Influence of weather condtion on the field peas (PisumsativumL.ssp. sativum) vegetation period and yield

Field pea (Pisumsativum L. ssp. sativum) is a universal pulse crop. One of the actual problems in its production is the influence of weather condition on the variability of pea economic characters and its properties. The purpose of the research (2009–2018) was to compare the vegetation period and interstage periods of the Hangildin and Chishminskiy 229 pea varieties with weather condition and seed yield. According to the results of the conducted research, it can be seen that the duration of the vegetation period and the yield of field pea grain was influenced by weather condition. The average daily air temperature affected the duration of the sowingsprouting period in pea varieties Hangildin and Chishminskiy 229. The duration of the two periods (sprouting-flowering and flowering-ripeness) was influenced by features of the used varieties and the temperature condition (r = -0.472, the link is significant and r = -0.788). The duration of the sprouting-ripeness period depended on the average daily temperatures (r = -0.481), the amount of precipitation (r = 0.937), and the HTC (hydrothermal coefficient) (r = 0.927). Precipitation increased the duration of the full vegetation period (r = 0.892). On average, over 10 years of research on field pea it should be noted that there wasa close relationship between the duration of its vegetation period (r = 0.844), the duration of the flowering-ripeness period (r = 0.679) and the yield of seeds. The relationship between the seed yield and the sowing - sprouting period (r = 0.451) and between the seed yield and the sprouting - flowering period (r = 0.446) was revealed. The connection was found positive. The connection with the average daily air temperature of this period was negative (r = -0.213). The results of the research can be successfully used during cultivation of domestic and foreign varieties of field pea. In international practice, the results of this experiment can be successfully applied in selective improvement of field pea and the development of new, high-tech varieties

Morphological and structural features of the CdxPb1−xS films obtained by CBD from ethylenediamine-citrate bath

The calculating of ionic equilibria in the system «Pb(CH3COO)2 - CdCl2 - Na3C6H5O7 - ‎(NH3)2(CH2)2 - N2H4CS» allowed us to find conditions and concentration regions of PbS and CdS co-deposition. The determined conditions provided the CBD obtaining of CdxPb1−xS (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.033) substitutional solid solutions films with a cubic structure B1 (space group Fm ) with the grains preferred orientation (200). We established the evolution of the surface morphology of the synthesized films from cubic crystallites to hierarchical structure of globular aggregates by scanning electron microscopy. A quantitative analysis of diffraction patterns showed a decrease of microstrains in CdxPb1−xS films by a about factor of 3 with an increase of the cadmium chloride concentration in the reaction mixture from 0.005 to 0.14 mol/l. The excess of the cadmium content, established by EDX analysis, in the studied films as compared to its content in the solid solution is associated with the additional formation of the amorphous CdS phase up to 72 mol %.A Corrigendum is available for this article at https://doi.org/10.15826/chimtech.2021.8.2.12

The Gd2−x Mgx Zr2 O7−x/2 Solid Solution: Ionic Conductivity and Chemical Stability in the Melt of LiCl-Li2 O

Materials with pyrochlore structure A2 B2 O7 have attracted considerable attention owing to their various applications as catalysts, sensors, electrolytes, electrodes, and magnets due to the unique crystal structure and thermal stability. At the same time, the possibility of using such materials for electrochemical applications in salt melts has not been studied. This paper presents the new results of obtaining high-density Mg2+-doped ceramics based on Gd2 Zr2 O7 with pyrochlore structure and comprehensive investigation of the electrical properties and chemical stability in a lithium chloride melt with additives of various concentrations of lithium oxide, performed for the first time. The solid solution of Gd2−x Mgx Zr2 O7−x/2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.10) with the pyrochlore structure was obtained by mechanically milling stoichiometric mixtures of the corresponding oxides, followed by annealing at 1500◦ C. The lattice parameter changed non-linearly as a result of different mechanisms of Mg2+ incorporation into the Gd2 Zr2 O7 structure. At low dopant concentrations (x ≤ 0.03) some interstitial positions can be substituted by Mg2+, with further increasing Mg2+-content, the decrease in the lattice parameter occurred due to the substitution of host-ion sites with smaller dopant-ion. High-density ceramics 99% was prepared at T = 1500◦ C. According to the results of the measurements of electrical conductivity as a function of oxygen partial pressure, all investigated samples were characterized by the dominant ionic type of conductivity over a wide range of pO2 (1 × 10–18 ≤ pO2 ≤ 0.21 atm) and T < 800◦ C. The sample with the composition of x = 0.03 had the highest oxygen-ion conductivity (10−3 S·cm−1 at 600◦ C). The investigation of chemical stability of ceramics in the melt of LiCl with 2.5 mas.% Li2 O showed that the sample did not react with the melt during the exposed time of one week at the temperature of 650◦ C. This result makes it possible to use these materials as oxygen activity sensors in halide melts. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.Russian Foundation for Basic Research, РФФИ: 20-43-660033Funding: The work is financially supported by RFBR and Sverdlovsk region, project number 20-43-660033

New and Old Results in Resultant Theory

Resultants are getting increasingly important in modern theoretical physics: they appear whenever one deals with non-linear (polynomial) equations, with non-quadratic forms or with non-Gaussian integrals. Being a subject of more than three-hundred-year research, resultants are of course rather well studied: a lot of explicit formulas, beautiful properties and intriguing relationships are known in this field. We present a brief overview of these results, including both recent and already classical. Emphasis is made on explicit formulas for resultants, which could be practically useful in a future physics research.Comment: 50 pages, 15 figure

Characterization of soil bacteria with potential to degrade benzoate and antagonistic to fungal and bacterial phytopathogens

The aim of this work was to search for new microbial strains, which are characterized by the ability to increase the bioavailability of nutrients, phytostimulation, the antifungal effect and the decomposition of some xenobiotics. A few isolated strains of the genera Bacillus and Pseudomonas were characterized by high activity against fungal phytopathogen

Corrigendum to Morphological and structural features of the CdxPb1−xS films obtained by CBD from ethylenediamine-citrate bath

Available online: 04.07.2021.The original article, “Kutyavina AD, Maskaeva LN, Voronin VI, Anokhina IA, Markov VF. Morphological and structural features of the CdxPb1−xS films obtained by CBD from ethylenediamine-citrate bath. Chimica Techno Acta. 2021;8(2):20218210”, is available at: https://doi.org/10.15826/chimtech.2021.8.2.10The research was financially supported by 211 Program of the Government of the Russian Federation (No. 02.A03.21.0006) and the state assignment of Minobrnauki of Russia (theme “Flux”, No АААА-А18-118020190112-8), was carried out within the state assignment of Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (theme No. Н687.42Б.223/20) and supported by RFBR (projects No. 20-48-660041)

STRUCTURE AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SOLID SOLUTION Gd2-XMgXZr2O7-D

Solid solutions Gd2-xMgxZr2O7-d are based on pyrochlore Gd2Zr2O7, which is considered as durable thermal barrier coat. Therefore, corrosion resistant Mg-doped Gd2Zr2O7 can be used to detect oxygen in Li-contained melt. Such solid solutions have suitable mechanical and electrochemical properties.Работа выполнена при финансовой поддержке гранта РФФИ № 20-43-660033 р_

Electrical Properties of Li+-Substituted Solid Solutions Based on Gd2Zr2O7

Abstract: Solid solution (Formula presented.) with a pyrochlore structure is synthesized for the first time. The cationic composition is confirmed via chemical analysis and nuclear reactions. It is found that the stoichiometry with respect to lithium is retained up to 1100°C. The lattice parameter diminishes in the homogeneity range 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.30, while the free volume of migration grows. Introducing lithium into the Gd sublattice raises oxygen–ion conductivity, due to the emergence of oxygen vacancies and enhancement of their mobility. Maximum conductivity is reached for composition with х = 0.10 (~1 × 10−3 Ω−1 cm−1, 650°C). An assumption is made about the formation of associates of the type (Formula presented.) at high contents of the dopant (x = 0.30), accompanied by an increase in the activation energy of conductivity. © 2021, The Author(s).This work was performed with a grant from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 20-43-660033, and financial support from the State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM (State Contract no. Н.4о.241.19.21.1070 of April 16, 2021; electronic identifier 07731000003210000330001)

Determination of the muon charge sign with the dipolar spectrometers of the OPERA experiment

The OPERA long-baseline neutrino-oscillation experiment has observed the direct appearance of $\nu_\tau$ in the CNGS $\nu_\mu$ beam. Two large muon magnetic spectrometers are used to identify muons produced in the $\tau$ leptonic decay and in $\nu_\mu^{CC}$ interactions by measuring their charge and momentum. Besides the kinematic analysis of the $\tau$ decays, background resulting from the decay of charmed particles produced in $\nu_\mu^{CC}$ interactions is reduced by efficiently identifying the muon track. A new method for the charge sign determination has been applied, via a weighted angular matching of the straight track-segments reconstructed in the different parts of the dipole magnets. Results obtained for Monte Carlo and real data are presented. Comparison with a method where no matching is used shows a significant reduction of up to 40\% of the fraction of wrongly determined charges.Comment: 10 pages. Improvements in the tex