Study of phase equilibria in the Al - Pd - Re system

Scanning and transmission electron microscopy have been combined with x-ray diffraction to examine the phase equilibria in the Al - Pd - Re system at 1000°C for compositions from 50 to 100 at.% Al, and the corresponding isothermal section has been constructed. The binary monoclinic Al₃ Re phase has been observed for the first time. It is confirmed that there is a stable icosahedral phase in this system. The boundaries to its homogeneity region have been determined and the phase equilibria in which it participates.     

Mechanical equipment of the Tashlyk pumped-storage hydroelectric station and Aleksandrovka hydro development of the Southern Ukraine power complex

Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel'stvo, No. 11, pp. 6–7, November, 1989.     

Low-temperature pyroelectric properties of Li<Subscript>2</Subscript>SO<Subscript>4</Subscript>

The pyroelectric properties of lithium sulfate have been studied theoretically on the hypothesis of a pseudosymmetry of the structure of its polar phase. Analytical expressions are proposed for the temperature dependences of its pyroelectric polarization and pyroelectric coefficient at low temperatures and near the polymorphic transformation. The pyroelectric and piezoelectric coefficients of a polar crystal are shown to be in direct proportion.     

The effect of titanium dioxide on structure and properties of boron-free glasses

IR spectroscopic and x-ray phase analysis established the structural specifics of glasses in the system Na₂O-SiO₂-TiO₂-Na₃AlF₆, as well as the dependence on the type of crystallizing phases on the chemical composition of the glass matrix. The effect of the structure of titanium-bearing clusters on the leachability of glasses, the effect of the second coordination sphere on the coordination of the central cation (Ti⁴⁺), and the propensity of experimental glass coatings to opacification are registered.     

Production of high-temperature claydite from loams of the Vladimirovskoe Deposit

The possibility of producing high-temperature claydite on the basis of low-grade overburden rocks (loams) of the Vladimirovskoe Deposit is considered. The correcting additives are taken from industrial waste, namely, solar oil and chamotte-kaolin dust from electric filters of rotary kilns.Translated from Ogneupory, No. 4, pp. 26 – 28, April, 1996.     

Calculation of a three-dimensional flow of a viscous incompressible liquid in the neighborhood of a shallow well on a flat surface

A three-dimensional flow in the neighborhood of a shallow well on a plane was simulated numerically on the basis of a solution of the Reynolds equations written in curvilinear nonorthogonal coordinates and closed by a two-parametric dissipative model of turbulence.The work has been financed by the Russian Basic Research Foundation (Grant No. 94-02-04092 a).Civil Aviation Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 67, Nos. 5–6, pp. 373–378, November–December, 1994.