Solidification of selenium melt under pressure up to 6.5 GPa

Abstract

High purity selenium samples were melted under high pressure (≤6.4 GPa) and quenched at various rates ranging from 2 K s^?1 to 500 K s^?1 and the recovered material was examined by X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. In the entire range of pressure and cooling rate, the melt was found to solidify into a polycrystalline aggregate of the trigonal phase of selenium. The samples obtained by slow cooling of the melt at 6.4 GPa contain, in addition to crystalline phase, regions which appear to be amorphous.     

Measurement of physical properties in liquids under high pressure by ultrasonic technique

Abstract

A new versatile apparatus based on the falling body viscometer principle is presented. An ultrasonic technique has been developped to record continuously the plunger position. Compared to similar experiments, our device presents many improvements which are discussed and illustrated by recent results.     

Properties of Al-Si alloys prepared by rapid quenching from the melt under high pressure

Abstract

The substantial improvement of the mechanical properties and increase of superconductivity temperature of Al-Si alloys is achieved by rapid quenching from the melt under high pressure. The preparation procedure and the main properties of these alloys are presented.

L'amélioration notable de propriétés mècaniques et un accroissement de la températur critique de supra-conductivitě des alliages Al-Si sont obtenus par trempe rapide depuis la fusion, sous HP. La procédure de prkparation et la propriétés principales de ces alliages sont présentěs.     

Peculiarity of the amorphous state obtained by rapid quenching from melt under high pressure

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The influence of the high pressure - high temperature treatment on the relaxation properties of the metallic glass Fe-18% B was investigated. To explain the experimental data we proposed the phenomenological two-parametric model of stresses in the amorphous state: tensile and compressing, similar to the two types of the defects.     

Glass formation and local structure evolution in rapidly cooled PdNi alloy melt under high pressure

Using molecular-dynamics simulation, investigations of the local structure under high pressure and the glass formation in the PdNi alloy melt under high pressure are performed. The critical cooling rates for glass formation are reduced apparently with pressure. With increasing of pressure, a more compacted local structure with more ideal icosahedra than defected icosahedra is obtained, which may be one of the main factors for the contribution of the high pressure to the glass formation.     

Investigation of the crystallization of liquid iron under pressure: Extrapolation of the melt viscosity into the megabar range

Measurements are made of the average size of the crystallites in Fe samples obtained by rapid quenching from the melt at high pressures up to 95 kbar. The data obtained make it possible to estimate the pressure dependence of the viscosity of the Fe melt. It is found that, contrary to the existing empirical models, the viscosity increases along the melting curve under compression. Extrapolation of the pressure dependences obtained to the P, T conditions corresponding to the Earth’s core gives extremely high values of the viscosity, ranging from 10² Pa·s up to 10¹¹ Pa·s in the outer core, which suggests that the inner core is in a glassy state. The possibility that the lines of vitrification and melting of substances intersect in the megabar range is discussed. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 68, No. 6, 469–474 (25 September 1998)     

Ionic conductivity in three crystalline phases of LiBH4 under pressure

The AC electrical conductivity of LiBH₄ was investigated below 2 GPa between 1 Hz and 1.6 MHz. The high-temperature phase has an ionic conductivity of up to 0.01 S cm^?1, while the low-temperature phases have conductivities two orders of magnitude lower. All phases show an Arrhenius behaviour with activation energies E _a between 0.5 and 0.7 eV, in good agreement with earlier data except for phase III, which is found to have the highest activation energy of the phases studied. The high-temperature phase has a minimum in E _a near 1 GPa, close to the triple point, correlated with a sudden change in activation volume. These features may indicate an isostructural phase transition. The conductivities of the ambient temperature phases increase temporarily by an order of magnitude after transitions between these phases, probably due to new diffusion channels via structural defects. The phase diagram agrees well with earlier results.     

Effect of static pressure on acoustic energy radiated by cavitation bubbles in viscous liquids under ultrasound

The effect of static pressure on acoustic emissions including shock-wave emissions from cavitation bubbles in viscous liquids under ultrasound has been studied by numerical simulations in order to investigate the effect of static pressure on dispersion of nano-particles in liquids by ultrasound. The results of the numerical simulations for bubbles of 5 μm in equilibrium radius at 20 kHz have indicated that the optimal static pressure which maximizes the energy of acoustic waves radiated by a bubble per acoustic cycle increases as the acoustic pressure amplitude increases or the viscosity of the solution decreases. It qualitatively agrees with the experimental results by Sauter et al. [Ultrason. Sonochem. 15, 517 (2008)]. In liquids with relatively high viscosity (～200 mPa s), a bubble collapses more violently than in pure water when the acoustic pressure amplitude is relatively large (～20 bar). In a mixture of bubbles of different equilibrium radius (3 and 5 μm), the acoustic energy radiated by a 5 μm bubble is much larger than that by a 3 μm bubble due to the interaction with bubbles of different equilibrium radius. The acoustic energy radiated by a 5 μm bubble is substantially increased by the interaction with 3 μm bubbles.     

The depletion potential in one, two and three dimensions

We study the behavior of the depletion potential in binary mixtures of hard particles in one, two, and three dimensions within the framework of a general theory for depletion potential using density functional theory. By doing so we extend earlier studies of the depletion potential in three dimensions to the cases ofd = 1 and 2 about which little is known, despite their importance for experiments. We also verify scaling relations between depletion potentials in sphere-sphere and wall-sphere geometries ind = 3 and in disk-disk and wall-disk geometries ind = 2, which originate from geometrical considerations.     

Supersymmetric quantum mechanics in one,two and three dimensions

We discuss a few supersymmetric quantum mechanical models in one, two and three dimensions. In the case of one particle in both two and three dimensions we present some examples where supersymmetry is unbroken and the ground state is many-fold degenerate. Further, we consider the supersymmetric generalization of the nearest neighbour XY model and show that supersymmetry remains unbroken in this case.     

In situ solidification of ionic liquid [EMIM][EtOSO3] from melt under high pressure

In situ solidification of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethyl sulfate [EMIM][EtOSO₃] from melt under high pressure has been investigated by using Raman spectroscopy. The results indicate that [EMIM][EtOSO₃] might experience a phase transition at about 2.4 GPa upon compression, which could be identified as solidification to a superpressurized glass by pressure broadening of the sharp ruby R₁ fluorescence line. Upon cooling, it solidifies as a glassy state rather than crystallizes at low temperature down to 93 K. These facts are suggestive of a phase transition of liquid to a superpressurized glass induced by compression in [EMIM][EtOSO₃], which is similar to the glassy state at low temperature.     

Self-assembling of gold nanoparticles in one, two, and three dimensions

In the present work, we report the growth of ordered arrays of gold nanoparticles passivated with n-alkylthiol molecules using crystallization in toluene vapor. We kept constant the average particle size and the length of the passivating molecule (1-dodecanethiol). The temperature and time of growth were varied. We show that in the initial stages of the growth, nano-chains of particles are produced. These nano-chains aggregate to form two-dimensional arrays. In the initial stages the nano-chains form a two-dimensional square lattice which then relaxes to a close-packed structure. In latter stages of growth a three-dimensional supercrystal is produced. It is found that the packing of nanoparticles corresponds to an average FCC lattice. However, large variations on the local parameters of the lattice are observed. Near the edges of the supercrystal the anomalous packing reported by Zanchet et al. [20] and Fink et al. [21] was observed. The energy of the observed structures is analyzed using molecular dynamics simulation. It is concluded that using the vapor growth method, it is possible to produce controlled ordered structures from one to three dimensions. Received: 24 February 2000 / Accepted: 28 March 2000 / Published online: 13 July 2000     

Study of the interplay of vaporisation, melt displacement and melt ejection mechanisms under multiple pulse irradiation of metals

A threefold study combining profilometry, high speed imaging and recoil momentum measurements is used to deconvolve the relative contributions to material removal attributable to vaporisation, melt displacement and explosive melt ejection. The interplay of these three mechanisms is studied as a function of the number of laser pulses incident on an aluminium target and pulse repetition frequency. This study shows cumulative heating affects matter removed as both vapour and liquid melt, and highlights the influence of the vapour plume and ablation crater morphology on the proportions of material removed as melt displacement and melt ejection.     

Superconducting properties of barium in three phases under high pressure from first principles

Electron-phonon coupling (EPC) in the three high-pressure phases of Ba is investigated using a pseudopotential plane-wave method based on density functional perturbation theory. The calculated values of superconducting critical temperature T c of Ba-I and Ba-II under pressure are consistent well with the trends observed experimentally. Moreover, Ba-V is found to be superconducting with a maximum T c exceeding 7.8 K at 45 GPa. With the increase of pressure, the values of T c increase in Ba I and Ba-II but the value of T c decreases in Ba-V. For Ba-I at pressures below 2 GPa, the increases of logarithmic average frequency ω log and electron-phonon coupling parameters λ both contribute to the enhancement of T c . For all the three phases at pressures above 2 GPa, T c is found to be primarily determined by λ . Further investigation reveals that for all the three phases, the change in λ with pressure can be explained mainly by change in the phonon frequency. Thus for Ba-II and Ba-V, although they exhibit completely different superconducting behaviors, their superconductivities have the same origin; the pressure dependence of T c is determined finally by the pressure dependence of phonon frequency.     

Extrema statistics of Wiener-Einstein processes in one,two, and three dimensions

The maxima and first-passage-time statistics of Wiener-Einstein processes are evaluated analytically in one, two, and three dimensions. We show that the mean square maximum displacement has the same time dependence as the mean square displacement, i.e., it grows linearly with time. The ratio of the mean square maximum to the mean square displacement is shown to decrease with increasing dimensionality. We also calculate the mean first passage time for the process to attain a given absolute displacement and find that it grows as the square of the displacementand is independent of the dimensionality of the process. In addition, we evaluate the dispersion of maxima and of first passage times and discuss their dependence on dimensionality.Supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant CHE 75-20624.     

Metastable states,relaxation mechanisms,and fracture of liquids under severe loading conditions

The relaxation properties and fracture of glycerol, silicone oil, transformer oil, and water have been studied experimentally under shock wave loading. The power-law strain rate dependences of the stress amplitude and spall strength were found for the compression and rarefaction fronts, respectively. It was shown that temperature has a strong influence on the spall strength of glycerol near the phase transformation temperature. The power laws reflect a self-similar nature of the momentum transfer and fracture mechanisms of liquids that are conventionally observed in solids and governed by the mechanisms of defect-induced structural relaxation. The mechanisms of viscoelasticity are related to the metastable states that may give rise to a collective behavior of displacement field fluctuations (microshearing) in liquids and thus provide a viscoplastic response of liquids under high strain rate loading.     

Infrared behaviour of metallic systems in one,two and three dimensions

A simple approximate expression for the electron lifetime() in metals is rederived and discussed for different dimensions. In the 3D-case we get the well known Drude behaviour, i.e. a constant. In one dimension() is strongly frequency-dependent in the IR. The 2D-case is intermediate to the preceding ones. These results are essentially due to the different form of the Fermi surface for an electron gas in one, two and three dimensions.     

Infrared behaviour of metallic systems in one, two and three dimensions

A simple approximate expression for the electron lifetime() in metals is rederived and discussed for different dimensions. In the 3D-case we get the well known Drude behaviour, i.e. a constant. In one dimension() is strongly frequency-dependent in the IR. The 2D-case is intermediate to the preceding ones. These results are essentially due to the different form of the Fermi surface for an electron gas in one, two and three dimensions.