the openings of copper converter in sarcheshmeh copper complex in iranis made of a heat resisting austenitic steel (fe-25cr-12ni) and many failures have been reported. understanding the failure mechanism of the alloy helps to develop better alloys for similar complex environments. samples of as-cast alloy and those taken from failed ones were examined. optical microscopy (om), x-ray diffraction...

2014 The crystal field level scheme of RX3 (R = Ce, Pr, Nd ; X = In, Pb) intermetallic compounds has been determined by fitting susceptibility curves and specific heat Schottky anomalies ; an inelastic neutron diffraction experiment has been performed for NdIn3. The fourth order C. E. F. parameter A04 r4 > of the cérium compounds is positive ; it decreases for the praseodymium compounds an...

The positions of Laurentia and other landmasses in the Precambrian supercontinent of Rodinia are controversial. Although geological and isotopic data support an East Antarctic fit with western Laurentia, alternative reconstructions favor the juxtaposition of Australia, Siberia, or South China. New geologic, age, and isotopic data provide a positive test of the juxtaposition with East Antarctica...

Neodymium: Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet (Nd-YAG) laser treatment of epithelial ingrowth was found promising with high success rates in cases of primary post-LASIK epithelial ingrowth. However, the application range of this procedure is not well-known. For the first time, the authors report the outcome of a patient treated with Nd-YAG laser for multiple recurrences of post-laser in situ keratomileusi...

The optical properties of a new family of neodymium doped BPG (Bi2O3-PbO-Ga2O3 ) glasses are presented. We measured a high refractive index, of 2.5, and a transmission cutoff in the far infrared at 8microm. Three intense emission bands are observed centered at 877nm, 1066nm and 1341nm. The emission cross-section is 10 -20 cm 2 and the total spectral linewidth is 30nm at 1066nm. The Judd-Ofelt p...

We present a numerical study of control of chaos in a model of a multimode neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser using periodic perturbations of accessible control parameters. We show that a small modulation of either the losses or the pump can eliminate chaos or make the system even more chaotic. Depending on the parameters of the perturbation, two qualitatively different periodic outp...