Pressure Dependence of the Small-Signal Gain and Saturation Intensity of a Copper Bromide Laser

A pair of copper bromide lasers in an oscillator–amplifier configuration is used to investigate the small signal gain and saturation intensity as amplifying parameters and output power of lasers, versus pressure of buffer gas. It is shown that the amplifying parameters and laser output power have a maximum value at optimum buffer gas pressure of 11？Torr. The challenge between microscopic parameters such as stimulated emission cross section, laser upper level lifetime, and population inversion, which determine the values of laser characteristics respective to the operational pressure of buffer gas, are investigated. Thus an optimum delay time of about 10？ns is determined, and a maximum output power equivalent to about 12？W is extracted. The amplifying parameters and measured output power of laser versus delay times show some local maxima and minima at the delay time interval of 6–43？ns.

Pressure and Time Dependences of the Supercooled Liquid-to-Liquid Transition in Sulfur

Thermal behavior of bulk amorphous sulfur is investigated by in situ temperature measurements at high pressures of 0.9, 1.4 and 2.1 GPa, and under different heating rates of 8, 10 and 12K/min at 0.9 GPa. The results show that the onset temperature of the transition from the supercooled Hquid to the liquid state for sulfur increases with the pressure and the heating rate. It is deduced that the transition does not follow the Clapeyron equation, indicating considerable coupling of the molecular structure change in the transition. Along with the data at ambient pressure and high pressure, we present a dynamic diagram to demonstrate the relationship between the amorphous solid, supercooled liquid, liquid, and crystal phases of sulfur, and suggest an experimental approach to establish pressure-temperature-time transition diagrams for supercooled liquid and liquid.

Empirical rock physics relationships on carbonate dry-frame elastic properties

Laboratory tests were conducted to analyze the ultrasonic velocity response to the pressure change in dry carbonate rocks from the Weyburn oilfield,Canada.Twenty-four samples are from seven wells with helium porosities ranging from 1%to 29%.Thin-section images,SEM and mercury intrusion porosimetry were performed to show their inner structures and pore throat size distributions.P-and S-wave velocities(V_(p) and V_(s))measurements were first done under hydrostatic loading and then while unloading,with confining pressures varying between 3 and 35 MPa.The results indicate that V_(p) and V_(s) in these samples follow a linear relation independent of the pressure change.The ratio V_(p)/V_(s) is more responsive to pressure change irrespective of the pore volume.One-third of the carbonate samples show abnormal V_(p)/V_(s) reduction with the increase in the effective pressure.The pressure dependence of velocities(PDV)of Weyburn carbonate rocks varies widely even for samples from the same formation with similar sedimentary history.Samples with loosely packed crystals and/or relatively large dominant pore diameter have higher PDV.The exponential empirical model V=A−Ce^(DPe) was tested;therein,V is the elastic wave velocity,Pe is the effective confining pressure,and A,C and D are the best fitting coefficients determined by curve fitting.The model gives good fits for most of the Weyburn carbonate samples.From a statistical point of view,there is no difference between the V_(p)-and V_(s)-derived exponential coefficient D.

Modified Burzynski criterion with non-associated flow rule for anisotropic asymmetric metals in plane stress problems

The Burzynski criterion is developed for anisotropic asymmetric metals with the non-associated flow rule （NAFR） for plane stress problems. The presented pressure depending on the yield criterion can be calibrated with ten experimental data, i.e., the tensile yield stresses at 0°, 45°, and 90°, the compressive yield stresses at 0°, 15°, 30°, 45°, 75°, and 90° from the rolling direction, and the biaxial tensile yield stress. The corresponding pressure independent plastic potential function can be calibrated with six experimental data, i.e., the tensile R-values at 0°, 15°, 45°, 75°, and 90° from the rolling direction and the tensile biaxial R-value. The downhill simplex method is used to solve these ten and six high nonlinear equations for the yield and plastic potential functions, respectively. The results show that the presented new criterion is appropriate for anisotropic asymmetric metals.

Experimental constraints on trace element partitioning between coesite and hydrous silicate melt at 5 GPa and 1500-1750℃

Trace element partitioning between coesite and hydrous silicate melt has been investigated at 5 GPa and 1500-1750℃.High-P experiments successfully produced large coesite crystals in equilibrium with large silicate melt pools(plus kyanite and corundum crystals in some cases).Scanning electron microscopy and micro-Raman spectroscopy were employed to characterize the phases and the textures.Wavelength-dispersive electron microprobe analyses were performed to quantify conventional major elements,and laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry analyses were successfully conducted to quantify trace elements.Eventually,high-P partition coefficients were obtained for 33 elements.In general coesite is a very pure phase.With a few possible exceptions like Sc,Ti,and V,nearly all other trace elements are incompatible in coesite.Moreover,the partitioning behaviors of nearly all trace elements except some 4+cations cannot be readily described by the lattice strain model,presumably implying a minor role for the cation size in the trace-element partitioning.Combining our experimental results with the results in the literature,some T and P effects on the element partitioning behavior have been observed:T seemingly has different effects on different trace elements,but P might negatively correlate with the partition coefficients in all cases.Due to its large modal fraction in some subducted materials such as the continental crustal material,coesite might play an important role in the distributions of some trace elements,Ti for example.