Cyclic deformation of aluminium and its alloys

The formation of slip bands is the main mechanism of cyclic deformation in pure Al. Their density, orientation and heights in polycrystalline Al were investigated during cycling. Types, sizes and densities of precipitates are responsible for the mode of cyclic deformation in AlCu4 pure alloy. In technical Al alloys intermetallic phases have detrimental effects on deformation homogeneity and largely govern the fatigue mechanism of the material and especially microcrack initiation.     

含氧光敏引发体系的研究——Ⅵ.二苯酮/三乙胺体系引发光聚合过程中的再次引发效应

过去,作者曾发表了多种光敏引发体系引发烯类单体光聚合的工作,在研究2,2-二甲氧基苯乙酮在氧存在下引发甲基丙烯酸甲酯光聚合时,结合在聚合物链端的引发剂碎片具有光化学活性,在光聚合反应中产生高分子自由基,发生再次聚合,出现高分子量     

Gamma-ray bursts from evaporating primordial black holes

It is believed that the detection of gamma-ray bursts from evaporating primordial black holes is highly improbable in the near future since the expected photon flux, consisting mainly of photons with energies ≳ GeV, is too low. Contrary to this point of view, we show that a large fraction of the black hole power at the final stage of evaporation (the last 10³ s) can be liberated as a burst of soft γ-ray emission of duration 10⁻¹–10³ s and luminosity 10²⁸–10³¹ erg/s in the energy range 0.1–1 MeV. According to our calculations of the black hole evaporation rate (within the Standard Model of elementary particles), when the black hole temperature exceeds approximately 10 GeV, the charged particle outflow from a black hole forms a well-defined plasma and can be described in the hydrodynamic approximation. In this case more than half of the rest energy of a black hole can be converted into soft gamma-rays due to the presence of the magnetic field with energy density comparable to that of charged particles. We consider various mechanisms leading to such transformation and estimate their efficiency. It is shown that, at least, some of the gamma-ray bursts detected by BATSE can be associated with evaporating black holes. Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 36–45, January, 1998.     

Mikrochemie

Ohne Zusammenfassung     

The effect of LH wave on the peripheral plasma of TM-1-MH tokamak

The work is devoted to the study of the LH wave effect on the peripheral plasma of the TM-1-MH tokamak. The observed enhancement of the ion saturated current in the limiter shadow is interpreted as heating of the peripheral ions by absorption of decay waves generated in this region due to the nonlinear wave-plasma interaction.     

Anreicherung von Spuren Seltener Erden aus Mineralwässern durch Ionenaustausch

In the described analysis of mineral waters, after the throughflow of the sample through a column with Dowex 50 WX 12 in H⁺ form, the main cations are first eluted by 1.6 N HCl and then the rare earths by 6 N HCl. The latter are separated by ion-exchange chromatography on Dowex 50WX8 in NH₄ ⁺ form, the elution being performed with ammonium citrate pH 4.19. The presence of rare earths in the eluate was ascertained spectrophotometrically by means of their reaction with xylenol orange in the presence of cetylpyridinium bromide. In mineral waters from the West-Bohemian spa region it was possible to find traces of trivalent La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm + Gd, Y, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu.     

Analytische Aspekte der Oxydation organischer Stickstoffverbindungen mit Chromsäure. IV

Zusammenfassung Die schon früher vorgeschlagene Halbmikromethode zur Bestimmung der N-N-Gruppierung wurde an einer Reihe aromatischer Azoverbindungen erprobt. Sie beruht auf der Oxydation der Substanz mit einem Chromsäure-Schwefelsäure-Gemisch in einer geschlossenen Apparatur. Die Azogruppen werden als elementarer Stickstoff abgespalten, der im Azotometer gesammelt und gemessen wird. Durch die Rücktitration der unverbrauchten Chromsäure kann außerdem die Oxydationszahl der untersuchten Substanz bestimmt werden.

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Summary The semimicro method previously suggested for the determination of the N-N-grouping was tested on a number of aromatic azo compounds. It is based on oxidation of the sample with a chromic-sulfuric acid mixture in a closed apparatus. The azo groups are split off as elementary nitrogen which is collected in an azotometer and measured. In addition the oxidation number of the material being studied can be found by backtitration of the unconsumed chromic acid.

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Résumé On a mis à l'épreuve la semimicrométhode déjà préconisée auparavant, pour le dosage du groupe N-N, sur une série de composés azo-aromatiques. Elle repose sur l'oxydation de la substance par un mélange d'acide chromique et d'acide sulfurique, en système clos. Les groupes azoïques se trouvent dissociés à l'état d'azote élémentaire que l'on récupère et que l'on dose dans l'azotomètre. On peut déterminer, de plus, l'indice d'oxydation de la substance étudiée par titrage en retour de l'acide chromique non consommé.

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III. Mitteilung siehe 1.     

Gamma-ray bursts from evaporating primordial black holes

It is believed that the detection of gamma-ray bursts from evaporating primordial black holes is highly improbable in the near future since the expected photon flux, consisting mainly of photons with energies ? GeV, is too low. Contrary to this point of view, we show that a large fraction of the black hole power at the final stage of evaporation (the last 10³ s) can be liberated as a burst of soft γ-ray emission of duration 10^?1–10³ s and luminosity 10²⁸–10³¹ erg/s in the energy range 0.1–1 MeV. According to our calculations of the black hole evaporation rate (within the Standard Model of elementary particles), when the black hole temperature exceeds approximately 10 GeV, the charged particle outflow from a black hole forms a well-defined plasma and can be described in the hydrodynamic approximation. In this case more than half of the rest energy of a black hole can be converted into soft gamma-rays due to the presence of the magnetic field with energy density comparable to that of charged particles. We consider various mechanisms leading to such transformation and estimate their efficiency. It is shown that, at least, some of the gamma-ray bursts detected by BATSE can be associated with evaporating black holes.     

Pro duction of Exotic Nuclei in Low-Energy Multi-Nucleon Transfer Reactions

Multinucleon transfer processes in low-energy heavy ion collisions open a new field of research in nuclear physics, namely, production and studying properties of heavy neutron rich nuclei. This not-yet-explored area of the nuclear map is extremely important for understanding the astrophysical nucleosynthesis and the origin of heavy elements. Beams of very heavy U-like ions are needed to produce new long-living isotopes of transfermium and superheavy elements located very close to the island of stability.The calculated cross sections are high enough to perform the experiments at available accelerators.Beams of medium-mass ions (such as 136Xe, 192Os, 198Pt) can be used for the production of neutron rich nuclei located along the neutron closed shell N = 126 (the last waiting point) having the largest impact on the astrophysical r-process. The Low-energy multinucleon transfer reactions is a very efficient tool also for the production and spectroscopic study of light exotic nuclei. The corresponding cross sections are 2 or 3 orders of magnitude larger as compared with high energy fragmentation reactions.