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Liquid metal
About: Liquid metal is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 6947 publications have been published within this topic receiving 77785 citations. The topic is also known as: liquid alloy & liquid metal alloy.
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TL;DR: In this article, the hold-up and gas phase pressure drop data were reported for mercury irrigation of a packed bed of 1 4 in. steel raschig rings with countercurrent flow of hydrogen and nitrogen.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a nanoscale liquid metal droplet wrapped by chitosan (NLMWC) was fabricated through the ball milling method, which could be utilized as water-based additive.
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TL;DR: In this article, the propagation of nonradiative surface plasmons in the presence of an inhomogeneous transition zone in the surface region of a conductor was examined, and the results of the present investigation suggest that optical surface-plasmon spectroscopy should be a useful technique for the study of nonuniform conducting surfaces.
Abstract: We have examined the propagation of nonradiative surface plasmons in the presence of an inhomogeneous transition zone in the surface region of a conductor. The model we treat in the present paper is the Epstein stratified conductivity profile that has been proposed by Bloch and Rice for liquid mercury. Assuming that photon-plasmon coupling occurs through frustrated total reflection, we evaluate the optical response of mercury to surface-plasmon excitation and find it to be sensitive to the existence of such a zone. Measurements of the dispersion relation should, therefore, provide valuable information regarding the range and degree of such electronic inhomogeneity; preliminary measurements are in good agreement with the theory (Sec. VI). In addition to inhomogeneity in the conductivity of nearly-free electrons in the liquid metal, we have also investigated the effect of the localized resonances near the surface, and we speculate under what conditions the surface-plasmon dispersion relation may exhibit "anomalous dispersion" due to plasmon-localized-state interaction. Finally, the existence of an upper plasmon branch induced by the inhomogeneity is treated. In general, the results of the present investigation suggest that optical surface-plasmon spectroscopy should be a useful technique for the study of nonuniform conducting surfaces.
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TL;DR: In this article, two liquid metal alloy ion sources (LMAISs) namely Co36 Nd64 and Au77 Ge14 Si9 were studied and the results of the former alloy were as expected, while the latter displayed an entirely different dependence of its electric characteristics on temperature.
Abstract: In spite of the fact that a great deal of research has been carried out on liquid metal ion sources, surprisingly few results exist on the temperature dependence of their electric characteristics. In this article we study two liquid metal alloy ion sources (LMAISs), namely Co36 Nd64 and Au77 Ge14 Si9 . While the results of the former alloy were as expected, the latter displayed an entirely different dependence of its electric characteristics on temperature. The unusual results of the Au77 Ge14 Si9 LMAIS are explained in terms of the abnormal behaviour of its surface tension coefficient with temperature.
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TL;DR: In this article, a semi-empirical analysis of planar-flow melt spinning is presented, which provides a theoretical basis for a previously reported empirical stability window, and predicts an extension to the stability limits by adjusting the pressure outside the upstream meniscus relative to the pressure inside the downstream Meniscus.
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