简介:Thesurfaceshapeofliquidwateriswellcontrolledduringnanosecondpulselaserablationplasmapropulsion.Inthisstudy,wemeasuredtheeffectoftheshapeonthecouplingcoefficientandthespecificimpulse.Wefoundthatthecouplingcoefficientandspecificimpulsecouldbeoptimizedbyvaryingthesurfaceconvexity.Basedontheanalysisofthesurfaceradiuscurvature,wedemonstratethattheconvexsurfacechangesthelaserfocalpositionstoachievehighefficiency.
简介:Hydrogenthermalplasmajetwasemployedtopreparenano-sizedboronpowderwithhydrogenreductionofBCl3.Themaximumyieldofnano-sizedboronpowderswasabout50%withtheoperationalconditionsofH2/BCl3of4.5:1,totalfeedof4.9m3/h,andplasmapowerof25kW.ThesampleswereanalyzedbyX-raydiffraction(XRD),fieldemissionscanningelectronmicroscopy(FE-SEM),andinductivelycoupledplasma-massspectrometry(ICP-MS),inductivelycoupledplasma-atomicemissionspectrometry(ICP-AES),inductivecombustioninfraredabsorption(ICIA)andinfraredthermalconductivityofoxygenandnitrogenanalyzer(ITCA).Theresultsshowthattheboronpowdershavedifferentcrystalstructureswithhigherdispersionandpurity.Theaveragediameterisabout50nm,andthepurityis90.29%orso.Thisnewtechnologycanusesimpleprocesstoproducehighqualityboronpowders,andisfeasibleforindustrialproduction.
简介:Thermalplasmawasappliedforthetreatmentofcokewastewatersludgederivedfromthesteelindustryinordertoinvestigatethefeasibilityofthesafetreatmentandenergyrecoveryofthesludge.A30kWplasmatorchsystemwasappliedtostudythevitrificationandgasproductionofcokewastewatersludge.Toxicityleachingresultsindicatedthatthesludgetreatedviathethermalplasmaprocessconvertedintoavitrifiedslagwhichresistedtheleachingofheavymetals.CO2wasutilizedasworkinggastostudytheproductionandheatenergyofthesyngas.Theheatingvalueofthegasproductsbythermalplasmaachieved8.43kJ/L,indicatingthefurtherutilizationofthegasproducts.Consideringtheutilizationofthesyngasandrecoveryheatfromthegasproducts,theestimatedtreatmentcostofcokewastewatersludgeviaplasmatorchwasabout0.98CNY/kgsludgeintheexperiment.Bypreliminaryeconomicanalysis,thedehydrationcosttakesanimportantpartofthetotalsludgetreatmentcost.Thetreatmentcostofthecokewastewatersludgewith50wt.%moisturewascalculatedtobeabout1.45CNY/kgsludgedrybasis.Thetreatmentcostofthecokewastewatersludgecouldbeeffectivelycontrolledbydecreasingthewatercontentofthesludge.Thesefindingssuggestthataneconomicdewateringpretreatmentmethodcouldbecombinedtocutthetotaltreatmentcostinanactualtreatmentprocess.
简介:FractionsofplasmaproteinofmaleKunmingmice(bodyweight24.2±0.3g),treatedwithCisplatini.p.injectionindoseof10mg/kg,wereobtainedbyseparationonSephadex-G-50columns,bufferedwithammoniumacetatetopH5.7,TheXSRFexperimentswereperformedattheBEPC(BeijingElectronPositronCollider)synchrotronradiationfacility.Theelements(Pt,S,Ca,Fe,Ni,Cu,Zn,Se,BrandSr)inthefractionoftheplasmaproteins(>22KD)wereassayedusinghighlysensitiveSXRF.TherelativeconcentrationsofelementswerecalculatedbyanormalizationofCOmptonscatteringintensityaround22KeV,afterthenormalizationforcollectingtimeofX-rayspectrumandthecountingoftheionchamber,andsubractingthecontributionofthepolycarbonatefilmusedforsupportingthesamples.ThedeterminationcouldprovethattheelementPtinplasmawasboundwithmacro-molecularprotein.CuandSwerepresentinthefractionoftheproteininmicetreatedwithCisplatinandexhibitedanincrease,therationoftreated/controlwere1.66±0.06and1.78±0.33repectively,whereasZndecreasedtoaratioof0.78±0.09,OurresultsareinagreementwithotherswhichshowedthatCisplatinexposureleadstoamarkedlossofkidneycopper,andamoderateriseindidneyzinc.However,thisworkmainlyfocussedontheimplementationofthisanalyticalprocedure,butnotontheresultsoftheinvestigationsoftheeffectofCisplatinontraceelementsinplasmaprotein.
简介:Whenwespeakofclusters,wehaveinmindentitieswhichhaveneitherthewell-definedcompositions,geometries,andstrongbondsofconventionalmoleculesnortheboundary-independentpropertiesofbulkmatter.Forexample,anaggregateofafewatomsheldtogetherbyVanderWaalsforcesconstitutesacluster.Butclustersneednotbeweaklybound,severalmetalatomsboundtogetheralsoconstituteacluster.Clustersneednotbecomposedofasinglekindofchemicalentity,eitheratomicormolecular,
简介:Dependenceofthecurrent-voltagecharacteristicsofanon-transferredDCcascadedplasmatorchusedfornanoparticlesynthesis,ontheplasmacurrentandtheplasmaargongasflowratearereportedinthispaper.Thepotentialstructureinsidethetorchanditsdependenceontheplasmacurrentandgasflowratearealsoinvestigated.Thearcvoltageisseentoexhibitnegativecharacteristicforacurrentbelow150Aandpositivecharacteristicabovethatcurrentvalue.Thevoltagedropneartheelectrodesisfoundtodecreasewiththeincreaseinplasmacurrent.25%ofthetotalvoltageisdroppednearthecathodeataplasmacurrentof50Aandaargonplasmagasflowrateof10literperminute(LPM),anditdecreasesto12%withthecurrentincreasingto300A,andto17%withagasflowrateof25LPM.Thevariationinthetorchefficiencywiththegasflowrateandplasmacurrentisalsoreported.Theefficiencyofthetorchisfoundtobebetween36%and48%.Inaddition,theplasmagastemperatureatvariouspositionsofthereactorandfordifferentcurrentsandvoltagesaremeasuredbycalorimetricestimationwithaheatbalancetechnique.
简介:Objective:Tostudythechangesofthrombomodulin(TM)inbothplasmaandtissueextractsofcancerpatientsforevaluatingitsclinicalsignificance.Methods:PlasmaTMlevelsweremeasuredbyenzyme-linkedimmunosorbentassay(ELISA)inbothplasmaof188cancerpatientsand24cancertissueextractsincludingtheiradjacentnon-cancertissues.Results:TheplasmaTMlevelsbothincancerpatientsandinmetastasispatientsweresignificantlyhigherthanthatincontrols[(33.47±14.25)μg/L,(41.68±16.96)μg/L,vs(20.40±7.22)μg/L,P<0.01].TheplasmaTMlevelsincancerpatientsafteroperationdecreasedobviouslythanthatbeforeoperation[(18.45±9.96)μg/L,vs(28.29±11.74)μg/L,P<0.01],whereas,theplasmaTMlevelsinpatientswithrecurrenceandmetastasisafteroperationincreasedobviously[(34.50±12.57)μg/L].Amongthetypesofcancer,theplasmaTMlevelsinmetastasislungcancers,gastriccancersandpancreaticcancersweresignificantlyhigherthanthatinnon-metastasisrespectivecancers.Nosignificantdifferenceswerefoundbetweencontrolsandnon-metastasiscancersincludinggastriccancers,pancreaticcancers,nasopharyngealcancers,largeintestinecancersandlaryngealcancers(P>0.05).TheTMlevelsincancertissueextractsweresignificantlylowerthanthatintheiradjacentnon-cancertissueextracts[(647.71±317.51)μg/Lvs(1455.63±772.22)μg/L,P<0.01].Onthecontrary,theplasmaTMlevelsinthesecancersweresignificantlyhigherthanthatincontrols.Conclusion:TheriseofplasmaTMlevelsincancerpatientswasassociatedwithmetastasisanddiffusionofcancers.TheTMlevelscanbeservedasansensitiveindexforjudgingprogressionandmetastasisofcancers.
简介:Thepoloidalrotationofthemagnetizededgeplasmaintokamakdrivenbytheponderomotiveforcewhichisgeneratedbyinjectinglowerhybridwave(LHW)electricfieldhasbeenstudied.TheLHWislaunchedfromawaveguideintheplasmaedge,andbyBrambilla’sgrilltheory,analyticexpressionsforthewaveelectricfieldintheslabmodelofaninhomogeneouscoldplasmahavebeenderived.ItisshownthatastrongwaveelectricfieldwillbegeneratedintheplasmaedgebyinjectingLHwaveofthepowerinMWmagnitude,andthiselectricfieldwillinduceapoloidalrotationwithashearedpoloidalvelocity.PACS:52.55.Fa
简介:学习指南针这是报刊、网站上常见的知识小短文,以普及常识为主旨,点到即止,并不会深入探讨细节。文章覆盖的时间从公元前四千多年的美索不达米亚人到16世纪的教皇格列高利十三世,再到现代,时间跨度达六千多年。四百多字的短文显然无法深究历法变化的各种原因及细节,只能非常简单地介绍几大主要事件。阅读时要注意把握变化趋势——即时间愈往后,历法越准确。
简介:ThefabricationofX-raymasksisacriticalandchallengingprocessinLIGAtechnique.Asinductivelycoupledplasma(ICP)deepetchingappearstobethemostsuitablesourcefordeepsiliconetching,wefabricatedanewtypeX-raymaskusingthistechnique.IncomparisonwithothertypesofX-raymasks,themaskwefabricatedhastheadvantagesofitslowcostanditssimplefabricationprocess.BesiredmicrostructureshavealsobeenfabricatedusingthisnewtypeX-raymaskinLIGAtechnique.
简介:Anovelatmosphericplasmadevicedevelopedinthispaper,whichismoreeffectiveandconvenienttostudytheplasma-initiatedpolymerization(PIP)thanconventionalsetup.Thestructureandmechanismofthedeviceisintroduced.Someplasma-initiatedpolymerizationexperimentsarecarriedoutonthedevice,andtheconversionofAA(Acrylicacid)andAM(Acrylamide)atmospheric(N2)plasmapolymerizationarerespectively89%and94%after120hpostpolymerization,wherebyIRspectraoftheproduct(AA,AM).OurPIPresultareconfirmed.
简介:Thehydrophilicityofsiliconehydrogelsusedassoftcornealcontactlensplaysanimportantroleinwearingcomfort.Inordertoenhancehydrophilicityandproteinresistance,siliconehydrogelmembranesweremodifiedbyatmosphericpressureglowdischargeplasma(APGDP)inducedsurfacegraftpolymerizationofN-vinylpyrrolidone(NVP)andpoly(oligoethyleneglycolmethylethermethacrylate)(PEGMA)inthispaper.XPSanalysisdemonstratedthesuccessofgraftpolymerizationofNVPandPEGMAontothesurfaceofsiliconehydrogelmembranes.Thehydrophilicityofsiliconehydrogelswascharacterizedbythemeasurementofwatercontactangle(WCA).TheresultshowedthatNVPgraftedsiliconehydrogelhastheWCAofabout68°andPEGMAgraftedsiliconehydrogelhasthelowestWCAofabout62°,whilethepristinesiliconehydrogelishydrophobicwiththeWCAofabout103°.Proteinresistanceofsiliconehydrogelswasinvestigatedbythemethodofbicinchoninicacidassayusingbovineserumalbumin(BSA)asamodel.It'sfoundthatthegraftedsiliconehydrogelhasasignificantimprovementofproteinresistance,andPEGMAgraftingismoreefficientforthereductionofproteinadsorptionthanNVPgrafting.ThesiliconehydrogelmembranesgraftedwithNVPandPEGMAaregoodcandidatesofsoftcornealcontactlenses.