Nb/α-Ti3Al体系的互扩散行为

采用反应扩散偶的方法,研究了Nb元素在α-Ti₃Al中的扩散行为.反应扩散偶经过120 h扩散退火,在高温(1 573 K)下生成了均匀的β-(Ti,Nb)扩散层;低温(1 273,1 423 K)下生成不均匀的扩散区,相组成为Ti₃Al(Nb),β-(Ti,Nb)及Nb₂Al.采用Dayananda方法计算了体系的扩散系数,即根据一个扩散偶的浓度分布曲线计算体系的扩散系数.采用平均扩散系数来表征体系的扩散系数,得出扩散模型和相关扩散机理.结果表明:Ti和Al的主扩散系数比Nb的主扩散系数大5个数量级;Ti的主扩散系数约是Al的2倍.Nb通过占据Ti的空位进行扩散,Nb的掺入阻碍了Ti元素扩散,从而提高了α-Ti₃Al体系的高温抗氧化性能.     

Radiation stability of organic matter in liquid and frozen H2O, NH3 and water-ammonia mixtures

The redox properties of irradiated liquid and frozen H₂O, NH₃ and H₂O/NH₃ mixtures at 298 K and 77 K, resp., towards some simple organic molecules have been checked by injecting carrierfree ¹¹C atoms and analyzing their chemical state by means of radiochromatography. The reactions and the stability of organic products versus radiation dose (in this study by MeV protons) depend on temperature, phase state, mobility of radicals, their concentration and reactivity. Especially dangerous are the reactive OH and O₂H radicals which oxidize organic material to inorganic CO₂. Highest stability has been found at low temperatures (solid state, reduced mobility of radicals) and for systems containing H-donors (H₂O/NH₃ mixtures), which reduce the concentration of oxidizing radicals. The fact that many bodies in space consist of H₂O-ice with NH₃ and CH₄ additives at temperatures between 10 and 150 K is promising in view of the survival of organic matter under high doses of radiation.     

再生型壳与ZTC4熔体的界面稳定性

从研究再生型壳中几种典型金属离子对铸件表面的污染影响规律入手,通过在型壳材料中添加Al、Nb和Mn等金属元素实际浇铸ZTC4合金（Ti-6Al-4V）,探讨不同残留金属在铸造过程中对铸件表面质量、陶瓷/钛合金界面成分、组织形貌及显微硬度等的影响,揭示废弃型壳材料中铸造残留金属对钛合金新铸坯陶瓷/合金界面稳定性的影响规律。结果表明:含Al、Nb和Mn等金属残留的型壳浇铸ZTC4合金,铸件表面外观平整无明显铸造缺陷;相比无金属残留型壳,含残留金属型壳的铸件表面粗糙度明显增加;Al金属残留对型壳与熔融钛合金界面稳定性的影响较小,而Nb和Mn金属残留能明显降低型壳与熔融钛合金的界面稳定性,铸件表面粗糙度可以在一定程度上反映界面稳定性;当型壳中含有Al金属残留时,陶瓷/合金界面处析出Ti₅Si₃相。      

Rocket observation of the ultraviolet spectrum of comet Halley

An ultraviolet sounding rocket telescope/spectrograph experiment observed Comet Halley on 26 February 1986, 17 days after perihelion. From the long-slit spectra, the production rates of O, C, and CO are calculated. The derived water production rate is a lower limit of 5.0 × 10²⁹ s⁻¹ and the volume mixing ratio of CO to H₂O is 21%. The predicted brightness distribution from a radial outflow model with H₂O and CO as parent molecules are in accordance with the measured spatial profiles of OI and CO emissions. The ratio of the production rates of CO to C is 2.7 which is consistent with the carbon source being the photodissociation of CO. However, the radial outflow model which best fits the CO data predicts significantly weaker CI emissions than was observed. A better fit to the carbon data is found when an inner coma source of C at a rate of 3% of the water production rate is included in the model.     

太赫兹火星大气临边探测仿真研究

对火星大气进行连续高分辨率观测是研究火星大气物理和化学过程的重要手段.太赫兹临边探测技术通过测量火星大气中的风和光化学循环中的重要气体（CO,O₃,H₂O,H₂O₂等）提高对火星的认知.针对火星大气遥感的探测需求,分析了300～1000GHz频段的频谱特征.针对探测卫星对于载荷质量、功耗等参数的要求,提出一个560GHz频段的火星大气太赫兹临边探测仪设计方案,并利用辐射传输模型ARTS中的行星工具箱进行仿真.仿真结果显示:火星大气温度的反演精度优于4K,其中45km高度以下优于2K;H₂O丰度的反演精度在90km以下优于50%,30km以下优于2%;H₂O₂的反演精度在40km以下优于50%;O₃的反演精度在50km以下优于60%;大气风速度的反演精度在65km以上优于5m·s-1,最高可以达到2m·s-1.研究结果表明,利用太赫兹波段的吸收谱线可以很好地探测火星大气中各成分的丰度、变化趋势以及中高层大气的风,可为后续火星表面及大气探测提供参考.      

Limit cycles of accretion disks in the Rapid Burster and GRS 1915+105

The Rapid Burster is known to show rapidly repetitive bursts (Type II bursts). An interesting feature of the Type II burst is an approximate proportionality of the burst duration to the time to the next burst. The time sequence from a burst to the following quiescent phase can be said to be a time-scale invariant high (burst phase)–low (quiescent phase) transition. The Galactic superluminal source, GRS 1915+105 exhibits a variety of the time variation of the X-ray flux and often repeats transitions between a high-flux level and a low-flux level. In such high–low transitions, Belloni et al. (1997b) found an approximate proportionality between the duration of the low-flux phase and that of the following high-flux phase, over a wide range of the time scale. This low–high transition can again be said to be time-scale invariant. However, an interesting difference between the two time scale invariant transitions is an opposite order of the high and low-flux phase in the time-scale invariant sequence. In the case of the Rapid Burster, the high-flux (burst) phase is the first, while the low-flux phase is the first in the case of GRS1915+105. A limit cycle between an accretion disk in a state of the standard-disk and that in a state of the ADAF (advection dominated accretion flow) is discussed to explain the time-scale invariant high–low (or low–high) transition as well as the difference between the neutron star system and the black-hole system, qualitatively. A phenomenological relation of the accretion disk change with mass ejections from the central part of the disk is also discussed.     

On the possible detection of solid O2 and O3 interstellar grains with ISO

In various models of interstellar grain chemistry, solid O₂ is formed by accretion as well as by surface reactions on grains. In dense molecular cloud models, at a later stage of the evolution, the O₂ molecule may become a substantial grain mantle constituent. Since IR dipole vibrational transitions for the homonuclear diatomic molecule O₂ are forbidden, the abundance of this potentially important grain mantle component can not be determined. However, embedded in a dirty ice matrix, the fundamental vibration of O₂ at 1550 cm⁻¹ becomes observable at 10 K, due to interactions with surrounding molecules, which break the symmetry of molecular oxygen. This process might be applicable for the dust mantle environment of interstellar grains. We have studied the role of solid O₂ and O₃ in astrophysically relevant ice mixtures and discuss the possible detection of solid O₂ and its major photolysis product O₃ in interstellar grains, in dense molecular clouds. Both molecules represent a specific target to be observed by the ISO satellite in the near future.     

Hot atoms in cosmic chemistry

High energy chemical reactions and atom molecule interactions might be important for cosmic chemistry with respect to the accelerated species in solar wind, cosmic rays, colliding gas and dust clouds and secondary knock-on particles in solids. “Hot” atoms with energies ranging from a few eV to some MeV can be generated via nuclear reactions and consequent recoil processes. The chemical fate of the radioactive atoms can be followed by radiochemical methods (radio GC or HPLC). Hot atom chemistry may serve for laboratory simulation of the reactions of energetic species with gaseous or solid interstellar matter. Due to the effective measurement of 10⁸–10¹⁰ atoms only it covers a low to medium dose regime and may add to the studies of ion implantation which due to the optical methods applied are necessarily in the high dose regime.

Experimental results are given for the systems: C/H₂O (gas), C/H₂O (solid, 77 K), N/CH₄ (solid, 77K) and C/NH₃ (solid, 77 K). Nuclear reactions used for the generation of 2 to 3 MeV atoms are: ¹⁴N(p, ) ¹¹C, ¹⁶O(p, pn) ¹¹C and ¹²C(d,n) ¹³N with 8 to 45 MeV protons or deuterons from a cyclotron. Typical reactions products are: CO, CO₂, CH₄, CH₂O, CH₃OH, HCOOH, NH₃, CH₃NH₂, cyanamide, formamidine, guanidine etc. Products of hot reactions in solids are more complex than in corresponding gaseous systems, which underlines the importance of solid state reactions for the build-up of precursors for biomolecules in space. As one of the major mechanisms for product formation, the simultaneous or fast consecutive reactions of a hot carbon with two target molecules (reaction complex) is discussed.     

Si对TiAl合金高温抗氧化性能的影响

利用X射线衍射、扫描电镜、能谱仪等手段研究了TiAl-Si(原子数分数为0~20%)合金在1 173 K大气中24 h的恒温氧化.结果表明:Si元素可以有效地提高TiAl合金的高温抗氧化性能;随着Si含量的增加,氧化膜厚度依次减薄,TiO₂的含量逐渐减少,Al₂O3的含量逐渐增加,添加到10%左右时就有连续致密的Al₂O₃保护膜形成;Si在0~20%的添加过程中并没发现Si的氧化物生成.分析表明:Si对抗氧化性能的贡献可归结于Si与Ti有很好的亲和力,可以有效地降低Ti离子的活度、阻碍Ti离子的向外扩散, 相对来说增强了Al离子的活度,促进连续致密的Al₂O₃保护膜生成.      

Nb离子注入γ-TiAl的高温循环氧化行为

研究了Nb离子注入的γ-TiAl合金在1123K和1173K空气中的高温循环氧化行为,用配有能谱仪的扫描电子显微镜对氧化层的形貌、显微结构进行了分析,用俄歇谱仪分析了注入元素和氧化层中各元素的分布.结果表明:Nb离子注入可以提高γ-TiAl合金的抗循环氧化性能.提高其抗氧化性能的主要原因归结于Nb离子在TiO₂中的掺杂作用.高价Nb的掺杂,降低了TiO₂的缺陷浓度,使TiO₂的生长受到抑制,在氧化初期形成了Al₂O₃保护层,从而推迟了氧化层的剥落时间.但Nb离子注入的γ-TiAl合金不具有长期的抗循环氧化性能.      

LD30铝合金与304不锈钢低温钎焊润湿性研究

采用LD30铝合金与304不锈钢低温钎焊工艺进行润湿性研究。通过润湿性研究对比,选用了60Sn-40Pb、Sn-3.5Ag和35Sn-40Pb-25Bi3种 适用于LD30铝合金和304不锈钢的低熔点钎料,并针对每种钎料选取与之相匹配的钎剂。分析了接头的微观组织、化合物相成分和X射线探伤。结果表明:60Sn-40Pb 和35Sn-40Pb-25Bi与H₃PO₄组合在304不锈钢上润湿性很好;不锈钢与镀镍层铝合金钎焊试验时,60Sn-40Pb和35Sn-40Pb-25Bi与50% H₃PO₄+50%乙二醇组合润湿性很好;Sn-3.5Ag 钎料润湿性相对较差。      

富锂正极材料的制备及电化学性能研究

用溶胶-凝胶法结合高温煅烧过程制备富锂正极材料Li_1.2Mn_0.54Ni_0.13Co_0.13O₂,对800℃和900℃煅烧后得到的2种材料（标记为S8和S9）进行物相和形貌表征以及电化学测试。电化学测试结果表明,样品S9具有较高的放电容量、较好的循环稳定性和较小的电荷转移电阻。样品S9在0.1 C（25 mA·g-1）时的首次充电容量为345.0 mA·h·g-1,首次放电容量为273.9 mA·h·g-1,首次库伦效率为79.4%。1 C时,首次放电容量为188.1 mA·h·g-1,循环30周后放电容量为173.3 mA·h·g-1,容量保持率为92.1%。结果表明,尽管富锂正极材料R-3m层状结构在800℃煅烧后已经形成,但仍需要经过更高温度煅烧,以提高锂离子和过渡金属离子在各自层中的有序度,从而有效地提高材料的电化学性能。      

Cu-Zr-Ti块体非晶合金的形成及其力学性能

在Cu-Zr-Ti的三元合金系中发现了具有高非晶合金形成能力的Cu₆₀Zr_40-xTi_x(x=5%~27.5%,x为原子数分数)合金,采用铜模铸造法制备了块体非晶合金,其过冷液体温度区间为38~65?K.在该合金系中具有最高非晶形成能力的成分范围为Cu₆₀Zr_40-xTi_x(x=7.5%~12.5%),其非晶形成临界直径为5?mm,是Cu-Zr-Ti三元非晶合金中迄今为止非晶形成能力最高的合金.Cu₆₀Zr_40-xTix(x=7.5%~12.5%)块体非晶合金的杨氏模量、压缩断裂强度、压缩塑性应变和硬度分别为80~114?GPa,1?730~1?865?MPa,0.3%~1.5%和Hv 693~Hv 824,并随Ti含量的增加而提高.同时具有高非晶形成能力、高强度及显著塑性变形能力的铜基块体非晶合金的发现对非晶合金的基础研究和高性能结构材料的开发具有重要意义.     

Intensity profiles of the multiple scattering light near the cometary nucleus

The multiple scattering of solar radiation in the cometary atmosphere is treated with the method of successive scattering. Referring to in situ measurements of comet Halley about the size and spatial distributions of dust, the optical thickness τ₁ of dust has been estimated, i.e. τ₁=0.03 at wavelength λ=0.62μm in a quiet time, but τ₁=0.3 when the outbursts/jets occur. In the derivation of τ₁, optical properties of dust including a mixing ratio of absorbing to silicate grains, are determined based on the polarimetry of P/Halley at λ=0.62μm observed during the phase angles over Nov. 1985 to May 1986 at the Dodaira Station of Tokyo Astronomical Observatory.

It is found that a temporary enhancement of τ₁ leads an increase of the upward reflected intensity when the surface albedo A of the nucleus is less than 0.04, but the reverse is true when A>0.04. On the other hand, the intensity of the downward radiation at the surface of the nucleus always decreases as an increase of τ₁.     

Regolith-derived ferrosilicon as a potential feedstock material for wire-based additive manufacturing

Ferrosilicon is a primary metallic alloy produced during the reduction of metal oxides contained in lunar and Martian regolith by a variety of techniques. This study examines the usefulness of ferrosilicon as a candidate feedstock material for wire-based 3D printers designed for in-space manufacturing. Alloys of composition ranging from pure iron to 12?wt% Si were synthesized and their electrical and mechanical properties characterized. The melts were cast into rods for mechanical testing to determine ultimate strength and ductility. It was determined that the samples above 3?wt% Si were too brittle to be pulled into wire and ruptured at low strain values. The 3?wt% Si sample and iron had comparable mechanical properties relative to samples of higher silicon content but with differences in ductility and ultimate strength. Microstructure and compositional studies revealed the differences between the ductile and brittle samples as being the complete ferrite phase presence on the iron and low-Si content samples. This study establishes an upper limit on the Si content at 3?wt% in ferrosilicon materials to be used in wire feedstock in additive manufacturing for in-space applications.     

碘工质射频离子推力器栅极系统束流特性仿真

为分析碘工质射频离子推力器束流特性,应用粒子云网格算法（PIC）,对碘工质射频离子推力器栅极系统进行三维数值仿真。碘工质电离产物中除了大量存在的I⁺,还包含少量I₂⁺、I²⁺、I³⁺几种多价离子。对添加多价离子前后束流特性的仿真结果进行对比,得出该栅极系统离子空间分布、电势分布、离子相空间分布以及束流、束流发散角,并对变密度工况下束流大小进行统计。计算结果表明,程序能较好地模拟离子在栅极系统中的运动情况：添加多价离子后,等离子体悬浮电势有所上升,鞍点电势有所下降,但整体电势分布的变化幅度较小;添加多价离子后束流大小略有增加,束流发散角略有减小,通过理论分析可知仿真所得理论推力及理论比冲均有小幅度增加;放电室等离子体数密度增加到约2.4×10¹⁷m^-3时,该栅极系统达到了束流引出的极限,后续增大等离子体密度引出束流不增反降。模拟结果可以为碘工质射频离子推力器栅极系统的设计提供参考。     

磁流体力学激波的特征速度

根据磁流体力学间断面的守恒条件与磁流体力学单波方程的相似性,引入了一个称为磁流体力学激波特征速度的物理量,它是激波在波前后两侧介质中传播速度的几何平均值,当激波很弱时,它趋近于磁流体力学波的速度。本文导出一组以此特征速度为强度参数的激波跃变公式,形式上与单波的公式组非常相像,从而简化了激波跃变量的计算。其中密度跃变公式本身解析地证明:磁流体力学激波与磁流体力学波传播速度之间的关系是由激波是压缩波这一特性直接决定的。      

Validation of the operational IASI level 2 processor using AIRS and ECMWF data

The algorithms being implemented in EUMETSAT’s IASI Level 2 Product Processing Facility are validated with real case situations using AIRS data and comparing the retrieved atmospheric states with ECMWF analyses. The tests have been performed for clear-sky ocean scenes during daytime.

The Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) retrievals show very good performance, with retrieved atmospheric states standard deviations between 1 and 2 K in temperature and 10% and 20% in relative humidity when compared with ECMWF analysis in the troposphere. The EOF retrievals show relatively smooth profiles.

Results from an iterative retrieval show a standard deviation between 2 and 3 K in temperature and 10% and 30% in relative humidity when compared with ECMWF analyses in the troposphere. They tend to show meteorologically reasonable discontinuities in both temperature and relative humidity. This seems to be the reason why they do not compare as well with ECMWF analyses as the EOF retrievals do. Whether they are closer to reality or not will have to be tested with co-located radiosondes or similar more accurate data, which generally do not exhibit such smooth vertical profiles as ECMWF analyses do.     

Evaluation of gravity-dependent membrane potential shift in Paramecium.

It is still debated whether or not gravity can stimulate unicellular organisms. This question may be settled by revealing changes in the membrane potential in a manner depending on the gravitational forces imposed on the cell. We estimated the gravity-dependent membrane potential shift to be about 1 mV G⁻¹ for Paramecium showing gravikinesis at 1–5 G, on the basis of measurements of gravity-induced changes in active propulsion and those of propulsive velocity in solutions, in which the membrane potential has been measured electrophysiologically. The shift in membrane potential to this extent may occur from mechanoreceptive changes in K⁺ or Ca²⁺ conductance by about 1% and might be at the limit of electrophysiological measurement using membrane potential-sensitive dyes. Our measurements of propulsive velocity vs membrane potential also suggested that the reported propulsive force of Paramecium measured in a solution of graded densities with the aid of a video centrifuge microscope at 350 G was 11 times as large as that for −29 mV, i.e., the resting membrane potential at [K⁺]_o = 1 mM and [Ca²⁺]_o = 1 mM, and, by extrapolation, that Paramecium was hyperpolarized to −60 mV by gravity stimulation of 100- G equivalent, the value corrected by considering the reduction of density difference between the interior and exterior of the cell in the graded density solution. The estimated shift of the membrane potential from −29 mV to −60 mV by 100- G equivalent stimulation, i.e., 0.3 mV G⁻¹, could reach the magnitude entirely feasible to be measured more directly.