A reflective millimeter-wave photonic limiter

Wide-aperture free-space limiter with enhanced damage threshold provides protection from high-power millimeter-wave radiation.

Wide-aperture back-scattering detector (BSD) for the High-Resolution Fourier Diffractometer (HRFD) at the IBR-2 reactor

The high-resolution Fourier diffractometer (HRFD) operates at the IBR-2 pulsed reactor, on which the correlation method of data registering has been implemented using a fast Fourier chopper and specialized electronics. A wide-aperture ring back-scattering detector for HRFD has been developed. The detector consists of six Z n S ( A g ) / 6 L i F-scintillation rings, each one of which is divided into 12 sections. Main parameters of this detector: covered solid angle 2 θ = ( 133 − 175 ) ∘ ; Ω d ≈ 2.0 sr; average absorption efficiency 85 %, geometric contribution to resolution Δ d / d < 0.0005. The concept of a detector and its data acquisition system are presented.

Description of Crassolabium unicum sp. n. (Nematoda: Dorylaimida: Qudsianematidae) from Vietnam

Crassolabium unicum sp. n., collected from a natural habitat in Vietnam, is described and illustrated. The new species is characterized by its 0.77–0.94 mm long body, three-layered cuticle, lip region offset by depression and 12–13.5 µm broad, odontostyle 13.5–15 µm long with wide aperture occupying 36–46% of its length, neck 235–260 µm long, pharyngeal expansion 117–131 µm long or occupying 47–52% of total neck length, anterior part of intestine presenting very distinct folds, female genital system didelphic-amphidelphic, uterus simple and 28–43 µm or 0.7–0.9 body diameters, vulva transverse (V = 45–52), prerectum bearing a blind postrectal sac, caudal region short and rounded (21–25 µm, c = 45–61, c’ = 0.6–0.8) with two (dorsal and ventral) lacunae between outer and intermediate cuticle layers, and male unknown. It is compared with the similar representatives of the genus.

REFORMING OF ETHANOL IN PLASMA-CATALYTIC SYSTEM WITH DC AND AC ROTATING GLIDING DISCHARGE

The article presents the results of the investigation of the reforming of ethanol into synthesis gas using a plasmacatalytic system with either AC or DC wide-aperture rotating gliding discharge. Current and voltage oscillograms of the wide-aperture rotating gliding discharge were measured. The time-dependence of the instantaneous power of the discharge in the air was built. The photographs of the discharge in the airflow and discharge during the ethanol reforming were compared. The optical emission spectra of the plasmas of the torches of AC and DC wide-aperture rotating gliding discharges were studied. The rotational and vibrational temperatures of the plasma torch in the reaction chamber were determined. The results of the gas-chromatography of the synthesis gas produced during the plasm-catalytic reforming of ethanol using either AC or DC rotating gliding discharge are presented.