A simple method for the determination of the optical constants, n and k of cadmium sulfide films from transmittance measurements

The dispersive refractive index n(λ) and extinction coefficient k(λ) of CdS thin films were evaluated from spectrophotometric transmittance characteristic in the visible region. A method is presented to determine n(λ) and k(λ) in the region k² n², using wavelength and transmittance values. This method has been used for the investigation of the effect of the deposition rate on the optical properties of cadmium sulfide films. The refractive indices are found to depend on the deposition rate with values between 2.48 and 2.60. The energy gap of the samples is found to be independent of deposition rate with the value 2.44 eV. The real and imaginary parts of the dielectric constant have also been evaluated.     

固载杂多酸催化剂气相催化合成乙酸丁酯的研究

在气固相反应体系中研究了酸处理膨润士固载的具有 Keggin结构的四种杂多酸在乙酸丁酯合成中的催化性能。实验结果表明 :同一载体负载不同杂多酸催化活性相似 ;不同载体负载的同一种杂多酸的催化活性与催化剂的表面酸性呈顺变关系。同时考察了反应温度 ,空速 ,酸 /醇比对催化活性的影响。在酸 /醇比为 1 ,温度为 1 2 0℃ ,空速为 3～ 5h- 1时 ,正丁醇和乙酸有较高的转化率 ,选择性接近 1 0 0 %。     

Losses of volatile compounds during fermentation

The ability of fermentative CO₂ to blow off the volatile compounds that are synthesized during fermentation has been studied. Model solutions simulating a fermenting must were purged at different CO₂ flow rates and temperatures, and the amount of volatile compounds blown off by the stream of CO₂ was recorded by high-resolution gas chromatography. Data showed that under normal fermenting conditions, fatty acid ethyl esters and some fusel alcohol acetates are blown off the solution at a high rate. The maximum loss rate was observed for ethyl decanoate. The purging speed is doubled when temperature increases from 17 °C to 27 °C. Losses can be interpreted by a linear model and are a function of the compound and the flow rate of CO₂. These models allow us to reconstruct the volatile synthesis vs time functions through graphic calculus and to estimate the proportion of volatile material retained, hydrolysed and purged. Synthesis takes place during the tumultuous period of fermentation together with CO₂ production that blows off the volatile material. Hydrolysis takes place in the last stages of fermentation. In a 10-1 open fermenter, up to 80% of volatile material can be blown off while an average of 10% is retained. Residual esterase activity accounts for about 20% of the total amount of ester synthesized.     

On the dissipation process in Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10 tapes and bulk samples with preferential grain orientation in zero external magnetic field

Current-voltage characteristics of Bi₂Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O₁₀ tapes and bulk samples with preferentially oriented crystallites have been measured in zero applied magnetic field and for temperatures close to the mean-field critical-temperature,T _c0. It was shown that the power-law dependence,V=AI ^a, valid for two-dimensional systems, does not correctly describe the data, which clearly indicate the existence of a finite critical-current density,J _c. The experimentalI-V curves are fitted quite well with the model which attributes the finite critical-current density to the coupling between the CuO₂ double layers. It was found thatJ _c vanishes at a temperature value belowT _c0. This behavior can result from the occurrence of vortex fluctuation-induced layer decoupling and/or from the contribution of entropy to the vortex unbinding process.     

用于氢化的铜铬氧化物催化剂的研究

通过铜铬氧化物催化剂用于豆油的选择氢化,研究了制备方法及氢化条件对催化剂活性的影响.在所用的五种催化剂中,以Adkins法制备的催化剂活性最好,碳酸氢铵法次之.文中还对催化剂焙烧气氛、焙烧温度、焙烧时间、铜铬原子比对催化剂活性的影响以及氢化温度、催化剂用量、搅拌速度、氢流速等对反应的影响进行了较详细的讨论.     

关于约束方差控制器的评估问题的研究

本文研究当系统的性能指标表现为系统输入及输出的方差约束时一类随机控制器的评价问题，给出了系统反馈输入及输出的辨识算法，该算法可用来评价反馈控制器能否使反馈系统满足既定的方差约束，以便在对实际系统实施控制之前及时调整控制器，从而达到设计目的。     

Polymeric materials

Summary The Polymer Section of the Santa Barbara Workshop on Modeling of Materials is briefly reviewed. Motivation and need for modeling in polymer-based materials are outlined and the recommendations resulting from the workshop reported.     

Preliminary Study on Aluminium-based Nanophase Composites Al_(88)Ni_(10)Y_2 and Al_(88)Ni_8Y_4

A new kind of aluminium-based alloy part amorphous/part crystalline, can be produced directlyby rapid quenching of the liquid. These materials have a novel structure of nanometer-sizedcrystals in an amorphous matrix and quite remarkable mechanical properties. The materialscan be considered to be nanophase composites. In this work Al88Ni10Y2 and Al88Ni8Y4 (atpct) nanophase composites consisting of a nanoscale dispersion of fcc-Al crystallites uniformlydispersed in an amorphous matrix, have been produced by melt-spinning. They have much highermicrohardness HV than fully amorphous alloys with the same composition. while retaining goodbending ductility The volume fraction, crystallite size and distribution of the fcc-Al phase havebeen estimated by DSC. X-ray diffraction and TEM. lt is found that the microstructure andproperties of the nanophase composites are very sensitive to the composition and the quenchingconditions. lncreasing the Y contedt and decreasing the Ni content at a given Al content givesmuch smaller dispersed nanophase aluminium crystallites. The volume fraction and crystallitesize of the fcc-Al phase increase with a decrease of wheel speed (quenching rate). The effectsof Y and Ni contents on the ease of formaticn of the nanophase composites are discussed. Theorigins of the novel mechanical properties are also considered.     

残余应力对55SiMnVB弹簧钢疲劳性能的影响

研究了５５ＳｉＭｎＶＢ弹簧钢板疲劳断口特征及裂扩展过程。结果表明，喷丸强化在表层产生的残余压应力可明显提高疲劳抗力，增强裂纹闭合效应，降低裂纹扩展速度。     

Lubricating behavior of iron rhenate and its relation to matching pairs

The iron rhenate was compounded by chemical method, which may be generated during wear process of Fe-Re alloys at elevated temperature. The friction coefficient of iron rhenate has been determined by a pin-on-disc device. The results show that iron rhenate plays role of lubricating at RT-600 °C. The lubricating behavior is related to the matching pairs. The hardness of the materials of matching pairs, compatibility of iron rhenate with materials of matching pairs and surface roughness of disc affect the lubricating behavior of iron rhenate mostly. The principle of matching pairs is proposed. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China Synopsis of the first author Xiong Dangsheng. associated professor, born in 1960. Current research fields include high-temperature self-lubricating alloys and tribological properties of material.