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Light Scattering in Transparent Glass Ceramics
Transparent glass ceramic materials, with microstructures comprised of
dispersed nanocrystallites in a residual glass matrix, offer the prospect of
nonlinear optical properties. However, good transparency requires low optical
scattering and low atomic absorption. The attenuation of light due to
scattering (turbidity) will depend upon the difference in refractive index of
the two phases and the size and distribution of crystals in the glass. Here, we
model the glass ceramic as a late-stage phase-separated structure, and compute
scattering in this model. We find that the turbidity follows a k^8 R^7
relationship, where k is the wavevector of light in the glass ceramic and R is
the average radius of the crystals in the glass.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Field trip guide to Oligocene Limestones and Caves in the Waitomo District
The field guide runs from Hamilton to Waitomo to Te Anga and return in limestone-dominated country developed in transgressive sedimentary deposits of the Oligocene Te Kuiti Group – a world class example of a temperate shelf carbonate depositional system. Attention focuses on the nature, distribution and paleoenvironmental controls of the main limestone facies and some of the mixed terrigenous-carbonate facies in the Group. Along the way features of the Waitomo karst landscape are noted and the trip concludes by going underground in the Ruakuri Cave to discuss cave origins and the evidence for paleoenvironmental changes locked up in speleothems
Reentrant Adhesion Behavior in Nanocluster Deposition
We simulate the collision of atomic clusters with a weakly attractive surface
using molecular dynamics in a regime between soft-landing and fragmentation,
where the cluster undergoes large deformation but remains intact. As a function
of incident kinetic energy, we find a transition from adhesion to reflection at
low kinetic energies. We also identify a second adhesive regime at intermediate
kinetic energies, where strong deformation of the cluster leads to an increase
in contact area and adhesive energy.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure
Transition from Icosahedral to Decahedral Structure in a Coexisting Solid-Liquid Nickel Cluster
We have used molecular dynamics simulations to construct a microcanonical
caloric curve for a 1415-atom Ni icosahedron. Prior to melting the Ni cluster
exhibits static solid-liquid phase coexistence. Initially a partial icosahedral
structure coexists with a non-wetting melt. However at energies very close to
the melting point the icosahedral structure is replaced by a truncated
decahedral structure which is almost fully wet by the melt. This structure
remains until the cluster fully melts. The transition appears to be driven by a
preference for the melt to wet the decahedral structure.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure
Solid-liquid phase coexistence and structural transitions in palladium clusters
We use molecular dynamics with an embedded atom potential to study the
behavior of palladium nanoclusters near the melting point in the microcanonical
ensemble. We see transitions from both fcc and decahedral ground state
structures to icosahedral structures prior to melting over a range of cluster
sizes. In all cases this transition occurs during solid-liquid phase
coexistence and the mechanism for the transition appears to be fluctuations in
the molten fraction of the cluster and subsequent recrystallization into the
icosahedral structure.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figure
Molecular dynamics simulations of reflection and adhesion behavior in Lennard-Jones cluster deposition
We conduct molecular dynamics simulations of the collision of atomic clusters
with a weakly-attractive surface. We focus on an intermediate regime, between
soft-landing and fragmentation, where the cluster undergoes deformation on
impact but remains largely intact, and will either adhere to the surface (and
possibly slide), or be reflected. We find that the outcome of the collision is
determined by the Weber number, We i.e. the ratio of the kinetic energy to the
adhesion energy, with a transition between adhesion and reflection occurring as
We passes through unity. We also identify two distinct collision regimes: in
one regime the collision is largely elastic and deformation of the cluster is
relatively small but in the second regime the deformation is large and the
adhesion energy starts to depend on the kinetic energy. If the transition
between these two regimes occurs at a similar kinetic energy to that of the
transition between reflection and adhesion, then we find that the probability
of adhesion for a cluster can be bimodal. In addition we investigate the
effects of the angle of incidence on adhesion and reflection. Finally we
compare our findings both with recent experimental results and with macroscopic
theories of particle collisions.Comment: 18 pages, 13 figure
Performance of Roasted Cocoa Bean Winnower for Small Holder Chocolate Producers
Cocoa bean winnowing has a function to separate cocoa nibs from shell after roasting process of dry bean. Nibs are further processed into fine cocoa liquor by refining process. The aim of this experiment was to evaluate working performance of a home-scale winnower to separate shell from nibs with minimum shell parchment content in cocoa nibs. This experiment was conducted in Postharvest Laboratory at the Indonesian Coffee and Cocoa Research Institute using roasted cocoa bean grade A according to standard of SNI 2323:2008/ Amd1:2010 with shell content of 15% originated from Forastero cocoa. Working performance of the home-scale winnower was evaluated based on shell parchment content in the output, its capacity, energy consumption and power transfer efficiency value by several air suction rates as variable. Data were analyzed using regression and variance analysis to evaluate the influence of the rate and to determine the optimum machine operation. Results of regression and variance analysis from winnowing experiment with air suction rate of 0.54 m/s; 0.63 m/s; 0.72 m/s and 0.90 m/s indicated that shell parchment content in cocoa nibs and power transfer efficiency value were affected by the rate. The optimum machine performance was obtained on 0.72 m/s of air suction rate with total winnowing capacity was 2.615 kg/hour, energy consumption of 132 Watt, power transfer efficiency value of 61.01% and shell parchment content was 1.06%. Shell parchment content in cocoa nibs was appropriate regarding to the SNI standard with maximum content of 1.75%
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