Analysis of dual melting behavior in cold-crystallized poly(ether diphenyl ether metaketone)

By focusing on cold-crystallized poly(ether diphenyl ether metaketone) (PEKm), a more in-depth understanding of the nature of the crystalline morphology has been gained, which may lead to thorough mechanisms for interpreting the observed thermal behavior in PEKm. Apparently, cold-crystallized PEKm containing initially only a single P1 crystal can exhibit dual melting peaks (300 and 320 °C), with the second high-melting peak corresponding to the P2 crystal that was subsequently formed via P1 melting/repacking during the scan. However, dual morphism (preexisting P1 and P2 crystals) could be intentionally introduced into PEKm if it was cold-crystallized at temperature schemes of decreasing order. The P1 and P2 crystals possess the same unit cells (orthorhombic) and thus they differ only in the lamellae populations. The dual lamellar morphism in this PEKm sample also exhibited similar dual melting peaks during scanning, which correspond to melting of the individual P1 and P2 in a sequential order. This study has thus provided important clues in and shed new light on the interpretation of multiple melting with respect to polymorphism in polymers. Relationships between the low-melting and high-melting lamellae in cold-crystallized polyketone polymer have been thoroughly explored. Received: 9 January 2001/Accepted: 3 February 2001     

Direct mercury determination in aqueous slurries of environmental and biological samples by cold vapour generation-electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

Direct cold vapour generation from aqueous slurries of environmental (marine sediment, soil, coal) and biological (human hair, seafood) samples have been developed using a batch mode generation system coupled with electrothermal atomic absorption spectroscopy. The effects of several variables affecting the cold vapour generation efficiency from solid particles (hydrochloric acid and sodium tetrahydroborate concentrations, argon flow rate, acid solution volume and mean particle size) have been evaluated using a Plackett-Burman experimental design. In addition, variables affecting cold vapour trapping and atomisation efficiency on Ir-treated graphite tubes (trapping and atomisation temperatures and trapping time) have been also investigated. Atomisation and trapping temperatures, trapping time and hydrochloric acid concentration were the significant variables. The 2²+star and 2³+star central composite designs have been used to obtain optimum values of the variables selected. The accuracy of methods have been verified by using several certified reference materials (PACS-1, GBW-07410, NIST-1632c, CRM-397 and DORM-2). A characteristic mass of 390 pg were achieved. The detection limits of methods were in the range of 40-600 ng g⁻¹. A particle size less than 50 μm is adequate to obtain total cold vapour generation of Hg content in the aqueous slurry particles.     

动态冷原子吸收法快速测定地球化学样品中微量汞

本文介绍了动态冷原子吸收法快速测定地球化学样品中微量汞的方法。本文研究采用了新型的汞蒸气发生器，并对气泡的干扰进行了研究。线性范围为0.2-12ng/mL，标准回收率为97％－106％，相对标准偏差为3.6%，相关系数为0.9997，试验结果表明此方法简便、快速、准确。     

飞秒啁啾脉冲放大系统中折叠反射式望远镜对脉冲波前的影响

推导出飞秒激光啁啾脉冲放大系统中使用的折叠反射式望远镜对脉冲波前的影响. 分析和计 算了波前倾斜与反射式望远镜参数之间的关系.结果发现：当脉冲宽度小于100 fs时，波前 倾斜对光束质量的影响不可忽略，并提出了抑制这种脉冲波前倾斜的有效方法. 关键词： 飞秒激光啁啾脉冲放大 波前倾斜 反射式望远镜     

Front-Form Hamiltonian, Path Integral, and BRST Formulations of the Nonlinear Sigma Model

The nonlinear sigma model in one-space one-time dimension is considered on the light-front. The front-form theory is seen to possess a set of three first-class constraints and consequently it possesses a local vector gauge symmetry. This is in contrast to the usual instant-form theory, which is well known to be a gauge noninvariant theory possessing a set of four second-class constraints. The front-form Hamiltonian, path integral, and BRST formulations of this theory are investigated under some specific gauge choices.     

BBOⅠ类相位匹配光参量放大中群速失配的补偿

描述了在BBOⅠ类相位匹配的飞秒光参量放大（OPA）中，利用非共线结构和倾斜抽运光的脉 冲波面来完全补偿三波群速失配的方法.理论计算了三波群速匹配时，非共线角、相位匹配 角、抽运光的脉冲波面倾斜角随信号光波长的变化，并分析了对抽运光光斑尺寸的要求和对 空间走离长度的影响.结果表明，利用该方法不仅能够实现最大的参量带宽，而且能够完全 补偿飞秒OPA中三波的群速失配.此外，选取合适的抽运光光斑尺寸和非线性晶体的长度对提 高参量增益也至关重要. 关键词： 群速匹配 非共线相位匹配 脉冲波面倾斜 飞秒光参量放大     

一种非对称大型有限元方程组的有效分块波前解法

提出分块波前法求解非对称大型有限元方程组，该方法综合分块解法和波前法的优点，根据计算机容量和方程的阶数优化计算过程，以在经济效率和存储效率之间达到平衡。本文利用该方法求解了轮胎稳态滚动有限元方程组，表明该方法是有效、可靠的。     

Influence of root resistivity on plant water uptake mechanism,Part II: analytical solutions for low/moderate soil-root conductivity ratio

A one-dimensional approximate analytical model, which preserves the main features of soil-crop-atmospheric hydrodynamics, has been suggested for plant roots of low soil-root conductivity ratio (SRCR). The proposed approach involves physically based concepts, such as mass balance equation, Darcy’s law, and related water uptake and plant transpiration functions. Two main assumptions have been made to derive the analytical solution: (1) gravitational flow is adopted and (2) the uniform soil moisture distribution within the root water activity zone is supposed. The mass balance equation in its integral form is solved by the method of characteristics. This leads to the two functional equations for soil pressure head and root potential, which can be solved simultaneously by using common software. The model has been further verified against the numerical one. The model represents a reasonable compromise between the complicated mechanism of unsaturated water flow with root water uptake (RWU) and still insufficient knowledge of the soil-plant-atmospheric continuum. It is able to account for temporal fluctuations in root activity zone and provides a relatively simple algorithm for investigation of RWU-mechanism. Besides the theoretical and applicative importance, this flow model yields water and velocity distributions within soil profile, and, thereby, constitutes a preliminary step toward solution of contaminant transport problems in vadose zone. Deceased     

Stochastic analysis of a displacement front in a randomly heterogeneous medium

The behavior of the interface in a two-phase immiscible fluid flow in a randomly heterogeneous porous medium is investigated. The medium is described by the permeability distribution which represents a random field with given statistical characteristics. When the approach proposed is used, it turns out to be possible to relate the statistical characteristics of the interface with the statistical characteristics of the permeability field and the properties of the phases. On the basis of this relation an important characteristic of the two-phase flow, namely, the average saturation distribution in the neighborhood of the interface, can be calculated.