Neutron diffraction and ac magnetic susceptibility measurements were performed to study the effects of La doping on the structural and magnetic properties of polycrystalline Pr~Ba12xLax)2Cu3O71y . Structural studies using high-resolution neutron diffraction and Rietveld analysis indicate that La doping triggers the occupation of O on the antichain sites which reduces the degree of orthorhombici...

A conjugate heat transfer for steady two-dimensional mixed convection with magnetic hydrodynamic (MHD) flow of an incompressible quiescent fluid over an unsteady thermal forming stretching sheet has been studied. A parameter, M, which is used to represent the dominance of the magnetic effect has been presented in governing equations. The similar transformation and an implicit finite-difference ...

We report angle dependent and temperature dependent (9 K–300 K) photo-modulated reflectance (PR) studies on vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) structures, designed for 2.3 lm mid-infrared gas sensing applications. Changing the temperature allows us to tune the energies of the quantum well (QW) transitions relative to the VCSEL cavity mode (CM) energy. These studies show that this VC...

in the continuous gas lift operation, compressed gas is injected into the lower section of tubing through annulus. the produced liquid flow rate is a function of gas injection rate and injection depth. all the equations to determine depth of injection assumes constant density for gas based on an average temperature of surface and bottomhole that decreases the accuracy of gas lift design. also g...

Recently, Meder, Mayrhofer, and Waldmann [1,2] have proposed a model of causal diagnostic reasoning that predicts an interference of the predictive probability, Pr(Effect |Cause), in estimating the diagnostic probability, Pr(Cause |Effect), specifically, that the interference leads to an underestimation bias of the diagnostic probability. The objective of the experiment reported in the present ...

The interpretation of noble gas concentrations in groundwater with respect to recharge temperature and fractionated excess gas leads to different results on paleo-climatic conditions and on residence times depending on the choice of the gas partitioning model. Two fractionation models for the gas excess are in use, one assuming partial re-equilibration of groundwater supersaturated by excess ai...

West Africa is vulnerable to the effects of climate change. This paper analyzed the impacts of climate change on economic growth in Anglophone West Africa with similar background, during the periods 1969-2016. Five growth model equations have been developed to incorporate climate change variables into the model. Panel data estimations such as the fixed effect model, random effect model and Haus...

The radioactive tracer technique was applied to investigate the migration of cesium and zinc impurities from bottom antireflective coating (BARC) and photoresist (PR) into underlying substrate. The effects of normal baking temperatures and substrate types were studied. Our results indicated that BARC has higher migration ratios than PR, irrespective of the substrate types and normal baking temp...

Recently, a series of single wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) polyimide nanocomposites were developed since the demand of electroactive polymeric materials as sensors and actuators for use in high temperature applications has been growing. Adding SWNTs into electroactive polyimides enhanced their electrostrictive strain as well as their mechanical integrities and chemical stability. Although an incr...

In this work, a fine-grained structure with a uniform distribution of TiB2 particles and precipitates was achieved in TiB2 particle-reinforced (PR) Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys by friction stir processing (FSP). The effects of multi-pass FSP on the microstructure, and TiB2 particle distribution, as well as the microstructural evolution in the following T6 treatment, were investigated by X-ray diffraction...