The Wudalianchi Volcano Field (WDF) is a typical intraplate volcano in northeast China with generation mechanism not yet well understood. As its last eruption was around 300 years ago, the present risk for volcano eruption is of particular public interest. We have carried out a high‐resolution ambient noise tomography to investigate the location of magma chambers beneath the volcanic cones with a dense seismic array of 43 seismometers and ~ 6 km spatial interval. Significant low‐velocity anomalies up to 10% are found at 7–13 km depth under the Weishan volcano, consistent with the pronounced high electrical‐conductivity anomalies from previous magnetotelluric survey. We propose these extremely low velocity anomalies can be interpreted as partial melting in a shallow magma chamber with volume at least 200 km3 which may be responsible for most of the recent volcanic eruptions in WDF. Therefore, this magma chamber may pose a serious hazard for northeast China.
Selective laser melting (SLM) is an attractive manufacturing technique for the production of metal parts with complex geometries and high performance. This manufacturing process is characterized by highly localized laser energy inputs during short interaction times which signicantly affect the densi cation process. In this present work, experimental investigation of fabricating 316L stainless steel parts by SLM process was conducted to determine the effect of different laser energy densities on the densi cation behavior and resultant microstructural development. It was found that using a low laser energy density below 50 J/mm 3 produced an instable melt pool that resulted in the formation of unmelted particles, pores, cracks, and balling in the as-built parts with low densi cation. In contrast, the as-built parts at a high energy density above 200 J/mm 3 showed irregular scan tracks with a number of pores and metal balls that decreased part density. The optimal laser energy density range was accordingly determined to be 58-200 J/mm 3 by eliminating obvious SLM defects, which led to near full densi cation. The SLM samples fabricated using optimal parameters allowed observation of a microhardness of 280 Hv, ultimate strength of 570 MPa, and yield strength of 530 MPa that were higher than those of the as-cast and wrought 316L stainless steel.
Three kinds of Bi-based solder powders with different chemical compositions of binary Bi-Sn, ternary Bi-Sn-In, and quaternary Bi-Sn-In-Ga were prepared using a gas atomization process and subsequently ball-milled for smaller-size fabrication. In particular, only the quaternary Bi-Sn-In-Ga solder powders were severely broken to the size of less than 10 µm in a polyhedral shape due to the presence of the constitutional element, the degree of overall oxidation, and the formation of solid solution, which had affected the fractured extent of the Ga-containing solder powders. Furthermore, a melting point also decreased by the addition of In and/or Ga into the binary Bi-Sn solder system, resulting in a melting point of 60.3˝C for the Bi-Sn-In-Ga solder powders. Thus, it was possible that fractured Bi-Sn-In-Ga solder powders were appropriate for the adhesion of more compact solder bump arrays, enabling reflowing at the low temperature of 110˝C on a flexible polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate.
Particulate transport from surfaces governs a variety
of phenomena
including fungal spore dispersal, bioaerosol transmission, and self-cleaning.
Here, we report a previously unidentified mechanism governing passive
particulate removal from superhydrophobic surfaces, where a particle
coalescing with a water droplet (∼10 to ∼100 μm)
spontaneously launches. Compared to previously discovered coalescence-induced
binary droplet jumping, the reported mechanism represents a more general
capillary-inertial dominated transport mode coupled with particle/droplet
properties and is typically mediated by rotation in addition to translation.
Through wetting and momentum analyses, we show that transport physics
depends on particle/droplet density, size, and wettability. The observed
mechanism presents a simple and passive pathway to achieve self-cleaning
on both artificial as well as biological materials as confirmed here
with experiments conducted on butterfly wings, cicada wings, and clover
leaves. Our findings provide insights into particle–droplet
interaction and spontaneous particulate transport, which may facilitate
the development of functional surfaces for medical, optical, thermal,
and energy applications.
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