Pyroelectric effect in lead-magnoniobate-based solid solutions

A coordinated study of the dielectric, electrostriction, and pyroelectric properties of the lead-magnoniobate-based ceramic solid solutions 0.9PbMg_1/3Nb_2/3O₃-0.1PbTiO₃ and 0.55PbMg_1/3Nb_2/3O₃-0.45PbSc_1/2Nb_1/2O₃ conducted at the relaxor transition temperatures is reported. Electromechanical coupling stimulated by the giant electrostriction effect is shown to play an essential part in the pyroelectric effect.     

Stabilization of reaction products of ureas with polyfluoro ketones

Conclusions Polyfluorinated tetrahydro-1,3,5-oxadiazine derivatives were obtained by the condensation of urea and thiourea with polyfluoro ketones.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2168–2169, September, 1977.     

Generation of wakefields in a dielectric structure filled with plasma

The effect of plasma on the amplitude of the wakefield excited in a dielectric structure by a relativistic electron bunch train is studied. The structure under study is a dielectric cylindrical waveguide with an axial drift channel filled with plasma. The dependences of the amplitude of a longitudinal electric field on the plasma density are obtained for the following three cases: the parameters of the dielectric structure and bunches are fixed; the inside or outside radius of the dielectric tube changes according a change in the plasma frequency, and the bunch repetition frequency is adjusted to the plasma frequency and the frequency of the first radial mode of a dielectric wave. It is shown that, when the eigenwave frequencies are adjusted to the bunch repetition frequency via a change in the structure radii, the maximum of the accelerating field is determined by a plasma wave, and there is a plasma density range where a dielectric wave significantly contributes to the total field amplitude. In the case of changing the outside radius, this range is substantially wider.     

Measuring the cross sections of heavy-metal spallation induced by deuterons with energies of 2, 2.94, and 3.5 GeV per nucleon

The cross sections for the spallation of the heavy-metal nuclei ¹⁸¹Ta, ¹⁹⁷Au, ²⁰⁷Pb, ²⁰⁹Bi, ²³²Th, and ²³⁸U induced by relativistic deuterons with energies of 2, 2.94, and 3.5 GeV per nucleon are measured using the deuteron beam from the Nuclotron accelerator of the JINR Laboratory of High Energy Physics in Dubna, Russia. The cross-section measurements employ a combined experimental technique involving the solidstate nuclear-track detectors and the activation gamma spectrometry. Adding our measurements to the database of experimental nuclear data will make it possible to test the computer codes used for selecting the parameters of the ADS-type facilities.     

Cone shape evolution under ion bombardment

The evolution of the profile of a cone developing under ion bombardment on the etch pit bottom has been investigated by computer simulation taking into account sputtering and ion-induced migration of atoms. A twofold increase in the cone apex angle is observed, which is accompanied by the appearance of kinks on its generatrix. A plateau arises on the pit bottom and a circular parapet is formed above the flat surface.     

Determination of Chloropicrin in drinking water using static headspace gas-chromatographic analysis

A gas-chromatographic procedure was developed for determining chloropicrin in a mixture with other volatile halogen-containing compounds in drinking water with the use of a static version of headspace gas-chromatographic analysis and an electron-capture detector. The capabilities of a nitrogen-phosphorus detector connected in series with an electron-capture detector for the reliable identification of chloropicrin in test mixtures were demonstrated.Translated from Zhurnal Analiticheskoi Khimii, Vol. 60, No. 2, 2005, pp. 171–173.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Sotnikov, Moskovkin.This revised version was published online in April 2005 with corrections to the author names and book review format.     

High-power coaxial microwave ubitron: Simulation by the particle-in-cell method

Results of complete numerical simulation of a high-power coaxial microwave ubitron are reported. The simulation uses a 2.5-dimensional numerical electromagnetic code based on the particle-in-cell method and is performed for the amplification and oscillation operating modes. The results of our numerical simulation are compared with analytical results and results following from the nonlinear theory that are obtained by partial computer simulation.     

Dependence of the properties of polycaproamide obtained in the presence of benzhydrazide on the symmetry type of the unit cell

The structure and properties of polycaproamide obtained in the presence of benzhydrazide have been studied. They are shown to depend on the duration of application of pressure in the mold. Under tensile deformation a transition from hexagonal to monoclinic polycaproamide takes place in the neck.Lugansk Machine-Building Institute. Institute of the Chemistry of High-Molecular Compounds, As UkrSSR, Kiev. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 4, No. 6, pp. 1125–1127, November–December, 1968.     

Ferroelastic transition and the relaxor state in SrTiO3-PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3

Dielectric and acoustic properties of the (1 ? x)SrTiO₃?xPbMg_1/3Nb_2/3O₃ solid solutions (0 ? x ? 1) have been studied at temperatures ranging from 4.2 to 350 K. It has been found that the improper ferroelastic transition exists up to a concentration x = 0.4 and that the phase transition temperature grows with x increasing from 0 to 0.4. As the concentration of the second component is further increased, the transition becomes suppressed by the relaxor phase forming at x _c ≈ 0.22. The results obtained are discussed in terms of the current concepts of relaxor ferroelectrics.