海藻酸钠离子凝胶法制备直通孔氧化铝多孔陶瓷

利用海藻酸钠的离子凝胶过程, 采用溶剂置换结合冷冻干燥的工艺, 成功制备了具有高度有序六方排列的直通孔多孔氧化铝陶瓷, 整个工艺过程及所使用的原料都是环境友好的。研究结果表明, 1500℃烧结2 h样品的孔径尺寸在200 μm左右, 且与固相含量的关系不大, 而孔壁上存在0.3 μm~0.5 μm的小孔。通过控制浆料中氧化铝的固相含量可以对材料的性能进行有效地调控, 研究表明, 随着固相含量从5wt%提高到15wt%, 材料的密度从0.87 g/cm³提高到1.16 g/cm³, 渗透率从2.57×10^-11 m²下降到2.16×10^-11 m², 而抗压强度从(18.9±3.2) MPa提高到(44.2±5.4) MPa, 平行孔道方向的热导率从2.1 W/(m·K)提高到3.1 W/(m·K), 而垂直孔道方向的热导率从1.3 W/(m•K)提高到1.7 W/(m·K), 并且平行孔道方向热导率的增加幅度要明显大于垂直孔道方向。     

SOLIDIFICATION OF SUPERCOOLED FE-NI ALLOYS

The effect of supercooling on the solidification microstructure and solute distribution in Fe-Ni alloys containing 7, 10, 15, 35, and 45 wt.% Ni were investigated. A levitation technique was used to melt and supercool the alloys up to 320 K. X-ray microanalysis and optical techniques were used to determine the fraction of partitioniess solidification as a function of supercooling and alloy composition. It was found that supercooling the alloys below the γ-T_o curve, but above the metastable extension of the δ-T_o curve, results in partitioniess solidification of γ in the form of solute-rich crosses at the dendrite cores. On the other hand, when the supercooling was below the metastable δ-T_o extension, the crosses were not found and a martensitic structure was observed instead of the solute-rich crosses. We attribute this phenomenon to the activation of the alternative δ-Fe phase, instead of γ-Fe, when the supercooling is below the extended δ-T_o.     

Design of texture for improved formability of high-strength steel

The effect of crystallographic textures on the formability of BCC steel sheets has been studied by using crystalline plasticity finite element analysis (FEA) and experiments. It was confirmed that one of the important reasons why the conventional high-strength steel sheet has poor formability was due to lack of {111} fiber texture components —γ-fiber texture—. In this paper, a texture adjusted design method is proposed to improve the formability of conventional high-strength steel sheets. First, an artificial γ-fiber texture is defined in terms of a rotationally symmetric Gaussian distribution of deviation angles, which has a certain scatter width along the given γ-fiber skeleton line in Euler space. The analytic textures are designed by introducing the artificial γ-fiber texture into the conventional high-strength steel model. The blending coefficient corresponding to the {111}/{001} volume fraction ratio is selected as the design parameter. Then, an optimum crystallographic texture of steel sheet is found through the limit dome height (LDH) formability tests by employing as objective function, which is evaluated by a maximum thinning ratio of the deformed sheet. Further, it is demonstrated that the sheet with the optimum texture shows the best straining in VDI benchmark stamping tests.     

Effect of Small γ Precipitates on the Two-way Shape Memory Effect in a Cu–Zn–Al Alloy

After the treatment for the Stabilization of Stress-Induced Martensite (SSIM) in Cu–Zn–Al alloys, it was found that the small γ precipitates in the β austenite are ellipsoidal with a large strain field oriented in the same direction, while in the martensite, the γ precipitates changed their shape from ellipsoidal to spheroidal, which relaxed the strain field. To check whether the strain field of the γ precipitates is available to produce thermoelastic martensitic transformation, in situ observations with a heating sample holder in TME were performed. It was found that after heating above the A_s temperature, the spherical γ precipitates in the martensite recovered their strain field and elliptical shape. During cooling, the strain field of the γ precipitates disappeared again. This means that the strain fields of the γ precipitates trained by the SSIM method play an important part in the thermoelastic martensitic transformation that presents the two-way shape memory effect.     

CFD Studies of Indoor Airflow and Contaminant Particle Transportation

This article presents a numerical study of indoor airflows and contaminant particle transportation in three ventilated rooms. The realizable k - ε model is employed to model the air-phase turbulence, while the Lagrangian particle tracking model is utilized for the particle-phase simulation. The predicted air-phase velocities and contaminant particle concentrations are validated against the experimental data obtained from the literature. In the first case, the realizable k - ε model successfully captures the flow trend and reasonably predicts the airflow velocity. The realizable k - ε model under-predicts the vertical air velocities along the vertical inlet jet axis by 11% at x = 0.219 m, which is slightly better than the standard k - ε model error of 17%. In a two-zone room case, the realizable k - ε model, combined with a Lagrangian particle tracking model, predicts the particle concentration decay with the highest normalized difference being 24%. In the third case, the influence of particle size, location of particle resource, and particle-wall collision on the particle concentrations is investigated by the realizable k - ε model and the Lagrangian model. It is found that for relatively small particles (diameter ≤ 10 μm), the particle concentration may be insensitive to the particle diameter. In addition it has been observed that the particle-collision model may have considerable effect on the particle concentration prediction.     

泡沫前驱体碳热还原氮化法合成氮化铝粉体

本研究采用碳热还原氮化法(CRN)合成AlN粉体。以γ-Al₂O₃和炭黑为原料, 采用直接发泡工艺与注凝成型相结合的方法制备出Al₂O₃/C泡沫, 作为合成AlN粉体的前驱体。泡沫孔隙尺寸从几十微米到几百微米, 总孔隙率56%~90%。具有通孔结构的泡沫前驱体实现了原料内部各处的均匀的固-气反应, 泡沫总孔隙率≥80%可显著提高CRN反应的速率。XRD分析结果显示: CRN过程中存在γ-Al₂O₃到α-Al₂O₃的相转变, 反应起始温度在1300℃以上, 并在1550℃反应完全。在1650℃合成得到的AlN颗粒平均粒径不超过1 µm, 氮含量为32.9wt%。     

Effect of small γ-precipitates on the two-way shape memory effect in Cu–Zn–Al alloys

The γ-precipitates in Cu–Zn–Al alloys, trained by the stabilization of the stress induced martensite (SSIM) method, have been studied. After the SSIM treatment, it was found that small γ-precipitates in the β-austenite are ellipsoidal, with a large strain field oriented in the same direction; while in the martensite the γ-precipitates changed their shape from ellipsoid to spheroid, and relaxed their strain fields. In order to check whether the strain field of the γ-precipitates is capable of producing a thermoelastic martensitic transformation, an in-situ observation, by heating a sample holder in TEM, was performed. It was found that during heating over a temperature A_s, the γ-precipitates with a spherical shape in the martensite recovered their strain field and elliptical shape. During cooling, the strain field of the γ-precipitates disappeared again. It was proposed that the strain field of the γ-precipitates, trained by the SSIM method, plays an important part in the thermoelastic martensitic transformation, and presents two-way shape memory effects.     

The effect of copper addition on the structure and strength of an Al–Li alloy

In this study the effect of copper addition on the structure, precipitation kinetics and hardness in the Al–Li and Al–Li–Cu alloys aged at 200°C was investigated. The structures of precipitates were studied using X-ray-small-angle-scattering (XSAS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) methods. The changes in the structure parameter (Rg) of both alloys was calculated using two methods, the Guinier approximation and correlation function γ(r). By use of a plot of r γ(r) the distribution law of the T₁ disc thickness was obtained and the coexisting spherical particles of δ′ were estimated. Two types of δ′ precipitates of approximately 2 nm size and above 8 nm and the T₁ precipitates of thickness between 3 and 4 nm were observed.     

机械活化增强多孔磷酸钙骨水泥支架的研究

本研究采用球磨对磷酸钙骨水泥(CPC)起始粉末进行机械活化处理, 以期改善CPC力学性能, 并探讨了其影响机理。采用激光粒度仪、比表面积测量仪和X射线衍射仪(XRD)表征球磨后的CPC粉末(Ball milling CPC, BCPC)。利用发泡法制备多孔BCPC支架, 采用万能力学试验机、XRD和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)表征多孔BCPC支架。结果显示, 球磨后的BCPC粉末平均粒径减小, 比表面积增大, 表观密度、堆积密度及紧密密度减小。BCPC支架孔隙率为(77.98 ± 0.58)%, 抗压强度为(4.11 ± 0.46) MPa, 相比CPC支架的(64.23 ± 2.32)%和(1.99 ± 0.43) MPa有显著提高。SEM结果显示BCPC支架具有数微米和数百微米的两种孔隙结构。XRD结果表明机械活化作用降低了DCPD、α-TCP、CaCO₃和HA的晶粒尺寸和结晶度, 促使DCPD向DCPA转化, 促进了各相磷酸钙盐的水化和HA的沉积, 提高了BCPC支架的力学性能, 为增强CaP基多孔材料的力学性能和扩展其临床应用提供了新途径。     

An electron metallographic study of the commercial zinc-based pressure-die-cast alloy 3

The solidification structure of pressure-die-cast commercial alloy 3 was examined using scanning electron microscopy and thin foil transmission electron microscopy techniques. It was found that the rapidly cooled alloy commenced solidification by the formation of small rounded primary zinc (η) particles followed by pseudo-primary β particles and then a fine eutectic of β + η. The high temperature β phase subsequently decomposed into -aluminum and η, the phases stable at ambient temperature, but an intermediate transitional phase was found in alloys examined shortly after casting. Chemical analysis by energy-dispersive spectroscopy showed that this phase contained zinc with 11.8 wt.% Al, suggesting that it was a transitional phase since none of the stable phases in the Al---Zn system has that composition. This transitional phase had almost entirely disappeared after aging for a period of 5 years.

Precipitates had formed during or immediately after casting within the central regions of the zinc-rich primary dendrites. These were identified as the aluminium-rich solid solution with f.c.c. structure. The orientation relationship between the phases was determined as

[0001][111]

Each grain contained two families of precipitates with a common (0001)_η habit plane, each adopting one of the two non-equivalent variants of the orientation relationship.

Since this work had shown that aluminium precipitation from η was completed rapidly, the long-term dimensional changes found in zinc alloy castings on aging are considered to be due to the gradual replacement of the zinc-rich metastable phase by equilibrium and η.     

磷酸钙相组成对类骨单位复合骨支架的影响

从组成上看, 自然骨是一种无机与有机的复合材料; 从结构上看, 致密骨的基本结构单位为内壁血管化的骨单位。本研究基于组成与结构仿生的原理制备组织工程化支架, 模拟具有复杂结构的密质骨的基本单位——骨单位。为此, 通过静电纺丝和双螺杆挤出相结合的两步制造法, 制备一种具有双层结构的聚己内酯/磷酸钙(PCL/CaP)复合骨支架, 其内层是由电纺纳米纤维组成的空心管, 可贴附内皮细胞层形成与哈佛氏管相类似的结构; 其外层是具有高孔隙率的螺旋状PCL/CaP微丝, 可复合前成骨细胞以模拟骨单位结构中的外层骨样组织。为进一步探索材料组成对于支架生物功能的影响, 分别设计了外层为PCL, PCL/双相磷酸钙(PCL/BCP)和PCL/β-磷酸三钙(PCL/β-TCP)的复合支架, 比较了材料组分变化对外层微丝结构及前成骨细胞(MC3T3-E1)活性的影响。相比于PCL和PCL/β-TCP, PCL/BCP微丝更能显著增强细胞的生长和钙的沉积, 并成功获得可精确调控不同细胞的空间分布的双层复合支架, 实现对复杂结构骨单位的模拟构建, 显示出很好的应用前景。     

Investigation and physicochemical characterization of clarithromycin-citric acid-cyclodextrins ternary complexes

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of citric acid (CA) on the complexation of clarithromycin (CLM) with β-cyclodextrin (βCD) in aqueous solutions and in the solid state. A phase solubility study revealed a positive effect of CA on the drug solubility. A B_s-type solubility with an apparent stability constant (K_c) of 102.4 M^-1 was obtained for CLM in βCD solution and 161.2 M^-1 for CLM in 6 mM βCD solution. Solid ternary complexes were prepared by coevaporation and lyophilization. CLM-βCD-CA interactions were studied in the solid state by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffractometry. A part of the guest molecule was located in the βCD host cavity. The results obtained suggest that the lyophilization method yields a higher degree of amorphous entity than coevaporation.     

Stark spectroscopy of Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers and multilayers

The electrical (capacity and conductivity) and electro-optical (Stark spectra) properties were investigated for monolayers of an anthraquinone dye. The polar structure of the monolayers results in the appearance of the linear Stark effect with a field-induced change δT in the optical transmission proportional to the difference δμ of the dipole moments for an excited and the ground molecular states. Multilayers were shown to be non-polar owing to the effects of molecular association. In the latter case only the quadratic Stark effect is observed with δT proportional to the difference δ of the polarizabilities of an associated excited state and the ground state. It was also shown that the electric field distribution across an ultrathin Langmuir-Blodgett film is extremely non-uniform.     

Gamma double prime precipitation kinetic in Alloy 718

Gamma double prime (γ′′), precipitation was studied in Alloy 718 using isothermal and isochronal aging heat treatments applied between 943 and 1003 K. It is shown, that the coarsening behavior of γ′′ precipitates follows the coarsening kinetic predictions of the Lifshitz–Slyozov–Wagner (LSW) theory. The activation energy for γ′′ growth has been determined as equal to 272 kJ mol⁻¹ and seems to be controlled by volume diffusion of niobium in the matrix. The energy of the γ′′/matrix interface, Γ, has been found to be 95 ± 17 mJ m⁻² by assuming that the γ′′ precipitates adopt a disk shape which minimizes the total energy. This energy includes a volume distortion term calculated from the Eshelby inclusion theory and a surface component which is assumed to be isotropic. This interfacial energy is discussed and compared with the energy of γ′/matrix and γ′′/matrix interfaces in other superalloys. The constant K′′ of the LSW law time dependence has been calculated using the value of interfacial energy and the activation energy of γ′′ precipitates coarsening and is found to be in good agreement with our experimental values.     

Effect of Dosage on the Conduction of Electron Beam Cross-Linked Thermoplastic Elastomeric Films from Blend of LDPE and EVA Copolymer

The effect of electron beam irradiation at different radiation doses (50, 100, 150, 200, and 300 kGy) on Low-density polyethylene/ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (LDPE/EVA) blend was investigated. Measurements of I-V characteristics have been carried out at room temperature. It was found that the β parameter increases with the doses. This feature was attributed to the differences in electrical conductivity of the materials. The conduction mechanism is discussed qualitatively on the basis of Poole-Frenkel conduction mechanisms (enhanced conductivity at high electric fields due to the lowering of the potential barrier), also, at low-voltage region conduction was discussed in terms of the Schottky conduction mechanism namely β_s (Schottky field-lowering coefficient). The value of the Poole-Frenkel high field-lowering coefficient β_PF increases with increasing voltage range. Both mechanisms are related and display a highly consistent response to electron beam exposure.     

Compression testing of a sintered Ti6Al4V powder compact for biomedical applications

In this study, the compression deformation behavior of a Ti6Al4V powder compact, prepared by the sintering of cold compacted atomized spherical particles (100–200 μm) and containing 36–38% porosity, was investigated at quasi-static (1.6×10⁻³–1.6×10⁻¹ s⁻¹) and high strain rates (300 and 900 s⁻¹) using, respectively, conventional mechanical testing and Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar techniques. Microscopic studies of as-received powder and sintered powder compact showed that sintering at high temperature (1200 °C) and subsequent slow rate of cooling in the furnace changed the microstructure of powder from the acicular alpha () to the Widmanstätten (+β) microstructure. In compression testing, at both quasi-static and high strain rates, the compact failed via shear bands formed along the diagonal axis, 45° to the loading direction. Increasing the strain rate was found to increase both the flow stress and compressive strength of the compact but it did not affect the critical strain for shear localization. Microscopic analyses of failed samples and deformed but not failed samples of the compact further showed that fracture occurred in a ductile (dimpled) mode consisting of void initiation and growth in phase and/or at the /β interface and macrocracking by void coalescence in the interparticle bond region.     

New method for data treatment in polarization measurements

Precise formulae are obtained for the expectation values E(ξ), E(η) and variances V(ξ), V(η) of random variables ξ, η describing the spin asymmetry in the same reaction when a background process contribution is zero and appreciable, respectively. The variances of ξ and η are proved to be finite. It is shown that E(ξ) is equal to the physical asymmetry. This property of ξ and the finiteness of V(ξ) allows to find the asymmetry from experimental data without studying in detail the detector efficiency as a function of all kinematic variables essential for a process under investigation. This is the base of the proposed method of data treatment which is illustrated by Monte Carlo calculations. The formula for E(η) can be used to estimate the systematic uncertainty of the obtained asymmetry due to the background contribution. The high statistics limits for E(η) and V(η) are also considered for a nonzero value of the signal-to-background ratio.     

不同晶相MnS制备及光解H2S制氢性能研究

采用溶剂热法成功制备了具有立方结构的α-MnS和六方结构的γ-MnS。通过X射线衍射(XRD), 扫描电子显微镜(SEM), 透射电子显微镜(TEM)、高分辨透射电镜(HRTEM)、选区电子衍射(SAED)和紫外-可见吸收光谱(UV-Vis), 对样品的物相组成、显微形貌、光学性质进行了研究, 并对不同晶相MnS在可见光(λ > 420 nm)和全光谱下光解H₂S制氢性能进行了研究。结果表明: α, γ-MnS在可见光下都具有光解H₂S制氢活性, 且相比于热力学稳定相的α-MnS (4.24 μmol/(g·h)), 亚稳态的γ-MnS (23.38 μmol/(g·h))具有更好的催化性能。相对于可见光, α, γ-MnS在全光谱下的产氢速率明显提高, 其中γ-MnS在全光谱下具有最大的光解H₂S制氢活性, 其产氢速率可达 2272.69 μmol/(g·h)。值得注意的是, 在6 h的光催化测试过程中, α, γ-MnS都展示较好的抗光腐蚀能力和光催化稳定性。此外, 对α, γ-MnS光催化分解H₂S制氢机理进行了分析, 通过对α, γ-MnS光电化学性质的研究, 对其光催化活性存在差异的原因进行了探讨。     

Fracture-resistant ultralloys for space-power applications: Normal-spectral-emissivity and electron-emission studies of tungsten, rhenium, hafnium-carbide alloys at elevated temperatures

A series in this journal on high-temperature properties of “fracture-resistant ultralloys for space-power systems” preceded the present paper: the antecedent publications covered tungsten(W), rhenium(Re) alloys with and without thoria(ThO₂) (W, 23Re; W, 27Re; W, 30Re and W, 30Re, 1ThO₂). This paper reports radiative and thermionic effects of hafnium carbide(HfC) and Re variation in W alloys: normal spectral emissivity(ε_λ) is used in pyrometry to determine the true temperature of a surface. Effective work function (φ_e) is an important consideration in the selection of the electrode materials for high-temperature thermionic energy converters in space-power applications. The _0.535μ, ε_0.65μ and φ_e trends of W, Re, 0.35HfC with 5–20% Re were measured in the range of 1700–2500K. The results indicate that ε_λ decreases with increasing temperatures and Re contents. The presence of HfC produced higher ε_λ values than those of sintered materials with comparable W,Re alloy contents. The results also indicate that φ_e increases with rhenium contents. This can be explained as growth of the potential barrier at the metal, vacuum boundary associated with a volume effect—the decrease in the lattice constant of W.     

On orientation relationship of the Ti5Si3 precipitates in a TiAl alloy

The orientation relationship (OR) and interface structure between ζ-Ti₅Si₃ precipitates and γ-TiAl phase in a Ti–Al based alloy composed of γ-TiAl and ₂-Ti₃Al lamellae have been investigated using transmission electron microscopy. Various orientation relationships defined by a pair of parallel directions and planes are discussed with the method of basic vector transformation matrix in the reciprocal space from γ-TiAl to ζ-Ti₅Si₃ precipitate phase and two new kinds of orientation relationships between ζ-Ti₅Si₃ and γ-TiAl phases have been found. Periodical interface fringes at γ-TiAl/ζ-Ti₅Si₃ interface are analyzed according to the Moiré fringes and interface misfit dislocations.