The effects of Al content and annealing condition on the microstructures and corrosion performances of Mg-3 wt.%Cu-xAl(x=0,4 wt.%,8 wt.%)alloys were investigated.The Mg-3 wt.%Cu alloy contains Mg_(2)Cu phase,but Al-be...The effects of Al content and annealing condition on the microstructures and corrosion performances of Mg-3 wt.%Cu-xAl(x=0,4 wt.%,8 wt.%)alloys were investigated.The Mg-3 wt.%Cu alloy contains Mg_(2)Cu phase,but Al-bearing alloys contain MgAlCu and Mg_(17)Al_(12) phases.The Mg_(2)Cu and MgAlCu phases exhibit much higher Volta potential compared to Mg_(17)Al_(12) and α-Mg,and their volume fractions are related to Al content of alloys and annealing condition.The weight loss measurement and electrochemical tests are conducted to explore the corrosion performances of alloys.The close relationship between weight loss rate of alloys and volume fraction of Cu-bearing phases indicates that the corrosion performances of alloys can be controlled by adjusting Al content of alloys and annealing conditions.展开更多
Deformation kinking as an uncommon plastic deformation mechanism has been reported in several materials while the relevant microstructure evolution and grain refinement behavior at a large strain remain unclear so far...Deformation kinking as an uncommon plastic deformation mechanism has been reported in several materials while the relevant microstructure evolution and grain refinement behavior at a large strain remain unclear so far.In this study,the issue was systematically investigated by utilizing cold forging to impose severe plastic deformation(SPD)on Ti-11 V metastableβ-Ti alloys.It is found that the formation of kink bands experiences dislocation gliding,pre-kinking and the ripening of pre-kinks in sequences.The kink bands are subsequently thickened through the coalescence of multiple kink bands in a manner of high accommodation.Ordinary dislocation slip is developed as a dominant deformation mechanism when deformation kinking is exhausted.The resulting grain refinement involves transverse breakdown and longitudinal splitting of dislocation walls and cells,which fragment kink bands into smallβ-blocks.Further refinement of theβ-blocks is still governed by dislocation activities,and finally nanograins with a diameter of~15 nm are produced at a large strain of 1.2.Alternatively,it is revealed that nanocrystallization is highly localized inside kink bands while the outer microstructure maintains original coarse structures.Such localized refinement characterization is ascribed to the intrinsic soft nature of kink bands,shown as low hardness in nanoindentation testing.The intrinsic softening of kink bands is uncovered to originate from the inner degraded dislocation density evidenced by both experimental measurement and theoretical calculation.These findings enrich fundamental understanding of deformation kinking,and shed some light on exploring the deformation accommodation mechanisms for metal materials at large strains.展开更多
The Lobster Eye Imager for Astronomy(LEIA),a pathfinder of the Wide-field X-ray Telescope of the Einstein Probe mission,was successfully launched onboard the SATech-01 satellite of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on20...The Lobster Eye Imager for Astronomy(LEIA),a pathfinder of the Wide-field X-ray Telescope of the Einstein Probe mission,was successfully launched onboard the SATech-01 satellite of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on2022 July 27.In this paper,we introduce the design and on-ground test results of the LEIA instrument.Using stateof-the-art Micro-Pore Optics(MPO),a wide field of view of 346 square degrees(18.6°×18.6°)of the X-ray imager is realized.An optical assembly composed of 36 MPO chips is used to focus incident X-ray photons,and four large-format complementary metal-oxide semiconductor(CMOS)sensors,each of size 6 cm×6 cm,are used as the focal plane detectors.The instrument has an angular resolution of 4’-8’(in terms of FWHM)for the central focal spot of the point-spread function,and an effective area of 2-3 cm^(2) at 1 keV in essentially all the directions within the field of view.The detection passband is 0.5-4 keV in soft X-rays and the sensitivity is2-3×10^(-11) erg s^(-1) cm^(-2)(about 1 milliCrab)with a 1000 s observation.The total weight of LEIA is 56 kg and the power is 85 W.The satellite,with a design lifetime of 2 yr,operates in a Sun-synchronous orbit of 500 km with an orbital period of 95 minutes.LEIA is paving the way for future missions by verifying in flight the technologies of both novel focusing imaging optics and CMOS sensors for X-ray observation,and by optimizing the working setups of the instrumental parameters.In addition,LEIA is able to carry out scientific observations to find new transients and to monitor known sources in the soft X-ray band,albeit with limited useful observing time available.展开更多
A localized space-time method of fundamental solutions(LSTMFS)is extended for solving three-dimensional transient diffusion problems in this paper.The interval segmentation in temporal direction is developed for the a...A localized space-time method of fundamental solutions(LSTMFS)is extended for solving three-dimensional transient diffusion problems in this paper.The interval segmentation in temporal direction is developed for the accurate simulation of long-time-dependent diffusion problems.In the LSTMFS,the whole space-time domain with nodes arranged i divided into a series of overlapping subdomains with a simple geometry.In each subdomain,the conventional method of fundamental solutions is utilized and the coefficients associated with the considered domain can be explicitly determined.By calculating a combined sparse matrix system,the value at any node inside the space-time domain can be obtained.Numerical experi-ments demonstrate that high accuracy and efficiency can be simultaneously achieved via the LSTMFS,even for the problems defined on a long-time and quite complex computational domain.展开更多
The main characteristics of glass, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and polycarbon ate (PC) were presented. The transmittance of glass, PMMA and PC was measured by the UV-VIS spectroscopy analysis. PMMA and PC have the ...The main characteristics of glass, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and polycarbon ate (PC) were presented. The transmittance of glass, PMMA and PC was measured by the UV-VIS spectroscopy analysis. PMMA and PC have the advantages of higher tra nsparency, higher resistance and lower density. It is indicated that both PMMA a nd PC are suitable for encapsulating solar minimodules.展开更多
A branch of high-frequency Alfvenic modes is observed on the HL-2A tokamak.The electromagnetic mode can be driven unstably in the plasma with an off-axis neutral beam heating.Its mode frequency keeps almost unchanged ...A branch of high-frequency Alfvenic modes is observed on the HL-2A tokamak.The electromagnetic mode can be driven unstably in the plasma with an off-axis neutral beam heating.Its mode frequency keeps almost unchanged or presents a slow-sweeping behavior,depending on the detail current evolution.The poloidal and toroidal mode numbers are𝑚m/n=1/1.The mode has a quite short duration(≤20 ms)and usually appears 5-10 ms after the neutral beam being injected into the plasma.Hybrid simulations based on M3D-K have also been carried out.The result suggests that co-passing energetic particles are responsible for the mode excitation.The simulated mode structures are localized nearby location of minimum safety factor(q_(min))and agree with the structures obtained through tomography of soft x-ray arrays.Further,the modes are localized in the continuum gap and their frequencies increase with variation of𝑞min in a wide range.Last but not least,the characteristic of unchanged frequency on experiment is also reproduced by the nonlinear simulation with a fixed safety factor.All those evidences indicate that the𝑛n=1 high-frequency mode may belong to a reversed shear Alfven eigenmode.展开更多
The kinetic effects of thermal particles and fast ions on internal kink(IK)mode are numerically investigated by the MHD-kinetic hybrid code MARS-K.It is shown that either thermal particles or fast ions have stabilizin...The kinetic effects of thermal particles and fast ions on internal kink(IK)mode are numerically investigated by the MHD-kinetic hybrid code MARS-K.It is shown that either thermal particles or fast ions have stabilizing influence on IK.However,the former can not fully stabilize IK,and the later can suppress the IK.In addition,the synergistic effect from thermal particles and fast ions induces more stronger damping on IK.The kinetic effects from particles significantly raise the critical value of poloidal beta(βpcrit)for driving IK in the toroidal plasma.This implies a method of controlling IK or sawtooth in the high-βp discharge scenario of tokamak.It is noted that,at the q=1 rational surface,mode structure becomes more sharp due to the self-consistent modification by particles’kinetic effect.展开更多
The superτ-charm facility(STCF)is an electron–positron collider proposed by the Chinese particle physics community.It is designed to operate in a center-of-mass energy range from 2 to 7 GeV with a peak luminosity of...The superτ-charm facility(STCF)is an electron–positron collider proposed by the Chinese particle physics community.It is designed to operate in a center-of-mass energy range from 2 to 7 GeV with a peak luminosity of 0.5×10^(35) cm^(–2)·s^(–1) or higher.The STCF will produce a data sample about a factor of 100 larger than that of the presentτ-charm factory—the BEPCII,providing a unique platform for exploring the asymmetry of matter-antimatter(charge-parity violation),in-depth studies of the internal structure of hadrons and the nature of non-perturbative strong interactions,as well as searching for exotic hadrons and physics beyond the Standard Model.The STCF project in China is under development with an extensive R&D program.This document presents the physics opportunities at the STCF,describes conceptual designs of the STCF detector system,and discusses future plans for detector R&D and physics case studies.展开更多
Bulk density is an indicator of soil compaction subject to anthropogenic impact,essential to the interpretation of any nutrient budgets,especially to perform carbon inventories.It is so expensive to measure bulk densi...Bulk density is an indicator of soil compaction subject to anthropogenic impact,essential to the interpretation of any nutrient budgets,especially to perform carbon inventories.It is so expensive to measure bulk density in arctic/sub-arctic and there are relatively very few field measurements are available.Therefore,to establish a bulk density and SOC empirical relationship in Canada’s arctic and sub-arctic ecosystems,compiled all the bulk density and SOC measurements that are available in Northern Canada.In addition an attempt has been made for bulk density and SOC field measurement in Yellowknife and Lupin,to develop an empirical relationship for Canada’s arctic and sub-arctic.Relationships between bulk density(BD)and soil organic carbon(SOC)for mineral soil and organic soils(0–100 cm depth)were described by exponential functions.The best fit model,predictive bulk density(BDp),for mineral soil,(BDp=0.701+0.952 exp(0.29 SOC),n=702,R2=0.99);for organic soil(BDp=0.074+2.632 exp(0.076 SOC),n=674,R2=0.93).Different soil horizons have different bulk densities and may require different predictive equations,therefore,developed predictive best fit exponential equation for both mineral and organic soils together(BDp=0.071+1.322 exp(0.071 SOC),n=1376,R2=0.984),where X is a dummy variable with a value of 0 for surface peat(0–25 cm depth)and 1 for subsurface peat(25–175 cm).We recommend using the soil organic carbon density approach to estimate BD from SOC because it allows BD to be predicted without significant bias.展开更多
Canada’s Arctic and sub-arctic consist 46%of Canada’s landmass and contain 45%of the total soil organic carbon(SOC).Pronounced climate warming and increasing human disturbances could induce the release of this SOC t...Canada’s Arctic and sub-arctic consist 46%of Canada’s landmass and contain 45%of the total soil organic carbon(SOC).Pronounced climate warming and increasing human disturbances could induce the release of this SOC to the atmosphere as greenhouse gases.Canada is committed to estimating and reporting the greenhouse gases emissions and removals induced by land use change in the Arctic and sub-arctic.To assess the uncertainty of the estimate,we compiled a site-measured SOC database for Canada’s north,and used it to compare with a polygon database,that will be used for estimating SOC for the UNFCCC reporting.In 10 polygons where 3 or more measured sites were well located in each polygon,the site-averaged SOC content agreed with the polygon data within±33%for the top 30 cm and within±50%for the top 1 m soil.If we directly compared the SOC of the 382 measured sites with the polygon mean SOC,there was poor agreement:The relative error was less than 50%at 40%of the sites,and less than 100%at 68%of the sites.The relative errors were more than 400%at 10%of the sites.These comparisons indicate that the polygon database is too coarse to represent the SOC conditions for individual sites.The difference is close to the uncertainty range for reporting.The spatial database could be improved by relating site and polygon SOC data with more easily observable surface features that can be identified and derived from remote sensing imagery.展开更多
Introduction Operation target beam power of China Spallation Neutron Source(CSNS),as the China's first 100 kW beam power pulsed neutron source,is now larger than 80 kW.During the beam power upgrading process of CS...Introduction Operation target beam power of China Spallation Neutron Source(CSNS),as the China's first 100 kW beam power pulsed neutron source,is now larger than 80 kW.During the beam power upgrading process of CSNS to 50 kW from 2018 to 2019,many improvements have been made for the front end of CSNS.Results The improvements mainly focus on solving the problems of ion source instability and the radio frequency quadrupole(RFQ)sparking caused by the pre-chopped beam into RFQ.展开更多
CoFe_(2)O_(4)/Pb(Zr_(0.53)Ti_(0.47))TO_(3)(abbreviated as CFO/PZT)multiferroic composite thick films were successfully fabricated on alumina substrate with gold bottom electrode by screen printing method at a low-sint...CoFe_(2)O_(4)/Pb(Zr_(0.53)Ti_(0.47))TO_(3)(abbreviated as CFO/PZT)multiferroic composite thick films were successfully fabricated on alumina substrate with gold bottom electrode by screen printing method at a low-sintering temperature.The processing included the modi fication and dispersion of ferromagnetic CFO powder and ferroelectric PZT powder,the preparation of uniform pastes,and the selection of proper annealing temperature for composite thick films.Transmission electron microscopic pictures(TEM)indicated the submicron meter of particles size for both CFO and PZT particles.After annealing at 900℃ for 1 h in air,tape test con firmed the quality of multiferroic thick films as well as pure CFO and PZT films.X-ray diffraction(XRD)showed a coexistence of CFO and PZT phases;furthermore,a smooth surface was observed through scanning electron microscopic(SEM)pictures along with the sharp cross-sectional picture,indicative of 100m of film thickness.Ferromagnetic and ferroelectric properties were observed in CFO/PZT films simultaneously at room temperature.Compared with the reported CFO/PZT multiferrroic thin films,the present ferromagnetic property was closing to that of the chemical solgel synthesized film and even that from the physical pulsed laser deposition technique.However,the ferroelectric property showed a degenerated behavior,possible reasons for this was discussed and further optimization was also proposed for the potential multifunctional application.展开更多
基金financially supported by the Foundation of Chinese Academic of Sciences(No.CXJJ-17-M158)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51701226)
文摘The effects of Al content and annealing condition on the microstructures and corrosion performances of Mg-3 wt.%Cu-xAl(x=0,4 wt.%,8 wt.%)alloys were investigated.The Mg-3 wt.%Cu alloy contains Mg_(2)Cu phase,but Al-bearing alloys contain MgAlCu and Mg_(17)Al_(12) phases.The Mg_(2)Cu and MgAlCu phases exhibit much higher Volta potential compared to Mg_(17)Al_(12) and α-Mg,and their volume fractions are related to Al content of alloys and annealing condition.The weight loss measurement and electrochemical tests are conducted to explore the corrosion performances of alloys.The close relationship between weight loss rate of alloys and volume fraction of Cu-bearing phases indicates that the corrosion performances of alloys can be controlled by adjusting Al content of alloys and annealing conditions.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51871176,51722104,51922017,51972009)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Nos.2017YFA0700701,2017YFB0702301)+2 种基金the 111 Project 2.0 of China(No.PB2018008)Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China(No.2018JM5098)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.xtr022019004)。
文摘Deformation kinking as an uncommon plastic deformation mechanism has been reported in several materials while the relevant microstructure evolution and grain refinement behavior at a large strain remain unclear so far.In this study,the issue was systematically investigated by utilizing cold forging to impose severe plastic deformation(SPD)on Ti-11 V metastableβ-Ti alloys.It is found that the formation of kink bands experiences dislocation gliding,pre-kinking and the ripening of pre-kinks in sequences.The kink bands are subsequently thickened through the coalescence of multiple kink bands in a manner of high accommodation.Ordinary dislocation slip is developed as a dominant deformation mechanism when deformation kinking is exhausted.The resulting grain refinement involves transverse breakdown and longitudinal splitting of dislocation walls and cells,which fragment kink bands into smallβ-blocks.Further refinement of theβ-blocks is still governed by dislocation activities,and finally nanograins with a diameter of~15 nm are produced at a large strain of 1.2.Alternatively,it is revealed that nanocrystallization is highly localized inside kink bands while the outer microstructure maintains original coarse structures.Such localized refinement characterization is ascribed to the intrinsic soft nature of kink bands,shown as low hardness in nanoindentation testing.The intrinsic softening of kink bands is uncovered to originate from the inner degraded dislocation density evidenced by both experimental measurement and theoretical calculation.These findings enrich fundamental understanding of deformation kinking,and shed some light on exploring the deformation accommodation mechanisms for metal materials at large strains.
基金supported by the Einstein Probe project,a mission in the Strategic Priority Program on Space Science of CAS(grant Nos.XDA15310000,XDA15052100)in part been supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Program under the AHEAD2020 project(grant No.871158).
文摘The Lobster Eye Imager for Astronomy(LEIA),a pathfinder of the Wide-field X-ray Telescope of the Einstein Probe mission,was successfully launched onboard the SATech-01 satellite of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on2022 July 27.In this paper,we introduce the design and on-ground test results of the LEIA instrument.Using stateof-the-art Micro-Pore Optics(MPO),a wide field of view of 346 square degrees(18.6°×18.6°)of the X-ray imager is realized.An optical assembly composed of 36 MPO chips is used to focus incident X-ray photons,and four large-format complementary metal-oxide semiconductor(CMOS)sensors,each of size 6 cm×6 cm,are used as the focal plane detectors.The instrument has an angular resolution of 4’-8’(in terms of FWHM)for the central focal spot of the point-spread function,and an effective area of 2-3 cm^(2) at 1 keV in essentially all the directions within the field of view.The detection passband is 0.5-4 keV in soft X-rays and the sensitivity is2-3×10^(-11) erg s^(-1) cm^(-2)(about 1 milliCrab)with a 1000 s observation.The total weight of LEIA is 56 kg and the power is 85 W.The satellite,with a design lifetime of 2 yr,operates in a Sun-synchronous orbit of 500 km with an orbital period of 95 minutes.LEIA is paving the way for future missions by verifying in flight the technologies of both novel focusing imaging optics and CMOS sensors for X-ray observation,and by optimizing the working setups of the instrumental parameters.In addition,LEIA is able to carry out scientific observations to find new transients and to monitor known sources in the soft X-ray band,albeit with limited useful observing time available.
基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grants B200203009 and B200202126)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant BK20190073)+2 种基金the State Key Laboratory of Acoustics,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant SKLA202001)the State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and System Safety of Traffic Engineering Structures,Shijiazhuang Tiedao University(Grant KF2020-22)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grants 2017M611669 and 2018T110430).
文摘A localized space-time method of fundamental solutions(LSTMFS)is extended for solving three-dimensional transient diffusion problems in this paper.The interval segmentation in temporal direction is developed for the accurate simulation of long-time-dependent diffusion problems.In the LSTMFS,the whole space-time domain with nodes arranged i divided into a series of overlapping subdomains with a simple geometry.In each subdomain,the conventional method of fundamental solutions is utilized and the coefficients associated with the considered domain can be explicitly determined.By calculating a combined sparse matrix system,the value at any node inside the space-time domain can be obtained.Numerical experi-ments demonstrate that high accuracy and efficiency can be simultaneously achieved via the LSTMFS,even for the problems defined on a long-time and quite complex computational domain.
文摘The main characteristics of glass, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and polycarbon ate (PC) were presented. The transmittance of glass, PMMA and PC was measured by the UV-VIS spectroscopy analysis. PMMA and PC have the advantages of higher tra nsparency, higher resistance and lower density. It is indicated that both PMMA a nd PC are suitable for encapsulating solar minimodules.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2019YFE03020000)the National Natu ral Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12125502)+1 种基金the Sichuan Science and Technology Program(Grants No.2020JDJQ0070)the Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan(Grant No.2022NSFSC1823).
文摘A branch of high-frequency Alfvenic modes is observed on the HL-2A tokamak.The electromagnetic mode can be driven unstably in the plasma with an off-axis neutral beam heating.Its mode frequency keeps almost unchanged or presents a slow-sweeping behavior,depending on the detail current evolution.The poloidal and toroidal mode numbers are𝑚m/n=1/1.The mode has a quite short duration(≤20 ms)and usually appears 5-10 ms after the neutral beam being injected into the plasma.Hybrid simulations based on M3D-K have also been carried out.The result suggests that co-passing energetic particles are responsible for the mode excitation.The simulated mode structures are localized nearby location of minimum safety factor(q_(min))and agree with the structures obtained through tomography of soft x-ray arrays.Further,the modes are localized in the continuum gap and their frequencies increase with variation of𝑞min in a wide range.Last but not least,the characteristic of unchanged frequency on experiment is also reproduced by the nonlinear simulation with a fixed safety factor.All those evidences indicate that the𝑛n=1 high-frequency mode may belong to a reversed shear Alfven eigenmode.
基金the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2019YFE03050003)the National Magnetic Confinement Fusion Science Program(Grant No.2018YFE0304103)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11775067 and11905067)。
文摘The kinetic effects of thermal particles and fast ions on internal kink(IK)mode are numerically investigated by the MHD-kinetic hybrid code MARS-K.It is shown that either thermal particles or fast ions have stabilizing influence on IK.However,the former can not fully stabilize IK,and the later can suppress the IK.In addition,the synergistic effect from thermal particles and fast ions induces more stronger damping on IK.The kinetic effects from particles significantly raise the critical value of poloidal beta(βpcrit)for driving IK in the toroidal plasma.This implies a method of controlling IK or sawtooth in the high-βp discharge scenario of tokamak.It is noted that,at the q=1 rational surface,mode structure becomes more sharp due to the self-consistent modification by particles’kinetic effect.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China under Contract No.2022YFA1602200the International Partnership Program of the Chineses Academy of Sciences under Grant No.211134KYSB20200057the STCF Key Technology Research and Development Project.
文摘The superτ-charm facility(STCF)is an electron–positron collider proposed by the Chinese particle physics community.It is designed to operate in a center-of-mass energy range from 2 to 7 GeV with a peak luminosity of 0.5×10^(35) cm^(–2)·s^(–1) or higher.The STCF will produce a data sample about a factor of 100 larger than that of the presentτ-charm factory—the BEPCII,providing a unique platform for exploring the asymmetry of matter-antimatter(charge-parity violation),in-depth studies of the internal structure of hadrons and the nature of non-perturbative strong interactions,as well as searching for exotic hadrons and physics beyond the Standard Model.The STCF project in China is under development with an extensive R&D program.This document presents the physics opportunities at the STCF,describes conceptual designs of the STCF detector system,and discusses future plans for detector R&D and physics case studies.
文摘Bulk density is an indicator of soil compaction subject to anthropogenic impact,essential to the interpretation of any nutrient budgets,especially to perform carbon inventories.It is so expensive to measure bulk density in arctic/sub-arctic and there are relatively very few field measurements are available.Therefore,to establish a bulk density and SOC empirical relationship in Canada’s arctic and sub-arctic ecosystems,compiled all the bulk density and SOC measurements that are available in Northern Canada.In addition an attempt has been made for bulk density and SOC field measurement in Yellowknife and Lupin,to develop an empirical relationship for Canada’s arctic and sub-arctic.Relationships between bulk density(BD)and soil organic carbon(SOC)for mineral soil and organic soils(0–100 cm depth)were described by exponential functions.The best fit model,predictive bulk density(BDp),for mineral soil,(BDp=0.701+0.952 exp(0.29 SOC),n=702,R2=0.99);for organic soil(BDp=0.074+2.632 exp(0.076 SOC),n=674,R2=0.93).Different soil horizons have different bulk densities and may require different predictive equations,therefore,developed predictive best fit exponential equation for both mineral and organic soils together(BDp=0.071+1.322 exp(0.071 SOC),n=1376,R2=0.984),where X is a dummy variable with a value of 0 for surface peat(0–25 cm depth)and 1 for subsurface peat(25–175 cm).We recommend using the soil organic carbon density approach to estimate BD from SOC because it allows BD to be predicted without significant bias.
基金This study is supported by a joint project between Environment Canada and Natural Resources Canada for estimation of greenhouse gases emissions and removals from land use changes over Canada’s Arctic and sub-arctic,and it is also supported by the climate change program in Natural Resources Canada.
文摘Canada’s Arctic and sub-arctic consist 46%of Canada’s landmass and contain 45%of the total soil organic carbon(SOC).Pronounced climate warming and increasing human disturbances could induce the release of this SOC to the atmosphere as greenhouse gases.Canada is committed to estimating and reporting the greenhouse gases emissions and removals induced by land use change in the Arctic and sub-arctic.To assess the uncertainty of the estimate,we compiled a site-measured SOC database for Canada’s north,and used it to compare with a polygon database,that will be used for estimating SOC for the UNFCCC reporting.In 10 polygons where 3 or more measured sites were well located in each polygon,the site-averaged SOC content agreed with the polygon data within±33%for the top 30 cm and within±50%for the top 1 m soil.If we directly compared the SOC of the 382 measured sites with the polygon mean SOC,there was poor agreement:The relative error was less than 50%at 40%of the sites,and less than 100%at 68%of the sites.The relative errors were more than 400%at 10%of the sites.These comparisons indicate that the polygon database is too coarse to represent the SOC conditions for individual sites.The difference is close to the uncertainty range for reporting.The spatial database could be improved by relating site and polygon SOC data with more easily observable surface features that can be identified and derived from remote sensing imagery.
文摘Introduction Operation target beam power of China Spallation Neutron Source(CSNS),as the China's first 100 kW beam power pulsed neutron source,is now larger than 80 kW.During the beam power upgrading process of CSNS to 50 kW from 2018 to 2019,many improvements have been made for the front end of CSNS.Results The improvements mainly focus on solving the problems of ion source instability and the radio frequency quadrupole(RFQ)sparking caused by the pre-chopped beam into RFQ.
基金This work was supported by the tier-2 research grant of ARC 04/06 funded by Ministry of Education,Singapore.
文摘CoFe_(2)O_(4)/Pb(Zr_(0.53)Ti_(0.47))TO_(3)(abbreviated as CFO/PZT)multiferroic composite thick films were successfully fabricated on alumina substrate with gold bottom electrode by screen printing method at a low-sintering temperature.The processing included the modi fication and dispersion of ferromagnetic CFO powder and ferroelectric PZT powder,the preparation of uniform pastes,and the selection of proper annealing temperature for composite thick films.Transmission electron microscopic pictures(TEM)indicated the submicron meter of particles size for both CFO and PZT particles.After annealing at 900℃ for 1 h in air,tape test con firmed the quality of multiferroic thick films as well as pure CFO and PZT films.X-ray diffraction(XRD)showed a coexistence of CFO and PZT phases;furthermore,a smooth surface was observed through scanning electron microscopic(SEM)pictures along with the sharp cross-sectional picture,indicative of 100m of film thickness.Ferromagnetic and ferroelectric properties were observed in CFO/PZT films simultaneously at room temperature.Compared with the reported CFO/PZT multiferrroic thin films,the present ferromagnetic property was closing to that of the chemical solgel synthesized film and even that from the physical pulsed laser deposition technique.However,the ferroelectric property showed a degenerated behavior,possible reasons for this was discussed and further optimization was also proposed for the potential multifunctional application.
