Magnetically Recyclable Catalytic Carbon Nanoreactors

Multifunctional nanoreactors are assembled using hollow graphitized carbon nanofibers (GNFs) combined with nanocatalysts (Pd or Pt) and magnetic nanoparticles. The latter are introduced in the form of carbon‐coated cobalt nanomagnets (Co@C_n) adsorbed on GNF, or formed directly on GNF from ferrocene yielding carbon‐coated iron nanomagnets (Fe@C_n). High‐resolution transmission electron microscopy demonstrates that Co@C_n and Fe@C_n are attached effectively to the GNFs, and the loading of nanomagnets required for separation of the nanoreactors from the solution with an external magnetic field is determined using UV–vis spectroscopy. Magnetically functionalized GNFs combined with palladium or platinum nanoparticles result in catalytically active magnetically separable nanoreactors. Applied to the reduction of nitrobenzene the multifunctional nanoreactors demonstrate high activity and excellent durability, while their magnetic recovery enables significant improvement in the reuse of the nanocatalyst over five reaction cycles (catalyst loss < 0.5 wt%) as compared to the catalyst recovery by filtration (catalyst loss <10 wt%).     

Electro-magneto temperature-dependent vibration analysis of functionally graded-carbon nanotube-reinforced piezoelectric Mindlin cylindrical shells resting on a temperature-dependent,orthotropic elastic medium

Vibration smart control analysis of a temperature-dependent functionally graded-carbon nanotube-reinforced piezoelectric cylindrical shell embedded in an orthotropic elastic medium is investigated. The mixture law is used for obtaining the material properties of the structure. The structure is subjected to a 2D magnetic field. Considering the first-order shear deformation theory, the motion equations are obtained. Based on an analytical method and differential quadrature method, the frequency is calculated. The effects of applied voltage, magnetic field, volume percent, and distribution type of carbon nanotubes, temperature, orthotropic elastic medium, and length to radius ratio of the shell are shown on system frequency.     

Microstructure and properties of BN/Ni-Cu composites fabricated by powder technology

Microsize Powders of Ni and Cu were prepared by water atomization technique to fabricate metal matrix composites containing various percentages of nanosized boron nitride particles (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 wt. % of BN in a matrix containing (20 wt. %Ni and 80 wt. %Cu). The prepared mixtures were cold compacted under 400 MPa, and sintered for 2 h at 1000 °C in a controlled atmosphere of 3:2 N₂/H₂ gas mixtures. The microstructure and the chemical composition of the prepared powders as well as the consolidated composites were investigated by X-ray diffraction as well as field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) equipped with an energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS). The produced Cu and Ni powders have spheroid shape of size less than 100 microns, but the investigated BN has an equiaxed particle shape and particle size of ～ 500 nm. It has been also observed that BN and Ni particles were homogeneously distributed in the Cu matrix of the present BN/Ni-Cu composites. The density, electrical resistivity, saturation magnetization and hardness of the composites were measured. It was observed that, by increasing BN content, the relative density was decreased, while the saturation magnetization, electrical resistivity and hardness were increased.     

New trends on moving object detection in video images captured by a moving camera: A survey

This paper presents a survey on the latest methods of moving object detection in video sequences captured by a moving camera. Although many researches and excellent works have reviewed the methods of object detection and background subtraction for a fixed camera, there is no survey which presents a complete review of the existing different methods in the case of moving camera. Most methods in this field can be classified into four categories; modeling based background subtraction, trajectory classification, low rank and sparse matrix decomposition, and object tracking. We discuss in details each category and present the main methods which proposed improvements in the general concept of the techniques. We also present challenges and main concerns in this field as well as performance metrics and some benchmark databases available to evaluate the performance of different moving object detection algorithms.     

Application Of Superconducting High Gradient Magnetic Separation Technology On Silica Extraction From Iron Ore Beneficiation Tailings

Comprehensive utilization of tailings resources not only solves environmental problems but also creates huge economic benefits. In this paper, fine weakly magnetic particles were extracted from iron ore beneficiation tailings and silica (SiO₂) was separated and purified using a superconducting high gradient magnetic separator. Based on plenty of contrast experiments, SiO₂ content of the magnetic concentrate could be increased from 68.67% to 92.57% with the selected optimal parameter combination, i.e., a magnetic flux density of 3.2 T, a pulp concentration of 40 g/L and a slurry flow velocity of 500 mL/min. The concentrate can be utilized as low-grade normal SiO₂ sands for industrial use, or act as the raw materials for preparing high-purity SiO₂ product.     

Effect of permanent magnet stirring on internal quality of steel

Permanent magnet stirring (PMS) featuring low power dissipation and high-intensity magnetic field was investigated as a means of decreasing internal solidification defects. In this study, the magnetic Taylor number (Ta) was used to quantify the melt ?ow. Initial research of PMS involved a laboratory study of the solidification of Sn–20 wt-% Pb alloy. An industrial plant trial with continuously cast tire cord steel confirmed that PMS, in accord with the laboratory findings, produced an improvement in central cavities in the cast product. Moreover, it was established that PMS is an alternative method for reducing carbon macrosegregation in tire cord steel billets with different section sizes. It was also found that PMS (Ta?=?8.97?×?10⁷) was more effective for improving central carbon macrosegregation of tire cord steel than electromagnetic stirring (Ta?=?6.33?×?10⁷) due to the larger Ta related to the driven-flow intensity of the residual melt.     

Research on methods of defect classification based on metal magnetic memory

Metal magnetic memory (MMM) technique can evaluate early damages of ferromagnets and search possible defect locations, while just classifies the defect types roughly. To promote study in this area, the magnetic gradient tensor (MGT) of the self-magnetic leakage field (SMLF) on the fracture zone of crack and stress concentration was measured using a tri-axis magnetometer. From measured results, both the plane and the vertical characteristics of SMLF distributions were discussed. To remove the influence of the measuring direction on experimental results, a new parameter of the analytical signal of magnetic gradient tensor (AMGT) was introduced to determine the location and boundary of the defect. Then, the vertical features were acquired by measuring the plane distributions of AMGT under different lift offs. Through analyzing the vertical features, it was concluded that change rule of the maximum AMGT can be used to predict the defect type. At last, the explanation of the relationship between the vertical feature and the defect type was discussed, which can give some useful inspirations to researchers on magnetic leakage field testing.     

一种加偏压减小磁场对样品电流信号影响的方法

在用样品电流法测量X射线磁性圆二色谱中,外磁场的存在严重降低了样品电流信号.针对合肥NSRL软X射线磁性圆二色实验站内置式可旋转磁铁设计并安装一个紧靠磁极的高压金网,来增强磁场下的样品电流信号.发现不同磁场下随偏压升高,样品电流信号迅速增强并趋于饱和;磁场越强,达到饱和需要的偏压越高;比较相同磁场和偏压下均匀氧化的Al箔和CoFe薄膜正反磁场下的吸收谱,发现加磁场和偏压引入的系统误差仅相当于Co的圆二色值的2.17%;表明用这种方法进行X射线磁性圆二色谱的测量是可行的.     

Boiling of Potassium in Vertical Tube under Transverse Magnetic Field

The experimental study was conducted to examine the applicability of boiling potassium two-phase flow to the blanket cooling of fusion power reactors. A high flux heater pin of 44mm heating length and 6.5mm O. D. with eight thermocouples of 0.5mm O. D. was inserted from the bottom of a vertical channel which was made of a 4m long, 14.9mm I.D. and 17.5mm O. D. stainless steel tube and placed in a D.C. magnet of 50cm long poles. The experimental conditions were the heat flux: 0~67W/cm², the magnetic field strength: 0~1.8T, the Ar cover gas pressure: 1.0bar, the potassium level above heater: 1.8m, and the temperature of upper unheated section: 400°C.

In the absence of magnetic field, boiling occurred intermittently, repeating the cycles between superheating with moderate temperature fluctuation and desuperheating with condensing shock pulses. When a weak magnetic field was applied, the temperature fluctuation was enhanced by natural convection, the incipient boiling superheat was reduced, and the boiling pattern became continuous. With increasing the magnetic field strength, the fluctuation was suppressed and the incipient boiling superheat increased but tended to level off around 1.5 T. Violent incipient boiling caused by a large superheat inherent in liquid metals was mitigated by magnetohydrodynamic interaction under a transverse magnetic field of 1.0T or larger, and subsequently followed by continuous saturation boiling with small fluctuation. No burn-out of the heater pin occurred in spite of symptom of dryout within the experimental range: q=67W/cm² and B=1.5T.