Effects of axial tension and reduced air pressure on the radialthermal conductivity of a strained conductor

Analysis of the radial flow of heat in a multilayer stranded conductor carrying current indicates that most of the heat is conducted through the very thin air gaps at the contracts between strands in adjacent layers and through the triangular or rectangular voids between layers. The theory predicts that, with constant current, the radial temperature difference increases as the axial tension decreases, and as the air pressure decreases. To confirm these predictions, a length of 91/4.04-mm AAC conductor was tensioned within a vacuum chamber, and the temperature of each layer of wires was measured for various total currents. It was found that the radial temperature difference increased with increasing resistive power loss per unit length, with decreasing axial tension, and with decreasing air pressure. The effective radial thermal conductivity is independent of the power loss, and increases with increasing axial tension and increasing air pressure. The calculated effective gap at the contacts is 0.5 to 0.9 μm     

The variational treatment of the diffusion equation for vector field problems

A new and efficient technique for the solution of axisymmetric vector potential problems described by the diffusion equation is reported. The equation is solved using the finite element method, and the corresponding element matrices are derived and extensively tested computationally. The numerical results obtained for a simple structure are compared with the exact analytical solution. A difficult problem originating from the area of nuclear power engineering illustrates the application of the method to practial engineering problems.     

Three-dimensional imaging in double aberration-corrected scanning confocal electron microscopy, part II: inelastic scattering

The implementation of spherical aberration-corrected pre- and post-specimen lenses in the same instrument has facilitated the creation of sub-Angstrom electron probes and has made aberration-corrected scanning confocal electron microscopy (SCEM) possible. Further to the discussion of elastic SCEM imaging in our previous paper, we show that by performing a 3D raster scan through a crystalline sample using inelastic SCEM imaging it will be possible to determine the location of isolated impurity atoms embedded within a bulk matrix. In particular, the use of electron energy loss spectroscopy based on inner-shell ionization to uniquely identify these atoms is explored. Comparisons with scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) are made showing that SCEM will improve both the lateral and depth resolution relative to STEM. In particular, the expected poor resolution of STEM depth sectioning for extended objects is overcome in the SCEM geometry.     

Dynamics of annular bright field imaging in scanning transmission electron microscopy

We explore the dynamics of image formation in the so-called annular bright field mode in scanning transmission electron microscopy, whereby an annular detector is used with detector collection range lying within the cone of illumination, i.e. the bright field region. We show that this imaging mode allows us to reliably image both light and heavy columns over a range of thickness and defocus values, and we explain the contrast mechanisms involved. The role of probe and detector aperture sizes is considered, as is the sensitivity of the method to intercolumn spacing and local disorder.     

What atomic resolution annular dark field imaging can tell us about gold nanoparticles on (1 1 0)

Annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy imaging was recently applied to a catalyst consisting of gold nanoparticles on TiO₂ (1 1 0), showing directly that the gold atoms in small nanoparticles preferentially attach to specific sites on the TiO₂ (1 1 0) surface. Here, through simulation, a parameter exploration of the imaging conditions which maximise the visibility of such nanoparticles is presented. Aberration correction, finite source size and profile imaging are all considered while trying to extracting the maximum amount of information from a given sample. Comment is made on the role of the thermal vibration of the atoms in the nanoparticle, the magnitude of which is generally not known a priori but which affects the visibility of the nanoparticles in this imaging mode.     

Lattice-resolution contrast from a focused coherent electron probe. Part II

In the previous paper, boundary conditions matching the probe to the crystal wave function in scanning transmission electron microscopy were applied by matching the whole wave function across the boundary. It is shown here how that approach relates to previous Bloch wave formulations using (phase-linked) plane wave boundary conditions for wave vectors implied by the range of transverse momentum components in the incident probe. Matching the whole wave function across the boundary, and including a suitably fine mesh in the reciprocal space associated with the crystal to allow matching of transverse momentum components within the probe, leads to a structure matrix A containing many elements which would normally be excluded for plane wave incidence. For perfect crystals, the A-matrix may be block diagonalised. This leads to a considerable increase in the computational efficiency of the model and yields important insights into the physics of convergent probes in perfect crystals-reciprocity in coherent imaging and the small aperture limit for coherent and incoherent contrast are considered. The numerical equivalence of the incoherent lattice contrast calculated in this Bloch wave method and the multislice method using mixed dynamic form factors will be demonstrated. Comparison between both these methods and the frozen phonon model, a prevalent multislice method for annular dark field simulation which has the theoretical advantage of handling double channelling, will be made.     

Channelling effects in atomic resolution STEM

A Bloch wave theory for incoherent scattering of an incident plane wave has proved successful in predicting the fine detail in 2-D zone axis channelling patterns formed by ADF, BSE and characteristic X-ray detection in beam rocking mode. A previously published example of polarity determination of GaAs by channelling contrast is compared with simulations in order to illustrate the applicability of the theory. Modification of boundary conditions for a focused coherent probe allows lattice-resolution incoherent contrast based on ADF and EELS detection as well as X-ray emissions to be catered for within a similar theoretical framework. Mixed dynamic form factors constitute an integral part of this theory, where quantum-mechanical phase is a core issue. Simulations of lattice-resolution ADF and EELS are discussed with reference to various zone axis projections of GaAs. Issues of single versus double channelling conditions, and local versus nonlocal interactions, are discussed in relation to X-ray, ADF and EELS detection.     

蜂窝通信、多媒体和网络连接技术的融合

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