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Undercooling and demixing of copper-based alloys

Since the beginning of materials science research under microgravity conditions immiscible alloys have been an interesting subject. New possibilities to investigate such systems are offered by containerless processing techniques. Of particular interest is the ternary system Cu-Fe-Co, and its limiting binaries, Cu-Co and Cu-Fe. They all show a metastable miscibility gap in the regime of the undercooled melt. Within the ESA-MAP project “CoolCop”, different aspects of this alloy have been investigated; results obtained so far are reported here.     

Ammoniaksynthese als Beispiel einer stofflichen Nutzung von intermittierend erzeugtem Wasserstoff

Producing hydrogen‐rich chemicals, such as methane, ammonia or methanol, from renewable energy may foster the integration of renewables into the current energy system. Here, a flexible ammonia synthesis concept is introduced, which is then compared to the widely discussed power‐to‐gas concepts on a technical and economic level. The current ammonia prices result in comparably high hydrogen‐specific revenues, which imply the ability to operate the system more profitable under fluctuating electricity prices and thereby increase the plant capacity factor.     

Synthese und Eigenschaften kristallin-flüssiger Derivate des Rhodanins

Synthesis and Properties of Liquid Crystalline Derivatives of Rhodanine Substituted benzylidene-rhodanines 3 – 8 were prepared both by condensation of 1 a – f with suitable aldehydes and by acylation of 2a – g with substituted benzoyl chlorides or cinnamoyl chlorid. The mesomorphic properties of the compounds are discussed in respect to molecular structure with the aid of i.r.-, Raman- and u.v./vis-spectra of 3d , 3k , 4 , 5 , 6g , 8a . We have investigated the dielectric and electrooptic behaviour of 31 .     

The effect of modern thermal neutron scattering sublibraries on criticality safety evaluations of wet storage pools

Within the framework of a recent criticality safety evaluation (CSE) performed for the licensing of a new commercial wet storage pool using MCNPX-2.5.0 along with the ENDF/B-VII.0 and JEFF-3.1 continuous energy cross-section libraries, the maximum permissible initial fuel-enrichment limit for water reflected configurations was found to be dependant upon the applied neutron cross section library. More detailed investigations showed that the difference is mainly caused by different sublibraries for thermal neutron scattering based on parameterizations of the S(α, β) scattering matrix. This paper addresses the main findings of these investigations and emphasizes which configurations are particularly sensitive to the parameterization of S(α, β) applied in the CSE analysis. The results are presented in an attempt, on the one hand, to assess more precisely the sensitivity upon thermal scattering modeling data in CSE of wet storage pools, and on the other hand, to assess whether the data employed in the most recent neutron data libraries can be considered as an improvement for this type of analyses.     

Microstructure and Compression Strength of Novel TRIP‐Steel/Mg‐PSZ Composites

Novel composites on basis of austenitic stainless TRIP‐steel as matrix with reinforcements of Mg‐PSZ are presented. Compact rods were produced by cold isostatic pressing and sintering, square honeycomb samples by the ceramic extrusion technique. The samples are characterized by optical and scanning electron microscopy before and after deformation, showing the microstructure and the deformation‐ induced martensite formation. The mechanical properties of samples with 5 vol% zirconia are superior compared to zirconia‐free samples and composites with higher zirconia contents in terms of bending and compression tests. The honeycomb samples exhibit extraordinary high specific energy absorption in compression.