Assessing Earthquake Forecast Performance Based on b Value in Yunnan Province,China

Many studies have shown that b values tend to decrease prior to large earthquakes. To evaluate the forecast information in b value variations, we conduct a systematic assessment in Yunnan Province, China, where the seismicity is intense and moderate–large earthquakes occur frequently. The catalog in the past two decades is divided into four time periods (January 2000–December 2004, January 2005–December 2009, January 2010–December 2014, and January 2015–December 2019). The spatial b values are calculated for each 5-year span and then are used to forecast moderate-large earthquakes (M ≥ 5.0) in the subsequent period. As the fault systems in Yunnan Province are complex, to avoid possible biases in b value computation caused by different faulting regimes when using the grid search, the hierarchical space–time point-process models (HIST-PPM) proposed by Ogata are utilized to estimate spatial b values in this study. The forecast performance is tested by Molchan error diagram (MED) and the efficiency is quantified by probability gain (PG) and probability difference (PD). It is found that moderate–large earthquakes are more likely to occur in low b regions. The MED analysis shows that there is considerable precursory information in spatial b values and the forecast efficiency increases with magnitude in the Yunnan Province. These results suggest that the b value might be useful in middle- and long-term earthquake forecasts in the study area.     

Ion association in lithium metaborate solution: a Raman and ab initio insight

Ion association and hydration clusters in aqueous lithium borate solution are extremely important to understand some extraordinary properties of lithium borates. In the present work, polyborate distribution in aqueous LiBO₂ solution was investigated through Raman and thermodynamics equilibrium analysis. Geometry and stability of hydrated clusters LiB(OH)₄(H₂O)_n up to n = 8 were calculated at the B3LYP/aug-cc-pVDZ level. Three different types of ion association, namely, contact ion pairs (CIP), solvent-shared ion pairs (SIP) and solvent separated ion pairs (SSIP) were obtained; characteristics of all of these stable configurations were determined, and the most stable hydrated clusters were chosen. Then the mechanisms of ion aggregation and crystal nuclei formation in the LiB(OH)₄ solution were proposed. The tight four-hydrated sphere of Li⁺ makes it difficult for the dehydrated form of its first hydration sphere to from a CIP, which is the passible reason that lithium borate always has a large super-saturation degree.     

流动注射分析在环境水质重金属检测中的应用进展

重金属具有毒性大、不易被代谢、易被生物富集并有生物放大效应等特点,不但污染水环境,也严重威胁人类和水生生物的存在。近年来各类水环境中重金属污染日趋加剧,重金属的检测及处理方法有多种,而流动注射分析技术以其自动化程度高、分析速度快、精密度高、分析成本低等优点在水环境监测方面占有重要地位。介绍了流动注射在重金属检测方面的应用。     

Unsaturation and variable hapticity in binuclear azulene manganese carbonyl complexes

Azulene is reported to react with Mn(2)(CO)(10) to give trans-C(10)H(8)Mn(2)(CO)(6), which has been shown by X-ray crystallography to have a bis(pentahapto) structure with no metal-metal bond. This structure is found by density functional theory to be the lowest energy C(10)H(8)Mn(2)(CO)(6) structure. However, a corresponding bis(pentahapto) cis-C(10)H(8)Mn(2)(CO)(6) structure, also without an Mn···Mn bond, lies within ~1 kcal mol(-1) of this global minimum. The lowest energy C(10)H(8)Mn(2)(CO)(5) structure is singlet cis-η(5),η(5)-C(10)H(8)Mn(2)(CO)(5) with an Mn→Mn dative bond from the Mn(CO)(3) group to the Mn(CO)(2) group. However, a singlet cis-η(6),η(4)-C(10)H(8)Mn(2)(CO)(5) structure with a normal Mn-Mn single bond lies within ~6 kcal mol(-1) of this global minimum. The lowest energy structures of the more highly unsaturated C(10)H(8)Mn(2)(CO)(n) (n = 4, 3, 2) systems all have cis geometries and manganese-manganese bonds of various orders. The corresponding global minima are triplet cis-η(5),η(3)-C(10)H(8)Mn(2)(CO)(3)(η(2)-μ-CO) for the tetracarbonyl with a four-electron donor bridging carbonyl group, singlet cis-η(5),η(5)-C(10)H(8)Mn(2)(CO)(3) for the tricarbonyl, and triplet cis-η(6),η(4)-C(10)H(8)Mn(2)(CO)(η(2)-μ-CO) for the dicarbonyl.     

整体式Pt/γ-Al2O3/Ce0.5-xZr0.5-xMn2xO2催化剂低温催化燃烧饮食油烟

 采用固定床反应器评价了整体式催化剂 Pt/γ-Al2O3/Ce0.5-xZr0.5-xMn2xO2 去除饮食油烟的催化性能. 制备了一系列不同 Mn 含量的 Ce0.5-xZr0.5-xMn2xO2 储氧材料, 并考察了其作为载体对 Pt/γ-Al2O3/Ce0.5-xZr0.5-xMn2xO2 催化剂活性的影响. 应用 X 射线衍射 (XRD)、N2 物理吸附和 H2 程序升温还原 (H2-TPR) 等手段对催化剂进行了表征. XRD 结果表明, 贵金属 Pt 很好地分散在载体 γ-Al2O3 和 Ce0.5-xZr0.5-xMn2xO2 上. N2 物理吸附和 H2-TPR 研究结果与催化剂活性测试能很好吻合. 催化剂的活性顺序为 x = 0.10 > x = 0.15 > x = 0.05 > x = 0 > x = 0.20, Pt/γ-Al2O3/Ce0.4Zr0.4Mn0.2O2 催化剂活性最好, 油烟完全转化温度仅为 495 K.     

A first-principles study of C + O reaction on NiCo(1 1 1) surface

A density-functional theory method has been conducted to investigate the association of C + O on (1 1 1) facets of ordered NiCo alloy and the results have been compared with those obtained on pure Ni(1 1 1) surface. In reaction of C + O, the favorable reaction path is that C adsorbed on HCP-1 site moves to the nearest Ni-Co bridge site, and associates with O migrating from FCC-1 site to result in CO adsorbed on the bridge site of Ni-Co. However, the reaction barrier is higher by 0.35 eV than that on pure Ni(1 1 1), which indicates that the incorporation of Co into the Ni crystal is not in favor of the reaction of carbon delimination.     

CH4 dissociation on NiCo (1 1 1) surface: A first-principles study

A density-functional theory method has been conducted to investigate the adsorption of CH_x (x = 0-4) as well as the dissociation of CH_x (x = 1-4) on (1 1 1) facets of ordered NiCo alloy. The results have been compared with those obtained on pure Ni (1 1 1) surface. It shows that the adsorption energies of C and CH are decreased while it is increased for CH₃ on NiCo (1 1 1) compared to those on pure Ni (1 1 1). Furthermore, on NiCo (1 1 1), dissociation of CH_x prefers not to the top of Ni, but to the top of Co. The rate-determining step for CH₄ dissociation is considered as the first step of dehydrogenation on NiCo (1 1 1), while it is the fourth step of dehydrogenation on Ni (1 1 1). Furthermore, the activation barrier in rate-determining step is slightly higher by 0.07 eV on Ni (1 1 1) than that on NiCo (1 1 1). From above results, it is important to point out that carbon is easy to form on NiCo (1 1 1) although the adsorption energy of C atom is slightly decreased compared to that on Ni (1 1 1).     

Waterborne crackle decorative coatings and crack patterns

A preparation method of waterborne crackle decorative coatings was reported in this paper and the factors that influence crack patterns were investigated. The crackle coating consisted of a waterborne basecoat and a waterborne topcoat. The basecoat was made from two-component epoxy emulsion and the topcoat was made from fluorine-containing acrylic emulsion, silicone-acrylic emulsion or styrene-acrylic emulsion. Three junction types of crack patterns were prepared by the three top coatings, which were T-junction, Y-junction and mixed junction. T-junction type with long and straight cracks was prepared from styrene-acrylic emulsion 296DS. Y-junction type with curve and short cracks was prepared from fluorine-containing acrylic emulsion A603C and mixed junctions type was made from silicone-acrylic emulsion. Crack patterns with different spacing were prepared by controlling the thickness of topcoat, dryness of basecoat or conditions of film forming. The characterize methods of type and spacing for crack pattern were developed and properties of coating film including adhesion, water resistance, scrub resistance and so on were tested. The results showed that the crackle coatings possessed satisfactory properties for practical application.     

一类中立型泛函微分方程的周期解

利用K-集压缩算子拓扑度抽象连续定理,得到一类带分布时滞的中立型泛函微分方程存在周期解的充分条件.     

Simulation of container filling process with two inlets by improved smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method

In this article, an improved smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method is proposed to simulate the filling process with two inlets. Improvements are achieved by deriving a corrected kernel gradient of SPH and a density re-initialisation. In addition, a new treatment of solid wall boundaries is presented. Thus, the improved SPH method has higher accuracy and better stability, and conserves both linear and angular momentums. The validity of the new boundary treatment is shown by simulating the spin-down problem. The bench tests are also presented to demonstrate the performance of the improved SPH method. Then the filling process with a single inlet is simulated to show the ability to capture complex-free surface of the proposed method. Finally, the filling process with two inlets is numerically investigated. The numerical results show that the filling patterns are affected significantly by Reynolds number, aspect ratio of the container and the location of the inlets.