Gas counter for low temperature Conversion Electron M?ssbauer Spectroscopy experiments

The operation of a gas counter, designed for Conversion Electron M?ssbauer Spectroscopy measurement at low temperature, has been investigated. The experimental setup is described and tested with two pure gases, He and Ne, and two mixtures, He-5%CH₄ and He-5%N₂. The impacts on the counter performances of the applied voltage, the gas composition and pressure as well as the gas renewing are investigated between 41?K and 300?K. This investigation is made using ¹¹⁹Sn M?ssbauer source and metallic tin absorber. The appropriate operating conditions of the present counter have been established for temperatures down to 41?K for both pure gases, and 61 and 85?K for He-5%N₂ and He-5%CH₄ respectively.     

Results on low pressure oxygen adsorption on a Pt60Re40 alloy sample: A SIMS and XPS study

Low pressure oxygen adsorption on Pt₆₀Re₄₀ was investigated at 300, 570 and 770 K employing XPS and SIMS. At 300 K oxygen chemisorption on both Re and Pt surface atoms was observed. At 570 and 770 K. a rhenium surface oxide covers the alloy surface after oxygen treatment. It is suggested that this surface oxide equals “ReO” as observed by Alnot et al. on pure Re.     

压力及杂质氢对金属锂弹性特性的影响

针对六角密堆金属锂16个原子超晶胞(supercell)、填隙一个氢原子的周期单元，采用基于密度泛函理论的平面波-赝势方法，研究了零温条件下压力及填隙氢掺杂对体系弹性性质的影响.结果表明氢掺杂导致体系的体模量增加.常压下掺杂体系的弹性常数C₁₁，C₃₃，C₆₆和C₁₂高于单质体系，剪切模量C₄₄有所下降，而C₁₃则与单质体系持平.压力作用下C₁₁，C₃₃和C₆₆一直大于单质体系，但C₁₂的值低于单质体系.在2GPa—4GPa压力区间内，弹性常数C₁₃呈反常变化，小于单质体系；在高压区掺杂体系的C₄₄和C₁₃则高于单质体系的相应量值，压力导致掺杂体系和单质体系之间剪切模的偏离加剧.掺杂体系在压力作用下依然保持压缩模的各向同性，具有和单质体系相似的特性. 关键词： 第一性原理 压力效应 弹性常数 金属锂     

Profile of the ν1 Raman Band of Pure CD4 and Its Mixtures with Ar and Kr in the Gas Phase

The ν₁ band profile of isotropic Raman spectrum of pure CD₄ and its mixtures with Ar and Kr is recorded in the temperature range 140–360 K at pressure of pure CD₄ ranging from 4 to 20 atm and at total pressure of gas mixtures in the interval 4–160 atm. The dependences of the band shape on temperature and density are analyzed. The coefficients of the CD₄ band broadening by Ar and Kr are determined, and the decisive role of vibrational contributions, in particular of the intramolecular energy transfer, is pointed out.     

A laser photoionization method for the study of the CdS evaporation kinetics

The evaporation rates and saturation vapor pressures of cadmium sulfide and pure metallic cadmium are measured in the temperature ranges 585–950 K and 350–535 K, respectively, using laser resonance multistep photoionization. It is shown that CdS thermally dissociates into Cd atoms and S₂ molecules. The study is carried out in the framework of a scheme proposed earlier for photoionization of cadmium atoms. The measured minimum vapor pressure of pure cadmium is 10^?11 Torr.     

Positronium yields in gaseous N2 and N2Ne mixtures at 77 K

The positronium yield in pure N₂ and in N₂Ne mixtures at 77 K for N₂ densities in the range 0.9–3.7 amagat is measured to be 73% greater than that recently reported for the same densities of pure N₂ at 297 K.     

Measurement on CO<Subscript>2</Subscript> solution density by optical technology

The optical technology based on Mach-Zehnder interferometry was successfully applied to a high-pressure liquid CO₂ and water system to measure CO₂ solution density. Experiments were carried out at a pressure range of from 5.0 to 12.5 MPa, temperatures from 273.25 to 284.15 K, and CO₂ mass fraction in solution up to 0.061. CO₂ solution density data were obtained from two sets of experiments. These data were calculated through the fringe shifts induced by density changes inside of the high-pressure vessel, which were directly recorded during the experiments, and a modified version of Lorentz-Lorenz formulation. The experimental results indicated that the density ratio of CO₂ solution to that of pure water at the same pressure and temperature is monotonically linear with the CO₂ concentration in the solution. The slope of this linear function, calculated by the experimental data fitting, is 0.275.     

Pressure and temperature-dependent raman study of ZnWO4

Abstract

The Raman spectra of monoclinic ZnWO₄ (c⁴ _2h-space group) are reported over wide ranges of pressure (0-24GPa) and temperature (13-970 K). All 18 Raman active pho-nons are observed throughout these ranges. Combining the pressure and temperature Raman data, an identification scheme is suggested which makes possible to distinguish the internal modes (vibrations in the octahedral WO₆ units) from the external ones (pure lattice modes). All phonons harden with pressure, thus showing normal positive dω/dP slopes, and soften with temperature in the region 250 - 970 K (normal negative dω/dT slopes). However, two phonons show a change of slope sign below 300 K, resulting in small positive slopes at low temperatures. Since the pressure dependence of these two phonons is normal and linear, it is concluded that their anomalous, non-linear dependence with temperature is due to anharmonic (temperature induced) phonon interactions rather that volume expansion. It is found that ZnWO₄ remains stable throughout the pressure and temperature ranges.     

Calibration of the R ruby fluorescence lines in the pressure range [0-1 GPa] and the temperature range [250-300 K]

Abstract

The pressure range [&1 GPa] and the temperature range [250–300 K] are commonly used in many science fields like biology, agro-chemistry, pharmacology, or geology. In this paper, the calibration of the ruby R lines of fluorescence is performed in these pressure and temperature ranges, using the melting curve of pure water. The linear shifts of ruby peaks are equal to ?0.140cm^?1/K and ?0.768cm^?1/kbar with R₁, and to ?0.137cm^?1/K and ?0.779 cm^?1/kbar with R₂. The accuracy of pressure measurements can be as good as ± 10MPa if the temperature is known with ±0.5 K. Such a precision is achieved if: (1) the position of each peak is determined using an inversion method; (2) daily shifts of the spectrometer are corrected before each acquisition; (3) peak positions of each ruby are known at ambient pressure and temperature.     

Pressure and temperature dependences of the elastic properties of rutile (TiO2)

Using ultrasonic techniques we have measured the pressure and temperature dependences of the six elastic constants of single-crystalline rutile (TiO₂). The pressure measurements were made in the range 0–20 kbar at room temperature, and the temperature measurements were made in the range 80–300°K at atmospheric pressure. Our results are in good agreement with the results recently reported by Manghnani et al., although our pressure derivatives are generally a few per cent smaller than theirs and our temperature derivatives a few per cent more negative (at 298°K). Nonlinear pressure dependences were observed for some of the elastic constants. A relation between the pressure-induced softening of two lattice modes (one optic and one acoustic) and a possible pressure-induced transition to the CaCl₂ structure is discussed. An approximate separation of the isobaric temperature derivatives of the elastic constants into “pure” volume and temperature contributions is considered. In particular, an attempt is made to estimate the magnitude of the error made in effecting this separation using equations applicable to cubic rather than tetragonal symmetry. It is shown that, in principle, these errors could be significant.     

Diode laser measurements of temperature-dependent collisional-narrowing and broadening parameters of Ar-perturbed H2O transitions at 1391.7 and 1397.8 nm

High-resolution absorption lineshapes of two H₂O transitions near 7185.60 and 7154.35 cm⁻¹ have been recorded in a heated static cell as a function of temperature (296-1100 K) and pressure (6-830 Torr) using two distributed-feedback diode lasers. The measured absorption spectra are least squares fit to both Voigt and Galatry profiles. Strong collisional-narrowing effects are observed in the Ar-broadened H₂O spectra at near-atmospheric pressure due to the relatively weak collisional broadening induced by Ar-H₂O collisions, while collisional narrowing is not significant for pure H₂O absorption lineshapes. Line strengths and self-broadening coefficients are inferred from the pure H₂O absorption spectra and compared with published data. Temperature dependences of the Ar-induced broadening, narrowing, and shift coefficients are determined using Galatry fits to the absorption data. The measured collisional-narrowing parameters have similar temperature dependence to the collisional-broadening coefficients.     

Treatment of Cotton Fabrics by Ammonium Palmitate in a Supercritical CO<Subscript>2</Subscript> Medium

Experimental results on the solubility of ammonium palmitate as a potential fabric water-repellent agent in supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO₂)—pure and modified with acetone and dimethyl sulfoxide—are presented. The measurements are performed at temperatures 318.2 and 328.2 K in the pressure range from 10.0 to 32.5 MPa in a dynamic regime. The experimental solubility data are described using the Peng–Robinson equation of state. The results of treatment of various types of cotton fabrics by ammonium palmitate in SC-CO₂ are presented. The contact (wetting) angle of the treated samples is determined and the increase in their hydrophobicity is demonstrated.     

Photo-physical properties of anisole: temperature, pressure, and bath gas composition dependence of fluorescence spectra and lifetimes

Anisole is a promising candidate for use as fluorescent tracer for gas-phase imaging diagnostics. Its high-fluorescence quantum yield (FQY) and its large Stokes shift lead to improved signal intensity (up to 100 times stronger) compared with the often used toluene. Fluorescence spectra and effective fluorescence lifetimes of gaseous anisole were investigated after picosecond laser excitation at 266 nm as a function of temperature (296–977 K) and bath gas composition (varying amounts of N₂ and O₂) at total pressures in the range of 1–10 bar to provide spectroscopic data and FQY for applications, e.g., in in-cylinder measurements in internal combustion engines. Fluorescence spectra of anisole extend from roughly 270–360 nm with a peak close to 290 nm at 296 K. The spectra show a red-shift with increasing temperature (0.03 nm/K) and O₂ partial pressure (5 nm from N₂ to air). In the investigated temperature range and in pure N₂ at 1 bar total pressure the effective fluorescence lifetime drops with increasing temperature from 13.3 ± 0.5 to 0.05 ± 0.01 ns. Increasing the total pressure of N₂ leads to a small decrease of the lifetime at temperatures above 400 K (e.g., at 525 K from 4.2 ± 0.2 ns at 1 bar to 2.7 ± 0.2 ns at 10 bar). At constant temperature and in the presence of O₂ the lifetimes decrease significantly (e.g., at 296 K from 13.3 ± 0.5 ns in N₂ to 0.40 ± 0.02 ns in air), with this trend diminishing with increasing temperature (e.g., at 675 K from 1.02 ± 0.08 ns in N₂ to 0.25 ± 0.05 ns in air). A phenomenological model that predicts fluorescence lifetimes, i.e., relative quantum yields as a function of temperature, pressure, and O₂ concentration is presented. The photophysics of anisole is discussed in comparison with other aromatics.     

Electronic properties of Zr-doped TiSe2

Electrical resistivity measurements on substitutionally-Zr-doped TiSe₂ show that the 202 K phase transition in pure TiSe₂ is suppressed by 14 atomic percent Zr. This is the concentration at which the samples are estimated to undergo a semimetal-semiconductor transformation. These results, together with limited electrical resistivity measurements on Te-doped TiSe₂, indicate that both electrons and holes are necessary for the 202 K phase transition to occur.     

Evidence for extrinsic superconductivity in NbSe3

Detailed resistivity measurements and X-ray and microscopic examinations revealed that pure NbSe₃ does not show superconductivity at least above 0.38K at ambient pressure. The superconductivity with the sluggish, current-sensitive transition curve, which has been observed frequently, is extrinsic and arises only from the crystal boundaries in the polycrystalline sample.     

The pressure effect on the CDW-transition and the transport properties of TiSe2

The transport properties of TiSe₂ have been measured under hydrostatic pressure up to about 5 kbar. It is found that the Hall coefficient at 77 K is insensitive to pressure, which suggests the possibility that the whole Fermi surface is gapped at 77 K by the CDW-instability. The pressure dependence of the CDW-transition temperature in TiSe₂ has also been investigated. The pressure effect on TiSe₂ is compared with those on the metallic dichalcogenides of group Vb transition metals.     

Pressure dependence of the electric field gradient in the AgIn2 intermetallic compound

The pressure dependence of the electric field gradient (EFG) in the AgIn₂ intermetallic compound was measured from zero up to 35 kbar using the time differential perturbed angular correlation technique in¹¹¹Cd. The unit cell volume and thec/a ratio variations with pressure were measured up to 80 kbar. The temperature dependence of the cell parameters was also measured, in a range varying from 300 K up to 458 K. The relationship of these results showed that the contribution of the lattice thermal expansion to the EFG variations is about 1/3, a small but not negligible part. The estimated EFG volumetric dependence is at variance with the systematic results found in pure metals. Work supported in part by FINEP and CNPq (Brasil).     

Polymorphic transformations in nanostructured anatase (TiO2) under high-pressure shock compression

The action of dynamic pressure and temperature on polymorphic transformations in nanostructured (grain size of 8–20 nm) anatase (TiO₂) is studied. The dynamic pressure of a loading pulse (10–45 GPa) is measured with a manganin gauge. The temperature of shock-compressed specimens, which is varied by varying the initial temperature and initial porosity, is found to fall into the range 500–2500 K. It is shown that as the temperature and shock compression pressure rise, the nanostructured anatase turns into a nanoanatase-nanocolumbite or columbite-rutile mixture or into almost impurity-free (pure) nanocolumbite or impurity-free microcrystalline rutile.     

Study of the parameters of the collisionally broadened R22 absorption line of the 1000-0001 transition in CO2 molecules: I. Experiment

Unsaturated absorption coefficients in pure carbon dioxide at pressures of 1 and 100 Torr and in CO₂-N₂ and CO₂-He binary mixtures at a pressure of 100 Torr have been measured in the temperature range of 296?C700 K using a frequency-stabilized tunable CO₂ laser. The collisional self-broadening coefficient, the relative coefficients of collisional broadening caused by N₂ and He buffer gases, and their temperature dependences have been determined for the R22 absorption line of the 10⁰0?C00⁰1 transition in CO₂ molecules.     

SYNTHESIS AT AMBIENT PRESSURE AND SUPERCONDUCTIVITY OF Hg-DOPED TI-BASED DOUBLE [(T1, Hg)-O]-LAYERED CDPHATES

The Hg-doped T1-based 2201 and 2212 phase layered cuprates have been successfully syn-thesized at ambient pressure and identified by X-ray powder diffraction and electron diffraction analysis. Compared with pure T1-based 2212 phase compound, there are indications that the corresponding Hg-doped T1-based compound (T1_1.8Hg_0.2)Ba₂CaCu₂O_z exhibits much higher T_c (> 132K).