Measuring nitrate concentration in wastewaters with high chloride content

The presence of chloride ions in wastewaters in concentrations above 50 mg/L poses interference in several methods used for the measurement of nitrate-nitrogen. The aim of this study was to characterise the reliability and costs of some commonly available methods for the analysis of nitrate concentration in landfill leachate which contains high chloride levels. To investigate the effect of chloride interference, several widely used methods [ion chromatography (IC), continuous flow analysis (CFA), the German standard method (DIN), cuvette test (CUV), standard addition method (SAM) and reflectometric test (REF)] were used to measure the nitrate concentration in synthetic solutions containing varying concentrations of chloride and nitrate-nitrogen. Nitrate recoveries of the various methods were found to decrease in the following rank order: CUV (>95%) > IC (>90%) > CFA (89%) > DIN (88%) > REF (70%) > SAM (<80%). In the second part of the study, the same methods were used to measure nitrate concentrations in samples of biologically nitrified landfill leachate with and without chloride elimination. For leachate samples without chloride elimination, CUV results were well correlated (linear regression) with IC results (slope = 1.02/R² = 0.99) but to lesser extents with results obtained by CFA (0.91/0.86), DIN (0.89/0.97) and REF (0.86/0.77), and not correlated with SAM (0.74/–1.3). The incurred measurement costs per sample (in Euros) for the methods were as follows: CFA (<0.1) < DIN (0.6) < REF (0.7) < SAM (3) < CUV (3.8) < IC (15). Cuvette tests are recommended as the method of choice due to their accuracy and lower cost than IC.     

真实火箭射流冲击流场中激波结构的实验研究

本文采用一种有效的激光-莫瑞光栅干涉系统首次拍摄到真实火箭燃气射流冲击流场的激波结构.解决了长期以来无法拍摄到高温、高速、强火焰光的火箭射流流场图像的问题。利用这一系统,研究了射流冲击流场中激波结构的一些变化规律,发现了一些新的激波结构。较系统地研究了欠膨胀射流冲击各种锥体的激波形态。     

Contribution to vapor generation-inductively coupled plasma spectrometric techniques for determination of sulfide in water samples

Vapor generation-inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry was used for the determination of sulfide in water samples preserved by the addition of a zinc acetate and sodium hydroxide solution. Hydrogen sulfide and acid-volatile sulfides were transformed, by acidification, to a gaseous phase in a vapor generator and subsequently detected by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry. Compounds interfering with iodometric titration and spectrophotometric determination were examined as potential chemical interferents. The proposed method provides results comparable to iodometric titration in the tested concentration range 0.06-22.0 mg L⁻¹. Limit of detection for the determination of hydrogen sulfide by this method is 0.03 mg L⁻¹.     

双棱镜干涉实验课堂教学演示的可视化研究

传统的双棱镜干涉实验是通过测微目镜来观测实验现象的,其视场很小,不利于课堂教学演示。针对这一问题进行课堂教学演示的可视化研究,引入摄像头观测,增强了课堂教学演示的直观性,提高了课堂教学演示的效率和质量。     

菲涅耳双棱镜干涉实验中虚光源位置的讨论

讨论了菲涅耳双棱镜实验中虚光源的位置,计算了两虚光源间的距离,并进行了实验测量,理论分析与实验相一致.     

Infrared photoluminescence of erbium-tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) in a distributed feedback cavity

A distributed feedback (DFB) waveguide cavity with erbium-tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) has been fabricated by X-ray interference lithography in a laboratory-scale apparatus. The DFB cavity consists of a large area () one-dimensional grating of polymethylmethacrylate on Si (1 0 0). Structural, morphological and optical properties of the device have been studied. On-grating narrowing of the photoluminescence emission has been observed for the 492 nm grating period in correspondence to the 4f-4f Er band peak (at 1530 nm), indicating the possibility of optical gain for applications in the telecommunications.     

Quantum interference between a single-photon Fock state and a coherent state

We derive analytical expressions for the single mode quantum field state at the individual output ports of a beam splitter when a single-photon Fock state and a coherent state are incident on the input ports. The output states turn out to be a statistical mixture between a displaced Fock state and a coherent state. Consequently we are able to find an analytical expression for the corresponding Wigner function. Because of the generality of our calculations the obtained results are valid for all passive and lossless optical four port devices. We show further how the results can be adapted to the case of the Mach-Zehnder interferometer. In addition we consider the case for which the single-photon Fock state is replaced with a general input state: a coherent input state displaces each general quantum state at the output port of a beam splitter with the displacement parameter being the amplitude of the coherent state.     

Birefringence dispersion in a quartz crystal retrieved from a channeled spectrum resolved by a fiber-optic spectrometer

We present a simple method for measuring the wavelength dependence of both the phase and group birefringences in a quartz crystal of known thickness. The method utilizes interference of polarized waves resolved by a fiber-optic spectrometer as a channeled spectrum (spectral fringes). The fringe order versus the precise position of the interference maximum in the spectrum is fitted to the approximate function, from which the phase birefringence as a function of wavelength is retrieved. We also determine the group birefringence dispersion. The functions measured in a range from 500 to 900 nm are compared with those resulting from the available dispersion relation, and very good agreement is confirmed.     

多光束激光干涉光刻图样

利用电磁理论,研究了多光束激光干涉图样的产生原理,结合计算机数值模拟和相关实验结果,分析了干涉图样的影响因素.研究结果表明:多光束激光干涉图样可以看成是多组余弦分布的平行线条纹的叠加;相干光束的偏振方向、入射方向、光束间相位差是干涉图样的重要影响因素,改变这些因素,余弦分布的平行线条纹的振幅、位置、周期和方向发生变化,...