An externally cooled beetle type scanning tunneling microscope for imaging in cryogenic liquids

We describe a variable temperature cryogenic scanning tunneling microscope designed for imaging and research in cryogenic liquids. It has an external Dewar type large scale cooling system with a temperature control range of roughly 85-110 K using pressure controlled liquid nitrogen cooling. The liquid nitrogen is kept in a closed chamber surrounding the STM and maintained at a pressure to suit the chosen temperature. Several gases have triple points in this temperature range and can therefore be liquified, such as argon, methane, silane and germane. The STM is based on a beetle type design built into a small cube vacuum chamber to fit into the cooling dewar. The system has been used for atomic resolution of highly oriented graphite submerged in a methane liquid at a temperature of 100 K.     

Cryogenically Cooled High-Pressure Hydrogen Cluster Jet Injection into the HL-2A Tokamak

The experimental set-up of SMBI system in HL-2A and the detail structure of the molecular beam valve with cooling trap are shown in Fig.l. The valve used for producing hydrogen cluster jet is a solenoid valve S99 with a nozzle orifice of 0.2 mm diameter. The distance between the nozzle of the valve and the edge plasma is about 1.28 m. A liquid nitrogen cryogenic trap is applied for cooling the valve body and decreasing the working gas temperature. The hydrogen cluster jet used for the experiments is in fact a free jet. For real gases, the adiabatic expansion of gas through a nozzle into vacuum results in substantial cooling in the frame of the moving gas. Atoms or molecules that interact weakly at low temperature can form clusters as a result. Attractive forces between atoms can be hydrogen bonding,     

Experimental Investigation Of Spray Cooling Heat Transfer On Straight Fin Surface Under Acceleration Conditions

A spray cooling heat transfer experiment on straight fin surface under acceleration conditions was conducted to investigate the effects of acceleration, flow rate, and nozzle height. The results show that the acceleration can improve the heat transfer performance in a limited way. In addition, whether in the acceleration or stationary condition, the flow rate as well as the nozzle height has the same impact on the spray cooling performance. It is also observed that the surface temperature can influence the effect of flow rate on spray cooling performance, and the cooling performance becomes worse with the increase of nozzle height.     

Infrared spectra of carbon monoxide on evaporated nickel films: A low temperature thermal detection technique

A novel thermal detection scheme has been developed and combined with the techniques of rapid scan Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to make sensitive, high resolution measurements of the vibrational spectrum of carbon monoxide molecules on evaporated nickel films. Adsorbed molecules are detected by attaching a germanium resistance thermometer to the sample, cooling the assembly to liquid helium temperatures, and measuring the temperature changes which occur when infrared radiation is absorbed. Spectra are presented for a range of CO coverages on an evaporated nickel film and a film damaged by ion bombardment. The positions, shapes, and intensities of the spectral lines from linear and bridge bonded CO molecules give information about the surface structure of the metal films and about the different ordered phases of the adsorbed molecules.     

Effect of Nozzle Geometry on the Rewetting of Hot Surface During Jet Impingement Cooling

An investigation has been carried out to investigate the effect of nozzle geometry on hot horizontal surface rewetting during water jet impingement cooling. The test surface of 800 ± 10°C initial surface temperature is cooled by water jet of 22 ± 1°C temperature. The water flow is varied to maintain the jet Reynolds number in a range of 5,000 to 24,000. The rewetting phenomena with sharp-edged and tube-type nozzles are compared on the basis of rewetting temperature, wetting delay, rewetting velocity, and maximum surface heat flux. The rewetting performance with tube-type nozzle is better than the sharp-edged nozzle particularly for the downstream spatial locations; however, maximum surface heat flux at the stagnation region is higher with the sharp-edged nozzle.     

Observation of an intermediate phase near the α-β transition of quartz by heat capacity and neutron scattering measurements

Recent measurements of the heat capacity of quartz have shown an anomalous behaviour near the α-β transition of quartz. This result which is well correlated with a previous thermal expansion measurement shows the existence of an intermediate phase in a temperature range of 1.3°C above the temperature of the β-α transition upon cooling. Satellite peaks have been observed by neutron diffraction, showing that this phase is modulated.     

Experimental investigation of the effect of nozzle numbers on Ranque–Hilsch vortex tube performance

The present study investigates the effects of the orifice nozzle number and the inlet pressure experimentally on the cooling performance of the counter flow-type vortex tube. The energy generation has been conducted using a stream-tek generator (model GNMD-KIT) with different numbers of nozzles (2, 3, and 6), an aspect ratio of 1:6, and an inner diameter of 7.5 mm. In the experiments, for each of the orifices, inlet pressures have been adjusted from 200–600 kPa. The energy separation investigated here focuses on the cold temperature difference and coefficient of performance for cooling. The experimental results concluded in this article prove that the greatest effect of nozzle number is for three nozzles, and hence, that nozzle number could affect the energy separation efficiently. A comparison of the present experiments with other published works has been conducted. An analytical study of the characteristics equation has been carried out to evaluate the best correlation of the ratio of cold temperature difference to the inlet temperature as a function of pressure, cold mass fraction, and nozzle number.     

Structure of liquid SiO2: a measurement by high-energy x-ray diffraction

The x-ray structure factor for liquid SiO2 has been measured by laser heating of an aerodynamically levitated droplet. The main structural changes of the melt compared to the room temperature glass are associated with an increase in the size of the SiO4 tetrahedra, indicating a small reduction in the average Si-O-Si bond torsion angle and an expansion of the network between 5 and 9 A. Strong directional bonds with little high temperature broadening and a high degree of intermediate range order are found to persist in the liquid state.     

喷雾腔压力及喷嘴孔径对相变喷雾冷却性能的影响

为了满足大功率激光器件高热流密度及低表面温度的冷却需求,以R22为冷却工质,实验研究了在闭式系统中改变喷雾腔压力及喷嘴孔径对相变喷雾冷却中临界热流密度、冷却温度等冷却性能的影响,实验结果表明:在喷雾入口压力为0.8 MPa,喷雾高度为22 mm,入口温度为-3 ℃的实验条件下,当喷雾腔压力在0.2~0.4 MPa范围内变化时,随着喷雾腔压力的升高,临界热流密度值（CHF）先增大后减小,存在最优的临界热流密度,冷却壁面温度随着喷雾腔压力的升高而上升;当改变喷嘴孔径时,CHF存在最优值,过小及过大的孔径均会影响喷雾冷却性能;当喷嘴孔径为 0.4 mm,喷雾腔压力为0.34 MPa时, CHF值最高,为276.1 Wcm-2,其对应的被冷却表面温度为26.8 ℃,表面换热系数为 66 640 Wm-2K-1。     

以改进的迈克尔逊干涉仪测量LED封装材料的热膨胀系数

LED封装材料在封装的过程中由于热膨胀的缘故会产生应力,将对LED的发光效率产生较大影响。改装的迈克尔逊干涉仪用于测量二氧化钛/有机硅复合的LED封装材料在不同温度范围内的热膨胀系数,具有测量准确,分辨率高等优点。     

A Simulation study of the cooling of an isolated metal sphere in aqueous media (quenching)

A quantitative study is carried of a metal cooling process in aqueous and water-polymer cooling liquids. In the study, an original spherical hot probe with a heat-insulated stem is used to simulate the cooling conditions of the operating part of the probe and to correspond to the cooling conditions of an isolated sphere. It has been shown that in this case the process consists of distinct consecutive stages, each of which can be studied separately in a quantitative way. The cooling process in all stages is described with a simple exponential relationship containing two parameters. One of these is the effective temperature of the cooling medium; the other is a time constant of the cooling process uniquely related to the heat dissipation coefficient. In the film boiling stage the effective temperature can be much lower than the nominal temperature; moreover, for cooling in cold water it is found to be lower than the absolute temperature, which indicates the dominant contribution of convection to the heat dissipation. The effective temperature of the medium is a monotonously increasing function of the nominal temperature and rises with rising liquid viscosity. Dependence of the cooling process time constant on the liquid temperature is influenced by two competing processes affecting convection, namely, by variations with temperature of the density and viscosity of a liquid. The effect of diminishing density becomes prevalent at temperatures of the liquid above ≈80°C.     

高温金属熔体黏度突变探索

高温金属熔体的黏度是衡量液态金属动力学性质的一个重要指标,是高温金属熔体的基本物理性能之一.熔体的黏度在表征脆性系数、金属玻璃形成能力的大小和液-液相变现象方面起关键性作用.本文在介绍高温金属熔体黏度测量方法的基础上,综合评述了单质、二元和多元合金黏度随温度的变化规律和黏度突变特征,分析了黏度突变研究的物理意义,并指出高温金属熔体黏度今后研究的发展方向。     

无加热氧碘化学激光器超音速喷管

针对氧碘化学激光器的金属喷管在使用过程中需加热保温且存在结构复杂、故障率高等问题,初步选择了几种可用于加工无加热喷管的非金属材料,并以kW级氧碘化学激光器为原型,以聚酰亚胺为例,对激光器运行条件下的喷管温度场进行数值模拟,以验证此种非金属无加热喷管的可行性。结果表明:与金属喷管相比,非金属喷管在不加热保温的情况下能够有效阻止热量传递,防止碘蒸气冷却凝结,满足激光器喷管的使用要求。     

Tunnelling cooling by a normal--vacuum--superconductor junction

The possibility of cooling a system from liquid helium temperature, 4.2~K, using a tunnel junction refrigerator is analysed. Calculations show that the device can be used over a wide temperature range from 4~K down to well below 1~mK with necessary cooling power. However, several serious difficulties must be overcome before the method can be used in low temperature laboratories.     

反斯托克斯荧光制冷的研究进展与综述

反斯托克斯荧光制冷 (Anti StokesFluorescentCooling)也被称为激光制冷 (LaserCooling)。自 1 995年以来 ,该项研究取得了飞速的发展。目前 ,人们利用激光制冷的方法已经得到了比家用冰箱冷冻室还低的温度 ,并能够利用半导体量子阱材料得到低于液氮温区的降温。由于这项技术具有全光性 ,它的制冷器具有体积小、重量轻、无电磁辐射、无振动、无噪声等特点 ,因此也就具有了非常诱人的应用前景和符合军事、空间、集成光学、微电子、医学等领域的特殊要求 ,而被国外研究者所重视。做为一项基本技术 ,激光制冷研究的突破必然会导致许多对温度有特殊要求的高技术实用化 ,推动那些领域向前发展。本文详细地介绍了反斯托克斯荧光制冷研究的历史和最新进展 ,详细地介绍了该项研究中的方法和理论。着重介绍了激光制冷的热力学限制、发光过程的热力学理论 ,探讨激光制冷产生的机制和制冷理论。最后 ,对激光制冷器的发展前景和设计依据进行了讨论 ,尝试性地探讨了线圈型制冷器、用于芯片的制冷器和单分子 光子泵型制冷器的应用考虑。     

Theory of collective dynamics of liquid polyvalent metal: Hg

Recently suggested microscopic theory of collective dynamics of a liquid has been used to successfully explain the detailed experimental dynamic structure factor of liquid mercury at room temperature, observed experimentally recently using high resolution inelastic X-ray scattering for various momentum transfers lying in the range 3 nm⁻¹–37.1 nm⁻¹.     

改进冷端换热器的大功率脉冲管制冷机

依据热力学非对称理论对脉冲管制冷机冷端的热力学过程进行分析 ,对脉冲管制冷机制冷功率的提高提出了改进方案 ,搭建了单级低频大功率脉冲管制冷机的实验台 ,在实验中首次采用新型的填料烧结型换热器作为脉冲管的冷头 ,对这种换热器的效率在不同实验条件下进行了计算 ,并通过实验验证了这种新型换热器在脉冲管制冷机中应用的可行性。实验表明 :改进冷端换热器是提高脉冲管制冷机制冷效率的关键问题。在使用烧结换热器的单级脉冲管制冷机实验台上 ,采用输出功率 3k W的压缩机在 80 K时得到了 35W的制冷量 ,在效率上属国内领先水平。     

大冷量相变喷雾冷却的实验研究

相变喷雾冷却具有很高的换热效率和临界热流密度,为了获得大冷量相变喷雾冷却特性,文中设计并搭建了开式喷雾冷却性能实验台,采用R22制冷剂开展了大热流密度喷雾冷却特性的实验研究,详细研究了不同喷嘴入口压力、不同喷雾高度以及不同加热功率下R22的喷雾相变冷却效果。实验结果的分析表明:采用R22时最高热流密度可达到150W.cm-2,其对应的被冷却表面温度为-29.0℃,具有高热流密度及低冷却表面温度的显著特点;实验还从一定程度上揭示了喷嘴高度和喷嘴入口压力对R22喷雾冷却效果的影响。     

Structural aspects of metamagnetism in Ca2-xSrxRuO4: evidence for field tuning of orbital occupation

The crystal structure of Ca(2-x)Sr(x)RuO(4) with 0.2 < or = x < or = 1.0 has been studied by diffraction techniques and by high resolution capacitance dilatometry as a function of temperature and magnetic field. Upon cooling in zero magnetic field, the crystal structure and the octahedra shrink along the c direction and elongate in the a and b planes, whereas the opposite occurs upon cooling at high field (x = 0.2 and 0.5). These findings yield evidence for an orbital rearrangement driven by temperature and magnetic field, which accompanies the metamagnetic transition at low temperature. The temperature and magnetic-field dependencies are found to be governed by the same energy scale.     

燃烧法合成碳纳米管的实验方案设计

碳纳米管是一种新型的碳材料,其合成方法多种多样。燃烧法是一种新兴的合成方法,燃烧过程提供用于碳纳米管生长的高温环境,同时也提供足够的烃原料。目前,用于合成碳纳米管的原料包括气体燃料和液体燃料,火焰类型主要有层流扩散火焰、逆流扩散火焰和预混火焰等。影响炭纳米管火焰合成的因素主要有气体成分,温度,催化剂,燃氧比和采样条件。我们采用甲烷扩散火焰用于实验研究炭纳米管的合成条件。实验系统包括扩散火焰喷嘴,混和段,质量流量计,取样探针和基板,气源。内径5 mm的喷嘴与内径100 mm的钢筒同轴。实验测得在气量为0．20 SLM时火焰高度为 3．5 cm。涂覆有催化剂的基板水平朝下置于火焰中采样,并将采集的样品进行电镜分析。本文还对燃烧法合成碳纳米管的机理进行了分析。