The effect of the third invariant on the strength and failure of boron carbide and silicon carbide

This article presents new test data to assess the effect the third invariant has on the strength and failure of two ceramic materials: boron carbide and silicon carbide. Two experimental techniques are used: the Brazilian test that produces a biaxial state of stress, and a new technique that uses a high-pressure confinement vessel to load a specially designed dumbbell specimen in triaxial extension. The dumbbell geometry provides two important advantages over the typically used cylindrical specimen: no adhesive is required to bond the specimen to the load cell because the dumbbell geometry naturally takes the specimen into tension, and any loading asymmetries are essentially eliminated due to the axisymmetric geometry. The results show that when the stress state is on the tensile meridian the equivalent stress at failure is constant, independent of the hydrostatic pressure. The average equivalent stress at failure is for boron carbide and for silicon carbide. The Brazilian test was only performed on boron carbide and failed at , much higher than when on the tensile meridian () indicating that the effect of the third invariant is significant (because of the difference in the failure strength) and must be accounted for to accurately predict when failure will occur.     

硼酸与硫酸镁对硼收率影响的分析

介绍了在硼酸生产工艺中影响硼收率的主要因素。以生产系统中硼酸浓度和硫酸镁两个方面探讨了对硼收率影响的原因，并把分析结果应用于生产实践中，调整了部分工艺参数。证明：调整酸化浓度，控制母液中硼酸含量，硼的收率比以往确有提高，是一种不增加设备，不增加投资的行之有效的方法。     

Hybrid systems in seawater desalination—practical design aspects, present status and development perspectives

Ever since seawater desalination has been applied on an industrial scale, and particular in the countries of the Arabian Gulf, the application of desalination processes in dual-purpose facilities—water and power—as a hybrid configuration has been discussed in many feasibility investigations and also planning concepts. It is above all the combination of reverse osmosis with thermal processes that has found increasing interest with the aim of ensuring, as economically as possible, uniform water supplies under the specific, greatly varying load conditions in the Gulf countries. Such design concepts for hybrid configurations encompass straightforward structures with a low degree of coupling between membrane and thermal desalination processes, but range up to very complex configurations with strong interconnections on both the water side and thermally, as well as with several desalination processes connected in series or in parallel. Classical hybrid concepts in which the permeate from an RO desalination component is mixed with distillate from thermal desalination have already been implemented in Saudi Arabian dual-purpose plants, like Jeddah and Yanbu-Medina. Although hybrid systems of greater complexity have been addressed in many design studies and publications, up to now none has been brought to fruition. Coming into consideration asthe design basis for determining the capacity shares of the various desalination processes operated in a hybrid configuration are: arrangement of thermal cycle of the power plant component; water/power ratio of the dual-purpose seawater desalination and power plant; provision of undiminished water production of the desalination plant as electricity generation varies; provision of a specified drinking water quality with regard to composition and salt content; combination of all these aspects. Also gaining in importance are concerns of environmental pollution and sustainable development when selecting seawater desalination and power plant configurations, as well as their optimization when considering desalination and electricity generation as a whole. In the practical design of hybrid membrane and thermal systems, aspects come to light, though, that restrict linking of the two systems and joint utilization of facilities, as conceived in studies and conceptual design investigations. This applies both for common utilization of intakes and the use of heated up cooling water from thermal processes as a feed stream for the RO part of the desalination process. Additionally, requirements of drinking water composition, particularly chloride content, TDS and compliance with a specific residual content of boron, influence specifically the design of the membrane process part and its share in the total desalination capacity. Such practical aspects have greatly influenced the design and configuration of the Fujairah hybrid plant for which, from a total desalination capacity of 100 MIGD (454,600 m³/d), the share of 37.5 MIGD (170,500 m³/d) makes its seawater RO plant the biggest currently being constructed anywhere in the world. From the findings of the engineering of this plant and the idea that, by increasing interconnection between the two processes on the water side, it is possible to advance a hybrid configuration of this type with regard to cost optimization in the membrane installation, but also by joint utilization of the intake equipment, perspectives result for applied research efforts over the near and long terms, for example: long-term behavior of membranes at elevated temperatures; tendency for biofouling in membrane process with common utilization of cooling water and brine; influences of such interconnections on the overall availability of the facility. But also for the operation and maintenance organization of such large facilities, consequences can be foreseen for the future development of hybrid plants, particularly for operation management and organisation of the interplay of the different power plant and desalination systems, monitoring of SWRO membrane replacement and cleaning, as well as controlling water quality.     

Thermodynamic Analysis of Chemical Vapor Deposition of BN + AIN Composite Coatings

Thermodynamic calculations were performed using a modified solgasmix-pv computer program in order to study the feasibility of codepositing boron nitride (BN) plus aluminum nitride (AIN) by chemical vapor deposition. Reactants considered were AICl₃, BCl₃ or B₂H₆, NH₃, and H₂. Deposition diagrams were generated for the BCl₃-AICl₃-NH₃ system over a range of processing conditions such as temperature, total system pressure, and reagent concentrations. Codeposition of BN + AIN was predicted by the calculations for temperatures in the range of 900 to 1700 K and pressures of 10.13 to 101.3 kPa. The predicted deposition efficiency at equilibrium was much higher for BN than for AlN at most reagent compositions. The AlN deposition efficiency increased with decreasing temperature and decreasing BCl₃ content, with increasing NH₃ content, or with the addition of H₂. Aluminum chlorides were found to be the dominant gaseous species.     

卤水法制硫酸钡产品中的氯、硼含量测定

卤水法制硫酸钡在生产过程中吸附、包裹了许多无机离子，严重影响了产品的质量与应用。为了及时了解产品性能，提高产品质量，通过大量实验，建立此方法。论述了一种测定硫酸钡中氯、硼两种杂质离子含量的方法。此法准确、精密度高，实测样品中氯和硼的回收率分别为98．2％和102．1％，相对标准偏差（n=5）分别为1.53％和2.22％。测定结果与原子吸收分光光度法测定结果一致，且快速、简便，可作为卤水法制硫酸钡产品中的氯、硼含量测定方法。     

硼矿制硼酸母液中硼含量的测定方法探讨

报道了笔者用水相直接显色型比色法测定硼酸母液中硼含量的实验和结果。     

Characterization of boron-doped diamond electrodes by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

Charge transfer on boron doped diamond (BDD) electrodes was studied by cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The diamond films of 5 μm thickness and boron content between 200 ppm and 3000 ppm were prepared by the hot filament CVD technique on niobium substrate and mounted in a Teflon holder as rotating disk electrodes. The electrochemical measurements were carried out in aqueous electrolyte solutions of 0.5 M Na₂ SO ₄ + 5 mM K₃[Fe(CN)₆]/K₄[Fe(CN)₆]. Significant deviation in the redox behaviour of BDD and active Pt electrodes was indicated by a shift of the peak potentials in the cyclic voltammograms with increasing sweep rate and lower limiting diffusion current densities under rotating disk conditions. In the impedance spectra an additional capacitive element appeared at high frequencies. The potential and rotation dependence of the impedance spectra can be described quantitatively in terms of a model based on diffusion controlled charge transfer on partially blocked electrode surfaces. Direct evidence for the non-homogeneous current distribution on the diamond surface was obtained by SECM measurements.     

基于传递原理的稠油热驱机理研究

运用传递基本原理,以热驱域势场做研究载体,采用寻求"统一评价判据",解析"过程动态特性"的研究思路,在构建以驱动和驱抗势场为主体的热驱模型基础上,确认驱动(功)即是评价各势场作用的统一判据;运用传递分析揭示参与势场的动力特性与阻力特性,研究其协同作用机制;定义并运用场阻影响因子,以判别诸势场在驱油过程中的影响权重.     

7-羟基-4’-甲基-异黄酮的合成

以对甲基苯乙酸、间苯二酚为原料,经合成脱氧安息香中间体,环合成7-羟基-4'-甲基-异黄酮.在脱氧安息香增碳环合的反应中,探索了3种不同的增碳环合试剂对反应的影响,较理想的环合试剂为BF3·Et2O-DMF-PCl5.该工艺路线条件温和,产率达到72%.     

新型超硬正交BN同素异形体的第一性原理研究

应用第一性原理计算,提出一种具有正交结构的BN化合物(O-BN),空间群为Pbam.计算结果表明:O-BN具有较强的抗压缩性和较大的体弹模量(397.38 GPa),其理论硬度值可达到65.10 GPa.同时,与先前理论提出的BN同素异形体相比,O-BN的能量更为稳定.理想拉伸强度计算进一步表明O-BN是一种潜在的超硬材料.我们的研究结果为实验上合成BN化合物起到了重要的理论指导作用.