高温低氧燃烧技术在唐钢高线厂的应用

为了使应用高温低氧燃烧技术的加热炉达到高效节能、低污染物特别是低NO_x排放的目的,采用计算机数值模拟优化设计了加热炉的蓄热式燃烧系统,并运用冶金反应工程学方法开发了成套技术.该技术在唐钢高速线材厂的实际应用表明:在热装钢坯条件下单位能耗为0.879 GJ/t,炉子热效率在67%以上,各蓄热室的排烟温度在160℃以下,NO_x排放小于40×10^-6(体积分数).     

Y对轴承钢上激光熔覆FeCoCrNi涂层结构和冲蚀磨损的影响

以激光熔覆方法在轴承钢上制得FeCoCrNi-xY高熵合金涂层,并对其处于气体环境中的耐高温冲蚀性进行了测试。研究Y对涂层结构和冲蚀磨损的影响。研究结果表明：随着Y增大,蜂窝形组织开始减少直到全部消失,生成了许多尺寸较小的M颗粒,形成了粒径更小以及分布形态更均匀的Y化物组织。提高Y的加入量后,涂层发生了硬度先减小再增大势,测试得到的硬度值介于720-960 HV范围内。当逐渐提高冲蚀角后,FeCoCrNi-xY涂层发生了冲蚀磨损率持续增大。FeCoCrNixY涂层获得了高于轴承钢的硬度,呈现明显的脆性特点。对FeCoCrNi-0.3Y涂层冲蚀形成了深度更大的犁沟,达到了更高的冲蚀磨损率。当温度提高后,磨损率同样呈现增大现象,不过变化幅度较低。各攻角下的涂层磨损形式并未受到温度的明显影响。     

Characterisation of rare earth minerals with field emission scanning electron microscopy

Abstract

Rare earth elements are becoming increasingly in demand, due to their prevalence in both renewable energy devices and high end electronics. The characterisation of the composition and morphology of the various phases that have valuable rare earth elements in the ores are needed in conjunction with the study of their physicochemical properties to optimise industrial process to extract the minerals containing the rare earth elements. Rare earth bearing minerals contain many elements with overlapping X-ray peaks (L- and M-lines) with an energy dispersive spectrometry detector, requiring a high degree of X-ray energy resolution. A program was developed to obtain the intensity of each peak by deconvolution of the X-ray spectrum. Low accelerating voltage of less than 5 kV and small beam diameter of less than 10 nm of a cold field emission scanning electron microscope allow x-ray microanalysis on the nanometre scale. A 100 nm wide phase was observed at 4 kV on a backscattered electron micrograph. Furthermore, a small beam diameter of less than 10 nm was used for identification of small phases of a few micrometres.

Les éléments de terre rare sont de plus en plus en demande, grâce à leur prévalence tant dans les dispositifs d’énergie renouvelable que dans l’électronique de haute gamme. On a besoin de caractériser la composition et la morphologie des différentes phases qui contiennent des terres rares de valeur dans les minerais, en combinaison avec l’étude de leurs propriétés physico-chimiques, afin d’optimiser le procédé industriel d’extraction des minéraux contenant les terres rares. Les minéraux porteurs de terre rare contiennent plusieurs éléments ayant des pics de rayons x qui se chevauchent (lignes L et M) avec un détecteur de spectroscopie à dispersion d’énergie, nécessitant une haute résolution énergétique. On a développé un programme visant à obtenir l’intensité de chaque pic par déconvolution du spectre de rayons x. Un faible voltage d’accélération de moins que 5 kV et un faisceau à faible diamètre de moins que 10 nm d’un microscope électronique à balayage par cathode froide permettent la microanalyse des rayons x à l’échelle du nanomètre. On a observé une phase de 100 nm de largeur à 4 kV sur une micrographe d’électrons rétrodiffusés. De plus, on a utilisé un faisceau de faible diamètre de moins que 10 nm pour l’identification de petites phases de quelques μm.     

Current–voltage characteristics of AlCdO Schottky contact on the polished and unpolished p-type Si surfaces with and without light illumination

In this study, the current-voltage characteristics of the AlCdO/unpolished p-type Si and AlCdO/polished p-type Si Schottky diodes with and without light illumination were examined. It is found that the Schottky barrier height (the series resistance) of the AlCdO/unpolished p-type Si Schottky diode is higher (lower) than that of the AlCdO/polished p-type Si Schottky diode. The power conversion efficiency of the AlCdO/p-type Si devices in the light (AM 1.5 G, 100 mW/cm²) was improved by increasing built-in potential at the AlCdO/p-type Si interfaces and reducing the device series resistance and surface reflectivity. It is shown that the device surface roughness plays an essential role in improving the device performance.     

Performance of a cutting tool made of steel matrix surface nano-composite produced by in situ laser melt injection technology

Steel-matrix (105WCr6 steel) surface nano-composites with (Ti,W)C micron-sized and (Fe,W)₆C nano-sized carbide precipitates were produced by in situ laser melt injection technology with subsequent heat treatment. The microhardness of a 1 mm thick nano-composite layer was found to be higher than that of the initial matrix. The machinability of the surface nano-composite by a cubic boron nitride (CBN) wheel was found lower, but still reasonable compared to the initial matrix. Cutting tools produced from our new nano-composite by the CBN wheel were found to have higher wear resistance, longer tool life and provided lower cutting forces against a C45 steel workpiece compared to the initial matrix of the nano-composite.     

Effect of C/Ti ratio on self-propagating high-temperature synthesis reaction of Sn-Ti-C system for fabricating Ti2SnC ternary compounds

Ti₂SnC ternary compound was successfully synthesized utilizing laser ignited self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) of Sn-Ti-C system with the different C/Ti molar ratio. When C/Ti ratio is 0.7, Ti₆Sn₅ as the main phase appears, and a small amount of TiC is also found, most of the Ti₆Sn₅ phases synthesized exhibit the polygon-shaped coarse appearance with an obviously sintered morphology, and the distinct transgranular and intergranular microcracks can be observed. When C/Ti ratio increases over the range from 0.8 to 1.0, the relative content of Ti₂SnC increase and the plate-like shape Ti₂SnC appears. Furthermore, the sintered density increases firstly and then decreases with the increasing of C/Ti ratio.     

Solution-phase chemical route to branched single-crystalline CdS nanoarchitectures and their field emission property

A facile solution chemical method is developed to prepare hierarchical branched single-crystalline CdS architectures. A mechanism of “nucleate-aggregate-grow-ripen-separate” process is proposed to illustrate the growth of the CdS architectures. The obtained branched CdS architectures exhibit superior FE properties with the lower turn-on field (Eto) of 7.1 V μm⁻¹ at a current density of 10 μA cm⁻², and threshold field (Ethr) of 8.3 V μm⁻¹ at a current density of 100 μA cm⁻², which shows that the obtained products have greatly potential application as FE devices.     

Spatially resolved X-ray spectroscopy using a flat HOPG crystal

A novel design of a 1-D imaging X-ray spectrometer is implemented, using a high efficiency HOPG (highly oriented pyrolitic graphite) Bragg crystal and a double-entrance-slit. The double slit provides self-calibration of the imaging magnification. The spatial and spectral resolutions and dispersion are characterised both analytically and by ray tracing simulations. A key feature of this approach is that it enables the X-ray spectrum to be measured over different regions of the plasma source. The application of this instrument is demonstrated in high intensity laser-foil interaction experiments.     

Zwitterionic diaminodicyanoquinodimethanes with enhanced blue-green emission in the solid state

Diaminodicyanoquinodimethane molecules which show strong solid state emission in the blue-green region are developed. The new materials are structurally characterized; extended supramolecular assemblies mediated by H-bond interactions are observed in the crystal lattice. Spectroscopic studies including life-time and fluorescence quantum yield measurements in the solution and solid states are carried out. Emission in the solid state is ∼400 times stronger than that in solution; this can be attributed to the inhibition of the excited state geometry relaxation to a non-radiative state, in the solid. Impact of the molecular structure in the crystals on the solid state light emission is discussed. Semiempirical computational studies provide useful insight into the various structural and spectroscopic features of the new materials. The present observations serve as a pointer to further design strategies for realizing novel blue photoluminescent molecular materials based on the diaminodicyanoquinodimethane framework.     

Crystal growth induced by Nd:YAG laser irradiation in patterning glass ceramic substrates with dots

In this work a glass ceramic substrate was processed by focusing a laser beam inside the said material. The crystal phase within the amorphous matrix provides mechanical properties to the glass ceramic substrate in such a way that dots can be patterned inside the fore-mentioned material without producing any cracks. These marks are made up of crystals, the growth of which has been induced by the laser beam. These inner structures can modify the optical, thermal and mechanical properties of the glass ceramic substrate.A Q-switched Nd:YAG laser at its fundamental wavelength of 1064 nm with pulsewidths in the nanosecond range has been used.Morphology, composition, microstructure, mechanical and thermal properties of the processed material are described.