Probing the early stages of polymerization of ethylene on a model chromium/silica catalyst by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

The nature of the interaction of monomer, and the early stages of growth of oligomers of ethylene on a rather more uniform surface of Cr/SiO₂ catalyst than hitherto studied has been investigated by differenceFTIR spectroscopy using C₂D₄ and C₂H₄ as reactants both with and without subsequent treatment of the catalyst with CO andTHF. The active catalyst was prepared by reaction of vapour phase CrO₂Cl₂ with the vicinal hydroxyls of the silica surface. Three distinct kinds of methylene groups were detected. Arguments are given for assigning the peaks at 2935 and 2860 cm^–1 to CH₂ groups directly bound to the active site and those at 2920 and 2850 to CH₂s in the growing chain well removed from the Cr. The peaks at 2160 and 2165 cm^–1 are attributed to CD₂ groups hydrogen bonded to surface hydroxyls.     

Catalytic behavior of YBa2Cu3O7-x in the partial oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde

The partial oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde was studied over YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x catalyst in a flow reactor. The structural change of YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x before and after the reaction was measured by means of XRD and iodometric titration method. The catalytic characteristics of YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x for the partial oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde was due to copper ions. It was found that Cu⁺² was responsible for the higher selectivity for formaldehyde.     

A comparison of leaf-spring with aircushion trailer suspensions in the transport environment

Packaging engineers need to be able to accurately determine the forces present in the shipping environment in order to protect packaged goods. The purpose of this study was to determine the vertical vibration levels measured in three separate truck-trailer suspension systems; conventional leaf-spring, conventional air-ride and damaged air-ride. The main conclusion reached in this study is that the air-ride suspension when maintained gives lower power density (PD) levels on all road surfaces studied. A damaged air-ride suspension and leaf-spring suspension are very similar in response frequencies, although the damaged air-ride produces higher vibration levels at lower frequencies.     

硼酸铝钕(NAB)晶体光学均匀性的测量

NAB晶体是一种综合性能较好的新型激光工作物质,有希望做成高效的小型固体激光器。本文介绍一种测量这种晶体光学均匀性的方法。 一般都采用在干涉仪上观测干涉图样来判定激光棒的光学均匀性。NAB晶体的吸收光谱曲线显示出其在可见光光谱区内有多个吸收峰。我们注意到:通常用做激光干涉仪光源的He-Ne激光器发射的632.8nm谱线正位于NAB晶体的一个吸收峰,并用输出约为45mW     

Influence of the counter-ion on the effective charge of polyacrylic acid in dilute condition

Osmotic pressure measurements were satisfactorily used to compute the effective charge of poly(acrylic) acid (PAA) at different pHs and with different monovalent and divalent counterions. This experimental method is sensitive to the osmotically active species (polymer and counterions). After correction for the polymer contribution to the total osmotic pressure (solvency and excluded volume), the remaining pressure can be attributed to the polyelectrolyte counterions and processed with Donnan and equation of state in order to compute the effective charge number per polymeric chain (Z^eff). The behavior of Z^eff against the chain concentration and pH was investigated after neutralization of PAA with LiOH, NaOH, and TMAOH. The results clearly indicate that the nature of the monovalent counterion has no effect on Z^eff leading to the conclusion that the interaction between monovalent counterions and the acrylate functionality is purely electrostatic in agreement with conductimetric and potentiometric results reported in the literature. The behavior of Z^eff against the degree of ionization of the polymer and its concentration is also in good agreement with the theoretical expectations of the theory of ionic condensation. Osmotic measurements were also used in order to understand the influence of divalent cations (Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, Ba²⁺) on Z^eff of the sodium salt of PAA at pH 9 and at different divalent/acrylate molar ratio. All the divalent cations depress Z^eff each of one at different degrees, confirming a specific divalent/polymer interaction. The energy of hydration of cations can explain most of the observed results with divalents.     

连铸铝镇静钢的钢水准备

在连铸生产铝镇静钢时,水口絮流一直是困扰工程技术人员的一个难题.从絮流的原因入手,分析了Al2O3生成的控制.并介绍了几种钢水钙化的方法,从中比较出用复合造渣材料来解决浇铸铝镇静钢的优点.     

用于高压电容器的SrTiO3基陶瓷

报道ＳｒＴｉＯ３基陶瓷的制备方法和介电性质，给出了用此种陶瓷制成的高压电容器的试验结果，并对它位进行了讨论。     

利用锁模光纤激光器做时钟提取器的OTDM通信系统

简短评述了大容量和超大容量光通信系统的ＷＤＭ和ＯＴＤＭ技术，提出了一个在ＯＴＤＭ通信系统中用锁模光纤激光器做时钟提取器的新方法，给出了一个利用设置波分预标时钟脉冲方案构成的新的全光型ＯＴＤＭ通信实验系统结构。     

Li2O在保护渣中的作用

采用在不同玻璃性的两种基渣中加入Ｌｉ２Ｏ为研究Ｌｉ２Ｏ对保护渣粘度，熔化温度及玻璃性能的影响，并对Ｌｉ２Ｏ改善保护渣玻璃性的机理进行了探讨，提出了寻找高速连铸保护渣中Ｌｉ２Ｏ的代用物的一种方法。