India as a Hot Corrosion-Resistant Stabilizer for Zirconia

After showing that india (In₂O₃) resisted high-temperature reaction with SO₃/Na₂SO₄ and vanadate melts, we prepared india-stabilized zirconia (ISZ) by a proprietary sol–gel process, and tested the material for corrosion resistance to 700–900°C molten vanadates. ISZ was superior to yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) in vanadate resistance at 700°C, and essentially equivalent at 900°C. Certain differences were observed between the vanadate-induced corrosion/destabilization of ISZ and that of YSZ.     

Effect of Substructure on the Thermoelectric Power of aβ-Quenched ZrCrFe Alloy

β-quenching a Zr-1.15 wt％Cr-0.10 wt％Fe alloy produces a martensitic or a Widmanst(a|¨)tten transforma-tion morphology,or a mixture of the two,depending on the cooling rate.For the Widmanst(a|¨)tten structure,orthe mixed martensitic-Widmanst(a|¨)itten structure,a grain boundary phase is observed at most prior-β grainboundaries.X-ray line broadening analysis and the thermoelectric power(TEP)measurements of thesequenched samples show that not only the solubility of alloying elements in α-Zr matrix,but also substructure(microstrain,crystallite size and dislocation density)have an effect on TEP.Thus,TEP measurements are verywell suited for following the structural transformations taking place in Zr alloys during fabrication.     

1/f, g–r and burst noise used as a screening threshold for reliability estimation of optoelectronic coupled devices

In this paper the theoretical analysis of noise sources in Optoelectronic Coupled Devices (OCDs) is given and the relation between typical defects and 1/f, g–r and burst noise is described. According to statistical and experimental results, a threshold to screen potential devices with excess noise is derived, which has been proved theoretically that the screening criterion is reasonable. Moreover, the experimental results show that the method is of practical value.     

Looking happy: The experimental manipulation of a positive visual attention bias.

Individuals with a positive visual attention bias may use their gaze to regulate their emotions while under stress. The current study experimentally trained differential biases in participants' (N = 55) attention toward positive or neutral information. In each training trial, one positive and one neutral word were presented and then a visual target appeared consistently in the location of the positive or neutral words. Participants were instructed to make a simple perceptual discrimination response to the target. Immediately before and after attentional training, participants were exposed to a stress task consisting of viewing a series of extremely negative images while having their eyes tracked. Visual fixation time to negative images, assessed with an eye tracker, served as an indicator of using gaze to successfully regulate emotion. Those participants experimentally trained to selectively attend to affectively positive information looked significantly less at the negative images in the visual stress task following the attentional training, thus demonstrating a learned aversion to negative stimuli. Participants trained toward neutral information did not show this biased gaze pattern. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Evaporative analyser as a mass detector in the size-exclusion chromatography of coal extracts

The applicability of the evaporative analyser in the size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) of coal derivatives has been explored. The detector, in which the intensity is measured for the light scattered from the finely divided solute particles resulting from evaporation of droplets of chromatographic eluate, is mass responsive, sensitive, and linear for both narrow and gross coal-extract fractions. For molecular masses above 300 the mass response is almost uniform, and there are considerable advantages over the detectors commonly used in SEC. Application to lower molecular mass coal materials is limited by the evaporation of solute along with solvent in the detector.     

Determination of lignin in the presence of ester-bound substituted cinnamic acids by a modified acetyl bromide procedure

The lignin content of plant materials can be determined spectro-scopically but the presence of ester-bound substituted cinnamic acids in the cell walls of some plant families, particularly the Gramineae, gives elevated values. Pre-treatment with either pyrrolidine : pyridine or 0-5 m sodium methoxide selectively removes the ester-bound acids leaving intact the true lignin. The treatments have been applied to cellulose powder, immature perennial ryegrass stems, oat straw and forage rape stems. The pyrrolidine : pyridine treatment removes a slightly higher proportion of these non-lignin components but the sodium methoxide treatment appears to cause less damage than the heterocyclic bases to other cell wall constituents and is preferred if the residues are to be used for other purposes.     

Finding the maximum turnable state for mill/turn parts

Mill/Turns are a class of machine tool on which, as their name implies, both turning and milling operations can be performed. This capability results in reduced set-ups, leading to increased production rates and better part quality. On Mill/Turns it is more efficient to remove material by turning than by milling. Knowing how much material is turnable is therefore important in creating efficient process plans. In this paper computational techniques for determining the Maximum Turnable State (MTS) of a Mill/Turn part are presented. The Maximum Turnable Volume (MTV) is the (regularized boolean) difference between the initial workpiece and the MTS. The MTS is computed incrementally with respect to the chosen workpiece axis. The technique has been implemented and several examples are included.     

The effect of orientation on the mechanical properties of injection molded polystyrene

The deformation and fracture behavior of injection molded plaques have been determined, and the results interpreted in terms of the effect of molecular orientation on the crazing and shear yielding behavior. The molecular orientation was characterized by optical birefringence. A range of injection molding conditions and two mold thicknesses were Used and this resulted in a large variation in the molecular orientation, particularly through the sheet thickness. Tensile tests were made on samples cut at different angles to the injection molding direction. The moldings are considered to consist of a composite of layers of material with different orientation, and the properties of the samples cut from the molding are analyzed in terms of the properties of each layer. Results from material oriented unidirectionally by hot drawing have been used to predict the composite properties, and good agreement has been obtained.