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Polyhedral units and network connectivity in calcium aluminosilicate glasses from high-energy x-ray diffraction
Structure factors for Cax/2AlxSi1-xO2 glasses (x=0,0.25,0.5,0.67) extended to
a wave vector of magnitude Q= 40 1/A have been obtained by high-energy x-ray
diffraction. For the first time, it is possible to resolve the contributions of
Si-O, Al-O and Ca-O coordination polyhedra to the experimental atomic pair
distribution functions (PDF). It has been found that both Si and Al are
four-fold coordinated and so participate in a continuous tetrahedral network at
low values of x. The number of network breaking defects in the form of
non-bridging oxygens (NBO's) increases slowly with x until x=0.5 (NBO's ~ 10%
at x=0.5). By x=0.67 the network breaking defects become significant as
evidenced by the significant drop in the average coordination number of Si. By
contrast, Al-O tetrahedra remain free of NBO's and fully integrated in the
Al/Si-O network for all values of x. Calcium maintains a rather uniform
coordination sphere of approximately 5 oxygen atoms for all values of x. The
results suggest that not only Si/Al-O tetrahedra but Ca-O polyhedra, too, play
a role in determining the glassy structure
Transition rates and nuclear structure changes in mirror nuclei 47Cr and 47V
Lifetime measurements in the mirror nuclei 47Cr and 47V were performed by
means of the Doppler-shift attenuation method using the multidetector array
EUROBALL, in conjunction with the ancillary detectors ISIS and the Neutron
Wall. The determined transition strengths in the yrast cascades are well
described by full pf shell model calculations.Comment: Latex2e, 11 pages, 3 figure
Testing He density distributions by calculations of total reaction cross-sections of He+Si
Calculations of the He + Si total reaction cross sections at
intermediate energies are performed on the basis of the Glauber-Sitenko
microscopic optical-limit model. The target-nucleus density distribution is
taken from the electron-nucleus scattering data, and the He densities
are used as they are derived in different models. The results of the
calculations are compared with the existing experimental data. The effects of
the density tails of the projectile nuclei as well as the role of shell
admixtures and short-range correlations are analyzed.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figures. Submitted to the International Journal of Modern
Physics
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