Escuela de Química: Recent submissions
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Effect of the soft segment on the fatigue behavior of segmented polyurethanes
(Elsevier, 1999)Effect of the soft-segment structure and molecular weight on the microphase separation in segmented polyurethanes (SPU) was determined by means of differential scanning calorimetry, small-angle X-ray scattering, dielectric ... -
Ecosystemic Assessment of Surface Water Quality in the Virilla River: Towards Sanitation Processes in Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2018)Water quality information is essential supporting decision making in water management processes. The lack of information restricts, at some point, the implementation of adequate sanitation, which is still scarce in ... -
Phytonutraceutical evaluation of five varieties of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) during ripening and processing
(Elsevier, 2022-07-15)Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is the largest produced vegetable in the world after potato and sweet potato. It is an important source of carotenoids (mainly lycopene), ascorbic acid, and phenolic compounds. In this work, ... -
Nanochitin: Chemistry, Structure, Assembly, and Applications
(ACS Publications, 2022)Chitin, a fascinating biopolymer found in living organisms, fulfills current demands of availability, sustainability, biocompatibility, biodegradability, functionality, and renewability. A feature of chitin is its ability ... -
Climate And Water Conflicts Coevolution From Tropical Development And Hydro-Climatic Perspectives: A Case Study Of Costa Rica
(American water resources Association, 2018)Costa Rica is a nation with a vast wealth of water resources; however, recently the country has faced water conflicts (WC) due to social, economic, legal, and political impediments in response to limited water availability ... -
Chemical And Extractives Compatibility Of Empty Bunch Fruit Of Elaeis Guineensis, Leaves Of Ananas Cumosos And Tetrapak With Wood Used In Particleboards In Tropical Areas
(Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), 2015)Tropical countries produce a great variety of lignocellulosic residues from small-area planted crops. Large amount of "Tetra Pak" package are also produced without any disposal treatment. In order to give solutions for ... -
Uso alternativo de residuos de caña de azúcar obtención de espumas rígidas de poliuretano
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2004)En este trabajo se realizó un estudio para comprobar la efectiva sustitución parcial de los reactivos de uso común en la elaboración de espumas rígidas de poliuretano, por materiales lignocelulósicos provenientes de la ... -
Uso alternativo de excedentes agroindustriales en la formulación de fertilizantes orgánicos foliares
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2003)Debido a la reciente demanda de alimentos a nivel mundial provocado por la explosión demográfica que ha dado en las últimas décadas, la calidad de plaguicidas y fertilizantes químicos empleados ha aumentado a un ritmo ... -
Sistema automatizado de mantenimiento preventivo, predictivo y correctivo para el equipo y maquinaria del Ingenio El General
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2003)El proceso de globalización, así como el proceso de integración de nuestra economía ha tratado de libre comercio en diferentes países, hace que cada día el sector industrial requiera eficientizar cada vez más sus procesos ... -
Caracterización química de algunos desechos agroindustriales de Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional [Costa Rica ], 1998-01-01)Se caracterizó químicamente las cáscaras de la piña y el aserrín de madera, la cascarilla de arroz, la brosa y el pergamino del café y se procedió a la separación de la lignina y la celulosa. Los análisis I R realizados ... -
Residuos de plaguicidas en sedimentos de los ríos Poás, Poasito y Colorado por la actividad agrícola del área de recarga hídrica, en la zona alta del cantón de Poás-Alajuela
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2004)El Servicio Fitosanitario del estado (Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería) se ha visto en la necesidad de plantear programas de monitoreo de residuos de plaguicidas. El presente estudio consiste en la valoración de la ... -
Composites of carbon nanofibers and thermoplastic polyurethanes with shape-memory properties prepared by chaotic mixing
(Wiley Inter Science, 2009)Composites of carbon nanofibers (CNFs), oxidized car bon nanofibers (ox-CNFs), and shape-memory thermo plastic polyurethane (TPU) were prepared in a chaotic mixer and their shape-memory properties evaluated. The polymer ... -
Composite soy lecithin–decylpolyglucoside vesicles: A theoretical and experimental study
(Elsevier, 2008)In the present work, vesicles made with soy lecithin and a commercial mixture of alkyl polyglucosides were prepared and characterized. Vesicles with a constant amount of soy lecithin and an increasing amount of a ... -
Control in vitro de garrapatas (Boophilus microplus; Acari: Ixodidae) mediante extractos vegetales
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2008)Hydro-alcohol extracts of ten tropical plants were tested by the immersion method on mature ticks (Boophilus microplus Canestrini 1887). The biological evaluation was made with raw hydro alcoholic extracts (R-OH) to determine ... -
Biodegradable polyurethanes from sugar cane biowastes
(Cellulose chemistry and technology, 2011)In a previous work, it was demonstrated that 70% of the molasses isolated from the biowaste generated by the agro-industrialization of sugar cane allow obtaining composite materials with adequate mechanical properties ... -
Establecimiento de procedimientos estándares de operación en la recepción de la materia prima en UNA Industria del plástico, bajo la norma ISO 9001-2000
(Universidad de Nacional (Costa Rica), 2003)La documentación se desarrolló con base en las variables del proceso de recepción de materia prima y las necesidades de cada área, mediante el diagnóstico de las deficiencias en el proceso de recepción de materia prima. ... -
Identificación de Metabolitos Secundarios Concentrados en el Extracto Hidroalcohólico de Starchytarpheta mutabilis
(Universidad de Nacional (Costa Rica), 2003)La presente investigación describe el aislamiento y la identificación estructural de dos metabolitos y la identificación estructural de dos metabolismos secundarios que se concentran en el extracto hidroalcohólico obtenido ... -
Baseflow recession analysis in the inland Pacific Northwest of the United States
(Springer Nature, 2015)The storage-discharge relationships of 26 water sheds in the inland Pacific Northwest of the United States were analyzed. Four fitting methods were used to obtain the baseflow coefficients: lower envelope, organic corre ... -
Arthropod biodiversity loss and the transformation of a tropical agro-ecosystem
(Chapman & Hall, 1997)The coffee (coffea arabica) agro-ecosystem in the Central Valley of Costa Rica was formerly characterized by a high vegetational diversity. This complex system has been undergoing a major transformation to capital-intensive ... -
Antimicrobial activities of Marcgraviaceae species and isolation of a naphthoquinone from Marcgravia nervosa (Marcgraviaceae)
(NRC Research Press, 2015)The Marcgraviaceae is a neotropical plant family of lianas and shrubs distributed throughout Central and South America, mainly in evergreen and semi-evergreen tropical forests. In this study, extracts of 12 Marcgraviaceae ...