Effects of magnetic field and rotary tool on EDM performance

In this work, the effects of tool rotation and various intensities of external magnetic field on electrical discharge machining (EDM) performance have been studied. Experimental trials divided into three regimes of low energy regime, middle energy regime and high energy regime. The influences of process parameters were investigated on main outputs of material removal rate (MRR) and surface roughness (SR). In order to correlate the input parameters and output values two mathematical models were developed to predict the MRR and SR according to variations of discharge energy, magnetic field intensity and tool rotational speed. Results indicated that the applying a rotational magnetic field around the machining gap improves the MRR and SR. Combination of rotational magnetic field and rotary electrode increases the machining performance, in comparison of previous conditions. This is due to better flushing debris from machining gap. This work introduces a new method for improving the machining performance, in cost and time points of view.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">Tenebrio</Emphasis> beetles use magnetic inclination compass

Animals that guide directions of their locomotion or their migration routes by the lines of the geomagnetic field use either polarity or inclination compasses to determine the field polarity (the north or south direction). Distinguishing the two compass types is a guideline for estimation of the molecular principle of reception and has been achieved for a number of animal groups, with the exception of insects. A standard diagnostic method to distinguish a compass type is based on reversing the vertical component of the geomagnetic field, which leads to the opposite reactions of animals with two different compass types. In the present study, adults of the mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor were tested by means of a two-step laboratory test of magnetoreception. Beetles that were initially trained to memorize the magnetic position of the light source preferred, during the subsequent test, this same direction, pursuant geomagnetic cues only. In the following step, the vertical component was reversed between the training and the test. The beetles significantly turned their preferred direction by 180 degrees. Our results brought until then unknown original findings that insects, represented here by the T. molitor species, use-in contrast to another previously researched Arthropod, spiny lobster-the inclination compass.     

磁场强化曝气生物滤池处理高浓度氨氮废水的研究

本研究采用普通陶粒、普通陶粒外加静态磁场（50 mT）和磁性陶粒（2.5 mT和5 mT）曝气生物滤池处理高浓度氨氮废水,对比研究了不同类型和强度的磁场强化下曝气生物滤池的硝化反硝化效果,并通过分子生物学手段系统分析了磁场强化硝化反硝化的微生物学机理.结果表明,随着氨氮浓度增加,磁场强化下曝气生物滤池硝化反硝化效果显著高于普通陶粒曝气生物滤池.当氨氮浓度提高到400 mg·L^-1时,磁场强化曝气生物滤池（磁性陶粒和外加静态磁场）的氨氮去除率大于97%,高于普通陶粒曝气生物滤池的氨氮去除率（88%）;磁场强度为2.5 mT的磁性陶粒曝气生物滤池的总氮去除率达到67%,显著高于其他3个曝气生物滤池（p<0.05）（分别为55%、54%和55%）.分子生物学检测结果表明,2.5 mT磁场强度的磁性陶粒上生物膜的硝化反硝化酶活性和功能基因丰度大幅提高,硝化反硝化细菌的丰度及多样性显著增加.     

A simulation study of mercury release fluxes from soils in wet-dry rotation environment

A simulative mesocosm study was conducted to evaluate the influence of wet-dry rotation on mercury（Hg） flux from soil/water to air and the distribution of Hg species in water as well as Hg chemical fractions in soil. Three types of soil were employed including two kinds of paddy soil, Typic Purpli-Udic Cambosols（TPUC） and Xanthi-Udic Ferralosols（XUF）, as well as the Alluvial Soil（AS） from Three Gorge reservoir area in Chongqing, China. The results showed that Hg fluxes in wetting periods were significantly higher than that in drying periods. It might be due to the formation of a layer of stable air over the water surface in which some redox reactions promote evasion processes over the water surface. This result indicated that more Hg would be evaporated from the Three Gorge reservoir and paddy soil field during the flooding season. Hg fluxes were positively correlated with air temperature and solar irradiation, while negatively correlated with air humidity and the electronic conductivity of water. Hg fluxes from AS and TPUC were significantly higher than that from XUF, which might be due to the higher organic matter（OM） contents in XUF than TPUC and AS. The reduction processes of oxidized Hg were restrained due to the strong binding of Hg to OM, resulting in the decrease in Hg flux from the soil.     

耕作制度对川中丘陵区冬灌田CH4和N2O排放的影响

采用静态暗箱/气相色谱法连续2 a田间原位测定,研究川中丘陵区冬灌田CH₄和N₂O的排放特征和不同耕作制度对冬灌田CH₄和N₂O排放的影响.结果表明,1a只种1季中稻冬季灌水休闲的冬灌田(PF),在水稻生长期,CH₄平均排放通量为(21.44±1.77)mg·(m²·h)^-1,非水稻生长期为(3.77±0.99)mg·(m²·h)^-1,分别大大低于以前文献报道的在西南其它地方观测值;全年CH₄排放量以水稻生长期CH₄排放量为主,非水稻生长期CH₄排放量仅占全年总排放量的23.2%.冬灌田N₂O排放通量年均值为(0.051±0.008)mg·(m²·h)^-1,且主要集中在水稻生长季,非水稻生长期N₂O排放量仅占全年总排放量的8.1%.在采用水旱轮作制后,冬灌田CH₄排放量大大降低,稻-麦轮作(RW)和稻-油菜轮作(RR)全年CH₄排放量分别为PF的43.8%和40.6%.但冬灌田改为水旱轮作制后,N₂O排放量显著增大,RW和RR的N₂O年排放量分别是PF的3.7倍和4.5倍.综合考虑冬灌田在采用不同耕作制度后排放CH₄和N₂O的全球增温潜势(GWP),无论是短时间尺度还是长时间尺度,采用3种耕作制度全年所排放的CH₄和N₂O所产生的综合GWP都为:PF RW≈RR.在20a、100a和500a时间尺度上,PF分别约是RW和RR的2.6、2.1和1.7倍.冬灌田改为水旱轮作制度后能大大减少CH₄和N₂O所产生的综合GWP.     

不同利用方式对江西省农田土壤碳氮磷生态化学计量特征的影响

根据江西省2013年采集的16582个农田耕层(0～20 cm)土壤样点数据,运用实地调查、经典统计学与地统计学等相结合方法,研究了江西省耕地土壤碳氮磷生态化学计量特征的空间变异性及不同农田利用方式对其的影响.研究结果表明:江西省耕地土壤有机碳(SOC)、全氮(TN)和全磷(TP)平均含量分别为17.90、1.58和0.52 g·kg~(-1),土壤碳氮比(C∶N)、碳磷比(C∶P)和氮磷比(N∶P)平均值分别为11.72、38.29和3.38,土壤C∶N∶P比平均值为34.44∶3.03∶1,说明P是江西省耕地土壤主要的限制因素.此外,由于碳、氮、磷三者之间并不存在显著的两两相关性,表明江西省耕地土壤中不存在稳定的"Redfield ratio";半方差函数表明,江西省土壤碳、氮、磷生态化学计量特征具有中等程度的空间变异性,其空间变异特征主要受到随机性因素的影响;经ANOVA检验显示,不同农田利用方式对土壤碳氮磷生态化学计量特征影响显著(p0.05),土壤SOC和TN平均含量依次表现为:两季水田水旱轮作一季水田一季旱地两季旱地,土壤TP平均含量依次表现为:两季旱地两季水田一季水田一季旱地水旱轮作,土壤C∶N依次表现为:两季水田两季旱地一季水田水旱轮作一季旱地,土壤C∶P平均值依次表现为:水旱轮作两季水田一季水田一季旱地两季旱地,土壤N∶P平均值依次表现为:水旱轮作一季旱地两季水田一季水田两季旱地.总体而言,土壤碳、氮、磷生态化学计量比的变化特征是农田利用方式和环境因子综合作用的结果,土壤C∶N∶P比对土壤碳、氮、磷储量及养分的限制性具有重要的指示作用.     

Changes in earth’s dipole

The dipole moment of Earth’s magnetic field has decreased by nearly over the past 150 years and by about 30% over the past 2,000 years according to archeomagnetic measurements. Here, we explore the causes and the implications of this rapid change. Maps of the geomagnetic field on the core–mantle boundary derived from ground-based and satellite measurements reveal that most of the present episode of dipole moment decrease originates in the southern hemisphere. Weakening and equatorward advection of normal polarity magnetic field by the core flow, combined with proliferation and growth of regions where the magnetic polarity is reversed, are reducing the dipole moment on the core–mantle boundary. Growth of these reversed flux regions has occurred over the past century or longer and is associated with the expansion of the South Atlantic Anomaly, a low-intensity region in the geomagnetic field that presents a radiation hazard at satellite altitudes. We address the speculation that the present episode of dipole moment decrease is a precursor to the next geomagnetic polarity reversal. The paleomagnetic record contains a broad spectrum of dipole moment fluctuations with polarity reversals typically occurring during dipole moment lows. However, the dipole moment is stronger today than its long time average, indicating that polarity reversal is not likely unless the current episode of moment decrease continues for a thousand years or more.     

物理措施控制互花米草的长期效果研究

以上海崇明东滩湿地入侵植物互花米草为研究对象,进行翻耕、碎根、刈割和生物替代控制实验。在控制措施实施后第3 a的2007年生长季,继续监测不同控制措施的长期效果。研究结果显示,(1)2007年生长季初期,不同深度翻耕处理之间以及与对照已无显著性差异,翻耕处理不能长期抑制互花米草;(2)经过3个生长季,碎根处理也与对照无显著性差异;(3)不同月份刈割的处理效果之间差异显著,经过3个生长季后,8月份扬花期刈割对互花米草生长抑制的效果最好,为最佳控制时间;(4)生物替代试验中,在移栽后第3个生长季,深度翻耕处理样方中已无存活芦苇,其它样方中的芦苇存活率、植株密度、结穗率也比前两个生长季显著下降。研究结果表明,互花米草是一种适应性很强的外来物种,利用单一的物理控制措施不能长期有效地根除互花米草,必须采取综合控制措施进行治理。     

Triple tracks in CR-39 as the result of Pd–D Co-deposition: evidence of energetic neutrons

Since the announcement by Fleischmann and Pons that the excess enthalpy generated in the negatively polarized Pd–D-D₂O system was attributable to nuclear reactions occurring inside the Pd lattice, there have been reports of other manifestations of nuclear activities in this system. In particular, there have been reports of tritium and helium-4 production; emission of energetic particles, gamma or X-rays, and neutrons; as well as the transmutation of elements. In this communication, the results of Pd–D co-deposition experiments conducted with the cathode in close contact with CR-39, a solid-state nuclear etch detector, are reported. Among the solitary tracks due to individual energetic particles, triple tracks are observed. Microscopic examination of the bottom of the triple track pit shows that the three lobes of the track are splitting apart from a center point. The presence of three α-particle tracks outgoing from a single point is diagnostic of the ¹²C(n,n′)3α carbon breakup reaction and suggests that DT reactions that produce ≥9.6 MeV neutrons are occurring inside the Pd lattice. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the production of energetic (≥9.6 MeV) neutrons in the Pd–D system. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

Three dimensional path integration in the house mouse (Mus domestica)

 Previous studies have explored two-dimensional path integration in rodents by recording responses to passive rotation on a horizontal plane. This study adds the element of passive rotation in a vertical plane, necessitating the mouse to integrate positional information from three dimensions. Mice were trained to climb a wire mesh joining two horizontal planes. The whole arena was rotated 90° while the mouse was vertically oriented as it moved between planes. Rotation was conducted both clockwise and counter-clockwise, controls being provided by rotation of the arena while the mouse was in its nest-box. All 16 mice tested altered their direction of travel subsequent to rotation in the vertical plane, compensating with a change in their path on the following horizontal plane. Received: 20 April 2000 / Accepted in revised form: 5 September 2000     

南四湖流域种植业面源污染氮磷源解析研究

利用田间径流池采集南四湖流域种植业农田地表径流样品,分析其不同形态的氮磷数据,汇总数据得到南四湖流域种植业的氮磷源成分谱;并在南四湖区11条主要入湖河流入湖口处采集水样,测定氮磷含量,利用主成分分析法对南四湖流域种植业面源污染氮磷来源进行了源解析.结果表明,南四湖流域氮磷种植业面源污染来源有3种,3个主成分累积方差贡献率为95.275%.第一类污染途径为降雨淋溶小麦-玉米轮作农田产生的地表径流对河流产生的污染,这种污染的范围广且贡献率较大为50.220%;第二类污染途径为降雨淋溶大蒜-玉米轮作农田产生的地表径流流入南四湖入湖河流引起的,影响面也较广,贡献率为25.119%;第三类污染途径为自然降雨时,小麦-水稻轮作农田产生的地表径流对河流的污染,贡献率为19.937%.     

磁场对厌氧除Cr(Ⅵ)工艺产气组成的影响及其机理分析

研究了磁场对优势菌去除Cr(Ⅵ)生物系统出水pH与ρ(COD_(Cr))以及产气中ρ(H_2S),ρ(NH_3),ρ(H_2),ρ(CH_4),ρ(CO_2)和ρ(VOCs)的影响. 结果表明:磁场系统(系统B)出水pH均比无磁系统(系统A)略低;系统B对COD_(Cr)的消耗效率明显高于系统A;磁场的引入能抑制H_2S和NH_3的产生. 在初始ρ[Cr(Ⅵ)]从30 mg/L增至60 mg/L时,系统A和B产气组分中的ρ(H_2S)和ρ(NH_3)均有所增大,增幅分别为28.67%～32.87%和62.65%～70.89%;初始ρ[Cr(Ⅵ)]为30 mg/L时,系统B产气中的ρ(CH_4)为系统A的3.1倍,其ρ(CO_2)比系统A高33.33%,ρ(VOCs)比系统A低14.75%;初始ρ[Cr(Ⅵ)]增至60 mg/L时,两系统产气中的ρ(CH_4)相等,ρ(CO_2)均有所下降,ρ(VOCs)均明显升高. 两系统产气中均未检出H_2. 从生理生化过程角度分析了磁场影响厌氧产气过程的机理.     

Acceleration of floc-water separation and floc reduction with magnetic nanoparticles during demulsification of complex waste cutting emulsions

Waste cutting emulsions are difficult to treat efficiently owing to their complex composition and stable emulsified structure. As an important treatment method for emulsions, chemical demulsification is faced with challenges such as low flocs–water separation rates and high sludge production. Hence, in this study, Fe₃O₄ magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) were used to enhance chemical demulsification performance for treating waste cutting emulsions under a magnetic field. The addition of MNPs significantly decreased the time required to attain sludge–water separation and sludge compression equilibrium, from 210 to 20 min. In addition, the volume percentage of sludge produced at the equilibrium state was reduced from 45% to 10%. This excellent flocculation–separation performance was stable over a pH range of 3–11. The magnetization of the flocculants and oil droplets to form a flocculant–MNP–oil droplet composite, and the magnetic transfer of the composite were two key processes that enhanced the separation of cutting emulsions. Specifically, the interactions among MNPs, flocculants, and oil droplets were important in the magnetization process, which was controlled by the structures and properties of the three components. Under the magnetic field, the magnetized flocculant–MNP–oil droplet composites were considerably accelerated and separated from water, and the sludge was simultaneously compressed. Thus, this study expands the applicability of magnetic separation techniques in the treatment of complex waste cutting emulsions.     

磁场对静态纳滤过程的膜通量及CaCO3结晶的影响

使用NF270型和NF型纳滤膜研究了经磁化预处理的钙溶液的静态纳滤过程,并与未经磁化预处理钙溶液的静态纳滤结果相比较.结果表明,当水样中Ca²⁺ 浓度为3.6 mmol/L,硬度等于碱度,初始水样体积为300 mL,体积浓缩倍数为2时,普通溶液的膜通量随滤出液体积呈现单调递减趋势;但处理磁化溶液时,膜通量随滤出液的体积先下降后上升,然后才下降,且平均膜通量比普通溶液的高,表明磁化预处理可以改善纳滤膜的部分操作性能.对膜的扫描电镜分析表明,处理磁化溶液的纳滤膜膜面上生成的晶体相对较多.综合纳滤膜通量和膜面晶体生成量的观察,认为磁场的引入可使膜表面结晶速率增加,致使膜面溶质浓度降低,通量上升,同时因生成的晶体全部留在膜面上,运行一段时间后有效膜面积减少,又导致通量下降.晶体生成量较多的膜,通量却相对较高,这与平常对膜污染的认识相矛盾.通过对结晶过程的理论分析,认为一定程度的结晶对膜操作性能有改善作用.     

Removal and desorption of chromium in synthetic effluent by a mixed culture in a bioreactor with a magnetic field

Two chromium removal experiments were performed in bioreactors with and without a magnetic field under the same conditions.The release of the chromium present in the biomass was tested in two experiments one with the initial pH of the medium and one with pH 4.0.The objective was to remove Cr(Ⅵ) and total Cr from the effluent,this was carried out by placing biological treatments of synthetic effluent contaminated with 100 mg/L of Cr(Ⅵ) in a bioreactor with neodymium magnets that applied a magnetic field(intensity85.4 mT) to the mixed culture.The removal of Cr(Ⅵ) was approximately 100.0% for the bioreactor with a magnetic field and 93,3% for the bioreactor without a magnetic field for9 hr of recirculation of the synthetic effluent by the bioreactor.The removal of total Cr was61.6% and 48.4%,with and without a magnetic field,respectively;for 24 hr.The desorption of Cr(VI) in the synthetic effluent was 0.05 mg/L,which is below the limit established by Brazilian legislation(0.1 mg/L) for the discharge of effluent containing Cr(Ⅵ) into bodies of water.The results obtained for the removal of chromium in synthetic effluent suggested that there was no significant influence on the viable cell count of the mixed culture.The desorption of Cr(Ⅵ) in synthetic effluent after bioadsorption of chromium by the mixed culture in the process of removal of chromium in bioreactors with and without a magnetic field was not significant in either of the experiments with different initial pHs.     

黄河下游冲积平原轮作休耕农田土壤真菌群落结构与功能

通过明确不同轮作休耕方式对土壤真菌群落结构及功能的影响,探索农田土壤肥力对轮作休耕方式响应的微生态变化特性,为促进黄河下游冲积平原农田生态修复和耕地质量提升提供参考依据.以2018年开始的长期轮作休耕定位试验农田土壤为研究对象,采用Illumina MiSeq高通量测序技术,通过FUNGuild真菌功能预测工具,分析田间定位条件下不同轮作休耕方式［长期休耕(LF)、冬小麦-夏休耕(WF)、冬休耕-夏玉米(FM)和冬小麦-夏玉米周年轮作(WM)］,土壤真菌群落组成和功能的差异及其影响因素.结果表明,LF使耕层(0~20 cm)土壤真菌群落丰富度和多样性增加,而WF则使冬小麦收获后深层(20~40 cm)土壤的真菌丰富度和多样性增加;所有土壤样本中共获得2262 OTU,划分为14门、34纲、75目、169科、309属和523种,两个土层中共有的OTU分别包含420类(0~20 cm)和253类(20~40 cm);4种轮作休耕土壤真菌群落门水平上的结构组成相似,但相对丰度各异,优势菌门均为子囊菌门(Ascomycota)、担子菌门(Basidiomycota)和被孢菌门(Mortierellomycota),总丰度分别为91.69%~96.91%(0~20 cm)和91.67%~94.86%(20~40 cm);PCoA分析发现,PC1和PC2可以分别累计解释45.56%(0~20 cm)和46.20%(20~40 cm)的群落组成差异;LEfSe的LDA (阈值为4.0)结果可知,LF、FM、WF和WM中共有64个真菌进化枝在统计学上具有显著差异(P＜0.05);RDA分析表明,土壤有机碳(TOC)、全磷(TP)、碱解氮(AN)和含水率(SWC)同是显著影响0~40 cm土层真菌群落变化的主要环境因子(P＜0.05).通过FUNGuild功能比对发现,不同土层不同处理间的主要营养类型同为腐生营养型、腐生-共生营养型、病理-腐生-共生营养型和病理营养型,但其相对丰度存在差异;LF耕层土壤以病理-腐生-共生营养型真菌为主,深层土壤中则以病理营养型真菌相对丰度最高,而种植过小麦或玉米的处理(FM、WF和WM)两个土层都以腐生营养型为主.由此可见,不同轮作休耕方式改变了土壤真菌群落结构、多样性及营养类型,季节性休耕可用于调控集约化种植的农田土壤微生态环境,促进农田土壤生态系统健康和谐.     

磁性壳聚糖微球吸附水中As(Ⅲ)的实验研究

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在高梯度磁场中,分别对钡铁氧体、Fe3O4和γ-Fe2O3等3种磁性可吸入颗粒物进行了脱除实验研究.通过改变外加磁场磁通密度、格栅排数、气溶胶流量、磁性可吸入颗粒物的种类,研究其脱除效率的变化规律.确定影响磁性可吸入颗粒物脱除效率的因素.结果表明:外加磁场的磁通密度越大,颗粒物的脱除效率越高,但有一定限度;格栅排数增加后,颗粒物的脱除效率得到提高;随着流量的增加,颗粒物的脱除效率有所下降;磁性颗粒的磁化率越大.颗粒脱除效率越高.     

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为了解输变电工程对周边环境的影响,对南阳地区某110 kV输变电工程进行实地监测。结果表明,工频电场、工频磁场和无线电干扰远远低于国家相关标准限值,而且随着距离的递增呈衰减趋势。然而监测往往选在"好天气"的时间进行,不能反映"坏天气"的实际状况。结合输变电工程环境影响评价的实际工作经验,分析电磁污染和公众参与现状,发现问题并提出建议。     

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