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Microgravity nucleation and particle coagulation experiments support
This project is a part of a program at GSFC to study to formation and growth of cosmic dust grain analogs under terrestrial as well as microgravity conditions. Its primary scientific objective is to study the homogeneous nucleation of refractory metal vapors and a variety of their oxides among others, while the engineering, and perhaps a more immediate objective is to develop a system capable of producing mono-dispersed, homogeneous suspensions of well-characterized refractory particles for various particle interaction experiments aboard the Space Shuttle and Space Station Freedom. Both of these objectives are to be met by a judicious combination of laboratory experiments on the ground and aboard NASA's KC-135 experimental research aircraft. Major effort during the current reporting period was devoted to the evaluation of our very successful first series of microgravity test runs in Feb. 1990. Although the apparatus performed well, it was decided to 'repackage' the equipment for easier installation on the KC-135 and access to various components. It will now consist of three separate racks: one each for the nucleation chamber, the power subsystem, and the electronic packages. The racks were fabricated at the University of Virginia and the assembly of the repackaged units is proceeding well. Preliminary analysis of the video data from the first microgravity flight series was performed and the results appear to display some trends expected from Hale's Scaled Nucleation Theory of 1986. The data acquisition system is currently being refined
Microgravity nucleation and particle coagulation experiments support
Modifications to the nucleation apparatus suggested by our first microgravity flight campaign are complete. These included a complete 'repackaging' of the equipment into three racks along with an improved vapor spout shutter mechanism and additional thermocouples for gas temperature measurements. The 'repackaged' apparatus was used in two KC-135 campaigns: one during the week of June 3, 1991 consisting of two flights with Mg and two with Zn, and another series consisting of three flights with Zn during the week of September 23, 1991. Our effort then was focused on the analysis of these data, including further development of the mathematical models to generate the values of temperature and supersaturation at the observed points of nucleation. The efforts to apply Hale's Scaled Nucleation Theory to our experimental data have met with only limited success, most likely due to still inadequate temperature field determination. Work on the development of a preliminary particle collector system designed to capture particles from the region of nucleation and condensation, as well as from other parts of the chamber, are discussed
Microgravity nucleation and particle coagulation experiments support
Researchers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center have embarked on a program to study the formation and growth of cosmic grains. This includes experiments on the homogeneous nucleation of refractory vapors of materials such as magnesium, lead, tin, and silicon oxides. As part of this program, the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Virginia has undertaken to develop a math model for these experiments, to assist in the design and construction of the apparatus, and to analyze the data once the experiments have begun. Status Reports 1 and 2 addressed the design of the apparatus and the development of math models for temperature and concentration fields. The bulk of this report discusses the continued refinement of these models, and the assembly and testing of the nucleation chamber along with its ancillary equipment, which began in the spring of 1988
Rollup subsolar array Quarterly technical report, 5 Mar. - 30 May 1969
Thermal cycling and environmental tests for solar arra
Intermolecular N-H...O=C hydrogen bonding in the crystal structure of 6-amino-1,3-dimethyluracil
The 6-amino- 1,3-dimethyluracil molecule [6-amino- 1,3-
dimethyl-2,4(1H,3H)-pyrimidinedione], C6H9N302 (I),
lies on a crystallographic mirror plane and participates
in an extensive two-dimensional hydrogen-bonding network
in the solid state. Each molecule is involved in N--
H...O=C hydrogen bonding involving the amino and
carbonyl gr. oups, with O...N separations of 2.894 (3) and
2.904 (3) A
Microsecond resolution of quasiparticle tunneling in the single-Cooper-pair-transistor
We present radio-frequency measurements on a single-Cooper-pair-transistor in
which individual quasiparticle poisoning events were observed with microsecond
temporal resolution. Thermal activation of the quasiparticle dynamics is
investigated, and consequently, we are able to determine energetics of the
poisoning and un-poisoning processes. In particular, we are able to assign an
effective quasiparticle temperature to parameterize the poisoning rate.Comment: 4 pages, 4 fig
The structure of triphenylgermanium hydroxide
C18H~6GeO, Mr = 320.9, triclinic, Pi, a =
15.408 (6), b = 19.974 (7), c = 23.264 (11) A, a =
107.78 (4), 13 = 1.03.54 (4), y= 101.51 (3) °, V =
6338 (5)/~3, Z = 16, Dx = 1.34 g cm -3, a(Mo Ka) =
0.71073A, /z = 19.1cm-1, F(000)=2624, T=
293 K, R = 0.055 for 6846 observed reflections. The
eight independent molecules in the asymmetric unit
form two independent O--H...O hydrogen-bonded
tetramers with the O atoms in a flattened tetrahedral
arrangement [hydrogen-bond distances in the range
2.609 (11) to 2.657 (11)A]. The Ge atoms are tetrahedrally
coordinated with mean Gc O 1.791 (7) and
Gc C 1.931 (8) A
Mission-oriented requirements for updating MIL-H-8501. Volume 2: STI background and rationale
A supplement to the structure of a new flying and ground handling qualities specification for military rotorcraft structure is presented in order to explain the background and rationale for the specification structure, the proposed forms of criteria, and the status of the existing data base. Critical gaps in the data base for the new structure are defined, and recommendations are provided for the research required to address the most important of these gaps
A Minor Axis Surface Brightness Profile for M31
We use data from the Isaac Newton Telescope Wide Field Camera survey of M31
to determine the surface brightness profile of M31 along the south-east minor
axis. We combine surface photometry and faint red giant branch star counts to
trace the profile from the innermost regions out to a projected radius of 4
degrees (~55 kpc) where the V-band surface brightness is 32 mag per square
arcsec; this is the first time the M31 minor axis profile has been mapped over
such a large radial distance using a single dataset. We confirm the finding by
Pritchet & van den Bergh (1994) that the minor axis profile can be described by
a single de Vaucouleurs law out to a projected radius of 1.4 degrees or ~20
kpc. Beyond this, the surface brightness profile flattens considerably and is
consistent with either a power-law of index -2.3 or an exponential of
scalelength 14 kpc. The fraction of the total M31 luminosity contained in this
component is ~2.5%. While it is tempting to associate this outer component with
a true Population II halo in M31, we find that the mean colour of the stellar
population remains approximately constant at V-i~1.6 from 0.5-3.5 degrees along
the minor axis. This result suggests that the same metal-rich stellar
population dominates both structural components.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures, ApJ Letters in press, extremely minor
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