Thermodynamic properties and defect structure of semiconducting compound phases: Tin telluride

Defect equilibria for binary semiconducting compound phases which exhibit ionized native donor and acceptor defects were considered, and equations describing the pressure-temperature-composition relationships for these compound phases were derived. These equations were used to analyze experimental data from the literature for tin telluride. Excellent agreement was obtained between calculated thermodynamic and phase boundary values and experimental data. The approach presented is readily extended to obtain equations for the thermodynamic properties of ternary and higher order semiconducting compound phases.     

Data mining of resilience indicators

In recent years, the Asia-Pacific region has experienced several financial setbacks, including speculative attacks in 1998 and the SARS outbreak in 2003. Financial stresses of this nature are unanticipated, and not all of the dangers can be predicted by the examination of market information and macroeconomic indicators. The Early Warning System (EWS) that has been adopted by the International Monetary Fund may not be able to predict future financial crises for all possible scenarios, because shocks come in many different forms. To supplement the EWS, this paper proposes a data mining framework to measure the resilience of an economy. The resilience framework does not predict a crisis, but rather assesses the current state of health of an economy and its ability to withstand a financial shock should one occur. The framework is based on a feedback system consisting of two stages. The first stage assigns a resilience score to each economy based on a fuzzy logic scoring scheme that is built on the ambiguous reasoning of experts. The second stage uses the classification tree approach to estimate thresholds for each economic indicator, and examines the quality of the fuzzy score. The result from the second stage is then passed back to the first stage as feedback. The final result is obtained when the feedback system reaches its equilibrium state. The proposed resilience framework is applied to the external-sector and the public-sector economies of several countries to illustrate its applicability.     

Influence of heat treatment on tribological behaviors of novel wrought aluminum bronze

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Tool wear mechanism in turning of novel wear-resisting aluminum bronze

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Effect of sintering parameters on warm compacted iron-based material

1　INTRODUCTIONItiswellknownthatincreasingdensityisthebestwaytoincreasetheperformanceofpowdermet allurgy(P/M ) parts.ConventionalP/Mprocessingcanproduceiron basedpartswithdensitylessthan 7.1g/cm3(arelativedensityof 90 %approximately) .Theirmechanicalpropertiesaresubstantiallylessthanthoseoftheirfulldensitycounterpart .TherearemanymethodsthatcanproduceP/M partswithrela tivelyhighdensitysuchaswarmcompaction ,hightemperaturesintering ,doublepress/doublesinteringandforging .Warmcompactioni…     

Rapidly solidified hypereutectic Al-Si alloys prepared by powder hot extrusion

Rapidly solidified hypereutectic Al-Si alloys were prepared by powder hot extrusion.By eliminating vacuum degassing procedure.the fabrication routine was simplified.The tensile fracture mechanisms at room temperature and elevated temperature were investigated by SEM fractography.Compared with KS282 casting material,the tensile strength of rapidly solidified Al-Si alloy is greatly improved due to silicon particles refining while its density and coefficient of thermal expansion are lower.than those of KS282.The wear resistance of RS AlSi is better than that of KS282.     

Reexamination of slow relaxation of polymer chains in sol-gel transition

Using [2+2] photocycloaddition of coumarin groups attached to the PMMA chain backbone, we can gradually transfer a semidilute copolymer solution to a uniform speckle-free gel. We reexamined the effects of concentration, crosslinking density, solvent quality on the controversial scaling exponent (α_s) between the linewidth (Γ_s) of the slow mode and the scattering vector (q) during the sol-gel transition. Our results suggest that the slow mode is attributed to large thermally agitated density fluctuation and revealed that the variation of α_s is due to the relative length of 1/q to the correlation length (ξ) of the density fluctuation; namely, if ξ>1/q, α_s→3, while when ξ<1/q, α_s→2.     

Nitrous oxide "analgesia": resemblance to opiate action

Nitrous oxide produced a dose-related "analgesia" in mice (median effective dose, 55 percent). The analgesia was evaluated by means of a phenylquinone writhing test. Narcotic antagonists or chronic morphinization reduced nitrous oxide analgesia. Either nitrous oxide releases an endogenous analgesic or narcotic antagonists have analgesic antagonist properties heretofore unappreciated.     

粘结剂处理的铁基混合粉的温压特性

研究的目标是结合粉末粘结技术和温压技术以制备高质量、高性能的粉末冶金材料。预粘结粉末的一大优点是能有效地降低成分偏析，因此在混粉过程中应尽量避免偏聚。本文采用两种混粉工艺制备预粘结铁基混合粉，通过不同的压制压力、不同的粘结剂含量以常温压制和温压压制制备出铁基粉末冶金材料，测量其压坯密度并进行比较分析。研究结果表明，不同预粘结工艺、压制温度和粘结剂含量对压坯密度影响很大。在一定的粘结剂含量范围内，生坯密度随粘结剂含量增加而呈线性减少。不同的预粘结工艺对生坯密度的影响随着粘结剂含量的增加而增大。     

几种润滑剂对温压工艺的影响

温压工艺的技术关键之一是润滑剂 ,其主要作用是减小压制过程中粉末颗粒与模壁之间及粉末颗粒之间的摩擦 ,增大有效压力 ,从而使压坯密度相对于传统压制工艺明显提高。不同润滑剂的润滑效果不同 ,最佳压制温度也有差异。本文选用 3种不同的润滑剂 ,在不同温度、压力条件下采用温压技术制备铁基粉末冶金材料 ,研究了压坯密度的变化规律和它的力学性能 ,探讨了润滑剂对温压工艺的影响