A model for H-2 formation by reaction of I-I-atoms with the surface of carbonaceous grains is developed. Such reactions, which involve interstitial I-I-atoms at low grain temperature and H-atoms bonded to -CH, -CH2 an...
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A model for H-2 formation by reaction of I-I-atoms with the surface of carbonaceous grains is developed. Such reactions, which involve interstitial I-I-atoms at low grain temperature and H-atoms bonded to -CH, -CH2 and -CH3 groups at higher temperature, occur promptly on the collision of an I-I-atom with a grain surface. The rate of hydrogen formation and the efficiency of reaction depend on both gas kinetic and dust temperature. The rate coefficient R (cm(3) s(-1)) for H-2 formation using this prompt-reaction model (PRM) can be calculated from laboratory data and is consistent with measured values of R, The dependence of R on ambient conditions in interstellar clouds can be easily estimated from this prompt-reaction model. R is found to be strongly dependent on gas kinetic temperature T-k and can exceed 10(-17) cm(3) s(-1), even for warm dust, when T-k greater than or equal to 300 K.
We investigate the conditions required for the existence of smectic-A liquid-crystal films freely suspended in vapor. This work is based on a molecular density-functional theory developed in earlier studies of wetting...
We present three-dimensional off-lattice Monte Carlo simulations on randomly branched polymers with annealed and quenched branching structures when monomers interact with each other through excluded volume interaction...
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Acoustic emission at frequencies between 20 Hz and 20 kHz during CO2 laser welding of steel contains important diagnostic information related to weld morphology, depth of penetration and the heat-affected zone. We hav...
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Acoustic emission at frequencies between 20 Hz and 20 kHz during CO2 laser welding of steel contains important diagnostic information related to weld morphology, depth of penetration and the heat-affected zone. We have recorded acoustic spectra under a variety of welding conditions with mild and galvanized steel sheet and find that a well-defined spectrum is obtained under conditions that lead to an optimization of these weld characteristics. A statistical approach is developed which yields a predictive measure of weld quality, based on a comparison between real-time acoustic spectra, and that obtained under optimized conditions. This technique is applied to an analysis of bead on plate, lap and butt laser welds in mild and galvanized steel.
We observed sharp resonances at certain frequencies in the acoustic and optical emission from metals during laser welding with a modulated CO2 laser beam. Strong emission is observed at high-order harmonics of the las...
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We observed sharp resonances at certain frequencies in the acoustic and optical emission from metals during laser welding with a modulated CO2 laser beam. Strong emission is observed at high-order harmonics of the laser modulation frequency. Harmonics whose frequencies overlap with bands of vibrational frequencies corresponding to eigenmodes of the keyhole are greatly enhanced, relative to other harmonics whose frequencies lie outside these bands. The keyhole and its surrounding liquid layer act as a frequency selective amplifier for pressure fluctuations induced by changes in the interaction of laser radiation with the walls of the keyhole. When a CW beam is used, random fluctuations with frequencies within these allowed bands are amplified to produce a spectrum consisting of a large number of overlapping but discrete frequency components. When the laser beam is modulated, a forced response is elicited resulting in a much simplified emission spectrum. These results offer some new insights into the physical mechanisms that convert laser radiation to heat in laser welding, drilling and cutting applications.
The propagation of heat into fused quartz during drilling with CO2 laser radiation had been studied using differential holographic interferometry. This technique yields the temporal evolution of the thermally induced ...
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The propagation of heat into fused quartz during drilling with CO2 laser radiation had been studied using differential holographic interferometry. This technique yields the temporal evolution of the thermally induced optical path difference in a cross section through the sample in a plane which contains the longitudinal axis of the drill hole. With the assumption of cylindrical symmetry, a portion of the temperature field in the sample has been obtained from these optical path length differences and is compared to the results of theoretical models for heat transfer from a high-aspect-ratio laser-heated drill hole. Isotherms derived in this way have been obtained during CO2 laser drilling of fused quartz in normal gravity and under the reduced gravity conditions of the NASA KC 135 aircraft under parabolic flight conditions. Heat transfer from a pre-drilled hole absorbing laser radiation has also been studied to evaluate the possible effect of material removal on heat transfer. Comparisons of these thermal profiles with those generated by numerical modelling of heat transfer from a laser-heated drill differences. Possible sources of these differences measured isotherms are discussed.
We have produced thin solid films of hydrogenated amorphous carbon (HAC) by vapor deposition in vacuum and have investigated the structure and infrared spectra of these materials under conditions in which they are at ...
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We have produced thin solid films of hydrogenated amorphous carbon (HAC) by vapor deposition in vacuum and have investigated the structure and infrared spectra of these materials under conditions in which they are at the point of decomposition. We find that the IR absorption spectrum of HAC under these conditions contains all the major spectral components seen in emission in nebulae. In addition, high-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy of HAC prior to decomposition reveals protographitic islands with dimensions similar to 1-5 nm showing that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-like molecular groups evolve from HAC. These experimental results suggest for the first time how PAHs and HAC may be related and how PAH molecules could evolve from HAC in regions of high excitation. The material produced as HAC decomposes is a very low density carbonaceous ''aerogel'' consisting primarily of these aromatic protographitic clusters in a weakly connected friable network. These protographitic clusters may be the source of interstellar graphite grains.
We have used Brillouin light scattering (BLS) to investigate the mechanical properties of thin polystyrene (PS) and polyisoprene (PI) films incorporated in a multilayer geometry consisting of alternating layers of the...
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A detailed analysis is reported examining the local magnetic susceptibility chi(r), in relation to the correlation function GIR) and correlation length xi, of a spherical model ferromagnet confined to geometry Omega =...
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A detailed analysis is reported examining the local magnetic susceptibility chi(r), in relation to the correlation function GIR) and correlation length xi, of a spherical model ferromagnet confined to geometry Omega = L(d-d') x infinity(d') (d' less than or equal to 2, d > 2) under a continuous set of twisted boundary conditions. The ''twist'' parameter ($) under bar tau in this problem may be interpreted as a measure of the geometry-dependent doping level of interfacial impurities (or antiferromagnetic seams) in the extended system at various temperatures. For tau(j) --> 0, For All j is an element of d-d', no seams are present except at infinity, whereas if tau(j) = 1/2, impurity saturation occurs. For 0 < tau(j) < 1/2 the physical domain Omega(phys) = D-d-d' x infinity(d') (D > L), defining the region between seams containing the origin, depends on temperature above a certain threshold (T > T-0). Below that temperature (T < T-0), seams are frozen at the same position (D approximate to L/2 tau, d-d' = 1), revealing a smoothly varying large-scale structural phase transition.
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LIU, WKDepartment of Physics
Guelph- Waterloo Program for Graduate Work in Physacs (GWP) University of Waterloo
The theory of the nonlinear optical processes in recent high-resolution coherent Raman spectroscopic studies of gases is reviewed, and a unified description of various spectroscopic techniques in terms of the correlat...
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The theory of the nonlinear optical processes in recent high-resolution coherent Raman spectroscopic studies of gases is reviewed, and a unified description of various spectroscopic techniques in terms of the correlation functions of molecular polarizability tenser is presented. A theoretical description of spectral line shapes in terms of a relaxation matrix, which provides the connection between the microscopic intermolecular potential and the experimental observables, is discussed. We pay particular attention to ab initio scattering calculations starting from accurate interaction potentials for the linewidths, line shifts, and line-mixing parameters for the system of deuterium molecules interacting with a bath of inert gas atoms, under a wide range of perturber densities. It is clear that for simple systems involving foreign gas broadening, the theory has reached the maturity that first-principles calculation of line spectra is highly feasible. Future directions of theoretical research from both a fundamental point of view and practical considerations are indicated.
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