Characteristics investigation on heat transfer growth of sonochemically synthesized ZnO-DW based nanofluids inside square heat exchanger

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - In recent decades, the growth of heat transfer using nanomaterials in the conventional base fluid has caught the attention of researchers...     

The effect of rapid rotation on a vertical bridgman furnace at large Rayleigh number

In quasi-steady operation, convection currents in a Bridgmandevice, used for producing a semi-conductor crystal, createinhomogeneities that may make the crystal unusable. It has oftenbeen suggested that additional forces due to rotation or magnetismmight be efficacious in reducing the segregation of the elementsof the alloy. It has been found that, over a wide range of rotationrates, there is no improvement in performance due to rotationabout the vertical axis. However, numerical results that havebeen obtained previously (Lee & Pearlstein, J. Crys. Growth240, 2002) indicate that, when effects of centrifugal buoyancyare introduced, a substantial reduction in segregation is achieved.In the work reported here, by contrast, in which we extend previouslarge-Rayleigh-number asymptotic analysis to include centrifugalbuoyancy, we find no improvement in radial segregation, butrather increasing segregation with increasing rotation rate.     

Micro-structure evolution of wall based crystals after casting of model suspensions as obtained from Bragg microscopy

Growth of heterogeneously nucleated, wall based crystals plays a major role in determining the micro-structure during melt casting. This issue is here addressed using a model system of charged colloidal spheres in deionized aqueous suspension observed by Bragg microscopy which is a combination of light scattering and microscopy. We examine the evolution of the three-dimensional size, shape, and orientation of twin domains in monolithic crystals growing from two opposing planar walls into a meta-stable (shear-) melt. At each wall crystal orientation and twinning emerges during nucleation with small domains. During growth these widen and merge. From image analysis we observe the lateral coarsening velocities to follow a power law behaviour L(XY) ∝ t(1∕2) as long as the vertical growth continues at constant speed. Lateral coarsening terminates upon intersection of the two solids and hardly any further ripening is seen. Initial lateral coarsening velocities show a Wilson Frenkel type dependence on the melt meta-stability.     

Controlled hydrothermal growth of ZnO nanostructures by sequestering the Zn metal ions with the chelating agent EDTA

In the present work, a controlled growth of ZnO nanostructures by manipulating Zn metal ion concentration by the chelating action of ethylene diaminetetra acetic acid in hydrothermal method is studied. EDTA produces metal–chelate complex by the formation of bidentate ligand with Zn²⁺ in the solution and diminishes the reactivity of Zn metal cations. Concentration of EDTA in the mother solution was varied in different ranges like 3, 5 and 10 mM while retaining the zinc metal salt and the NaOH concentration the same. Three different morphologies of wurtzite structured ZnO nanostructures such as nanorods-bunch, separate/discrete uniformly sized hexagonal nanorods and tapered flower petals like shapes are achieved by 3, 5 and 10 mM strengths of EDTA, respectively. The medium concentration 5 mM of EDTA is found to have moderate control over producing ZnO nanostructures of uniform diameter and a high aspect (length to diameter) ratio. An array of vertically aligned free standing ZnO nanorods with uniform spacing is successfully achieved by the addition of 5 mM of EDTA in the mother solution and the same is studied for its fluorescence property at an excitation of 325 nm and it has exhibited a characteristic UV emission of ZnO around 383 nm.     

Electrical and Thermoelectrical Behavior of Binary Composites of Phosphate Glass Loaded with Zinc Fillers: Promising Materials for Photovoltaic’s

Homogeneous xPbO?(1?x) P₂O₅ glasses where 0 % :σ x<100 % have been successfully synthesized using a melt‐quenching method. The short range structures of the prepared samples were examined by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, x‐powder diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. The most stable vitreous phase is of composition 45 mol%PbO‐55 mol%P₂O₅; it was loaded with zinc volume fraction. We carried out experimental and simulative investigations of the electrical characteristics of p? n junction; the obtained results indicated that conductivity of the composites increases by increasing dopent concentration. It was also observed that the current voltage characteristics of the composite were found to be ohmic in nature, wherein drastic drop of the electrical conduction was observed at an accurate temperature of 405 K. Electrical behavior of the composites as function of filler concentration and versus temperature were explained respectively by percolation theory and positive temperature coefficient effect.     

Magnetic anisotropy of the organic conductors (TMTTF)2X

The anisotropy in the static magnetic susceptibility of some tetramethyltetrathiafulvalene salts (TMTTF)₂X (where X^- = PF^-₆, ClO^-₄, SCN^- and Br^-) has been investigated with a torque method between 3 K and 300 K for magnetic fields up to 11 kG. The experimental results show that the salts with X^- = SCN^- and Br^- become antiferromagnetic at about 8 and 13 K respectively, whereas for the two other salts above 1 kG no field dependence of the magnetic susceptibility is observed down to 3 K.     

New ideas in neutrino detection

What is new in the field of neutrino detection? In addition to new projects probing both the low and high ends of the neutrino energy scale, an inexpensive, effective technique is being developed to allow tagging of antineutrinos in water Cherenkov (WC) detectors via the addition to water of a solute with a large neutron cross-section and energetic γ daughters. Gadolinium is an excellent candidate since in recent years it has become very inexpensive, now less than $8 per kilogram in the form of commercially available gadolinium trichloride. This non-toxic, non-reactive substance is highly soluble in water. Neutron capture on gadolinium yields an 8.0 MeV gamma cascade easily seen in detectors like Super-Kamiokande. The uses of GdCl₃ as a possible upgrade for the Super-Kamiokande detector — with a view toward improving its performance as an antineutrino detector for supernova neutrinos and reactor neutrinos — are discussed, as are the ongoing R&;D efforts which aim to make this dream a reality within the next two years.     

有机硅活性中间体的研究 II. 一些含环丙基的有机硅化合物的合成及其结构

用锂有机物的方法合成了四种含有环丙基有机硅化合物,对上述每种化合物中可能存在着的立体异构进行了分离和和构型测定。     

Magnetic anisotropy of graphite and electronic energy band parameters

The diamagnetic anisotropy of graphite has been measured from 4 to 300 K. The experimental data have been analyzed using the McClure theory based on the Slonczewski and Weiss band model. It is shown that the data are interpreted adequately with this theory. The values of band parameters are in excellent agreement with recent estimates from other experimental methods. Similar measurements have been carried out on neutron-irradiated graphites and doped pyrocarbons. The same model gives reasonable values of band parameters.