Method for direct measurement of the film tension of black foam films at various capillary pressures

A new experimental method to directly measure the film tension of black foam films is developed on the basis of the Laplace equation. The method allows the determination of the tension of curved (spherical) films with various radii and capillary pressures. Measurements with Newton black films from sodium dodecyl sulphate aqueous solution have been carried out. The results show that in the studied range of curvature radii (70 ÷ 360 m) the film tension does not depend on the curvature and the capillary pressure.     

Gyrotron travelling wave amplifier: I. Analysis of oscillations

The operation of the gyrotron travelling wave amplifier is based on the convective cyclotron maser instability. It is found that this convective instability may become absolute (nonconvective) at a sufficiently high current level, resulting in oscillation instead of amplification. This threshold current for the transition depends sensitively on the applied magnetic field. The axial wavelength and the characteristic frequency of oscillation at the onset of absolute instability are given. It is found that momentum spread has virtually no effect on the threshold current. A small amount of resistive wall loss, however, raises the threshold current significantly. Oscillations due to partial reflection at the ends of the system are also examined. Preliminary experimental results on both types of oscillations are reported and are found to be in good agreement with the theory.     

低压铸造充型动力学的高速摄影观察

利用高速摄影和影片运动分析技术,在透明模型上对低压铸造充型过程进行了实时观察和运动分析。结果表明:低压铸造充型的动力学特征可用二阶非线性微分方程描述。     

Applicability of Raoult's law in nonideal mixed solvents

In general, the vapor-pressure change due to the addition of a solute to a solvent mixture does not follow Raoult's law. We have demonstrated thermodynamically that if one adds to a binary solvent mixture solute and solvents in such a way that the vapor-phase composition remains constant, then the decrease of total pressure follows Raoult's law; a supplementary term which vanishes for very dilute solute concentration is introduced as a consequence of the nonideality of the ternary solution. Precise vapor-pressure measurements of dilute solutions of electrolytes and nonelectrolytes in a 40.000 wt. % water-tetrahydrofuran mixture are used in order to illustrate the applicability of Raoult's law under the above conditions. These may be regarded as a particular case of what has been called endostatic conditions, i.e., addition of a solute under constant solvent activity ratio.     

Mechanical measurement of the parameters in a pseudo-stationary ultrasonic field in liquids

After recalling the formulae relating the energy density of a progressive wave with the sonic field parameters, the problem of deducing these parameters in a pseudo-stationary field is discussed. This field is produced in a ‘fixed force interferometer’ by two torsion balances; it is shown how to deduce from the radiation pressure, measured simultaneously at transducer and at reflector, the local pressure and velocity amplitudes, discussing the errors involved in treating pseudo-stationary fields as purely stationary.     

The effect of pressure and temperature of self-diffusion coefficients in several concentrated deuterium oxide diamagnetic electrolyte solutions

The pressure dependences of the self-diffusion coefficients of deuterium oxide in 4.5m solutions of LiCl–D₂O and CsCl–D₂O (also 7m) and 3.06m CaCl₂–D₂O have been measured by the NMR spin-echo method at 30°C, 60°C, and 90°C. Shear viscosities and densities of these solutions have also been determined over the same range of experimental conditions. The experimental data show that the diffusion constantD decreases with the increasing structure-making ability of the electrolyte cation Ca⁺²>Li⁺. In contrast, the diffusion coefficient for D₂O in the 4.5 and 7m CsCl solutions is equal to that for pure D₂O at 30°C but lower at 60°C and 90°C. It has been found that the Stokes-Einstein equation relates well the diffusion coefficients to shear viscosity in these concentrated electrolyte solutions.     

Electrical transport and high pressure studies on bulk Ge20Te80 glass

The electrical resistivity of bulk Ge₂₀Te₈₀ has been measured as a function of pressure and temperature. At 5 GPa, an amorphous semiconductor-to-crystalline metal transition has been observed. The sample recovered from the high pressure cell, after the application of 7 GPa, has a face-centred cubic structure with a lattice constant of 6·42 A. In crystalline sample, the semiconductor-to-metal transition occurs at 7 GPa. The thermoelectric power has also been measured for glassy samples in the temperature range 300–240 K.     

Temperature program optimization by computer simulation for the capillary GC analysis of fatty acid methyl esters on biscyanopropyl siloxane phases

The selectivity of capillary columns coated with biscyanopropyl siloxane stationary phases for the separation of fatty acid methyl esters has been optimized by means of computer-assisted column temperature optimization software. Temperature programming rates yielding the highest resolution in the shortest analysis time were selected for split, splitless, and on-column injection operated in the constant pressure and pressure programmed modes.     

On the zero-curvature criterion for structures with material strengthening and geometrical non-linearity

A zero-curvature criterion is proposed to determine the practical collapse load. Six tests have been carried out on spherical pressure vessels with cylindrical nozzle. Results of these tests and other experimental data quoted from different references are discussed in order to compare the new criterion with various previously proposed criteria. It is concluded that: (1) the zero-curvature point is a characteristic point of the experimental curve and that the new criterion is an objective criterion without any artificial coefficient. (2) the deviation of the collapse load estimated by the new criterion is smaller than that estimated by other criteria.Supported by the Chinese National Foundation of Natural Science.     

Application of the chromatographic step profile method for determination of water film pressure and surface free energy of quartz

Summary Investigation of water adsorption by the step profile method (Glueckauf method) was carried out with the help of a modified gas chromatography equipped with thermal-conductivity detector. On the basis of the adsorption isotherm obtained, the water film pressure and the polar component of the surface free energy of quartz were calculated. The calculated value of the polar component of the surface free energy of quartz agrees with analogous values obtained by other methods.