Impact of anode evaporation on the anode region of a high-intensity argon arc

Experimental studies of a free-burning, high-intensity argon arc operated at 800 Torr with a solid, molten, or resolidified copper anode demonstrate that the cathode region is not affected by Cu vapor from the anode. Also Cu vapor concentrations in the arc core (beyond 1 mm from the anode surface) are negligible. In contrast, there is a strong effect of the Cu vapor on the anode region of the arc. The arc fringes become electrically conducting due to the presence of Cu vapor, resulting in a flattening of the current density distribution and a corresponding drop of the temperature in the arc core. At the same time, the overall arc voltage shows a slight drop (<1 V). In the case of the resolidified anode, the overall arc voltage increases, which seems to be associated with the distribution of the stagnation flow in front of the anode due to a dip in the center of the anode.     

Effect of the Magnetic Field on the Magnetically Stabilized Gliding Arc Discharge and Its Application in the Preparation of Carbon Black Nanoparticles

In this study, a cylindrical plasma generator with an axial magnetic field is constructed to obtain the magnetically stabilized gliding arc discharge (MSGAD). Using high speed photography, voltage waveform analysis and spectral diagnostics, the MSGAD physical characteristics, such as arc voltage, rotation speed, electric field, excitation/rotational temperature, etc., are investigated under different magnetic field. The experimental results reveal that as the magnetic field increases, the arc voltage, rotation speed, electric field and non-equilibrium level increase, and the MSGAD is more stable under the larger magnetic field. Additionally, carbon black nanoparticles with “crumpled paper sheet” structure are prepared by the MSGAD. The results indicate that the enhanced magnetic field can promote the transition from amorphous carbon to crystalline graphite. It is inferred that the transition is likely relevant to the rotation speed and electron energy of the arc plasma.     

ATO包覆TiO2的导电性能研究

采用化学共沉淀法制备了Sb掺杂SnO_2包覆TiO_2的微纳米导电粉体。考察了不同Sb量对粉体的导电性能影响,通过XRD、SEM对粉体进行了表征。将导电粉体制成复合电极片,利用电化学工作站对其进行循环伏安和交流阻抗分析。结果表明,随着扫描速率的增加,氧化峰和还原峰分别向阴极和阳极移动,而且氧化还原峰的形状没有随着扫描速率的增加发生明显的变化;当m(SnCl_4·5H_2O)/m(SbCl_3)=10∶1时,容抗弧半径最小,且斜率最大,电阻最小,导电性最好。此结果与用电阻率测定仪测得电阻率的结果一致,说明利用交流阻抗法和循环伏安法考察导电粉体的导电性是可行的。     

Determination of the arc-root position in a DC plasma torch

The behavior of an arc operated in the nontransferred mode with a conical-shaped cathode and a nozzle-shaped anode is studied by applying general tyro-dimensional conservation equations and auxiliary relations for the simulation of arc channel flows. The position of the arc-root attachment at the anode surface is determined by using Steenbeck's minimum principle, which postulates a minimum arc voltage for a given current and certain given boundary conditions. The overall effects of the anode-arc root on the plasma flow are, studied by comparing the results with those of the transferred mode of operation. Specific arc-channel diameters are chosen in the simulation in order to verify flit, numerical model through comparisons with experimental results. The results show that Steenbeck's minimum principle is useful for determining the position of the arc-root attachment at the anode surface. Application of this method for control of the arc-anode attachment may be valuable in the design and operation of plasma spray torches to avoid jet instabilities.     

Effect of Anode Arc Root Position on the Behavior of the DC Non-transferred Plasma Jet at Field Free Region

A special bi-anode plasma torch that can change the anode arc root position without changing working gas flow rate has been developed to investigate the effect of anode arc root position on the behavior of the plasma jet. It has two nozzle-shaped anodes at different axial distances from the cathode tip. The arc root can be formed at anodes either close to the cathode tip (anode I) or far away from it (anode II) to obtain different attachment positions and arc voltages. The characteristics of pure argon plasma jets operated in different anode modes were measured in the field free region by using an emalpy probe, and the thermal efficiency of the torch was determined by measuring the temperature differences between cooling water flowing in and out of the torch. The results show that compared with the normal arc operated in anode I mode, the elongated arc operated in anode II mode significantly reduced the plasma energy loss inside the torch, resulting in a higher temperature and a higher velocity of the plasma jet in the field free region.     

Numerical Study of a Free-Burning Argon Arc with Copper Contamination from the Anode

The present modeling of a free-burning argon arc accounts for copper vapor contamination from the anode. Simulations are made for an atmospheric arc that has a length of 10 mm and an electric current of 200 amps. Predicted results for two different anode evaporation rates are compared to those from a pure argon arc with no copper vapor contamination. Copper vapor concentration, temperature, electric potential, and current density profiles are presented. Included in this analysis are radiation losses from both the argon and copper by using recently calculated net emission coefficients. It was found that evaporation of copper from the anode results in a cooling of the arc in a region close to the anode, but has an insignificant influence on the arc close to the cathode. Due to the arc flow characteristics most of the copper vapor tends to be confined to the anode region.     

Über eine direkte emissionsspektralanalytische Spurenbestimmung in Reinstgraphiten mit Hilfe magnetischer Felder

The application of a homogeneous magnetic field for the emission-spectrochemical analysis results in an increase by about one order of magnitude of analytical sensitivity which permits a direct determination of the elements vanadium, titanium, boron and silicium in highly purified graphites. During burning of the magnetized d. c. arc the behaviour of the analized graphite has been examined regarding arc voltage, anode temperature, and burn up. Because of the low relative standard deviation of the I _L -I _U -ratios and the background density the best results are obtained by a magnetic induction of 300 G. In general the amplification is stronger at an arc current of 15 A than at 10 A. Moreover, at 15 A, a higher burn-up of the anode is obtained. Generally speaking the advantage of working with longitudinal magnetic fields lies in an increased line intensity as well as in a background reduction inspite of the higher burn-up. That leads to an increase of the I _L -I _U -ratios. From that results in connection with the decline of the noise level a partly considerable reduction of the detection limit. The elevated burn-up leads for an unlimited test quantity to an additional refinement in identification. In addition to the solution of the analytical problems the macroscopical movement of particles in the magnetized arc had been examined. By use of radioactive europium it could be demonstrated that in the arc an axial stream occurs from the cathode to the anode. Furthermore, disturbances of the arc burning which are issued by the anode have been studied by High Speed Photography.     

Calibration model of simultaneous multielement atomic-emission analysis using analytical line groups of each determined element

A calibration model of multielement methods for simultaneous determination of micro- and macro-concentrations of elements by computing the arc atomic-emission spectra has been developed. A calibration procedure for the analytical line group of the elements to be determined is offered. It allows the lower and upper limits of the concentration range for each line of the determined element to be calculated by means of the least-square method (LSM) and the Weibull distribution law is used to extend the concentration region. The calibration model was successfully tested for different arc optical emission spectroscopy (OES) methods. Received: 17 June 1997 / Revised: 3 November 1997 / Accepted: 7 November 1997     

电场对TiO2纳米膜光催化性能的影响

 以泡沫镍为基材,采用溶胶-凝胶法制备了TiO2纳米膜光催化剂. 在自制外加电场光催化反应装置中,对催化剂施加一定的偏电压,研究了甲基橙溶液的光电催化降解反应,考察了偏压极性、阳极偏压和甲基橙初始溶液浓度等对降解效率的影响,并比较了光电催化与光催化、光解对甲基橙溶液降解的差异. 结果表明,外加阳极偏压形成的电场可以较大幅度提高甲基橙溶液的降解效率. 从半导体和量子力学理论出发探讨了电场促进光催化反应的作用机理.     

Demixing effect induced by the radial electric field in the cylindrically shaped d.c. plasma. Modeling and experimental investigation

Sample introduction and a demixing effect in the plasma of the d.c. arc in argon with aerosol supply are studied using spectroscopic techniques. The observed deviations from the uniform distribution of the partially ionized plasma gas components are correlated to the radial electric field in the arc column plasma. A mathematical model is proposed for the quantitative treatment of the radial field effect. The radial electric field is assessed from the radial distribution of the electron pressure. The proposed model is used in two ways: (a) starting from the close-to-real arc temperature distribution, other parameters are calculated assuming that plasma is in local thermodynamic equilibrium. The calculations are performed for mixtures of two gases: majority gas with high ionization energy and minority gas with low ionization energy at low concentration. The results obtained show that the partial pressure of an easily ionizable component decreases from the periphery towards the arc column axis. The size of the decrease ranges from a negligible value up to four orders of magnitude, depending on the ionization energy of the minority gas. (b) For the experimental verification of the proposed model, all the variables governing the sample entry into the plasma, including the initial partial pressure of the minority gas, are determined by independent spectroscopic techniques. Vapors of Ba, Ca, Fe and Zn are utilized as a minority gas. These values are then used to calculate the radial distribution of the minority gas partial pressure according to the proposed model. Good agreement between the experimental and the calculated values is observed.     

量子尺寸氧化锌颗粒的表面光电压谱研究

氧化锌是极少数几个可以实现量子尺寸效应的氧化物半导体材料[1 ] .传统上 ,这种材料广泛用于陶瓷、压电传感器、催化剂以及发光器件等领域 .随着量子尺寸氧化锌颗粒制备工艺日臻成熟 ,这类材料的应用进一步拓展到光电转换 [2 ] 、光催化[3] 以及化学传感器 [4] 领域 .而在这些领域中的应用都与颗粒的表面性质密切相关 .本工作中制备了两种不同粒径的氧化锌纳米微粒 ,利用表面光电压谱以及电场诱导表面光电压谱对颗粒的表面性质进行了研究 ,并对颗粒的表面态进行了具体指认 .1　实验部分氧化锌纳米微粒参照文献 [5 ,6 ]方法制备 .将 5 .49g…     

Numerical Study of a Free-Burning Argon Arc with Anode Melting

Numerical modeling of free burning arcs and their electrodes is useful for clarifying the heat transfer phenomena in the welding process and to elucidate those effects which determine the weld penetration. This paper presents predictions for a stationary welding process by the free-burning argon arc. The whole region of the welding process, namely, tungsten cathode, arc plasma and stainless steel anode is treated in a unified numerical model to take into account the close interaction between the arc plasma and the molten anode. The time dependent development of two-dimensional distributions of temperature and velocity, in the whole region of the welding process, are predicted at a current of 150 A. The weld penetration geometry as a function of time is thus predicted. It is shown also that different surface tension properties can change the direction of re-circulatory flow in the molten anode and dramatically vary the weld penetration geometry.     

LiNb3O8 as a novel anode material for lithium-ion batteries

A novel anode material, LiNb₃O₈, whose theoretical capacity is 389 mAh/g assuming two-electron transfers (Nb⁵⁺ → Nb³⁺), was prepared by a solid state reaction. It was found that only 3.8 Li per unit formula can be inserted into the as-prepared micro-sized sample. However, when the sample was ball-milled with acetylene black to form a mixed conducting network, 5.4 Li can be inserted in the same voltage range and 2.8 Li (180 mAh/g) can be reversibly extracted after 50 cycles.     

Adsorption of a statherin peptide fragment on the surface of nanocrystallites of hydroxyapatite

Statherin is an active inhibitor of calcium phosphate precipitation in the oral cavity. For many studies of the interaction between statherin and hydroxyapatite (HAp), the samples are prepared by a direct mixing of statherin or its fragment with well-crystalline HAp crystals. In this work, the HAp sample is precipitated in the presence of peptide fragment derived from the N-terminal 15 amino acids of statherin (SN-15). The in situ prepared HAp crystallites are nanosized, leading to a significant increase of the peptide amount adsorbed on the HAp surface. The enhancement in NMR sensitivity allows, for the first time, the measurement of a two-dimensional 13C-13C correlation spectrum for a 13C uniformly labeled peptide sample adsorbed on mineral surface. The measurement time is about 18.5 h at a field strength of 7.05 T. Preliminary results suggest that there may exist two different mechanisms for the interaction between SN-15 and HAp. In addition to the one which will cause a conformational change near the N-terminal, SN-15 may also be absorbed on the HAp surface by simple electrostatic interaction, without any significant conformational changes of the peptides.     

Size and surface effects on the magnetic properties of NiO nanoparticles

NiO nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared by a sol-gel process using the citrate route. The sol-gel parameters were tuned to obtain samples with different average particle sizes, ranging from 12 to 70 nm. Magnetic characterization revealed an increase in the blocking temperature with the diameter of the NPs and an increase in the effective magnetic anisotropy (K(eff)) with decreasing particle size. The magnetic moment per particle was calculated for all samples using the susceptibility value at T = 300 K. The number of uncompensated spins per NP was found to be proportional to n (n(S)≡ total number of spins), indicating that they are randomly distributed on the NP surface. For small diameters (<30 nm) the surface anisotropy constant was estimated, using, for NiO NPs, a recent model describing the evolution of K(eff) with particle size. Hysteretic loops performed at low temperatures after field cooling displayed loop shifts (～6.5 kOe in the field axis and ～0.18 emu g(-1) vertically), coercive field enhancement (H(C)≈ 4.8 kOe) and training effects for the smaller NPs. The sample with NPs of larger diameters presented magnetic properties close to those of bulk NiO.     

A comparison of the performance of a fundamental parameter method for analysis of total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectra and determination of trace elements,versus an empirical quantification procedure

The performance has been compared of two different quantification methods — namely, the commonly used empirical quantification procedure and a fundamental parameter approach — for determination of the mass fractions of elements in particulate-like sample residues on a quartz reflector measured in the total reflection geometry. In the empirical quantification procedure, the spectrometer system needs to be calibrated with the use of samples containing known concentrations of the elements. On the basis of intensities of the X-ray peaks and the known concentration or mass fraction of an internal standard element, by using relative sensitivities of the spectrometer system the concentrations or mass fractions of the elements are calculated. The fundamental parameter approach does not require any calibration of the spectrometer system to be carried out. However, in order to account for an unknown mass per unit area of a sample and sample nonuniformity, an internal standard element is added. The concentrations/mass fractions of the elements to be determined are calculated during fitting a modelled X-ray spectrum to the measured one. The two quantification methods were applied to determine the mass fractions of elements in the cross-sections of a peat core, biological standard reference materials and to determine the concentrations of elements in samples prepared from an aqueous multi-element standard solution.     

Electrochemical determination of vitamin C in the presence of uric acid by a novel TiO2 nanoparticles modified carbon paste electrode

<正>The electrochemical behavior of vitamin C(ascorbic acid or AA) is investigated on the surface of a carbon-paste electrode modified with TiO_2 nanoparticles and 2,2'-(1,2 butanediylbis(nitriloethylidyne))-bis-hydroquinone(BBNBH).The prepared modified electrode showed an efficient catalytic role in the electrochemical oxidation of AA,leading to remarkable decrease in oxidation overpotential and enhancement of the kinetics of the electrode reaction.This modified electrode exhibits well-separated oxidation peaks for AA and uric acid(UA).The modified electrode is successfully applied for the accurate determination of AA in pharmaceutical preparations.     

Two-Dimensional Numerical Modeling of Direct-Current Electric Arcs in Nonequilibrium

A numerical model has been developed to analyze arc-anode attachment in direct-current electric arcs. The developed model fully couples a plasma flow with electromagnetic fields in a self-consistent manner. Electrons and heavy species are assumed to have different temperatures. Species continuities are taken into account to address the chemical nonequilibrium with the Self-Consistent Effective Binary Diffusion (SCEBD) formulation. Electric and magnetic field equations are determined with a newly developed Ohm’s law, an improvement over the conventional generalized Ohm’s law. The governing equations are discretized and solved using the Finite Volume Method (FVM) and Gauss–Seidel Line Relaxation (GSLR) method in a two-dimensional domain. The model is applied to a two-dimensional axisymmetric high-intensity argon arc. The results are compared favorably with experimental and other numerical data. A significant electric potential drop has been observed in the vicinity of the anode due to the thermal and chemical nonequilibrium effects.     

Heat Generation and Particle Injection in a Thermal Plasma Torch

The operation of plasma guns used for plasma spraying involves a continuous movement of the anode arc root. The resulting fluctuations of voltage and thermal energy input introduce an undesirable element in the spray process. This paper deals with the effects of these arc instabilities on the plasma jet, and the behavior of particles injected in the flow. The first part refers to the formation of the plasma jet. Measurements show that the static behavior of the arc depends strongly upon the plasma-forming gas mixture, especially the mass flow rate, of the heavy gas, injection mode, nozzle diameter, and arc current. These parameters control the electric field in the arc column, the arc length, its stability, and the gas velocity and temperature. The dynamic behavior of the arc is examined to determine how the tempeature and velocity of the plasma gas vary with voltage variations. Relationships between the gas velocity at the nozzle exit and the lifetime of the arc roots, and the independent operating parameters of the gun can be established from a dimensional analysis. The second part discusses the interaction between the plasma jet and the particles injected into the flow. The parameters controlling particle injection and trajectory are examined to determine how injection velocity must vary with particle size and density to achieve a given trajectory. The effect of the transverse injection of the powder carrier gas is investigated using a 3-D computational fluid dynamics code. Finally, the effect of the jet fluctuations on particle trajectory is studied under the assumption that the jet velocity follows the voltage variation. The result is a continuous variation of the particle spray jet position in the flow. Experimental observations confirm the model predictions.     

Dielectric studies of the nematic mixture E7 on a hydroxypropylcellulose substrate

To study the influence of a polymeric substrate, hydroxypropylcellulose (HPC), on the dynamics of the nematic mixture E7, the real ( ε') and imaginary ( ε" ) parts of the complex dielectric permittivity of the unaligned composite system (polymeric substrate covered with liquid crystal) were measured as a function of frequency and temperature, and compared with those of unaligned pure E7. The temperature range was extended down to the supercooled region. Three superimposed processes were detected, related to different alignment states in relation to the electric field: (1) a main relaxation mechanism due to the hindered rotation of molecules about their short axis, corresponding to the case where the director is parallel to the electric field in an oriented sample, (2) a low frequency process attributed to molecular aggregates, and (3) a high frequency process due to the tumbling of molecules. Processes (2) and (3) correspond to the case when the director is perpendicular to the electric field in an oriented sample. In the composite system the main relaxation mechanism results in a faster process but the other two processes almost superimpose in the frequency window, the high frequency process being much more intense relative to pure E7. The enhancement of the high frequency process in HPC+ E7 can be interpreted as an increase in the number of dipoles whose director has a component aligned perpendicular to the electric field, due to surface effects. The temperature dependence of the main and high frequency relaxation mechanisms obeys the VFT law, which is a feature of glass-like systems.