Measurements on the magnetic susceptibilities of Ag-Mn and Cu-Mn alloys

Summary Measurements have been carried out on alloys of Ag-Mn and Cu-Mn with different concentrations of manganese between room temperature and liquid hydrogen temperatures. A paramagnetic behaviour has been found. We examined especially the dependence of the susceptibilities on the field strength; no field dependence could be detected except in some of the Ag-Mn alloys, but this effect originated from small ferromagnetic impurities which were determined by means of the method of Honda. The concentration of the maganese has been determined magnetically and compared with determinations based on the electrical resistance.We take the opportunity to express our warm thanks to the Union Minière du Haut Katanga for financial help during these measurements. We also thank Dr. G. J. van den Berg, conservator at the Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory. Leiden, who put the samples at our disposal.     

Measurements on the coercive force of ticonal down to liquid helium temperatures

Summary Measurements have been made on the coercive forceH _c as a function of temperature of two samples of ticonal and one sample of steel. TheH _c versusT curves for the ticonals show the same minimum without saturation down to liquid helium temperatures. The curve for the steel sample, however, shows an increase below liquid nitrogen temperatures and also a saturation in the liquid helium range.     

Magnetic absorption phenomena in germanium at low temperatures

Summary By means of an experimental set-up and the usual methods for magnetic resonance absorption studies, some magnetic absorption phenomena have been found and investigated in Sb-doped germanium at low temperatures, using relatively low radio frequencies (20 to 100 MHz). Two different absorption lines have been observed. They differ by the sign of their top and by the temperature region, where they occur. One of the lines is single-valued, but the other is multi-valued and shows some kind of hysteresis. Their properties and possible origins are discussed.We take the opportunity to express our sincere thanks to the Union Minière du Haut-Katanga for finantial aid during these measurements.     

Theoretical interpretation of X-rays photo-absorption in medium-Z elements plasmas measured at LULI2000 facility

We analyzed the spectra of X-ray transmission through radiatively heated medium-Z plasma (Fe, Ni, Cu and Ge) measured at LULI2000 facility in the wavelength range of 2p–nd transitions. The analysis was performed using the statistical superconfiguration code SCO, two line-by-line opacity codes based on the HULLAC and FAC packages and a new hybrid statistical-detailed code SCORCG. The temperature and mass density of the samples were estimated from hydrodynamic simulations based on the cavity radiative temperature measurements. The theory–experiment agreement is relatively good in the wavelength range corresponding to the 2p–3d transitions except in the germanium case. In the wavelength range of the 2p–2d, n > 3 transitions a relatively good theory–experiment agreement was found in the copper case. As predicted by calculations the separation of the characteristic spin-orbit-split 2p–3d structures, absent in the iron measured spectrum, appears in the nickel spectrum and is visible in the copper and germanium spectra. Comparisons of the experimental transmission with calculations confirm the importance of the relativistic configuration interaction. The absorption strength of the measured germanium 2p–3d transition is much larger than that obtained from the codes. Spatial temperature and density gradients, relatively high in the germanium sample, may be at the origin of this discrepancy.     

Soft X-ray scattering using FEL radiation for probing near-solid density plasmas at few electron volt temperatures

We report on soft X-ray scattering experiments on cryogenic hydrogen and simple metal samples. As a source of intense, ultrashort soft X-ray pulses we have used free-electron laser radiation at 92 eV photon energy from FLASH at DESY, Hamburg. X-ray pulses with energies up to 150 μJ and durations 15–50 fs provide interaction with the sample leading simultaneously to plasma formation and scattering. Experiments exploiting both of these interactions have been carried out, using the same experimental setup. Firstly, recording of soft X-ray inelastic scattering from near-solid density hydrogen plasmas at few electron volt temperatures confirms the feasibility of this diagnostics technique. Secondly, the soft X-ray excitation of few electron volt solid-density plasmas in bulk metal samples could be studied by recording soft X-ray line and continuum emission integrated over emission times from fs to ns.     

A Methodology for Temperature Correction When Using Two-Color Pyrometers - Compensation for Surface Topography and Material

In this investigation, the applicability of the two-color pyrometer technique for temperature measurements in dry hard turning of AISI 52100 steel was studied, where both machined surfaces as well as cutting tools were considered. The impacts of differing hard turned surface topography on the two-color pyrometer readings was studied by conducting temperature measurements on reference samples created using cutting tools with different degrees of tool flank wear. In order to conduct measurements in a controlled environment, a specially designed furnace was developed in which the samples were heated step-wise up to 1,000 °C in a protective atmosphere. At each testing temperature, the temperatures measured by the two-color pyrometer were compared with temperatures recorded by thermocouples. For all materials and surfaces as studied here, the two-color pyrometer generally recorded significantly lower temperatures than the thermocouples; for the hard turned surfaces, depending on the surface topography, the temperatures were as much as ~20 % lower and for the CBN cutting tools, ~13 % lower. To be able to use the two-color pyrometer technique for temperature measurements in hard turning of AISI 52100 steel, a linear approximation function was determined resulting in three unique equations, one for each of the studied materials and surfaces. By using the developed approximation function, the measured cutting temperatures can be adjusted to compensate for differing materials or surface topographies for comparable machining conditions. Even though the proposed equations are unique for the hard turning conditions as studied here, the proposed methodology can be applied to determine the temperature compensation required for other surface topographies, as well as other materials.     

Absorption spectroscopy of mid and neighboring Z plasmas: Iron, nickel,copper and germanium

Opacities of four medium Z element plasmas (iron, nickel, copper and germanium) have been measured at the LULI-2000 facility in similar conditions: temperatures between 15 and 25 eV and densities between 2 and 10 mg/cm³, in a wavelength range (8–18 Å) including the strong 2p–3d structures.Two laser beams from the LULI facility were used in the nanosecond-picosecond configuration. The NANO-2000 beam (at λ = 0.53 μm) heated a gold hohlraum with an energy between 30 and 150 J with a duration of 0.6 ns. Samples covering half a hohlraum hole were thus radiatively heated. The picosecond pulse PICO-2000 beam (at λ = 1.053 μm) has been used to produce a short (about 10 ps) X-ray backlighter in order to reduce time variations of temperatures and densities during the measurement. A crystal high-resolution spectrometer was used as the main diagnostic to record at the same time the non-absorbed and the absorbed backlighter spectra. Radiation temperatures were measured using a broadband spectrometer. 1D and 2D simulations have been performed in order to estimate hydrodynamic plasmas parameters.The measured spectra have been compared with theoretical ones obtained using either the superconfiguration code SCO or the detailed term accounting code HULLAC. These comparisons allow us to check the modeling of the statistical broadening and of the spin-orbit splitting of the 2p–3d transitions and related effects such as the interaction between relativistic subconfigurations belonging to the same non-relativistic configuration.     

Experimental Investigation of Vibrational Deactivation of CO Molecules in a Supersonic Gas Flow

The vibrational temperature and vibrational deactivation time of CO molecules in collisions with hydrogen atoms are measured using the broadband version of the coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering technique (CARS). Carbon monoxide with hydrogen-containing admixtures (H₂, H₂O) heated in a reflected shock wave up to temperatures 2900–5100 K escaped through a supersonic wedge-shaped nozzle. The measurements demonstrate the high efficiency of hydrogen atoms in the vibrational deactivation of CO. A difference in the measured temperature dependences of the vibrational excitation and deactivation times of CO molecules in collisions with H atoms, which seems to be associated with a difference in the mechanisms of CO-H complex formation, is noted.     

The effect of high viscosity on compressible and incompressible Rayleigh–Plesset-type bubble models

Free oscillations of a single spherical gas bubble in glycerol have been examined numerically and experimentally at different ambient temperatures and pressures. The bubble was generated using a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser and the unsteady radius measurement was based on a shadowing technique of a He–Ne laser beam. The measurements were compared to computations obtained from two models, first taking into consideration the liquid compressibility and then assuming an incompressible liquid domain, respectively. In both cases the temperature fields inside and outside the bubble were computed by solving the energy equation in both phases as the thermodynamic processes have great importance to the bubble behavior. For high amplitude oscillations the incompressible model provides poor agreement with the measurements and the modeling of the liquid compressibility becomes necessary. In contrast to the standard method, a practical region of applicability for the incompressible approach was determined as a function of the instantaneous Mach and Reynolds numbers, rather than specifying a simple threshold Mach number.     

Temperature measurementin gaseous and liquid reacting media in the case of their shock compression

This paper describes the results of measuring the temperatures of gaseous and liquid reacting media, which was carried out by the thermocouple method with the use of a battery (copper–Constantan–copper) of planar thermocouples, placed in the medium under study. It is shown that convective heat transfer lasting for 0.5–1.5 μs equalizes the temperatures of the “hot” thermocouple junctions and the environment. The relationship between the voltage occurring on the thermobattery during this heating and time was determined using a pulse oscilloscope. The measured maximum voltage was used to determine the temperature of the medium. A series of experiments was carried out on measuring the temperatures of water and emulsion explosive matrix, which were compressed by a shock wave, as well as the detonation products of ammonite with sodium hydrogen carbonate at various mass ratios. The estimates of heat fluxes from the detonation products to the metallic surfaces of the thermobattery contacting with them are obtained.     

An experimental analysis of fluctuating temperature measurements using hot-wires at different overheats

Adjacent parallel hot-wire anemometers at different temperatures have sometimes been used to measure fluctuating temperatures in turbulent flows. This work presents an extensive experimental comparison of temperatures measured with a parallel-wire probe to temperatures simultaneously measured with a standard cold-wire probe. The results show the parallel-wire probe to work well in low intensity flows with temperature signals which are not too small. However, the parallel-wire probe temperature measurements are not accurate for high turbulence intensities or for small temperature signals, and in general the cold-wire system is probably to be preferred.     

Heat transfer experiments in rotating boundary layer flow

The influence of Coriolis force on heat transfer in a rotating transitional boundary layer has been experimentally investigated. The experiments have been conducted for local Görtler numbers up to 150. Heat transfer measurements have been performed for a flat plate with nearly uniform heat flux applied to the surface, where the temperature was measured by the thermochromic liquid crystal method. The results indicate that heat transfer is enhanced when Coriolis force acts towards the wall, i.e., on the pressure surface. The velocity measurements under equivalent conditions show that Coriolis instability induces counter-rotating longitudinal vortices which augment the lateral transport of the fluid on the pressure surface. On the other hand, the heat transfer on the suction surface remains at the same level as compared to the case without system rotation. As a consequence, the heat transfer coefficient on the pressure surface is 1.8 times higher than that measured on the suction surface when averaged over the measured surface.     

Velocity fields around spheres and bubbles investigated by laser-doppler anemometry

An experimental investigation is presented in which the velocity fields around sheres and bubbles moving in a cylinder have been measured by laser-Doppler anemometry (LDA). Instabilities in the flow field at rather low Deborah numbers have been discovered and these instabilities are damped by inertia forces. It is shown that the wall correction factor K is a rapidly decreasing function of the Deborah number. The experimental measurements have been compared with numerical simulations, and on the basis of this comparison it has been possible to identify a time constant and a zero-shear-rate viscosity for the test liquid.     

Opposed bubbly jets at different impact angles: Jet structure and bubble properties

The structure of two colliding water jets containing small gas bubbles is studied experimentally. The effects of the separation distance between jets, as well as the orientation angle, on the spatial distribution of bubbles have been considered. Results on the global structure of the final jet and bubble properties have been obtained using a high-speed video camera, and measurements of the positions of coalescence events are presented. Jets are introduced through inclined pipes (with a diameter of 0.7 mm) into a large water tank to avoid wall effects. Inclination angle has been changed from 0° to 45° with respect to the horizontal, resulting in a 0° up to 90° impact angle between jets. Generation of bubbles is controlled by a T-junction device where a regular slug-flow is created prior to injection. Bubble sizes have been measured, and a mean diameter of around 1 mm has been obtained using high values of the liquid flow rate. In the studied range of separation distances between the bubbly jets, a more homogeneous dispersion of bubbles is created as the distance between jets is decreased and the momentum flux of each jet is increased. Higher numbers of coalescences are observed when using smaller distance between jets, and the obtained measurements revealed that the number of bubble coalescence events is reduced significantly using high values of liquid flow rates.     

The influence of temperature on the measurements of Reynolds stresses in shear free turbulence near a wall

 Temperature changes have a significant influence on the measurements of Reynolds stresses in turbulent boundary layers. As compared to the spanwise velocity fluctuations the streamwise turbulence intensity is especially sensitive to temperature deviations. Although this is a general statement its importance is clearly elucidated in a shear-free turbulence near a solid wall, since the mixing due to turbulence production is minimized in this flow. A consequence of temperature influence on hot-wire measurements is that frictional heating from the wall has produced contradictory results in different experiments on shear-free turbulence. In the current paper, measurements of streamwise and spanwise turbulence intensities have been conducted at different wall temperatures, thereby simulating the contradictory results mentioned above. A simple model has been developed showing that the turbulence intensities are affected by both the rms. value of the temperature fluctuations and the correlation between fluctuating temperature and velocity. These correlations are measured and the developed model is used to explain deviations in earlier measurements on shear-free turbulence. Moreover, the individual magnitudes of the two correlations in the temperature correction are estimated and their individual importance is discussed. Received: 17 February 1997 / Accepted: 18 January 1998     

Equation of state studies of warm dense matter samples heated by laser produced proton beams

Heating of matter by proton beams produced by short pulse, laser-solid target interaction has been demonstrated over the last ten years by a number of workers. In the work described in this paper heating by a pulse of laser produced protons has been combined with high-resolution soft x-ray radiography to record the expansion of thin wire targets. Analysis of the radiographs yields material properties in the warm dense matter regime. These measurements imply initial temperatures in the experimental samples over a range from 14 eV up to 40 eV; the sample densities varied from solid to a tenth solid density. Assuming an adiabatic expansion after the initial proton heating phase isentropes of the aluminium sample material were inferred and compared to tabulated data from the SESAME equation of state library. The proton spectrum was also measured using calibrated magnetic spectrometers and radiochromic film. The accuracy of the technique used to infer material data is discussed along with possible future development.     

Experiments on the hydrodynamics of air-water countercurrent flow through vertical short multitube geometries

A series of experiments were performed to improve understanding of the hydrodynamic mechanisms relevant to the flooding phenomenon in gas-liquid countercurrent flow through vertical short multitube geometries. In addition to the conventional measurements of global hydrodynamic parameters such as phasic flow rates and two-phase pressure drops, the local time-varying thicknesses of the liquid films trickling down the individual tubes were measured by means of conductance probes mounted flush at different locations of the inner wall surfaces. A PC-based data acquisition and analysis system was developed to collect these highly fluctuating data and to make detailed statistical analyses. The experimental results and visual observations revealed two dominant hydrodynamic instability mechanisms that have not been well taken into account by the existing semiempirical models.     

Evaporation of single component viscous liquids in a metal falling film evaporator

Heat transfer for single component falling film evaporation has been investigated in a stainless steel single tube falling film evaporator. The tube had a heated length of 2,500 mm. Propylene glycol and cyclohexanol have been used as evaporating media. Liquid film running down the tube, is formed on the inner side of the tube. For the distribution of liquid two different devices were examined. Process equipment was operated in pump-around mode with the distillate being condensed and recycled. Results show that none of the available correlations for heat transfer in falling film evaporation is able to describe the results qualitatively as well as quantitatively. Using different film distribution devices, a significant influence of the Reynolds number for the transition from laminar to turbulent flow is seen. However, differences between experimental results and correlations in literature cannot be explained only by usage of different film distributions, in particular when the correlation is based on measurements with a different tube length. A model approach is presented for cyclohexanol as evaporating medium with a flat weir as film distributor.