Studies on erosion of silicone rubber exposed to partial arc discharges

The effect of electrolyte conductivity on the partial arc discharge development between two electrolyte electrodes on a silicone rubber sheet surface was investigated. Tests were executed by placing the salt-waterlogged glass-filter paper on a silicone rubber sheet to simulate a polluted electrolyte layer, and partial arc discharges with a constant current value of 10 mA were observed. It was found that the formation of an arc channel and a temperature distribution on the sample surface varied with the electrolyte conductivity. In addition, the relation between the electrolyte conductivity and the weight loss due to the heat erosion of specimens was also investigated by a 3D morphological observation and a simulated calculation. The partial arc discharge did significantly not influence on the sample surface erosion under serious polluted conditions. In contrast, the severest erosion appeared under the light pollution with comparatively lower conductivity of the electrolyte electrodes.     

Flow pattern,void fraction and pressure drop of refrigerant two-phase flow in a horizontal pipe—II: Analysis of frictional pressure drop

Two-phase flow in horizontal pipe was analyzed with simplified models for annular and stratified flow. The velocity profiles for the liquid and gas phase were described with the Prandtl mixing length. From this analysis, the frictional pressure drop was calculated with the modified Baker map for flow pattern transition. The intermediate region, i.e. wavy flow, was interpolated between annular and stratified flow. Comparison of this analysis with existing experimental data of refrigerants showed good agreement.     

Structure of protonated thioformaldehyde

It is proposed, from an ab initio (4–31G) SCF calculation, that the most stable forms of protonated thioformaldehyde may be the C-protonated complexes H₃CS⁺. The energy-gradient technique was used for geometry optimization, and an energy decomposition analysis was carried out to elucidate the origin of this abnormal behavior of the C=S group.     

Optical third-harmonic generation from some high-index glasses

Optical third-harmonic generation from some high-index glasses was investigated. The highest χ⁽³⁾ was obtained from As₂S₃ glass 2.2 × 10⁻¹² esu/ This value was 100 times higher than that of pure SiO₂ glass and comparable with that of the polymer with monomer-doping, which are known as organic materials with quite high χ⁽³⁾. From the relationship between χ⁽³⁾ and composition, sulfide glasses were found to have higher χ⁽³⁾ than oxide or semiconductor-doped oxide glasses with similar refractive indices.     

Numerical Method to Fit the Refractive Index Profile of Planar Microlenses Made by Ion Exchange Techniques

We present a fitting method for obtaining a functional form of the refractive index profile of planar microlenses made by ion exchange techniques from total shearing interferometric measurements. Compared to the usual power series expansion fit, this method allows a reduction in the number of coefficients needed to characterize a lens.     

Studies on sesquiterpenoids—III Some derivatives of guaiol

When guaiol was dehydrated with such reagents as thionyl chloride-pyridine, phosphorus oxychloride-pyridine or potassium bisulphate, the isopropenyl derivative (IIa) was always obtained as a main product, together with a small amount of IIb. Catalytic reduction of IIa in alkaline media afforded -dihydroguaiene (V), while in neutral or acid media it gave a mixture of V and its double bond isomer (VI).     

On the Hartree-Fock approximation to the electronic structure of molecule in the intense radiation field and the strong vibronic coupling

The Hartree-Fock approximation has been generalized to incorporate the nonadiabatic effect of molecular vibration previously by Tachibana et al. Here, we will derive the Hartree-Fock equation which reflects also the nonlinear effect of the infrared radiation field as well by using the Bloch-Nordsieck transformation which was discussed first by Nguyen-Dang and Bandrauk in the field of molecular physics. The Hartree-Fock equation reflects the non-adiabatic coupling between an electron and a molecular vibration and between the electron and a infrared radiation fields. The infrared radiation field also affects the dynamics of nuclear motion.Dedicated to Professor J. Koutecký on the occasion of his 65th birthday