23 research outputs found
Refractive Index of Humid Air in the Infrared: Model Fits
The theory of summation of electromagnetic line transitions is used to
tabulate the Taylor expansion of the refractive index of humid air over the
basic independent parameters (temperature, pressure, humidity, wavelength) in
five separate infrared regions from the H to the Q band at a fixed percentage
of Carbon Dioxide. These are least-squares fits to raw, highly resolved spectra
for a set of temperatures from 10 to 25 C, a set of pressures from 500 to 1023
hPa, and a set of relative humidities from 5 to 60%. These choices reflect the
prospective application to characterize ambient air at mountain altitudes of
astronomical telescopes.Comment: Corrected exponents of c0ref, c1ref and c1p in Table
Rayleigh Imaging of Graphene and Graphene Layers
We investigate graphene and graphene layers on different substrates by
monochromatic and white-light confocal Rayleigh scattering microscopy. The
image contrast depends sensitively on the dielectric properties of the sample
as well as the substrate geometry and can be described quantitatively using the
complex refractive index of bulk graphite. For few layers (<6) the
monochromatic contrast increases linearly with thickness: the samples behave as
a superposition of single sheets which act as independent two dimensional
electron gases. Thus, Rayleigh imaging is a general, simple and quick tool to
identify graphene layers, that is readily combined with Raman scattering, which
provides structural identification.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figure
On the influence of Si:Al ratio and hierarchical porosity of FAU zeolites in solid acid catalysed esterification pretreatment of bio-oil
A family of faujasite (FAU) zeolites with different Si:Al ratio, and/or hierarchical porosity introduced via post-synthetic alkaline desilication treatment, have been evaluated as solid acid catalysts for esterification pretreatments of pyrolysis bio-oil components. Acetic acid esterification with aliphatic and aromatic alcohols including methanol, anisyl alcohol, benzyl alcohol, p-cresol and n-butanol was first selected as a model reaction to identify the optimum zeolite properties. Materials were fully characterised using N2 porosimetry, ICP, XRD, XPS, FT-IR, pyridine adsorption, NH3 TPD, In-situ ATR and inverse gas chromatography (IGC). IGC demonstrates that the surface polarity and hence hydrophobicity of FAU decreases with increased Si:Al ratio. Despite possessing a higher acid site loading and acetic acid adsorption capacity, high Al-content FAU possess weaker acidity than more siliceous catalysts. Esterification activity increases with acid strength and decreasing surface polarity following the order FAU30>FAU6>FAU2.6. The introduction of mesoporosity through synthesis of a hierarchical HFAU30 material further enhances esterification activity through improved acid site accessibility and hydrophobicity. Methanol was the most reactive alcohol for esterification, and evaluated with HFAU30 for the pretreatment of a real pyrolysis bio-oil, reducing the acid content by 76% under mild conditions
Description of Atmospheric Conditions at the Pierre Auger Observatory using the Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS)
Atmospheric conditions at the site of a cosmic ray observatory must be known
for reconstructing observed extensive air showers. The Global Data Assimilation
System (GDAS) is a global atmospheric model predicated on meteorological
measurements and numerical weather predictions. GDAS provides
altitude-dependent profiles of the main state variables of the atmosphere like
temperature, pressure, and humidity. The original data and their application to
the air shower reconstruction of the Pierre Auger Observatory are described. By
comparisons with radiosonde and weather station measurements obtained on-site
in Malarg\"ue and averaged monthly models, the utility of the GDAS data is
shown
An achromatic phase-shifter operating on the geometric phase
A simple device using half-wave and quarter-wave retarders is described which can be used in one of the beams of an interferometer to introduce a variable phase shift that is independent of the wavelength
Achromatic phase-shifters: 2. A quantized ferroelectric liquid-crystal system
A system using two quarter-wave retarders and two ferroelectric liquid-crystal devices is described which can be used in one of the beams of an interferometer to introduce phase shifts of 0°, 90° and 180° over a wide range of wavelengths without requiring any adjustments
Precise measurement of the absolute fluorescence yield of the 337 nm band in atmospheric gases
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Initial Results from the USNO Dispersed Fourier Transform Spectrograph
We have designed and constructed a âdispersed Fourier Transform Spectrometerâ (dFTS), consisting of a conventional FTS followed by a grating spectrometer.