Corrosion products on steel 20 in aerated hydrazine solutions: Mössbauer study

Composition of corrosion layers on steel 20 in aerated solutions with hydrazine concentrations less than 11 ppm was studied at 50, 60, and 80°C in dynamic conditions by transmission Mössbauer spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction as supplementary technique. Corrosion rates were determined by gravimetric method. A comparison with corrosion in water at 80°C was made. The observed layers have not any protective character. For 0.1 m/s linear velocity, they are composed by nonstoichiometric magnetite, (Fe_3?x O₄,x=0.02–0.04) with lepidocrocite (γ-FeOOH) as secondary phase at 50°C. Haematite (α-Fe₂O₃) is observed at 60 and 80°C with a 19 nm particle size. It becomes smaller for higher velocity (0.7 m/s).     

Isotopic study of the mechanism of ozone formation

The mechanism of ozone formation has been studied using ¹⁶O and ¹⁸O₂. High-resolution microwave spectroscopy was used to measure the amounts of the isotopomeric ozone species formed. The study is hampered by the very rapid exchange process between the reactants, that tends to scramble the isotopes and hence give a 2:1 statistical ratio between the two possible isotopomers. We have found a strategy to come around this difficulty and conclude that the mechanism is a simple end-on-addition.     

Nonstationary curves in Hilbert spaces and their correlation functions II

Partially supportted by Grant MM-22/1991 of MESC     

Numerical solution of moisture,salinity, and heat transport problem in the aeration zone

A numerical example of the salinity regime of soils in a two-dimensional region is considered with allowance for the effect of temperature fields. The mathematical model is based on solving a system of nonlinear partial differential equations.Translated from Vychislitel'naya i Prikladnaya Matematika, No. 60, pp. 59–65, 1986.     

The application of the Mössbauer spectroscopy for the study of the contaminants in the double circuit water heat-carrier nuclear power plant

The iron containing corrosion products from water heat-carrier and deposits of the second circuit of the nuclear power plant were investigated by means of absorption Mössbauer spectroscopy. The nonstoichiometric magnetite and paramagnetic (superparamagnetic) iron oxide particles were found to be the main corrosion products. The fraction of the magnetically ordered phase varied in the range 0–100% depending on the location in the second circuit.     

Spatial correlation study of internal magnetic fields in magnets by μSR2-technique

It is shown that using position-sensitive detectors in μSR experiments to determine the muon stopping site in a target permits one to study correlation effects in μSR time histograms produced by the decay of muons stopping in the same domain, i.e. to obtain time correlators of μSR histograms of decays from a small region. These correlators contain information on the spatial correlation of magnetic fields in the sample under study. The proposed method (μSR²-technique) allows measuring correlation radii (r _c ) down to 10⁻⁵ cm in a bulk sample. Among interesting physical phenomena occuring overr _c≥3×10⁻⁶ cm are, for instance, long wavelength fluctuations of the order parameter near the phase transition point in ferromagnets and antiferromagnets and magnetic field correlations in magnet domains and spin glasses. One may use this method also on heavy-current accelerators producing pulsed muon beams to investigate the variation in time of spatial correlations in magnets, spin glasses and superconductors.     

Identification of low-energy light nuclei recorded by means of an ionizational mass spectrometer

A method of identifying low-energy nuclei from the readings of an ionizational mass spectrometer is considered. The identification principles for particles recorded by a multilayer detector are discussed, together with the fundamentals of a probabilistic approach to the solution of this problem. The method permits correct analysis of the experimental data obtained. The determination of the charge and isotopic composition of radiation consisting of a mixture of different nuclei is considered. The results of calculations by the given method which permit the determination of the optimal detector parameters for the solution of the specific physical problem are outlined. This approach is also applicable for the analysis of data from other types of measuring apparatus.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 7, pp. 84–88, July, 1991.