Investigating the nature of passive films on austenitic stainless steels

... suggested the presence of a density of states localised within the bandgap of the passive films This demonstrated the amorphous nature of the stainless steel passive films and was further testified ... (Discussion) will combine the results of all five categories of experiments to present the authors current understanding on the nature of passive...

Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2015, 15:55

... the nature of the surface oxides and how these affect the corrosion resistance of C22 nickel alloy covered by alkaline water electrode was held for h at each film formation potential to grow the ... for this passive film formation at 0.1 V on nickel alloy C22 The M–S analysis of the oxide layer on nickel alloy C22 shows that the oxide film on...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 00:20

... OF FIGURES Page 2.1 Hypothesized mean proportion of prior recall items as a function of stimulus type in support of Activation/Monitoring Theory 20 2.2 Hypothesized mean proportion of prior recall ... trace theory is hypothesised to differ in terms of the effects of prior recall Support for Activation/Monitoring Theory Items in the recalled condition should hav...

Ngày tải lên: 01/10/2015, 17:27

... to construct longer molecular wires The synthesis and optoelectronic properties of such conjugated porphyrin molecular wires have been reviewed by Anderson 67 Strong inter-porphyrin conjugation ... wavefunction, z is the tip-sample separation, m is the electron mass, V is the potential in the barrier, E is the energy of the tunneling electron, and is the Plan...

Ngày tải lên: 08/11/2015, 16:46

... between aesthetic and ethical values leads me now to my conclusion on the ethical impact of aesthetic experience on a moral attitude towards nature CONCLUSION Even if the aesthetic autonomy of nature ... depend on the degree of freedom but on our ability to acknowledge its freedom Therefore the potential freedom of existing nature is a condition f...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 17:20

... 2008; Aning, Turkson, and Asuming-Brempong 2008; Obi, Oparinde, and Maina 2008; Omiti and Okuthe 2008) Therefore, information regarding the role of poultry in the livelihoods of small-scale poultryproducing ... Birol, and D Roy 2010 Investigating the role of poultry in livelihoods and the livelihoods impact of HPAI in Nigeria DFID-funded proje...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 01:20

... Solid Films 425 (2003) 175–184 Therefore, the main role of hydrogen here is the effective passivation of nonradiative recombination centers 3.4 The effect of annealing times upon 400 8C annealing ... oscillations of the red PL upon 400 8C annealing It was found that upon 400 8C annealing, during the decay process of the PL centers (blueshift of the PL),...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 15:31

... Investigating the Influence of PFC Transection and Nicotine on Dynamics of AMPA and NMDA Receptors of VTA Dopaminergic Neurons Ting Chen 1*, Die Zhang1*, Andrei Dragomir 1*, ... interrupt the connections between the PFC and the rest of the brain [28] The post-surgical care and drug administration were identical to the PFC intact animal...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... called response function which determines the rate at which the relaxation function changes Thus, in our case, the adequate form of the stretched- exponential function for PL decay is:   t   ... measurements The left axis shows long exponential tails in the absorption edge The right axis shows curves used for estimating the band gap according to the Tauc fo...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... and is in use around the world The multibillion dollar Deltawerk seawalls constructed in The Netherlands [8] and the Thames Barrier in London [9] are examples of the kind of engineering that could ... 07:00 and 08:00 hours on the morning of the 25th, the fourth and fifth eruptive surges occurred and these were lethal to both the city and its inhabitants [...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:20

... teaches us a number of important lessons about the evolution of gene regulation One is that, at least in the case of Hox genes, the inherent asymmetry in the physical arrangement of the genes leads ... paper in the Journal of Experimental Zoology, Reno et al [9] show a pattern of correlated morphological variation in the evolution of elements of the forelimbs...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:20

... produced of the choice of alternative theories by mathematicians, and even alternative conceptions of the nature of mathematics, and of mathematical truth, then Bloor's argument has indeed strong ... view of the relationship between teacher and pupil, that of the learned and the learner, the possessor of knowledge and the receiver of knowledge,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/10/2014, 04:11

... K The last one is beat noise current It consists of the signal -ASE beat noise, the ASE- ASE beat noise (beating between the spectral components of the added amplifier ASE) , the MAI -ASE beat noise ... model of LR-PON using multi-wavelength OCDM and EDFA Moreover, we analyzed the effects of ASE noise on the performance of OCDM-based LR-P...

Ngày tải lên: 24/06/2015, 08:18