Temperature Gradient Measurements in Hydrothermal Areas of Georgia

The project uses results of temperature measurements in shallow boreholes to determine the geothermal gradients for a selected set of wells in Georgia. The hydrothermal flow in the Caucasus region driven by ongoing tectonic activities causes a varying temperature field that impedes determination of stable temperature gradients. Conventional temperature logging provides only a snapshot of the temperature distribution in a well. Therefore, the methodology adopted in this study is based on continuous stationary measurements with up to eight temperature sensors fixed at different depths in the wells. Temperature measurements have been performed in 14 wells using thermometers with resolving power of 0.01 K. The temperature field was recorded during periods ranging from 16 hours to 4 days. This practice of measurements enabled detection of thermal effects of fluid flows within the selected set of boreholes. Considering the 14 wells that were selected for this study, eight showed signs of stability in temperature increase versus depth and the remaining seven wells revealed signs of instability due subsurface fluid flows.

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Transmission Electron Microscopy of Protein Macromolecules

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100066176 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 29 ◽

pp. 424-425

Author(s):

Henry S. Slayter

Keyword(s):

Biological Systems ◽

Metal Vapor ◽

Resolving Power ◽

Electron Microscopic ◽

Chemical Methods ◽

Molecular Weights ◽

The Past ◽

Physical Chemical ◽

Transmission Electron

Electron microscopic methods have been applied increasingly during the past fifteen years, to problems in structural molecular biology. Used in conjunction with physical chemical methods and/or Fourier methods of analysis, they constitute powerful tools for determining sizes, shapes and modes of aggregation of biopolymers with molecular weights greater than 50, 000. However, the application of the e.m. to the determination of very fine structure approaching the limit of instrumental resolving power in biological systems has not been productive, due to various difficulties such as the destructive effects of dehydration, damage to the specimen by the electron beam, and lack of adequate and specific contrast. One of the most satisfactory methods for contrasting individual macromolecules involves the deposition of heavy metal vapor upon the specimen. We have investigated this process, and present here what we believe to be the more important considerations for optimizing it. Results of the application of these methods to several biological systems including muscle proteins, fibrinogen, ribosomes and chromatin will be discussed.

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Characteristics and Application of Temperature-Field Emitters

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100114347 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 33 ◽

pp. 144-145

Author(s):

N. Tamura ◽

T. Goto ◽

Y. Harada

Keyword(s):

Temperature Field ◽

Electron Microscope ◽

Field Emission ◽

Resolving Power ◽

High Brightness ◽

Field Emitters ◽

Emission Electron ◽

Sufficient Stability ◽

Scanning Electron ◽

Illuminating System

On account of its high brightness, the field emission electron source has the advantage that it provides the conventional electron microscope with highly coherent illuminating system and that it directly improves the, resolving power of the scanning electron microscope. The present authors have reported some results obtained with a 100 kV field emission electron microscope.It has been proven, furthermore, that the tungsten emitter as a temperature field emission source can be utilized with a sufficient stability under a modest vacuum of 10-8 ~ 10-9 Torr. The present paper is concerned with an extension of our study on the characteristics of the temperature field emitters.

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Experimental Determination of the Effective Resolution Limit in Thick Specimens at High Voltages

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100116942 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 33 ◽

pp. 664-665

Author(s):

Mircea Fotino

Keyword(s):

Experimental Approach ◽

Chromatic Aberration ◽

Resolving Power ◽

Biological Research ◽

Specimen Thickness ◽

Resolution Limit ◽

High Voltage Electron Microscopy ◽

Voltage Electron ◽

Resolution Level

The use of thick specimens (0.5 μm to 5.0 μm or more) is one of the most resourceful applications of high-voltage electron microscopy in biological research. However, the energy loss experienced by the electron beam in the specimen results in chromatic aberration and thus in a deterioration of the effective resolving power. This sets a limit to the maximum usable specimen thickness when investigating structures requiring a certain resolution level.An experimental approach is here described in which the deterioration of the resolving power as a function of specimen thickness is determined. In a manner similar to the Rayleigh criterion in which two image points are considered resolved at the resolution limit when their profiles overlap such that the minimum of one coincides with the maximum of the other, the resolution attainable in thick sections can be measured by the distance from minimum to maximum (or, equivalently, from 10% to 90% maximum) of the broadened profile of a well-defined step-like object placed on the specimen.

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Multiple-fracturing and viewing of the same frozen sample at different depths using a low temperature FESEM

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100166567 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 54 ◽

pp. 820-821

Author(s):

M.V. Parthasarathy ◽

C. Daugherty

Keyword(s):

Temperature Field ◽

Low Temperature ◽

Field Emission ◽

Multiple Fracture ◽

Precise Control ◽

Cold Stage ◽

Different Depths ◽

Transfer Device

The versatility of Low Temperature Field Emission SEM (LTFESEM) for viewing frozen-hydrated biological specimens, and the high resolutions that can be obtained with such instruments have been well documented. Studies done with LTFESEM have been usually limited to the viewing of small organisms, organs, cells, and organelles, or viewing such specimens after fracturing them.We use a Hitachi 4500 FESEM equipped with a recently developed BAL-TEC SCE 020 cryopreparation/transfer device for our LTFESEM studies. The SCE 020 is similar in design to the older SCU 020 except that instead of having a dedicated stage, the SCE 020 has a detachable cold stage that mounts on to the FESEM stage when needed. Since the SCE 020 has a precisely controlled lock manipulator for transferring the specimen table from the cryopreparation chamber to the cold stage in the FESEM, and also has a motor driven microtome for precise control of specimen fracture, we have explored the feasibility of using the LTFESEM for multiple-fracture studies of the same sample.

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CATALYSTS OF ETHNOPOLITICAL CONTROVERSIES IN THE CAUCASUS REGION

ISSUES OF ETHNOPOLITICS ◽

10.28995/2658-7041-2019-2-87-95 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 87-95

Author(s):

Aynar O. Lasariya ◽

Keyword(s):

The Caucasus ◽

Caucasus Region

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Determination of the profile of the temperature field of material heated by continuous laser radiation

Physics and Chemistry of Materials Treatment ◽

10.30791/0015-3214-2020-3-5-10 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 51-10

Author(s):

B.A. Lapshinov ◽

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N.I. Timchenko ◽

Keyword(s):

Temperature Field ◽

Optical Fiber ◽

Prolonged Exposure ◽

Radiation Spectrum ◽

Visible Range ◽

Continuous Laser ◽

Surface Temperature Distribution ◽

Continuous Radiation ◽

Spectral Pyrometry

Spectral pyrometry was used to determine the surface temperature distribution of Si, Nb, Cu, and graphite samples when they were locally heated by continuous radiation of an Nd:YAG laser (λ = 1.064 μm). With prolonged exposure to radiation, a stationary temperature field was established in the samples. The thermal spectra were recorded with a small spectrometer in the visible range in the temperature range above 850 K. The optical fiber used to transmit the radiation spectrum to the spectrometer had an additional diaphragm with a diameter of 1 mm located at a certain distance from the fiber end, which ensured the locality of the recorded spectra. The optical fiber moved continuously along the sample, and the spectrometer recorded up to 100 spectra with a frequency of 5-10 Hz. The temperature profile of the samples was calculated based on the results of processing the spectra using the Spectral Pyrometry program.

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MODELING OF NONLINEAR VIBRATION PROBLEMS WITH FLUID FLOWS THROUGH PIPELINES

Irrigatsiya va Melioratsiya ◽

10.35938/2018.1.12.11 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 44-47

Author(s):

F.J. Тurayev

Keyword(s):

Differential Equations ◽

Nonlinear Vibration ◽

Viscoelastic Properties ◽

Construction Material ◽

Fluid Flows ◽

Variable Coefficients ◽

Algebraic Equations ◽

Flowing Liquid ◽

Vibration Problems

In this paper, mathematical model of nonlinear vibration problems with fluid flows through pipelines have been developed. Using the Bubnov–Galerkin method for the boundary conditions, the resulting nonlinear integro-differential equations with partial derivatives are reduced to solving systems of nonlinear ordinary integro-differential equations with both constant and variable coefficients as functions of time.A system of algebraic equations is obtained according to numerical method for the unknowns. The influence of the singularity of heredity kernels on the vibrations of structures possessing viscoelastic properties is numerically investigated.It was found that the determination of the effect of viscoelastic properties of the construction material on vibrations of the pipeline with a flowing liquid requires applying weakly singular hereditary kernels with an Abel type singularity.

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