Application of surfacing using consumable electrode with an additional filler wire to ensure the required operational properties of pipeline valves

A promising way to ensure the required operational properties of pipeline valves with a significant increase in productivity and quality of surfacing during its manufacture is the introduction of anti-corrosion surfacing technologies using a consumable electrode with the supply of an additional filler wire. A solution to the optimization problem of the proposed surfacing technology is complicated by a large number of its parameters, therefor the task was solved in stages. At the first stage, the parameters of the arc interaction between the electrode and filler wire was determined, and at the second - the specific features of the formation of the surfacing bath with such interaction. A virtual study of the process of surfacing with Inconel 625 wires in argon on steel 09G2S was carried out. The influence of the thermal effect of the deposition mode parameters on the main metal is determined. It has been established that, due to the fact that the heat flux in the main metal is created mainly by the droplet stream of the deposited metal from the main arc at high currents, the diameter of the electrode wire guaranteeing its burning should be larger than the filler wire. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd

Study on the influence of the magnetron power supply on the properties of the silicon nitride films

Silicon nitride (Si3N4) films were deposited by magnetron sputtering of silicon target in (Ar+N2) atmosphere with refractive index 1.95 - 2.05. The results of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrophotometry showed Si-N bonds in the thin films with concentration 2.41·1023 - 3.48·1023 cm-3. Dependences of deposition rate, optical characteristics and surface morphology on rate of N2 flow and properties of magnetron power supply

Crystal field and exchange interactions in the SmFe3(BO 3)4 multiferroic

The optical spectra of oriented SmFe3(BO3) 4 single crystals are studied in the region of the f-f transitions in the Sm3+ ion by Fourier spectroscopy. The energies, the symmetry properties, and the exchange splittings of the Stark sublevels of the ground and 17 excited multiplets of the Sm3+ ion in a crystal field of symmetry D 3 are determined from the measured temperature dependences of polarized-radiation absorption spectra. The parameters of the crystal field acting on samarium ions and the parameters of the exchange interaction between Sm3+ and Fe3+ ions are found. The anisotropy of the effective exchange interaction is shown to be substantially stronger than the magnetic anisotropy, due to a strong crystal-field-induced mixing of the ground and excited multiplets. © 2014 Pleiades Publishing, Inc

Holmium iron borate: High-resolution spectroscopy and crystal-field parameters

© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences.High-resolution transmission spectra of HoFe3(BO3)4 single crystals were measured in broad spectral (5000-23000 cm-1) and temperature (1.7-300 K) ranges. Crystal-field energies of the Ho3+ ions were determined for a paramagnetic and easy-Axis antiferromagnetic phases of the compound. On the basis of these data and of preliminary crystal-field calculations in the frame of the exchange-charge model, crystal-field parameters were found. A parameter of the isotropic Ho-Fe exchange interaction was estimated

AN ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURE ON SELF-GENERATED REVENUE IN SUPIORI REGENCY

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the effect of the economic growth and the capital expenditures on self-generated revenue of Supiori Regency during 2008 to 2014 partially and simultaneously. This research was a causative research aims to test hypotheses and explain the phenomenon in relation of the research variables. Data collected was from secondary sources such as government publication documents comprise of economic growth information, the amount of capital expenditures, and the region self-generated revenue. The population in this study was Audited Budget Realization Report and economic growth of Supiori Regency and Papua Province from 2008 to 2014. While the sample consisted of economic growth information based on accepted prices, capital expenditures and self-generated revenue of Supiori Regency and Papua province from 2008 to 2014. All these data being analyzed used a classical assumption test and path analysis. According to the analysis, the results showed that the economic growth of Supiori Regency has a positive and significant effect on self-generated revenue of Supiori partially and simultaneously in 2008 to 2014. While the allocation for capital expenditures from 2008 to 2014 has positive effect but not significant on the regional self-generated revenue in Supiori partially and simultaneously. Also, the allocation of capital expenditure and the economic development from 2008 to 2014 have positive but not significant effect on the regional self-generated revenue in Supiori partially and simultaneously. As can be seen from the pattern of correlation from each variables, this study concluded that the capital expenditures was not the intervening variables to the progress of the region self-generated revenue in Supiori Regency. Keywords : Self-Generated Revenue, Economic Growth, Capital Expenditur

Declining Oxygen in the Northeast Pacific

Climate models predict a decrease in oceanic dissolved oxygen and a thickening of the oxygen minimum zone, associated with global warming. Comprehensive observational analyses of oxygen decline are challenging, given generally sparse historical data. The Newport hydrographic (NH) line off central Oregon is one of the few locations in the northeast Pacific with long oxygen records. Good quality data are available here primarily in two time blocks: 1960–71 and 1998–present. Standard sampling extends from midshelf (bottom depth of 58 m) to 157 km offshore (bottom depth of 2880 m). Shipboard measurements have been supplemented in recent years (2006–present) with data from autonomous underwater gliders. Oxygen declines significantly over this 50-yr period across the entire NH line. In addition to decrease in the vicinity of the oxygen minimum depth (~800 m), oxygen decreases across a range of density surfaces σ[subscript θ] = 26–27 within the thermocline, in the depth range 100–550 m. A core of decreasing oxygen (0.7 ± 0.2 μmol kg⁻¹ yr⁻¹ or 0.016 ± 0.005 ml l⁻¹ yr⁻¹) is also found over the upper slope at 150–200-m depths, within the region of average northward flow associated with the poleward undercurrent. During the summer upwelling season, the largest decline is observed near bottom on the shelf: the dissolved oxygen of upwelled water, already low, is further reduced by shelf processes, leading to near-bottom hypoxia (<60 μmol kg⁻¹) on the Oregon shelf

Evidence for a collinear easy-plane magnetic structure of multiferroic EuF e3(B O3)4: Spectroscopic and theoretical studies

© 2016 American Physical Society.We performed high-resolution polarized optical transmission spectroscopy and theoretical studies of multiferroic EuFe3(BO3)4 single crystals in the three phases: paramagnetic R32(T>Ts=84K) and P3121(Ts>T>TN=34K), and antiferromagnetic (T<TN) ones. The analysis of the spectra reveals interesting details of the magnetic structure, namely, a collinear arrangement of the iron magnetic moments along the C2 symmetry axis in the ab crystallographic plane of EuFe3(BO3)4 below TN. Spectral signatures of the phase transitions and the spin-phonon interaction are observed and discussed. Reliable crystal-field and exchange-interaction parameters are obtained and used to model the magnetic susceptibility of the compound. The results of detailed calculations of the electric polarization of EuFe3(BO3)4 in the R32 phase are presented, and mechanisms of the magnetoelectric response are discussed. We detect a strong effect of impurities (that enter the crystal from a flux in the course of the crystal growth) on the structural phase-transition temperature and demonstrate a coexistence of both R32 and P3121 phases down to the lowest temperatures in a EuFe3(BO3)4 crystal grown with the Bi2Mo3O12 based flux, due to inhomogeneous distribution of impurity Bi3+ ions. Our study can be considered as a demonstration of the abilities of optical spectroscopy in delivering new information on a magnetic compound, even in the case when other methods fail

SeaSoar spectral light absorption and attenuation observations during the coastal mixing and optics experiment : R/V Endeavor cruises from 14-Aug to 1-Sep 1996 and 25-Apr to 15-May 1997

This data report includes documentation of the Coastal Mixing and Optics (CMO) Experiment inherent optical property surveys on the continental shelf and slope in the Mid-Atlantic Bight south of Cape Cod, Massachusettes, USA. The surveys were conducted aboard the R/V Endeavor during two physical oceanography cruises: E9608 (14 August to 1 September 1996) and E9704 (25 April to 15 May 1997). The objective of the CMO Experiment was to rapidly survey a region in the Mid-Atlantic Bight (centered around 40.5°N, 70.5°W) to obtain three-dimensional, high-resolution measurements which would allow further elucidation of the lengthscales, distributions and relationships between hydrographic and optical properties. This report describes the installation and deployment of the optical instrumentation as well as the data acquisition, data processing and editing of the inherent optical property data. Vertical sections and maps of the inherent optical properties obtained from the surveys are also presented

Influence of a high-frequency pulsed nanosecond diffusion discharge in the nitrogen atmosphere on the electrical characteristics of a CdHgTe epitaxial films

The effect of a high-frequency nanosecond volume discharge forming in an inhomogeneous electrical field at atmospheric pressure on the CdHgTe (CMT) epitaxial films is studied. The measurement of the electrophysical parameters of the CMT specimens upon irradiation shows that that the action of pulses of nanosecond volume discharge leads to changes in the electrophysical properties of CMT epitaxial films due to formation of a near-surface high-conductivity layer of the n-type conduction. The preliminary results show that it is possible to use such actions in the development of technologies for the controlled change of the properties of CMT narrow-band solid solutions and production of structures heterogeneous with respect to conduction

SeaSoar CTD observations from the central Oregon shelf, cruise W9907C : 13-31 July 1999 : a component of the Prediction of Wind-Driven Coastal Circulation Project

The primary objectives of R/V Wecoma cruise W9907C were to: 1) collect threedimensional fields of temperature, salinity, and light absorption and attenuation using the towed, undulating vehicle SeaSoar; 2) collect 3-D fields of velocity using shipboard ADCP; 3) to make turbulence profiles along a single cross-shelf transect; and 4) locate, recover, and either redeploy or replace a NOPP mooring which had been damaged by a fishing trawler earlier in the season