Near Field Stimulated Time of Flight Mass Surface Analyzer

This work describes a groundbreaking process that provides a direct highly localized measurement of the atomic mass on surfaces at room temperature. Employing an original system that joins a scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) device and a time of flight (TOF) mass analyzer, we could previously ionize surface atoms by the combination of an optical laser pulse and an electric pulse at the STM tip. Desorbed ions from a localized area were accelerated and detected by a TOF chamber. We will demonstrate in this paper that high localization and mass discrimination can be obtained even without the aid of an electric pulse from the tip. We reduced the angle of incidence of the laser beam to zero (laser beam parallel to the sample surface). In this condition we were able to demonstrate for the first time ionic desorption at a confinement level of the order of 5-10nm, an order of magnitude better than previous configurations.This paper was originally presented at the 11th Optical Near Field Workshop, which was held on June 28, 2002 at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, organized by the Optical Near Field Group of the Optical Society of Japan, an affiliate of the Japan Society of Applied Physics.     

Isospin symmetry breaking in ρ→πγ decay

In terms of effective field theory and mixed-propagator approach, we show that there is a larger hidden effect of isospin breaking in ρ→πγ decay due to a ω exchange, ρ→ω→πγ. The branching ratio is predicted as B(ρ→πγ) = (11.67±2.0)×10^-4, which is much larger than Particle Data Group's datum (6.8±1.7)×10^-4 and one of charged mode, B(ρ^±→π^±γ) = (4.5±0.5)×10^-4. Received: 7 January 2002 / Accepted: 2 April 2002     

CCD光谱谱线标定方法研究

CCD作为光谱分析和测色仪器的光谱接收器件 ,光谱谱线定位受单色仪狭缝和CCD光敏元尺寸影响。提出采用最小二乘法做曲线拟合和质心法来确定光谱线在CCD上的精确定位 ,使光谱谱线的定位精度得到提高 ,并且不受CCD光敏元尺寸限制。实验结果表明 ,两种方法对光谱线的定位 ,具有重复性高 ,稳定性好等特点。在定位精度上 ,两者具有一致性。     

Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry: Principles and Applications

Abstract

The application of laser ablation inductively plasma mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP‐MS) to the determination of major, minor, and trace elements as well as isotope‐ratio measurements offers superior technology for direct solid sampling in analytical chemistry. The advantages of LA‐ICP‐MS include direct analysis of solids; no chemical dissolution is necessary, reduced risk of contamination, analysis of small sample mass, and determination of spatial distributions of elemental compositions. This review aims to summarize recent research to apply LA‐ICP‐MS, primarily in the field of environmental chemistry. Experimental systems, fractionation, calibration procedures, figures of merit, and new applications are discussed. Selected applications highlighting LA‐ICP‐MS are presented.     

Modeling of Thermal Conductivity of Concrete with Vermiculite by Using Artificial Neural Networks Approaches

In this article, the thermal conductivity of concrete with vermiculite is determined and also predicted by using artificial neural networks approaches, namely the radial basis neural network and multi-layer perceptron. In these models, 20 datasets were used. For the training set, 12 datasets (60%) were randomly selected, and the residual datasets (8 datasets, 40%) were selected as the test set. The root mean square error, the mean absolute error, and determination coefficient statistics are used as evaluation criteria of the models, and the experimental results are compared with these models. It is found that the radial basis neural network model is superior to the other models.     

Radiation attenuation and nuclear properties of high density concrete made with steel aggregates

Abstract

The fast neutron and gamma ray spectra measured behind different thickness of steel scrap concrete with density of 4 g/cm³ have been studied. The mix proportions by weight of this type of concrete were 1 cement: 6.89 steel scrap: 2.9 sand and 0.5 Water. Comparison with a standard ordinary concrete of density 2.3 g/cm³ have been carried out. The measurements were made using a collimated beam of both gamma rays and neutrons emitted from one of the horizontal channel of the Egyptian Research Reactor-1. A fast neutron and gamma ray spectrometer with a stilbene crystal was used to measure the spectra of fast neutrons and gamma rays. Pulse shape discrimination using the zero cross over technique was used to separate the photon pulses from the electron pulses. The equation due to Schmidt has been modified and applied for determining the neutron effective removal cross sections (～_R) for steel scrap, ordinary, hematite–serpentine, ilmenite–limonite and ilmenite concretes. This equation gives results which are in good agreement with the measured values. The derived empirical equation in a previous work to calculate the neutron integral flux behind different thicknesses of different types of concretes, gives good results for steel scrap concrete under investigation comparing with the corresponding experimental data. Total neutron macroscopic cross sections, linear attenuation coefficients for gamma rays and the half-value layers for both radiations at different energies have been obtained for steel scrap concrete and comparing with the corresponding values of ordinary concrete. The results show that steel scrap concrete is better than ordinary, hematite–serpentine, ilmenite–limonite and ilmenite concretes from the radiation shielding point of view.     

Flexural reinforcement of concrete floor slabs by carbon fiber textiles

The effect of carbon fiber textile for flexural reinforcement to deteriorated reinforced concrete floor slab is tested in laboratory by cutting out six specimens from existing structure aged more than 70 years. The repair method between concrete and carbon fiber textile is used as experimental parameter. From the test results, deformation, bond characteristic of carbon fiber textile and the applicability of carbon fiber textiles to flexural reinforcement of floor slabs are discussed.     

ICP-MS研究太湖表层沉积物对Cd2+和Zn2+的吸附-解吸特性

前期研究发现太湖过滤水和表层沉积物中Zn含量最高,且表层沉积物中Cd存在强生态危害。因此,在优化实验条件下,以电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-MS)为分析手段研究了太湖苏州湾大桥东表层沉积物(标记为SES)对Cd2+和Zn2+的吸附-解吸特性。吸附动力学结果表明：SES对Cd2+和Zn2+的吸附能力相差不大,在吸附时间t<120 min时,吸附是一个快速阶段,而当t≥120 min时则相反,吸附趋于动态平衡;Cd2+和Zn2+的吸附更符合伪二级动力学模型。吸附热力学实验表明,沉积物对Cd2+的吸附更符合Freundlich模型,而对Cd2+的吸附更符合Langmuir模型。沉积物中Cd2+和Zn2+的解吸动力学研究发现,二者均更符合Elovich方程,为非均相扩散过程。且当pH值增大时,沉积物中Cd2+和Zn2+的解吸量逐渐减小,并在pH=9时趋于稳定。结合Cd2+和Zn2+的吸附-解吸特性发现,SES对Cd2+和Zn2+的吸附速率远远大于其解吸速率,与作者前期研究结果一致。揭示了太湖表层沉积物对Cd2+和Zn2+的吸附-解吸作用机理及不同因素对吸附-解吸行为的影响。对研究太湖固-液两相界面重金属的分配和污染水体修复具有重要指导意义。     

Weizsäcker-Skyrme核质量模型的统计误差研究

基于最大值近似估算的方法,系统地研究了Weizsäcker-Skyrme（WS4）核质量模型的参数不确定性,并计算了WS4核质量模型理论预言值的统计误差。WS4核质量模型的理论预言值与实验值的偏差基本都小于模型的统计误差,表明采用最大值近似估算法对WS4核质量模型理论预言的统计误差的分析是简捷而有效的。进一步研究了WS4核质量模型理论计算中最敏感的参数,结果表明,对称能系数相关的两个参数c_sym和κ对中子滴线附近的原子核质量有重要影响。此外还对WS4模型与WS*模型的参数不确定性及统计误差进行了对比研究,WS4模型中各模型参数的不确定性比WS*模型中相应模型参数的不确定性降低了10%~ 50%。The statistical uncertainties of 15 model parameters in the Weizsäcker-Skyrme(WS4) mass model are investigated with an efficient approach, and the propagated errors in the predicted masses are estimated. The discrepancies between the predicted masses and the experimental data are almost all smaller than the model errors. The most sensitive model parameter which causes the largest statistical error is analyzed for all bound nuclei. We find that the two coefficients of symmetry energy term significantly influence the mass predictions of extremely neutron-rich nuclei. In addition, the parameter uncertainties and statistical errors of the WS4 mass model and the WS* mass model are compared. The uncertainties of model parameter in the WS4 mass model is reduced by 10% ~ 50% compared with the WS* mass model.