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Condensation of the atomic relaxation vibrations in lead-magnesium-niobate at
We present neutron diffraction, dielectric permittivity and photoconductivity
measurements, evidencing that lead-magnesium niobate experiences a diffuse
phase transformation between the spherical glass and quadrupole glass phases,
in the temperature interval between 400 K and 500 K, with the quadrupole phase
possessing extremely high magnitudes of dielectric permittivity. Our analysis
shows that the integral diffuse scattering intensity may serve as an order
parameter for this transformation. Our experimental dielectric permittivity
data support this choice. These data are important for the aplications desiring
giant dielectric responses, in a wide temperature intervals and not related to
electron's excitations.Comment: 6 figure
SPANISH-SPEAKING COMMUNITY: SEARCHING FOR STANDARD SPANISH
The article deals with the current issue of standard language, looking into the situation in the Spanish-speaking community where the language they share is to ensure comfortable interaction in everyday communication. A common language norm has been seen as vital for the Spanish language area if it is to preserve its linguistic and cultural identity in the globalized world. The study analyzes the history of emerging Standard Spanish concept and its recognition by the linguistic community.
The author addresses the interpretations of the Spanish pluricentric norm based on the standardized literary language that, in its turn, shapes the so-called Pan-Hispanic language norm. The Spanish language norms are explored not only from the traditional academic prescriptive point of view, but in the current Pan-Hispanic context as well
New data on acritarchs from the Upper Ordovician of the Tungus basin, Siberian platform
© 2014, Estonian Academy Publishers. All rights reserved. Distinctive late Ordovician acritarch assemblages have been discovered for the first time from about a 100 m sedimentary succession exposed along the Bol′shaya Nirunda River in Siberia. The studied stratigraphic interval includes the uppermost Baksian, Dolborian, Nirundian and Burian regional stages, which correspond to the Katian-?lowermost Hirnantian global stages. Acritarch assemblages from the Dolbor Regional Stage are exceptionally diverse and include aside from the longranging taxa several unique (endemic) morphotypes and a number of distinctive stratigraphically valuable species, well known outside Siberia. The occurrence of the acritarchs widespread outside Siberia is potentially important for interregional biostratigraphic correlations and might also play a significant role in biogeographic reconstructions. Having in mind that the Siberian palaeocontinent was located in a low-latitude tropical area during the entire Ordovician, the presence of taxa typical of cold-water settings along the Peri-Gondwana margin can be regarded as an additional evidence for penetration of cool-water currents into the epicontinental Tungus basin in the Upper Ordovician
Cluster superconductivity in the magnetoelectric Pb(Fe1/2Sb1/2)O3 ceramics
We report the observation of cluster (local) superconductivity in the
magnetoelectric Pb(Fe1/2Sb1/2)O3 ceramics prepared at a hydrostatic pressure of
6 GPa and temperatures 1200-1800 K to stabilize the perovskite phase. The
superconductivity is manifested by an abrupt drop of the magnetic
susceptibility at the critical temperature TC 7 K. Both the magnitude of this
drop and TC decrease with magnetic field increase. Similarly, the low-field
paramagnetic absorption measured by EPR spectrometer drops significantly below
TC as well. The observed effects and their critical magnetic field dependence
are interpreted as manifestation of the superconductivity and Meissner effect
in metallic Pb nanoclusters existing in the ceramics. Their volume fraction and
average size were estimated as 0.1-0.2% and 140-150 nm, respectively. The
superconductivity related effects disappear after oxidizing annealing of the
ceramics.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figure
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