Formation of the Compound La2BaCuO5 (La4Ba2Cu2O10)

Synthesis of the compound La₂BaCuO₅ (La₄Ba₂Cu₂O_{1 0}), whose X-ray diffraction pattern is identical to that available in the literature for the solid solution La_3.6Ba_2.4Cu_1.8O_9.6, was studied.     

Optical and magnetooptical properties of manganese-zinc ferrospinels

The use of optical methods for the investigation of the electronic structure of oxide ferrimagnets is complicated by the large variety of possible types of electron transitions whose energies are close to each other and lie in the near infrared, visible, and near ultraviolet regions of the spectrum. Therefore, for the correct identification of the transitions, it is desirable to apply traditional optical spectroscopy, which permits quantitative evaluation of the transition intensities (oscillator strength), in conjunction with magnetooptical (MO) methods providing information on weak intraconfigurational transitions which are not manifest in ordinary absorption or reflection spectra.     

On a reconsideration of classical nucleation theory

A correct account of the collective motion of a cluster does not require the Lothe-Pound correction; furthermore, this correction is shown to contradict the laws of thermodynamics.     

Resole-Type Phenol–Formaldehyde Resin with Neutralized Liquid Products of Fast Pyrolysis of Birch Wood

A method of preparation of a phenol–formaldehyde resin by replacing phenol with liquid products of the fast pyrolysis of wood is described. Strength tests reveal that substituting a pyrolysis liquid for 60% of phenol in the phenol–formaldehyde resin allows strength to be increased by 6% relative to the control sample.     

Linear Groups of Degree 4 Over a Quaternion Division Ring that Contain the Special Unitary Group of a Skew-Hermitian Form with Maximal Witt Index

The paper describes subgroups of the general linear group GL ₄(D) over a quaternion division ring D that contain the special unitary group of degree 4 over a non-central subfield of D. The connections between these subgroups and the spinor groups of appropriate symmetric bilinear forms are established.