Experimental study of pressure and density of saturated and superheated vapor of refrigerant R-236ea from 20 to 150 °C

The saturation pressure, pressure and density of superheated vapor of 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236ea, R-236ea) were studied by an isochoric piezometer within the temperature range of 294–423 K up to the pressure of 4.0 MPa. The uncertainties of temperature, pressure, and density measurements were estimated as ±20 mK, ±1.5 kPa, ±(0.1–0.2) %, and ±(0.1–0.2) %, correspondingly. The purity of studied samples was 99.68 mass %. The obtained experimental data are shown as tables and analytical equations. Coefficients of the virial state equation were calculated for R-236ea on the basis of these data. The work was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant No. 04-02-16355).     

Infrared intensity analysis of molecules C2H6, C2D6, C2F6 and CF4 zero and first order approximations

Infrared intensity formulae for C₂H₆ and C₂D₆ are derived following the first order approximations. Using the experimental intensities in the intensity equations, the first order coefficients are calculated. They are observed to be negligible compared to the accuracy limits within which the intensities can be measured. Correlating the experimental intensities to the intensity expressions of C₂F₆ and following the zero-order approximations, the bond dipole moment μ and its derivative e are calculated for the C–F bond. Substituting these in the intensity equations of CF₄, transferability of the bond moment parameters is discussed.     

Founder of modern cosmonautics

The basic milestones of the life journey of S.P. Korolev (12.01.1907–14.01.1966), the Designer General of rocket and space systems, are presented. Information on various missiles of the first generation R-1. R-2, R-5, R-7, and R-9, launch vehicles Sputnik, Luna, Molniya, Vostok, Soyuz, and N-1, and also spacecraft designed for various purposes, which were developed under Korolev’s supervision, is given. Korolev’s contribution to the development of rocket engineering and cosmonautics is considered: the reasons for USSR failure in the “Moon race” with the USA are mentioned.     

PEO-based composite lithium polymer electrolyte, PEO-BaTiO3-Li(C2F5SO2)2N

Polyethylene oxide (PEO) based polymer electrolytes with BaTiO₃ as filler and Li(C₂F₅SO₂)₂N as salt have been examined in lithium polymer batteries. The aluminum disolution potential in PEO-Li(C₂F₅SO₂)₂N was estimated to be 4.1 V vs. Li/Li⁺ at 80 °C, which was compared to that of 3.8 V vs. Li/Li⁺ in PEO-Li(CF₃SO₂)₂N. The electrical conductivity of the system was measured as a function of O/Li ratio. The highest conductivity was observed in O/Li=8. The conductivity was 1.65×10⁻³ S/cm at 80 °C and 1.5×10⁻⁵ S/cm at 25 °C. The interfacial resistance of Li/polymer electrolyte/Li annealed at 80 °C for 15 days was lower than 100 Ωcm². Paper presented at the 8th EuroConference on Ionics, Carvoeiro, Algarve, Portugal, Sept. 16 – 22, 2001.     

Experimental study of thermal conductivity of refrigerant R-409A in vapor phase

Thermal conductivity of refrigerant R-409A in vapor phase was studied in the range of temperatures 306–425 K and pressures 0.12–1.33 MPa. Measurements were performed with the stationary method of coaxial cylinders. Uncertainty of experimental data on thermal conductivity was 1.5–2.5 %, and errors of temperature and pressure measurements did not exceed 0.05 K and 4 kPa, respectively. Approximating dependence of thermal conductivity on pressure and temperature was obtained. Thermal conductivity on dew line and in ideal gas state was calculated.     

Site occupancy and molecular complex formation of 19F ions in fullerenes C60 and C70 studied by TDPAD

TDPAD spectroscopy measurements have been performed on two fullerene samples, C₆₀ and C₇₀, with recoil implanted ¹⁹F ions as probe nuclei. Quadrupole coupling frequencies of ν_Q= 54(1) MHz for C₆₀ and ν_Q= 57(1) MHz for C₇₀ were observed. These frequencies are associated with a C–F molecular complex formation. The C₇₀ sample was also examined for possible effects due to variation of temperature. No significant changes were observed. An additional frequency of ν_Q= 13(1) MHz registered for both samples has to be attributed to the formation of H–F complexes. Finally, both samples were analysed for proton dose dependent effects, due to the (p,p'γ) implantation process but no effects have shown up. Specifically, computational studies based on quantum chemical methods were performed to assist in the interpretation of the experimental results, using the code MOPAC. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Phase transitions in oxyfluoride (NH4)2WO2F4

(NH₄)₂WO₂F₄ single crystals are grown, and their polarization-optical, calorimetric, and birefringence properties are studied in the temperature range 90–350 K. A first-order structural phase transition is found to occur at T ₀₁↑ = 202 K with thermal hysteresis of ΔT ₀₁ ≈ 6–12 K. The phase transition is accompanied by twinning and modification of the symmetry . An additional weak anomaly in the differential scanning calorimeter signal is found at T ₀₂ ≈ 170 K. The total thermal effect of both anomalies is ∑ΔH _i = 3200 ± 400 J/mol and ∑ΔS _i = 16.5 ± 2.0 J/mol K. The phase transition at T ₀₁ is of the order-disorder type.     

Thermal conductivity of ozone-safe C10M1 refrigerant in liquid and gaseous phases

Thermal conductivity of ozone-safe refrigerant C10M1 in liquid (303.9–342.4 K, 1.23–4.257 MPa) and gaseous (324–398.15 K; 0.672–2.107 MPa) states was studied by the methods of high-frequency thermal waves and coaxial cylinders. The estimated measurement errors for the temperature, pressure, and thermal conductivity are ±0.02 K, ±1.5 kPa, and ±1.5–2.5 %, correspondingly. Approximation dependencies for thermal conductivity were obtained over the studied range of temperatures and pressures as well as on the dew and bubble lines. It is shown that thermal conductivity in the liquid state is additive relative to mass concentrations of components. The work was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant No. 04-02-16355).     

Synthesis, anticancer, and anti-inflammatory activity evaluation of methanesulfonamide and amidine derivatives of 3,4-diaryl-2-imino-4-thiazolines

Condensation of 3,4-diaryl-2-imino-4-thiazoli-nes 1a–j with methanesulfonyl chloride gave methanesulfonamide derivatives 2a–j. Condensation of 2-cyanopyrazine, 4-cyanopyridine, and 2-cyanopyridine with 3,4-diaryl-2- imino-4-thiazolines 1h–m in the presence of sodium methoxide afforded amidine derivatives 3a–j. Compounds 2a–j and 3a–j were screened against various human cancer cell lines (COLO-205, HEP-2, A-549, IMR-32) and their percentage growth inhibition profile determined at 1 × 10⁻⁵M. The anti-inflammatory activity of these compounds was assessed using the carrageenan-induced paw edema model. Compound 2i exhibited 34.7% anti-inflammatory activity at 50 mg/kg p.o., which is comparable to standard care drug phenyl butazone (37% activity at 50 mg/kg p.o.)     

Electrochemical promotion of Pd for the hydrogenation of C2H2

The effect of Non-Faradaic Electrochemical Modification of Catalytic Activity, orin-situ controlled promotion, was investigated during Acetylene selective hydrogenation on Pd films deposited on β″ - Al₂O₃, a Na⁺ conductor, at temperatures from 60 to 100 °C and GHSVs from 10³ to 10⁴ h-⁻¹, i.e., under conditions similar to those used in industrial processes. It was found that both acetylene conversion and hydrogenation selectivity can be affected by means of externally applied potentials, i.e., by supplying or removing sodium ions to or from the catalyst surface. Electrochemical sodium supply to the Pd catalyst surfaċe was found to supress both the rate of acetylene hydrogenation and, to a larger extent the rate of ethylene hydrogenation to ethane. Consequently electrochemical sodium supply was found to enhance the selectivity to ethylene. Thus, β″ - Al₂O₃ can act as an active catalyst support causing enhanced performance of the Pd catalyst. Acetylene conversion and hydrogenation selectivity values up to 90 % and 95 %, respectively, were obtained. Paper presented at the 5th Euroconference on Solid State Ionics, Benalmádena, Spain, Sept. 13–20, 1998.     

Vacancies at the surfaces of F.C.C. metals

The vacancy formation energy is calculated using the inserted atom method for faces with high and low indices and in the near-surface atomic layers of aluminum, nickel, copper, palladium, silver, platinum, and gold. The transition of the calculated quantities to the bulk quantities is traced for successive insertion of a defect deeper into the near-surface layer of the material. The relaxation contribution to the energetics is revealed for each type of surface. A correlation is seen between the energies of formation at surfaces with high and low indices. V. D. Kuznetsov Siberian Physicotechnical Institute at Tomsk State University. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 3, pp. 62–73, March, 1997.     

Superconductivity and magnetism in HoNi2B2C

The effect of magnetic ordering on superconductivity in HoNi₂B₂C is studied. It is concluded that the abrupt suppression of superconductivity in the region of incommensurate antiferromagnetic ordering is due to a modification of the wave functions of the conduction electrons by the long-range magnetic order. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 63, No. 9, 702–707 (10 May 1996)     

Atomic mixing of Ni2O3/SiO2, NiO/SiO2, and Ni/SiO2 interfaces induced by swift heavy ion irradiation

We have investigated the interface mixing of Ni₂O₃/SiO₂, NiO/SiO₂, and Ni/SiO₂ induced by the irradiation with Ar, Kr and Xe ions of energies ranging from 90 MeV to 260 MeV. Since these energies are in the electronic stopping regime, atomic transport processes will not be directly initiated by elastic ion–target collisions, but need to be excited by secondary processes like electron–phonon coupling or Coulomb explosion. Nevertheless, we have observed a strong mixing effect in the ceramic systems if the electronic energy loss exceeds a certain threshold value. Estimation of an effective diffusion constant indicates that diffusion takes place in the molten ion track. In contrast to the ceramics, the metallic Ni layer is still insensitive even for the highest electronic stopping power used (S_e=28 keV/nm) and does not exhibit mixing with its SiO₂ substrate. In addition, NiO/SiO₂ and Ni/SiO₂ were irradiated in the nuclear stopping regime with 600 keV Kr and 900 keV Xe–ions. Here the intermixing effect is in good agreement with the assumption of ballistic atomic transport. Received: 5 February 2002 / Accepted: 11 February 2002 / Published online: 3 May 2002 RID="*" ID="*"Corresponding author. Fax: +49-711/685-3866, E-mail: bolse@ifs.physik.uni-stuttgart.de     

Infrared absorption spectra and structure of TiO2-SiO2 composites

The composites xTiO₂-(1−x)SiO₂ (x = 0.1, 0.5, 0.9) were obtained by coprecipitation from solutions of alkoxides: tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and titanium tetraisopropoxide (TIPT). Intermolecular interaction of the components of the composite is apparent in the IR absorption spectra in the 928–952 cm⁻¹ region, and is connected with bending vibrations of the Si-O-Ti bond. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 75, No. 5, pp. 724–728, September–October, 2008.     

Twisted lines and small-scale structures in generation spectra of Yb-doped media excited by focused radiation of LiF:F 2 + color center laser

Spectral lines of Yb lasing in 1.03–1.05 μm region structured by 50–200 μm spots were found at focusing a pulsed LiF:F₂⁺ color center laser of 0.5–5.0 GW/cm² intensity on highly doped Yb:YAG or Yb:glass plates in a resonator. Small spots at the spectrograph located ≈ 1 m apart from the resonator indicated a “sub-diffraction” directivity of Yb generation, 1–2 orders better than the diffraction limit 10⁻³–10⁻² rad determined by the pumped volume dimensions. Observed features of Yb emission are explained assuming off-axis oscillations in Yb laser on phase-synchronized photons due to a strong spatial-angular selection of radiation in the resonator. Propagation of near diffraction free beams at angles to the axis built at the spectrograph slit for every 10–15 ns pulse of Yb generation a magnified “image” of a structure of generating channels in the active medium. This image projection brought a corresponding structure of spots in Yb spectra. It was found that channels may be formed due to a high-frequency spatial modulation (micrometers scale) of the refractive index profile in samples caused by the oscillating amplitude of thermoelastic stresses in the pumped medium. Obtained data demonstrate a possibility to study (with high spatial and temporal resolution) non-equilibrium stales of materials in small volumes using laser radiation emerging from these objects. This study results evidence for the novel concept of the spatial distribution of electromagnetic field of a photon: not in the form of a “travelling” wave but in the form of a wave with maxima and nodes located at fixed positions along the photon propagation direction.     

Activation energy for diffusion of point defects at the surfaces of F.C.C. metals

The energies for migration of vacancies and adatoms and the adatom formation energy at surfaces with low indices have been calculated for aluminum, nickel, copper, palladium, silver, platinum, and gold using the inserted atom method. We have found the self-diffusion activation energies for the jumpwise diffusion mechanism with participation of both types of surface point defect. V. D. Kuznetsov Siberian Physicotechnical Institute at Tomsk University. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii. Fizika, No. 6, pp. 89–96, June, 1997.     

N+BF<Subscript>2</Subscript> and N+C+BF<Subscript>2</Subscript> high-dose co-implantation in silicon

Nitrogen and boron BF₂, and nitrogen, carbon, and boron BF₂ high-dose (6×10¹⁶–3×10¹⁷ cm^-2) co-implantation were performed at energies of about 21–77 keV. Subsequent high-temperature annealing processes (600, 850, and 1200 °C) lead to the formation of three and two surface layers respectively. The outer layer mainly consists of polycrystalline silicon and some amorphous material and Si₃N₄ inclusions. The inner layer is highly defective crystalline silicon, with some inclusions of Si₃N₄ too. In the N+B-implanted sample the intermediate layer is amorphous. Co-implantation of boron with nitrogen and with nitrogen and carbon prevents the excessive diffusivity of B and leads to a lattice-parameter reduction of 0.7–1.0%. Received: 10 January 2002 / Accepted: 30 May 2002 / Published online: 4 November 2002 RID="*" ID="*"Corresponding author. Fax: +34-91/3974895; E-mail: Lucia.Barbadillo@uam.es     

Stark Broadening of F III Lines in Laboratory and Stellar Plasma

Using a semiclassical approach, we have considered electron-, proton-, and ionized helium-impact line widths and shifts for the F III 2p^{3 4}S^o-3s ⁴P resonant line. Moreover, for 10 F III multiplets where the full semiclassical perturbation approach is not applicable in an adequate way due to the lack of reliable atomic data, electron-impact line widths have been calculated within the modified semiempirical approach. Results are obtained as a function of temperature for perturber density of 10¹⁷ cm⁻³. The theoretical data obtained have been used to consider the influence of Stark broadening for A-type star atmosphere conditions. __________ Published in Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 72, No. 3, pp. 412–415, May–June, 2005.     

Synthesis of C–N nanotube blocks and Y-junctions in bamboo-like C–N nanotubes

We report the observations made on the synthesis and characterization of C–N nanotube blocks and Y-junctions in bamboo-like C–N nanotubes. The C–N nanotube Blocks have been synthesized by pyrolyzing the mixture of silver nitrate acetonitrile solution and ferrocene benzene solution. The structural/microstructural characterization of the as-synthesized material has been done using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic (XPS) analysis has been carried out to confirm the presence of nitrogen in nanotubes. These investigations reveal the formation of blocks of bamboo-like nanotubes having the dimension 300 × 200 × 30 μm and the diameter is 20–50 nm. We also observe the formation of Y-junctions in bamboo-like nanotubes as we spray the acetonitrile ferrocene and AgNO₃ mixture. The length of the synthesized Y-junction nanotube bundles is ~2 μm. Some more complex Ψ-shaped junctions are also found to be present. The diameters of the Y-junction nanotubes is ~80 nm at the junction and 25–50 nm at the branches.     

Microwave excited CO<Subscript>2</Subscript> laser with multiple units using orthogonal electric fields

The third order nonlinear optical properties of 4^′-methoxy chalcone and its derivatives have been investigated using a single-beam Z-scan technique with nanosecond laser pulses at 532 nm. The 4^′-methoxy chalcone and its derivatives are donor–acceptor–acceptor (D–A–A) and donor–acceptor–donor (D–A–D) type intramolecular charge transfer molecules. The nonlinear response in these molecules was found to increase with increase in (a) the electron acceptor strength in D–A–A type and (b) the donor strength of the substituted group in D–A–D type molecules. The χ⁽³⁾ value in these molecules is found to be of the order of 10^-13 esu. The observed increase in the third order nonlinearity in these molecules clearly indicates the electronic origin. The compounds exhibit good optical limiting at 532 nm. The best optical limiting behavior was observed with the molecule substituted by a strong electron donor. PACS 42.65.An; 42.70.Nq