Catalytic Activity of Nickel Alloys in Anodic Oxidation of the Hypophosphite Ion as a Function of Their Composition

The rate of anodic oxidation of the hypophosphite ion on alloys Ni-P, Ni-B, and Ni-Mo-P is studied as a function of their composition and structure. The organic compounds that are customarily used to stabilize electrolytes of electroless nickel plating are shown to come useful when controlling composition of the Ni-P coatings at the expense of their different influence on the rates of partial processes of deposition of the alloy components. The formation of catalytic activity of such coatings is affected mostly by a structural factor. With alloys Ni-P, Ni-B, and Ni-Mo-P, whose composition was varied by altering the concentration of the source of the alloying component, dependence of catalytic activity of the surface on the composition is defined mainly by an electronic factor.__________Translated from Elektrokhimiya, Vol. 41, No. 8, 2005, pp. 972–980.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Sotskaya, Dolgikh, Ryabinina.     

Zero-temperature Kosterlitz-Thouless transition in a two-dimensional quantum system

We construct a local interacting quantum dimer model on the square lattice, whose zero-temperature phase diagram is characterized by a line of critical points separating two ordered phases of the valence bond crystal type. On one side, the line of critical points terminates in a quantum transition inherited from a Kosterlitz-Thouless transition in an associated classical model. We also discuss the effect of a longer-range dimer interaction that can be used to suppress the line of critical points by gradually shrinking it to a single point. Finally, we propose a way to generalize the quantum Hamiltonian to a dilute dimer model in presence of monomers and we qualitatively discuss the phase diagram.     

Eu,Dy共掺杂SrAl2O4长余辉材料制备新工艺

活化Al-Sr合金粉末水解制备SrAl₂O₄长余辉材料的前驱体,并采用高温固相反应法制备出Eu,Dy共掺杂的SrAl₂O₄长余辉材料,对其微观结构和发光特性进行了研究。实验结果表明:前驱体中Al、Sr元素在微观状态下分布均匀,所制成的长余辉发光材料的发射主峰位于520nm附近,为典型的Eu²⁺离子4f5d-4f的特征发射,初始亮度达到18cd/m²,余辉时间长达46h。     

An investigation of the 2D attractive Hubbard model

We present an investigation of the 2D attractive Hubbard model, considered as an effective model relevant to superconductivity in strongly interacting electron systems. We use both hybrid Monte-Carlo simulations and existing hopping parameter expansions to explore the low temperature domain. The increase of the static S-wave pair correlation with decreasing temperature, which depends weakly on the band filling in the explored temperature range, is analyzed in terms of an expected Kosterlitz-Thouless superconducting transition. Using both our data and previously published results, we show that the evidence for this transition is weak: If it exists, its temperature is very low. The number of unpaired electrons remains nearly constant with temperature at fixed attractive potential strength. In contrast, the static magnetic susceptibility decreases fast with temperature, and cannot be related only to pair formation. We introduce a method by which the Padé approximants of the existing series for the susceptibility give sensible results down to rather low temperature region, as shown by comparison with our numerical data. Received: 30 October 1996 / Revised: 23 October 1997 / Accepted: 29 January 1998     

Exact thermodynamic behavior of a generalized spin-isospin ising system on the Bethe lattice

We study a generalized Ising system consisting of a Bethe lattice on every site of which two spin-1/2 and two isospin-1/2 (or atomic species A) states can be realized, the spin-species interacting with appropriate nearest neighbor couplings. The system is equivalent to that of four states per site and we obtain its exact thermodynamic behavior. The case of a fixed concentration of species is the annealed or liquid magnetic binary alloy. The temperature dependence of the short-range-order (SRO) parameter of such systems is obtained as an application of the theory and discussed in connection with relevant material from the literature. When fixing both the concentration and the nearest neighbor spatial correlation of the species, we obtain Eggarter's formulas for the frozen-in species problem, which therefore are only approximately valid even on the Bethe lattice.     

液体和非晶态Ni64B36合金结构的从头算分子动力学模拟

运用从头算分子动力学模拟了液体以及猝冷后形成的非晶态Ni₆₄B₃₆合金体系, 得到了它们的对相关函数、结构因子、键对分析方面的结构信息, 与实验结果相当一致; 结果表明, 猝冷得到的合金性质与液体合金性质相似, 为非晶态结构. B原子多数以B—B双原子成键形式分散于Ni原子构成的骨架中. 电子态密度分析表明, Ni 3d电子最活泼, 因此在合金中Ni为活性位. 轨道电荷分析从电子结构角度揭示了在NiB 催化剂中B作为修饰剂的机理.     

金属铝燃料电池的研究

铝是一种丰富廉价的有色金属，金属铝电池作为一种新型燃料电池，具有低成本、无毒害、高功率、高能量密度等优点。本文简述了金属铝电池的工作原理，并对铝阳极、空气阴极、催化剂、电解液和铝燃料电池的应用等方面的研究概况进行了叙述。     

方波伏安法测定镍铜合金中的镍含量

在0.01mol·L-1的氨水-氯化铵缓冲溶液(pH 9.3)中,镍(Ⅱ)于-1.25V(vs.SCE)出现一灵敏的方波伏安峰。镍(Ⅱ)浓度在1.5×10-6～1.0×10-4mol·L-1与伏安峰高呈线性关系,线性方程为ip(μA)=2.1870+0.6328c(μmol·L-1),相关系数为0.9991。方法的标准偏差为0.7％。该法应用于镍铜合金样品中镍的测定,结果满意。     

铜铝合金中γ_2相沉淀的分析电镜研究

Cu-12.7(wt)%Al合金从900℃高温淬至365℃～500℃温度范围等温不同时间(30秒至15分钟)的试样中形成了大量树枝状的γ_2相沉淀粒子。应用配有X线能谱仪(XEDS)和电子能量损失谱仪(EELS)的分析电子显微镜(JEOL JEM-2000FX型)对上还试样研究,结果表明:这些γ_2相粒子具有富铝的“核心”,长大到粒子线度大于约800nm后以不稳定方式生长成“花朵”状。生长过程中伴随着溶质元素Al由基体向γ_2相内的富集。而且在γ_2相粒子内部呈现出Spinodal分解组织的形貌特征,表明γ_2粒子内形成了化学成分调幅。EELS分析表明试样含氧。