solution for working with higher voltage levels. Besides this important feature, multilevel converters have the capability to generate stepped waveforms. Consequently, in comparison with conventional two-level inverters, they present lower switching losses, lower voltage stress across loads, lower electromagnetic interference (EMI) and higher quality output waveforms. These properties enable the connection of renewable energy sources directly to the grid without using expensive, bulky, heavy line transformers. Additionally, they minimize the size of the passive filter and increase the durability of electrical devices. However, multilevel converters have only been utilised in very particular applications, mainly due to the structural limitations, high cost and complexity of the multilevel converter system and control. New developments in the fields of power semiconductor switches and processors will favor the multilevel converters for many other fields of application. The main application for the multilevel converter presented in this work is the front-end power converter in renewable energy systems. Diode-clamped and cascade converters are the most common type of multilevel converters widely used in different renewable energy system applications. However, some drawbacks – such as capacitor voltage imbalance, number of components, and complexity of the control system – still exist, and these are investigated in the framework of this thesis. Various simulations using software simulation tools are undertaken and are used to study different cases. The feasibility of the developments is underlined with a series of experimental results. This thesis is divided into two main sections. The first section focuses on solving the capacitor voltage imbalance for a wide range of applications, and on decreasing the complexity of the control strategy on the inverter side. The idea of using sharing switches at the output structure of the DC-DC front-end converters is proposed to balance the series DC link capacitors. A new family of multioutput DC-DC converters is proposed for renewable energy systems connected to the DC link voltage of diode-clamped converters. The main objective of this type of converter is the sharing of the total output voltage into several series voltage levels using sharing switches. This solves the problems associated with capacitor voltage imbalance in diode-clamped multilevel converters. These converters adjust the variable and unregulated DC voltage generated by renewable energy systems (such as PV) to the desirable series multiple voltage levels at the inverter DC side. A multi-output boost (MOB) converter, with one inductor and series output voltage, is presented. This converter is suitable for renewable energy systems based on diode-clamped converters because it boosts the low output voltage and provides the series capacitor at the output side. A simple control strategy using cross voltage control with internal current loop is presented to obtain the desired voltage levels at the output voltage. The proposed topology and control strategy are validated by simulation and hardware results. Using the idea of voltage sharing switches, the circuit structure of different topologies of multi-output DC-DC converters – or multi-output voltage sharing (MOVS) converters – have been proposed. In order to verify the feasibility of this topology and its application, steady state and dynamic analyses have been carried out. Simulation and experiments using the proposed control strategy have verified the mathematical analysis. The second part of this thesis addresses the second problem of multilevel converters: the need to improve their quality with minimum cost and complexity. This is related to utilising asymmetrical multilevel topologies instead of conventional multilevel converters; this can increase the quality of output waveforms with a minimum number of components. It also allows for a reduction in the cost and complexity of systems while maintaining the same output quality, or for an increase in the quality while maintaining the same cost and complexity. Therefore, the asymmetrical configuration for two common types of multilevel converters – diode-clamped and cascade converters – is investigated. Also, as well as addressing the maximisation of the output voltage resolution, some technical issues – such as adjacent switching vectors – should be taken into account in asymmetrical multilevel configurations to keep the total harmonic distortion (THD) and switching losses to a minimum. Thus, the asymmetrical diode-clamped converter is proposed. An appropriate asymmetrical DC link arrangement is presented for four-level diode-clamped converters by keeping adjacent switching vectors. In this way, five-level inverter performance is achieved for the same level of complexity of the four-level inverter. Dealing with the capacitor voltage imbalance problem in asymmetrical diodeclamped converters has inspired the proposal for two different DC-DC topologies with a suitable control strategy. A Triple-Output Boost (TOB) converter and a Boost 3-Output Voltage Sharing (Boost-3OVS) converter connected to the four-level diode-clamped converter are proposed to arrange the proposed asymmetrical DC link for the high modulation indices and unity power factor. Cascade converters have shown their abilities and strengths in medium and high power applications. Using asymmetrical H-bridge inverters, more voltage levels can be generated in output voltage with the same number of components as the symmetrical converters. The concept of cascading multilevel H-bridge cells is used to propose a fifteen-level cascade inverter using a four-level H-bridge symmetrical diode-clamped converter, cascaded with classical two-level Hbridge inverters. A DC voltage ratio of cells is presented to obtain maximum voltage levels on output voltage, with adjacent switching vectors between all possible voltage levels; this can minimize the switching losses. This structure can save five isolated DC sources and twelve switches in comparison to conventional cascade converters with series two-level H bridge inverters. To increase the quality in presented hybrid topology with minimum number of components, a new cascade inverter is verified by cascading an asymmetrical four-level H-bridge diode-clamped inverter. An inverter with nineteen-level performance was achieved. This synthesizes more voltage levels with lower voltage and current THD, rather than using a symmetrical diode-clamped inverter with the same configuration and equivalent number of power components. Two different predictive current control methods for the switching states selection are proposed to minimise either losses or THD of voltage in hybrid converters. High voltage spikes at switching time in experimental results and investigation of a diode-clamped inverter structure raised another problem associated with high-level high voltage multilevel converters. Power switching components with fast switching, combined with hard switched-converters, produce high di/dt during turn off time. Thus, stray inductance of interconnections becomes an important issue and raises overvoltage and EMI issues correlated to the number of components. Planar busbar is a good candidate to reduce interconnection inductance in high power inverters compared with cables. The effect of different transient current loops on busbar physical structure of the high-voltage highlevel diode-clamped converters is highlighted. Design considerations of proper planar busbar are also presented to optimise the overall design of diode-clamped converters.

A cybernetic approach to land management issues

This work is a digital version of a dissertation that was first submitted in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in March 1994. The work was concerned with problems of self-organisation and organisation ranging from local to global levels of hierarchy. It considers organisations as living entities from local to global things that a living entity – more particularly, an individual, a body corporate or a body politic - must know and do to maintain an existence – that is to remain viable – or to be sustainable. The term ‘land management’ as used in 1994 was later subsumed into a more general concept of ‘natural resource management’ and then merged with ideas about sustainable socioeconomic and sustainable ecological development. The cybernetic approach contains many cognitive elements of human observation, language and learning that combine into production processes. The approach tends to highlight instances where systems (or organisations) can fail because they have very little chance of succeeding. Thus there are logical necessities as well as technical possibilities in designing, constructing, operating and maintaining production systems that function reliably over extended periods. Chapter numbers and titles to the original thesis are as follows: 1. Land management as a problem of coping with complexity 2. Background theory in systems theory and cybernetic principles 3. Operationalisation of cybernetic principles in Beer’s Viable System Model 4. Issues in the design of viable cadastral surveying and mapping organisation 5. An analysis of the tendency for fragmentation in surveying and mapping organisation 6. Perambulating the boundaries of Sydney – a problem of social control under poor standards of literacy 7. Cybernetic principles in the process of legislation 8. Closer settlement policy and viability in agricultural production 9. Rate of return in leasing Crown lands

Narrative on a doctoral narrative : reflections on postgraduate study and pedagogy

This paper explores the stages of one student’s intellectual journey through a Doctor of Philosophy program of study in an Australian university. It outlines the theoretical and methodological insights made as she came to understand that data was discourse, entailing a politics and position of power that ran contrary to the aims of the study that the student was undertaking in and on her own community. The article is a reflective narrative produced from the experience of having to come to terms with some of the personal and professional tensions and contradictions that postgraduate study can, and maybe should, engender if it is to be any of real value.

Approaches to acquiring ‘doctorateness’ in the creative industries : an Australian perspective

Over the last two decades, particularly in Australia and the UK, the doctoral landscape has changed considerably with increasingly hybridised approaches to methodologies and research strategies as well as greater choice of examinable outputs. This paper provides an overview of doctoral practices that are emerging in the context of the creative industries, with a focus on practice-led approaches within the Doctor of Philosophy and recent developments in professional doctorates, from a predominantly Australian perspective. In interrogating what constitutes ‘doctorateness’ in this context, the paper examines some of the diverse theoretical principles which foreground the practitioner/researcher, methodological approaches that incorporate tacit knowledge and reflective practice together with qualitative strategies, blended learning delivery modes, and flexible doctoral outputs; and how these are shaping this shifting environment. The paper concludes with a study of the Doctor of Creative Industries at Queensland University of Technology as one model of an interdisciplinary professional research doctorate.

Acquiring ‘doctorateness’ in the creative industries : an Australian perspective on professional research doctorates

Over the last two decades, particularly in Australia and the UK, the doctoral landscape has changed considerably with increasingly hybridised approaches to methodologies and research strategies as well as greater choice of examinable outputs. This paper provides an overview of doctoral practices that are emerging in the creative industries context, from a predominantly Australian perspective, with a focus on practice-led approaches within the Doctor of Philosophy and recent developments in professional doctorates. The paper examines some of the diverse theoretical principles which foreground the practitioner/researcher, methodological approaches that incorporate tacit knowledge and reflective practice together with qualitative strategies, blended learning delivery modes, and flexible doctoral outputs;and how these are shaping this shifting environment towards greater research-based industry outputs. The discussion is based around a single extended case study of the Doctor of Creative Industries at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) as one model of an interdisciplinary professional research doctorate.

中国煤中氟的环境地球化学研究

氟是煤中含量较高的微量元素，大多在20-500mg／kg，平均值为150mg／kg左右。煤在燃烧时，其中的氟化物将发生分解，大部分以日F、SiF_4等气态污染物形式排入大气，不仅严重腐蚀锅炉和烟气净化设备，而且造成大气氟污染和生态环境的破坏。氟是人体所必需的微量元素，但摄入过量则会催患氟斑牙和氟骨症。燃煤污染型氟中毒为我国所独有，导致了近1500万患者，这是人类有史以来最严重的环境污染导致的健康危害事件。因此，根据目前国内外对煤咔l氟的研究进展，研究中国煤中氟的含量、分布及其影响因素；燃煤型氟中毒的环境地球化学特征；选煤脱氟的机理；粮食中氟的分析方法既有理论意义又有现实价值。通过本文的研究，得出以下几点认识：1、通过在全国有计划的系统取样。统一采用当前最有效的分析方法-高温热水解-离子选择性电极法来获得中国煤炭的平均氟含量。与世界煤相比，中国煤含氟量正常，绝大部分（90％）煤的含氟范围为47～347mg／kg，全国煤 氟平均含量为136mg／kg。澄清了长期以来关于中国煤炭高氟的错误认识，为正确计算燃煤的氟排放通量并评价其环境影响提供了较准确的基础资料。2、中国煤中氟含量与灰分显著正相关，表明煤中氟主要以无机矿物形式赋存。3、在本批样品中按变质程度的不同，煤含氟量由低到高依次为贫煤、长焰煤、无烟煤、气煤、焦煤、肥煤、瘦煤和褐煤。煤中的氟主要赋存于无机矿物中，以无机形态赋存的氟不受煤变质程度的影响。从褐煤到无烟煤，煤中的氟含量和煤变质程度之间没有必然的关系，在讨论煤氟含量与变质程度的关系时要考虑氟的赋存形态的影响，以统计分析的方法来研究其间的相互关系时要慎下结论，某些变化趋势不一定就是必然的规律。4、在本批样品中按地质时代的不同，煤中氟含量由低到高依次为早石炭世、中侏罗世、早侏罗世、早二叠世、晚石炭世、中石炭一世、晚侏罗世、第三纪和晚三叠世。煤中的氟含量受物质来源、成煤环境、后期地质地球化学作用等多种因素的影响，而我国幅员辽阔、成煤期多、煤田分布广，而且同地质时代的不同煤矿区（或者地质单元）可以具有相同条件，也可具有不同条件，致使影响含氟量的各种因素大多只具有局部性，造成成煤时代等单一因素的作用可能为其它各种因素的作用所掩盖，对此有必要进行更深入具体的研究。5、拌煤的粘土取自土壤的淀积层，其氟含量非常高。中国煤氟的含量不高，远低于淀积层粘土的氟含量。在燃煤型氟中毒病区通常用粉煤与粘土加水搅拌制成湿的煤泥在无烟囱的炉灶内燃烧。使用烟煤和无烟煤的燃煤型氟病区的氟主要来自于拌煤的粘土。我们突破了长期以来关于氟源是高氟煤的错误认识，这为正确、有效地防治燃煤型地氟病提供了新的思路。6、在石煤污染型氟病区石煤的风化淋溶对水环境、粮食作物的含氟量影响不大，但其燃烧后释放出的的气态、气溶胶态和尘态氟会污染室内空气、粮食、蔬菜和饮水从而导致人体摄氟过量而中毒。改良炉灶，改变在厨房烘烤、存放辣椒的陋习，经常清扫室内，尤其是室内上部灰尘，防止灰尘坠落污染食物、饮水等，对．预防氟中毒有重要意义。7、选煤可降低灰分、硫分，同时还能有效脱除煤中的氟及其他有害微量元素，从而可减少运输成本，降低粉煤灰的收集、处理和处置与有害微量元素的排放控制费用，提高燃烧热效率，符合以预防为主的国家环保政策，要大力倡导。8、我们采集的病区玉米第二次酸浸时浸出液含氟量低于检测限；而辣椒由于含油较多，辣椒油阻碍了氟的浸出，这导致浸泡两、三次后在浸出液中还能检测出氟。在地氟病区采用酸浸一离子选择性电极法测定氟含量时，玉米浸泡一次即可满足研究需要，而对于辣椒则宜进行多次浸泡。一次或多次未浸出的氟含量基本为一个定值，在研究地氟病时不用对此作太多考虑，但在制订粮食的含氟量及人体的摄氟量标准时要将这一部分氟考虑进去。

贵阳市表层土壤重金属污染元素环境地球化学基线研究

贵阳市位于贵州省中部云贵高原东斜坡地带，地处东经106°07′至107°17′，北纬262°11′，至272°22′之间，属东部平原向西部高原的过渡地带，地形地貌多样，海拔高，纬度低，具有亚热带湿润温和型气候的特点，资源丰富，能源充足，自然环境得天独厚。本论文详细研究了贵阳市8046平方公里面积内表层土壤中砷、福、铬、铜、汞、镍、铅、锌8种重金属污染元素的环境地球化学特征，确定了土壤环境地球化学基线，并建立了判别自然的和人为的环境影响的地球化学指标，进而计算污染参数：重金属累计指数和污染程度，在此基础上进行了土壤重金属污染来源分析。取得认识如下：1、贵阳市表层土壤中重金属污染元素的均值、标准差、极值、主要含量区间分别是：砷18·ogmg／kg、11·57 mg／kg、79.30mg/kg、AS95.9％＜40mg/kg；福0.302mg／kg、0.363mg／kg、2.620mg／lcg、Cd95.7％＜1.000mg／kg；铬75.3mg／kg、37.3mg／kg、271.0mg／kg、Cr95.9％＜150.0mg／1cg；铜43．lmg／kg、30.3mg/kg、213.0mg瓜g，Cu94.6o／＜100mg／kg；铅43.2mg／kg、31.3mg／kg、318.9mg/kg，Pb95.5％＜100.0mg/kg；汞0.222mg／kg、0.531mg／kg、7.030mg／kg，Hg98.2％＜1.00Omg/kg；镍38.3mg/kg、14.9mg／kg、102.5mh/kg，Ni95.8%＜70mg/kg；锌84.7mkg、49.8mg／kg、385.0mg/kg，Zn93.4％＜150.0mg/kg。2、利用相对累计总量分析方法和相对累计频率分析方法确定贵阳市表层土壤中重金属元素的基线值和受人为影响的下限：砷为9.04mk和29.0mg/kg；福为0.068mg／kg和1 ．OIOms／kg；铬为44.0mg／kg和100.2mg/kg；铜为18.8mg/kg和68.4mg/kg；铅为14.8mg/kg和70.lmg／kg；汞为0.045mg／kg和0.530mkg；镍为17.0mg/kg和57.0mg/kg；锌46.3mg/kg和112.0mg/kg。3、对贵阳市表层土壤重金属含量进行地质累计指数分析，结果显示贵阳市的表层土壤中：41％未受砷污染，43％的在无污染到中度污染之间，14％的中度污染，只有2％的介于中度污染到强污染之间；40％未受福污染，19％无污染到中度污染之间，14％的中度污染，19％的介于中度污染到强污染之间，7％的强污染，1％的表层土壤强污染到极强污染之间；46％未受铬污染，47％在无污染到中度污染之间，6.8％的中度污染，0.2％介于中度污染到强污染之间；38％未受铜污染，38％在无污染到中度污染之间，22％的中度污染，2％的介于中度污染到强污染之间；18％未受铅污染，47％在无污染到中度污染之间，28％的中度污染，3％介于中度污染到强污染之间；12％未受元素汞污染，37％在无污染到中度污染之间，36％的中度污染，11％介于中度污染到强污染之间，2％的强污染，1％的介于强污染与极强污染之间，1％的极强污染；19.2％未受镍污染，63.7％在无污染到中度污染之间，16.8％的中度污染，0.3％介于中度污染到强污染之间；41％未受锌污染，50％在无污染到中度污染之间，7％的中度污染，2％介于中度污染到强污染之间。4、贵阳市表层土壤中重金属元素含量的污染程度计算显示：砷的污染程度最大为4，27，50.2％的表层土壤未受污染，97％的表层土壤污染程度小于2，总污染程度略大于O，即受到轻微污染；蝠的污染程度最大为12.1，57.9％的表层土壤未受污染，％％的表层土壤污染程度小于4，总污染程度大于。，即受到污染；铬的污染程度最大为2.01，69％的表层土壤未受到重金属元素铬的污染，30.6％的表层土壤受到轻微污染，总污染程度小于O，即未受到污染；铜的污染程度最大为5.09，53.2％的表层土壤未受到重金属元素铜的污染，总污染程度略大于0，即受到轻微污染；铅的污染程度最大为8.11，49.9％的表层土壤未受到重金属元素铅的污染，总污染程度略大于0，即受到轻微污染；汞的污染程度最大为45.87，56.1％的表层土壤未受到重金属元 素汞的污染。总污染程度大于0，即受到污染；镍的污染程度最大为1.56，64％的表层土壤未受到重金属元素镍的污染，总污染程度小于O，即未受到污染；锌的污染程度最大为2.85，77.8％的表层土壤未受到重金属元素锌的污染，总污染程度小于0，即未受到污染。综合考虑8种重金属污染元素，贵阳市40.2％的表层土壤无重金属元素污染，巧％的表层土壤在无污染到轻微污染之间，36.1的表层土壤轻微污染，7.2％的中度污染，1.4％的表层土壤严重污染。5、福和镍只存在较少的污染区域，其余六种元素都存在局部的重金属含量受人为因素影响。砷的污染区域主要集中在筑东部的马场和西部清镇的暗流、王家院等地；铬的污染区域主要集中筑南部的花溪马林、西部的暗流一酒坪等地；铜的污染区域则主要集中在筑南部的燕楼马林处；汞的污染区域分布在筑北开阳双流、筑西北六广以及筑中扎佐三片；铅的污染区域分布在筑东北的宅吉、城关；筑西麦格等处；而锌的污染区则集中在筑东北面的开阳花梨和城关。总体来说，镍、铜的含量是处于最安全的位置，而汞、铅的警戒区域面积很大，几乎函盖了全部研究区域，福次之，砷、锌、铬适中。6、贵阳市表层土壤中重金属污染元素的含量主要与矿山、长期的农业措施和燃煤带来的污染有关。所有重金属含量超标区几乎都对应于矿区，其污染可能来自于母岩，也可能来自矿区生产而导致的“三废”污染。汞、铅、镉的“警戒”区域面积较大，主要是由长期的农业污染造成，特别是磷肥和含污染元素的农药、除草剂等的施用，汞、隔“警戒”区域面积较大的原因还与燃煤后重金属的大气沉降有关。另外砷的污染也和燃煤后大气沉降有关。贵阳市表层土壤没有受到重金属污染元镍的污染。7、在本研究区域内，重金属含量呈现不同含量等级的土类是由于长时间受人为影响的结果，而重金属含量处于单一等级区间的土类则受人为因素影响较小，其含量区间反映了背景值含量范围。在贵阳市的表层土壤中，黄壤、石灰土、水稻土受人为影响较多，石质土、粗骨土、紫色土、黄棕壤受人为影响适中，沼泽土和山地草甸土受人为影响较少。8、本文建议：（1）在乌当区金华镇三铺村、修文县久长镇新隆村、白云区牛场乡小山村、修文县扎佐镇丁官村、修文县大石乡天桥村、开阳县双流镇凉水井村、修文县六广镇滨江村这几个综合污染较为严重的区域采取政府宏观调控手段，指导当地农户进行绿化苗木、花卉等不进入食物链的植物，或者在合适的地方，进行退耕还林，种植生态林。同时建议有关部门在这些区域开展土壤重金属治理工作；（2）在清镇市的暗流一卫城、王家院、水塘以及开阳县马场一哨上等砷含量较高区域种植旱生禾谷类食用籽粒的作物，如小麦、玉米、高粱等，不能种植水生作物和叶菜类作物；在北部开阳双流片、西北部修文六广一大石片、筑中扎佐一牛场片汞含量较高区域推广竺麻的种植；在东北部开阳花梨一城关锌含量较高区域建议农户种植玉米；在开阳的宅吉一龙水、城关和清镇的麦格片区铅含量较高区域，大力发展烟草的种植；在修文久长、大石、开阳城关一马场、清镇麦格、乌当水田一新堡等搞含量较高地区推荐种植豆科食用籽粒作物。9、综合考虑国家《土壤环境质量标准（GB15618一1995）》中规定监测的8种重金属污染元素，污染程度（Cd）的判别指标可以定量化为：Cd≤O：无污染；O＜Cd燕1无污染到轻微污染；1＜Cd≤5：轻微污染：5＜Cd≤10中度污染；Cd＞10：严重污染。

Three essays in risky behaviors

A PhD Dissertation, presented as part of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the NOVA - School of Business and Economics

Three essays in financial markets

A PhD Dissertation, presented as part of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the NOVA - School of Business and Economics