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The Effects Of Rapid Heating And Cooling On The Composition, Structure, And Superconducting Properties Of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Compounds, Qing Duan Dec 1992

The Effects Of Rapid Heating And Cooling On The Composition, Structure, And Superconducting Properties Of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Compounds, Qing Duan

Dissertations and Theses

Bulk and thin film samples of Bi₂₋[subscript x]Pb[subscript x]Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O[subscript y] compounds were prepared by suitable methods. The thin film and bulk samples were exposed to argon gas at temperatures of about 2000 °C and pressures of about 300 atm. in a ballistic compressor (BC) and then cooled at a rate of about 10⁵ °C/sec. The samples before and after this treatment were examined and compared using a transmission electron microscope (TEM), a scanning electron microscope (SEM), an energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) , and an x-ray diffractometer (XRD). Resistance and magnetic susceptibility measurements were made to determine changes in superconducting temperature …


Correction Of Chromatic Aberration With An Electron Mirror, Michael Stewart Mauck Dec 1992

Correction Of Chromatic Aberration With An Electron Mirror, Michael Stewart Mauck

Dissertations and Theses

The theoretical basis for using electron mirrors as correctors of chromatic aberration is presented and an experimental verification of correction of chromatic aberration is demonstrated. A hyperbolic electrostatic electron mirror operating in its converging range and at unity magnification was used as a corrector. A novel separating system with deflections taking place at image planes was developed to implement the mirror without impairing the resolution. Correction was demonstrated in an electron optical probe system. The chromatic aberration was measured by means of the shadows cast by a fine mesh placed near the final image. The experimental method and equipment are …


Fage Measurements Of Tropospheric Ho With Measurements And Model Of Interferences, Thomas M. Hard, A. A. Mehrabzadeh, C. Y. Chan, Robert J. O'Brien Jun 1992

Fage Measurements Of Tropospheric Ho With Measurements And Model Of Interferences, Thomas M. Hard, A. A. Mehrabzadeh, C. Y. Chan, Robert J. O'Brien

Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

Ambient HO measurements by low-pressure laser-excited fluorescence with chemical modulation, and supporting ozone and water-vapor data, are presented for periods in May and August 1987. The observed peak daytime ambient HO concentrations in Oregon are in the range (2.5 to 8) times106 molecules cm⁻³ and show small negative offsets due to photochemical interference. Direct measurements of the interference at fixed [O₃] give the dependence on ambient [H₂O] and on the modulating reagent [isobutane]. At ambient [O₃]=30 p.p.b. and 10 torr H₂O, with excitation and detection at a total pressure of 4 torr, the net interference is equal to [HO]=-1.3times10⁶ molecule …


Diurnal Ho₂ Cycles At Clean Air And Urban Sites In The Troposphere, Thomas M. Hard, C. Y. Chan, A. A. Mehrabzadeh, Robert J. O'Brien Jun 1992

Diurnal Ho₂ Cycles At Clean Air And Urban Sites In The Troposphere, Thomas M. Hard, C. Y. Chan, A. A. Mehrabzadeh, Robert J. O'Brien

Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

HO₂ concentrations have been determined at two Oregon sites for continuous periods of 36 to 48 hours, using fluorescence assay with gas expansion. At the sea level coastal site (45degN 124degW), NNW winds prevailed during daytime, and a point measurement of very low total nonmethane hydrocarbon concentration indicated the presence of remote tropospheric air of oceanic origin. At the urban site, HO₂ was determined during moderately low ozone pollution levels. At both sites, maximum daily [HO₂] was in the range of 1-2times10⁸ cm⁻³ under clear-sky conditions, with an estimated overall uncertainty of 40%.


Studies Of Ecological Factors That Affect The Population And Distribution Of The Western Gray Squirrel In Northcentral Oregon, Susan Ann Foster Jan 1992

Studies Of Ecological Factors That Affect The Population And Distribution Of The Western Gray Squirrel In Northcentral Oregon, Susan Ann Foster

Dissertations and Theses

The western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus griseus Ord) occur only in the Pacific states and in a small corner of extreme western Nevada. Field studies of aspects of the ecology of the most widely distributed subspecies of western gray squirrel (S. griseus) were conducted at three sites in the ponderosa pine-Oregon white oak zone on the eastern slopes of Mt. Hood, Wasco County, Oregon, between 1981 and 1989. From 1981 through 1987, a Hunter Cooperation Program provided remains of squirrels shot during the annual late summer-early autumn hunting season. Other data were gathered through capture and release studies, radiotelemetry, and …