Take-off

During take-off and landing, the wheels of modem aircraft are subject to great stress. New high-performance brake systems and aggressive environmental influences push the wheels closer and closer to their limit. These conditions as well as increased requirements for safety and quality control now necessitate that wheels are tested much more comprehensively than in the past. 

Owing to the limited escape depth of photoelectrons, the surface sensitivity of XPS can be enlianced by placing the analyser at an angle to the surface nonnal (the so-called take-off angle of the photoelectrons). This can be used to detemiine the thickness of homogeneous overlayers on a substrate. 

This is demonstrated by the XPS spectra in figure B 1.25.5(a) which show the Si 2p spectra of a silicon crystal with a thin (native) oxide layer, measured under take-off angles of 0° and 60° [12]. When the take-off angle is... 

Figure Bl.25.5. (a) XPS spectra at take-off angles of 0° and 60° as measured from the surface nonnal from a silicon crystal with a thin layer of Si02 on top. The relative intensity of the oxide signal increases significantly at higher take-off angles, illustrating that the surface sensitivity of XPS increases, (b) Plot of...

Si /Si 2p peak areas as a fiinction of take-off angle. The solid line is a fit which corresponds to an oxide thickness of 2.0 mn (from [12]). 

Fig. II, 17, 2 illustrates a fractional distillation unit f for use with glass helices. The column is provided with an electrically-heated jacket the resistance shown in the Figure may be replaced by a variable transformer. The still head is of the total-condensation variable take-off type aU the vapour at the top of the column is condensed, a portion of the condensate is returned to the column by means of the special stopcock (permitting of...

Fig. II, 37, 2 depicts the apparatus for dealing with comparatively small volumes of liquid. The essential feature is the special condenser with a take-off tube. A few small pieces of porous porcelain are introduced and the flask is heated either on a water bath or upon an electric hot plate. The assembly is also useful in the recrystaUisation of compounds which dissolve slowly excess of solvent may be employed, and the excess of solvent subsequently removed by distillation.

The Stedman-type column is shown in Fig. 11, 56, 25. The characteristic features are (i) the use of a fine stainless steel wire cloth formed into conical discs, and (ii) an accurately fitting Pyrex glass jacket, produced by shrinking Pyrex glass on mandrels to the required inside dimensions. Modifications incorporating a silvered vacuum jacket and an electrically-heated jacket are marketed. This column is said to possess high efficiency but is expensive. It is generally employed in conjunction with a total-condensation variable take-off still head. 

High purity acetaldehyde is desirable for oxidation. The aldehyde is diluted with solvent to moderate oxidation and to permit safer operation. In the hquid take-off process, acetaldehyde is maintained at 30—40 wt % and when a vapor product is taken, no more than 6 wt % aldehyde is in the reactor solvent. A considerable recycle stream is returned to the oxidation reactor to increase selectivity. Recycle air, chiefly nitrogen, is added to the air introducted to the reactor at 4000—4500 times the reactor volume per hour. The customary catalyst is a mixture of three parts copper acetate to one part cobalt acetate by weight. Either salt alone is less effective than the mixture. Copper acetate may be as high as 2 wt % in the reaction solvent, but cobalt acetate ought not rise above 0.5 wt %. The reaction is carried out at 45—60°C under 100—300 kPa (15—44 psi). The reaction solvent is far above the boiling point of acetaldehyde, but the reaction is so fast that Httle escapes unoxidized. This temperature helps oxygen absorption, reduces acetaldehyde losses, and inhibits anhydride hydrolysis. 

For current consoHdation, the basic circuits, used at each of the multiple power take-off points, are stacked into a Christmas tree topology to form a single power take-off terminal pair. Scale-up of these devices to commercial sizes is not expected to be a problem, as standard electrical components are available for all sizes considered. A different type of consoHdation scheme developed (117), uses dc to ac converters to connect the individual electrodes to the consoHdation point. The current from each electrode can be individually controUed by the converter, which can either absorb energy from or deHver energy to the path between the electrode and the consoHdation point. This scheme offers the potential capabiHty of controlling the current level of each electrode pair. 

A web of molten plastic is pulled from the die into the nip between the top and middle roUs. At the nip, there is a very small rolling bank of melt. Pressure between the roUs is adjusted to produce sheet of the proper thickness and surface appearance. The necessary amount of pressure depends on the viscosity. For a given width, thickness depends on the balance between extmder output rate and the take-off rate of the pull roUs. A change in either the extmder screw speed or the puU-roU speed affects thickness. A constant thickness across the sheet requires a constant thickness of melt from the die. The die is equipped with bolts for adjusting the die-gap opening and with an adjustable choker bar or dam located inside the die a few centimeters behind the die opening. The choker bar restricts flow in the center of the die, helping to maintain a uniform flow rate across the entire die width. 

Power Take-Off From Engine or Transmission. This type of system is limited to tmcks and there are several take-off means available. Most are some form of electric power generation equipment, belt-driven from the engine crankshaft, which produces either a regulated a-c voltage or rectified direct current for the compressor and fan motors in the body. 

D. s-Aaetyl-2(3B)-oxaaolone. The crude mixture of 3-acety1 4- and 5-chloro-2-oxazolidinone from Step C is placed in a 2-L, three-necked flask equipped with a thermometer, sealed mechanical stirrer, and gas discharge tube. The material is heated to 120°C with stirring, and the temperature is then slowly increased to 150 C and held there until the evolution of gas ceases (Note 10). The cooled, black reaction mixture is distilled at 20 nm. The fractions boiling up to 150°C are collected and redistilled through a 50-cm X 3-cm Vigreux column fitted with a variable take-off head. There is obtained 140-172 g (55-68%) of product, bp 108-112°C (24 mm), which solidifies, rap 35-37°C (Note 11). 

Methyl trichlorosilane [75-79-6] M 149.5, b 13,7 /101mm, 64.3 /710.8mm, 65.5 /745mm, 66.1 /atm, d 1.263, n 1.4110. If very pure distil before use. Purity checked by Si nmr, 6 in MeCN is 13.14 with respect to Me4Si. Possible contaminants are other silanes which can be removed by fractional distillation through a Stedman column of >72 theoretical plates with total reflux and 0.35% take-off (see p. 441). The apparatus is under N2 at a rate of 12 bubbles/min fed into the line using an Hg manometer to control the pressure. Sensitive to H2O. [J Am Chem Soc 73 4252 7957 J Org Chem 48 3667 7955.]... 

Skis, both for people and for aircraft, used to be made of waxed wood. Down to about -10° C, the friction of waxed wood on snow is very low - [jl is about 0.02 - and if this were not so, planes equipped with skis could not take off from packed-snow runways, and the winter tourist traffic to Switzerland would drop sharply. Below -10° C, bad things start to happen (Fig. 26.6) (jl rises sharply to about 0.4. Polar explorers have observed this repeatedly. Wright, a member of the 1911-13 Scott expedition, writes Below 0°F (-18°C) the friction (on the sledge runners) seemed to increase progressively as the temperature fell it caused the expedition considerable hardship. What determines the friction of skis on snow ... 

Fig. 31. Two-dimensional periodic orbits for vibration coupled antisymmetrically to the reaction coordinate. Caustics (C) and take-off points (T) are indicated.

The submitters used a 250-mm. vacuum-jacketed Vigreux column fitted with a variable take-off head. Any good column should be as satisfactory. 

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