Influence of dispersion aluminum powders on the regularities of their interaction with nitrogen

Regularities of the interaction of widely dispersed industrial powders and electroexplosive aluminum nanopowder with nitrogen under atmospheric pressure in a linearly rising temperature and isothermal conditions have been investigated. The effect of the powder’s dispersion and composition, and the structure of the oxide shell and metal core of the aluminum particles on the temperature range of reaction and its kinetic parameters is shown. The relationship between the process of dehydration of hydroxides that are part of the superficial oxide shell of Al particles and the initial temperature of interaction between the powders and nitrogen was investigated. It is shown that the staged nature of weight gain for powders in a nitrogen atmosphere that is observed under conditions of linear heating results from a change in the macrokinetic regime, due to the effect of the Al nitride layer.     

Sputtering of metals at ion-electron irradiation

It has been found that, in contrast to the commonly accepted opinion, simultaneous irradiation by 15-keV Ar⁺ ions and 2.5-keV electrons at temperatures above 0.5T _m (T _m is the melting temperature) induces much larger sputtering of metallic copper, nickel, and steel than irradiation only by Ar⁺ ions. The effect increases with the temperature. At T = 0.7T _m, the sputtering coefficients in the case of ion-electron irradiation are more than twice as large as the sputtering coefficients in the case of irradiation by Ar⁺ ions. The experiments on the sublimation of copper show that the sublimation rate in the case of the heating of a sample by an electron beam is higher than that in the case of heating in an electric vacuum oven. The revealed effects are explained by the electron-induced excitation of adatoms (atoms stuck over the surface, which appear owing to ion bombardment). Excited adatoms have a smaller binding energy with the surface and are sputtered more easily.     

Effect of the dose and energy of Ar+ ions on the surface properties of vanadium and its alloys

The features of processes occurring on the surface of vanadium and its alloys irradiated using the ILU ion-beam accelerator with Ar⁺ ions at an energy of 20 and 40 keV up to doses of 5.0 × 10²¹ m^?2 and 1.0 × 10²² m^?2 at T _irr ≈ 700 K are studied. The effect of the dose and energy of implanted ions on the surface hardness is obtained. The thickness of the hardened layer is more than two orders of magnitude higher than the theoretical and experimental projected range of Ar⁺ ions at an energy of 20 and 40 keV in vanadium. Structural changes in the surface layers, which are expressed in a change in the intensity of reflections from a number of planes and an increase in the crystal-lattice parameter of the irradiated materials, are also observed.     

Structural features of the electrode/solution interface at the reduction of Cr3+(aq) cations on liquid mercury and solid indium electrodes in acidic media

Characteristics of electroreduction of Cr³⁺ and Cr²⁺ ions on the dropping mercury (literature data) and indium cathodes are analyzed as a function of pH of the medium. A hypothesis that polymeric hydroxocompounds of chromium, which are present in different aggregate states, represent the main or partial reactants in the $ Cr\left( {III} \right)\xrightarrow{{ + e}}Cr\left( {II} \right)\xrightarrow{{ + 2e}}Cr Characteristics of electroreduction of Cr³⁺ and Cr²⁺ ions on the dropping mercury (literature data) and indium cathodes are analyzed as a function of pH of the medium. A hypothesis that polymeric hydroxocompounds of chromium, which are present in different aggregate states, represent the main or partial reactants in the stages is additionally substantiated. Original Russian Text ? V.N. Korshunov, V.A. Safonov, L.N. Vykhodtseva, 2008, published in Elektrokhimiya, 2008, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 275–285.     

An analog of Wald’s identity for random walks with infinite mean

We deduce an analog of the classical Wald’s identity ES _τ = EτEξ in the case of the infinite mean of summands. We find the conditions on τ under which Emin(S _τ , x) ～ EτE min(ξ, x) as x→∞.     

The effective Hamiltonian of the singlet-triplet model for copper oxides

The effective Hamiltonian for a realistic multiband p-d model is developed. In the case of electron doping, the Hamiltonian coincides with that for the standard t-J model. For hole doping, the singlet-triplet t-J model takes place.     

Synthesis and IR and NMR spectroscopic studies of amino derivatives of oxo-, thio-, and selenopyrazole. Crystal and molecular structure of 1-phenyl-3-methyl-4-methylene-(N-8-aminoquinoline)-5-oxopyrazole

Three compounds of the pyrazole series—o-oxo, thio, and seleno derivatives—have been synthesized and characterized by IR and NMR spectroscopy. The crystal structure of the oxo derivative is determined (Syntex P2₁ diffractometer, MoK _α radiation, graphite monochromator, θ/2θ scan mode, 2θ_max = 57°, direct method, anisotropic—isotropic (H) least-squares refinement for 2015 reflections, R = 0.043, wR2 = 0.1084). The crystals are monoclinic, a = 7.543(1) Å, b = 7.850(2) Å, c = 27.909(6) Å, β = 93.79(3)°, Z = 2, and space group P2₁/c. It is found that the o-hydroxyazomethine derivatives of the pyrazolone series exist in the crystal as 4-aminomethylene-5-oxo tautomers. The proton is localized at the exocyclic N atom. It lies in the plane of the main molecular fragment and participates in the intramolecular bifurcate N—H?O(N) hydrogen bond, which closes the six-membered and five-membered H-rings, respectively.     

Sputtering of tungsten, tungsten oxide, and tungsten-carbon mixed layers by deuterium ions in the threshold energy region

An original experimental method is developed for determining the sputtering coefficients of electrically conducting materials during bombardment by light gas ions at threshold energies. This information is very valuable in both purely scientific and practical terms. The basis of the method is a special field-ion-microscopic analysis regime. The procedure for measuring the sputtering coefficients includes cleaning the surface by field desorption and evaporation, with the subsequent work on an atomically clean and atomically smooth surface. The method permits identification of single vacancies on the irradiated surface, i.e., it is possible to count individual sputtered atoms. The method is tested on commercially pure tungsten, tungsten oxide, and a W-C mixed layer on tungsten under deuterium ion bombardment. The energy dependences of the sputtering coefficients of these materials for sputtering by deuterium ions at energies of 10–500 eV are obtained and analyzed. An important relationship between the energy threshold for sputtering and the conditions for oxidation of tungsten is found. The energy threshold for sputtering of an oxidized tungsten surface is 65 eV. The energy threshold for sputtering of the W-C mixed layer is almost equal to the corresponding value for pure tungsten. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 69, 137–142 (September 1999)     

Static charged spheres with anisotropic pressure in general relativity

We report a generalization of our earlier formalism [Pramana, 54, 663 (1998)] to obtain exact solutions of Einstein-Maxwell’s equations for static spheres filled with a charged fluid having anisotropic pressure and of null conductivity. Defining new variables: w=(4π/3)(ρ+ε)r ², u=4πξr ², v _r=4πp _r r ², v _⊥=4πp _⊥ r ²[ρ, ξ(=−(1/2)F ₁₄ F ¹⁴), p _r, p _⊥ being respectively the energy densities of matter and electrostatic fields, radial and transverse fluid pressures whereas ε denotes the eigenvalue of the conformal Weyl tensor and interpreted as the energy density of the free gravitational field], we have recast Einstein’s field equations into a form easy to integrate. Since the system is underdetermined we make the following assumptions to solve the field equations (i) u=v _r=(a ²/2κ)r ⁿ⁺², v _⊥=k ₁ v _r, w=k ₂ v _r; a ², n(>0), k ₁, k ₂ being constants with κ=((k ₁+2)/3+k ₂) and (ii) w+u=(b ²/2)r ⁿ⁺², u=v _r, v _⊥−v _r=k, with b and k as constants. In both cases the field equations are integrated completely. The first solution is regular in the metric as well as physical variables for all values of n>0. Even though the second solution contains terms like k/r ² since Q(0)=0 it is argued that the pressure anisotropy, caused by the electric flux near the centre, can be made to vanish reducing it to the generalized Cooperstock-de la Cruz solution given in [14]. The interior solutions are shown to match with the exterior Reissner-Nordstrom solution over a fixed boundary. Dedicated to Prof. F A E Pirani.     

A short range many-body potential for modelling bcc metals

The problem considered is the fitting of a many-body interaction potential to bulk crystal data. A parameterisation of the potential is assumed which is based on physical considerations. The free parameters are determined by using global optimization to perform a least squares fit, to a large number of crystal properties. This has been achieved for body centered cubic (bcc) materials. The approach adopted here fits the bcc crystal structure, as the preferred minimum energy configuration for tungsten, and also fits the dimer energetics and the elastic properties of crystalline tungsten.