Spherical Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Embedded in a Glass Matrix

Containerless processing was used to investigate the glass-forming behavior of Al₂O₃–Y₂O₃ glass. The amorphous bulk samples were obtained at compositions with 25–37.5 mol% yttria when the melt was cooled at a cooling rate of ∼250 K/s. Although small spherical particles (∼10 μm) with the same composition of the matrix were detected in the amorphous samples with 32.5–37.5 mol% yttria, the microfocus X-ray diffraction result indicated that the small spherical particles were crystalline Y₃Al₅O₁₂ garnet (YAG), rather than being amorphous. This observation suggested that small YAG particles could not grow larger after their nucleation, because of the high viscosity at high undercooling and the high cooling rate, which would graze the nose of the continuous cooling temperature diagram of YAG.     

玻璃纤维复合材料用于桥梁的可行性

简述玻璃纤维复合材料的性能和发展现状等，给出了其在桥梁中的应用实例，提出了有关该类材料桥梁设计的一些看法，分析表明，玻璃纤维复合材料桥梁具有质量轻，结构的整体性和耐久性好，安全可靠，施工便利等优点，但价格和建筑成本等因素帛约了其在桥梁中的广泛应用，今后需要在桥梁的结构形式和材料的合成工艺等方面开展研究，以便使它具有与其它传统材料相当的价格和建筑成本；预测玻璃纤维复合材料将会在桥梁中得到广泛应用。     

R_2O—BaO—P_2O_5磷酸盐玻璃形成特点和基本性质的研究

磷酸盐玻璃的性质和形成规律的研究比硅酸盐玻璃少得多。由于磷酸盐玻璃的化学稳定性比普通硅酸盐玻璃差,原料价格高等因素,降低了它的实用性。但是磷酸盐玻璃具有某些特殊性能是其他系统玻璃不能达到的,若对特定的磷酸盐系统作适当成分调整后,仍可以获得基本性质较好,有实际应用价值的特种光功能玻璃,如激光介质材料和特种光学     

Dielectric properties of polyarylate (PAr) around the glass transition

Dielectric characterization of the α-relaxation in polyarylate (PAr) has been carried out by means of a dielectric spectroscopy technique in a frequency range of 10–30 kHz. Complementary thermally stimulated depolarization currents (TSDC) and differential scanning calorimetry d.s.c.) measurements have also been performed. The results are interpreted in terms of the standard Cole-Cole plot and Havriliak-Negami distribution for the dielectric relaxation times. Information about the temperature and frequency dependence of a.c. conductivity is also obtained from the experimental curves. However, the behaviour of the main dielectric relaxation time is deduced from the experimental data in a wide range of temperature around the glass transition. This behaviour results in close agreement with the theoretical predictions of a free-volume approach for the dielectric α-relaxation recently proposed by the authors.     

玻璃纤维毡增强热塑性复合片材的研制和应用

本文简要介绍了玻璃纤维毡增强聚丙烯片材的研制，性能和应用。     

Janus II: A new generation application-driven computer for spin-system simulations

This paper describes the architecture, the development and the implementation of Janus II, a new generation application-driven number cruncher optimized for Monte Carlo simulations of spin systems (mainly spin glasses). This domain of computational physics is a recognized grand challenge of high-performance computing: the resources necessary to study in detail theoretical models that can make contact with experimental data are by far beyond those available using commodity computer systems. On the other hand, several specific features of the associated algorithms suggest that unconventional computer architectures–that can be implemented with available electronics technologies–may lead to order of magnitude increases in performance, reducing to acceptable values on human scales the time needed to carry out simulation campaigns that would take centuries on commercially available machines. Janus II is one such machine, recently developed and commissioned, that builds upon and improves on the successful JANUS machine, which has been used for physics since 2008 and is still in operation today. This paper describes in detail the motivations behind the project, the computational requirements, the architecture and the implementation of this new machine and compares its expected performances with those of currently available commercial systems.     

Miscibility and Probe Tack of Acrylic Pressure Sensitive Adhesives—Acrylic Copolymer/Tackifier Resin Systems

Miscibility between acrylic copolymers and tackifier resins are investigated in terms of phase diagrams, and the probe tack of the blends are measured as a function of both temperature and rate of separation in order to obtain the master curves. It is found that the probe tack of the pressure sensitive adhesives are closely related to the miscibility between the components. The master curves of the miscible blends shift along the X(rate)-axis according to the change of T_g of the bulk materials with a gradual variation of the peak heights. However, those of the immiscible blends will not shift along the X(rate)-axis, but the magnitude will decrease with increase of a dispersed phase.     

Comparison of the Effect of a Hydrocarbon Oil and a Terpene Tackifier on the Autohesion of Styrene-Butadiene Rubber

Blends of uncrosslinked styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) with a terpene tackifier resin or a naphthenic oil have been characterized, and their autohesion and cohesion determined using a T-peel geometry. SBR/oil blends are homogeneous at all proportions, while SBR/resin blends, based on DSC and DMA analysis, undergo bulk phase separation at about 50% resin. However, migration of tackifier to the surface region is proposed at much lower resin contents. Compositions diluted with oil have autohesion similar to the neat SBR. This is attributed to compensating effects; although oil hastens self-bond formation by increasing chain mobility, this is nearly equally balanced by more facile chain separation during bond rupture. In short, oil-diluted compositions are soft and weak. On the other hand, SBR compositions containing small amounts of resin have high autohesion. Resin-diluted specimens deform easily at low strain, just as those containing oil, but intertwined chains of the former have greater resistance to separation, due at least in part to higher glass transition temperatures. It is proposed that autohesion is further enhanced by migration of tackifier to the surface. This causes SBR/resin compositions to be both soft and strong-a necessary condition for high autohesion.     

硅酸盐激光玻璃的离子交换增强

用离子交换法能使硅酸盐激光玻璃机械强度增加２－３倍，激光强度增加３倍，从而弥补了自身热光系数较大的缺点。虽然玻璃在处理后，阈值稍微升高，效率稍有下降，但因允许输入更大的能量，使输出得到３倍的增加，说明了离子交换增强方法是成功的。     

Synthesis,characterization, and thermal properties of phosphorus‐containing,wholly aromatic thermotropic copolyesters

A series of phosphorus‐containing, wholly aromatic thermotropic copolyesters from acetylated 2‐(6‐oxide‐6H‐dibenz〈c,e〉〈1,2〉oxa phosphorin‐6‐yl)‐1,4‐dihydroxy phenylene, p‐acetoxybenzoic acid, terephthalic acid, and isophthalic acid were prepared by melting polycondensation. The structure and basic properties of the polymers, such as the glass‐transition temperature (T_g), melting temperature (T_m), thermal stability, crystallinity, and liquid crystallinity, were investigated with Fourier transform infrared, elemental analysis, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis, wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction, and hot‐stage polarizing optical microscopy. The copolyesters had relatively high T_g values ranging from 183 to 192°C. The T_m values obtained from DSC curves for samples P‐20 and P‐25 were 290 and 287°C, respectively (where the number in the sample name indicates the molar fraction of the phosphorus‐containing monomer in the reactants). The initial flow temperatures of other samples observed with hot‐stage polarizing microscopy were 271–290°C. The 5% degradation temperatures in nitrogen ranged from 431 to 462°C, and the char yields at 640°C were 41–52%. All the copolyesters, except P‐40, were thermotropic and nematic. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 86: 1278–1284, 2002