Exposure to airborne formaldehyde: Sampling and analytical methods—A review

Air monitoring is the quantitative-qualitative assessment of the extent of pollutants. It is performed to ensure compliance with legislation and to evaluate control measures and mitigation solutions. There are numerous approaches to measure airborne formaldehyde (FA), ranging from passive sampling techniques to remote sensing devices. Research of sampling procedures and analytical methods was performed in a scientific database and on the web to offer a scenario of the devices and techniques that can be used to assess FA exposure. Moreover, in the design of FA assessment, some crucial aspects were considered, such as standard atmosphere generation for devices calibration. This review summarizes the tools and basics used in FA air monitoring, useful to organize a functional monitoring strategy for assessment of FA concentration levels. An insight into the sampling and analysis of FA is provided. Recent advances in solid sorbent technology allow analysts to use these devices coupled to chromatographic instruments. A comparison of the strengths and weaknesses of analytical methods (gas-/liquid-chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry or UV detection, chromogenic, colorimetric, electrochemical determination) and sampling devices (impregnated papers, solid sorbents, liquid sorbents, bubblers, impingers, micro-impingers, denuder samplers, sealed bags, canisters) methods are illustrated. This survey found that a monitoring strategy should be planned considering the most appropriate methodology in terms of costs and practicability. Therefore, it is necessary to know the aspects that can make the chosen strategy suitable and valid for the exposure scenario under investigation.     

三环无源谐振腔在光纤激光器中的选频特性

利用琼斯矩阵对一种三环嵌套的无源谐振腔的选频特性进行了分析,并根据无源谐振腔选频的原理,设计了一种基于三环嵌套无源谐振腔的掺铒光纤激光器.实验结果表明:三环嵌套的无源谐振腔具有良好的选频特性,当泵浦功率为159 mW时,得到了稳定的单纵模激光信号输出;输出功率的最大波动为0.04 dB,输出中心波长最大漂移为0.016...     

Far infrared sub-nanosecond pulse generation in GaP with a time-synchronized mode-locked double-frequency Nd: Glass laser system

Light pulses of 149 m wavelength and 700 ps duration are generated by non-collinear phase-matched difference frequency mixing of laser pulses at 1053.5 and 1061 nm in a (110) cut GaP crystal. The pump laser pulses are generated in a time-synchronized mode-locked double-frequency Nd:glass laser system consisting of a silicate glass branch and a phosphate glass branch. A photon conversion efficiency of 4 × 10^–6 is achieved. The non-linear susceptibility constant of GaP is determined to be d ₁₄ = (10 ± 1) pm V^–1.     

A numerical model of multimode fiber PON frequency response

Frequency response of passive optical network (PON) based on multimode fibers is investigated. The network comprises fibers, connectors and splitters/couplers. It is shown that due to mode filtering at splitters, the frequency response is different for different network nodes in otherwise symmetrical network.     

Scaling,Renormalization and Statistical Conservation Laws in the Kraichnan Model of Turbulent Advection

We present a systematic way to compute the scaling exponents of the structure functions of the Kraichnan model of turbulent advection in a series of powers of ξ, adimensional coupling constant measuring the degree of roughness of the advecting velocity field. We also investigate the relation between standard and renormalization group improved perturbation theory. The aim is to shed light on the relation between renormalization group methods and the statistical conservation laws of the Kraichnan model, also known as zero modes.     

The elliptical dimension of space-time atmospheric stratification of passive admixtures using lidar data

State-of-the-art airborne lidar data of passive scalars have shown that the spatial stratification of the atmosphere is scaling: the vertical extent (Δz) of structures is typically ≈Δx^H_z where Δx is the horizontal extent and H_z is a stratification exponent. Assuming horizontal isotropy, the volumes of the structures therefore vary as ΔxΔxΔx^H_z=Δx^D_s where the “elliptical dimension” D_s characterizes the rate at which the volumes of typical non-intermittent structures vary with scale. Work on vertical cross-sections has shown that 2+H_z=2.55±0.02 (close to the theoretical prediction 23/9).In this paper we extend these (x, z) analyses to (z, t). In the absence of overall advection, the lifetime Δt of a structure of size Δx varies as Δx^H_t with H_t=2/3 so that the overall space-time dimension is D_st=29/9=3.22…. However, horizontal and vertical advection lead to new exponents: we argue that the temporal stratification exponent H_t≈1 or ≈0.7 depending on the relative importance of horizontal versus vertical advection velocities. We empirically test these space-time predictions using vertical-time (z, t) cross-sections using passive scalar surrogates (aerosol backscatter ratios from lidar) at ∼3 m resolution in the vertical, 0.5-30 s in time and spanning 3-4 orders of magnitude in scale as well as new analyses of vertical (x, z) cross-sections (spanning over 3 orders of magnitude in both x, z directions). In order to test the theory for density fluctuations at arbitrary displacements in (Δz, Δt) and (Δx, Δz) spaces, we developed and applied a new Anisotropic Scaling Analysis Technique (ASAT) based on nonlinear coordinate transformations. Applying this and other analyses to data spanning more than 3 orders of magnitude of space-time scales we determined the anisotropic scaling of space-time finding the empirical value D_st=3.13±0.16. The analyses also show that both cirrus clouds and aerosols had very similar space-time scaling properties. We point out that this model is compatible with (nonlinear) “turbulence” waves, hence potentially explaining the observed atmospheric structures.     

Electronic Properties of Passive Films Formed on G3 and G30 Nickel-based Alloys in Bicarbonate/Carbonate Buffer Solution

The electronic properties of passive films formed on G3 and G30 alloys in bicarbonate/carbonate buffer solution were comparatively studied by electrochemical impedance spectra(EIS) and Mott-Schottky analysis, the chemical composition of the passive film formed on G3 alloy was detected by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The results show that passive film on G3 alloy had better protection than that on G30 alloy. The transfer resistance, film resistance and diffusion resistance of the passive films on ...     

微微秒叶绿素染料激光器的研究

本文报道用一台对撞脉冲锁模Nd:YAG激光器的三倍频光作为泵浦光源,采用超短腔结构,获得叶绿素的红色ps脉冲激光输出的装置和实验结果。研究了叶绿素a和b在各种聚合状态下输出激光波长随染料浓度的变化关系,当叶绿素a-乙醇溶液浓度为2×10~(-3)M,激光腔长<36μm时可获得单模调谐ps系列脉冲输出,激光束的发散角≈60mrad。