Effect of saturation parameters on the interaction of titanium alloys with carbon-nitrogen-containing media

We study some specific features of phase formation and gas saturation in the course of chemical and thermal treatment of VT1-0, OT4, and VT14 titanium alloys in carbon-nitrogen-containing (graphite and nitrogen under atmospheric pressure) and nitrogen-containing (molecular nitrogen under atmospheric pressure) media. Saturation was carried out at 750–1100°C, and the time of isothermal holding was 5 or 20 h. We have shown that, irrespective of the composition of the saturating medium, within the range 750–1000°C, the phase composition of coatings is identical and consists of TiN and Ti₂N nitrides. The quantitative proportions between them depend on the temperature and time of treatment. Owing to the specific features of the composition of a carbon-nitrogen-containing medium, the depth of the diffusion sublayer increases, and the stoichiometry of cubic nitride decreases, which leads to an increase in the surface microhardness of nitride coatings. Carbonitride coatings are formed only at high saturation temperature (1100°C). Their maximum hardness is 2.5 GPa higher than that of nitrides formed under similar conditions.Translated from Fizyko-Khimichna Mekhanika Materialiv, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 81–87, May–June, 2004.     

High temperature transport kinetics in heteroepitaxial LaFeO3 thin films

Heteroepitaxial LaFeO₃(1 1 0) thin films with a thickness of 150 nm were grown on LaAlO₃(0 0 1) by reactive sputtering in an inverted cylindrical magnetron geometry. Equilibrium conductivity was measured as a function of partial pressure of oxygen at T=1000 °C, and logσ plotted vs. logP(O₂) showed a minimum in conductivity for P(O₂)=10⁻¹¹ atm and a linear response between 10⁻¹⁰ and 1 atm. This linear response makes thin films of LaFeO₃ a promising material for oxygen sensor applications. We have also measured the time response of the film conductivity upon an abrupt change in the partial pressure of ambient oxygen from 10⁻² to 10⁻³ atm, which was determined at 60 s for T=700 °C and <3.5 s at T=1000 °C.     

Optoviscosimetry of a Liquid Film by the Method of a Dispersed Magnetic Sublayer

A magnetooptical method of measurement of viscosity, which is based on recording the optical response (induced by the magnetic-field pulses) of a two-layer system resulting from the sedimentation of ferroparticles dispersed in the liquid under study, has been proposed. The procedure has been described and the results of measurement of the rheokinetics of a number of media, including polymer compositions formed into a thin film, in heating, evaporation, and polymerization have been presented.     

Improvement of reliability models for sectioned,dry, electrostatic precipitators

Translated from Khimicheskoe i Neftyanoe Mashinostroenie, No. 3, p. 25, March, 1992.     

Conservation of water resources problems of small rivers in Russia

Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel'stvo, No. 8, pp. 1–5, August, 1994.     

Ecological problems of the Amu Darya delta

Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel'stvo, No. 3, pp. 6–8, March, 1992.     

Means of raising the quality of white titanium enamels

Translated from Steklo i Keramika, No. 10, p. 20, October, 1992.