Influence of yttrium on microstructure and properties of Ni–Al alloy coatings prepared by laser cladding

Ni–Al alloy coatings with different Y additions are prepared on 45^# medium steel by laser cladding. The influence of Y contents on the microstructure and properties of Ni–Al alloy coatings is investigated using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, electron probe microanalyzer, Vickers hardness tester, friction wear testing machine, and thermal analyzer. The results show that the cladding layers are mainly composed of NiAl dendrites, and the dendrites are gradually refined with the increase in Y additions. The purification effect of Y can effectively prevent Al₂O₃ oxide from forming. However, when the atomic percent of Y addition exceeds 1.5%, the extra Y addition will react with O to form Y₂O₃ oxide, even to form Al₅Y₃O₁₂ oxide, depending on the amount of Y added. The Y addition in a range of 1.5–3.5 at.% reduces the hardness and anti-attrition of cladding layer, but improves obviously its wear and oxidation resistances.     

光学晶体K2Al2B2O7相位匹配参量放大研究

对K2Al2B2O7（KABO）晶体的相位匹配飞秒激光参量放大（OPA）特性进行了系统的理论计算和分析。分别讨论了Ⅰ型、Ⅱ型参量放大共线以及非共线情况，计算了在不同非共线夹角下的相位匹配角度。研究结果表明：对于一定波长的抽运光，存在一定的非共线入射角对应一定波长的信号光。在KABOⅠ型参变条件下，非共线角的引入使相位匹配角增大。这对于高效率地产生脉宽极短的飞秒参量激光、扩大飞秒激光的调谐范围以及通过参量技术放大飞秒脉冲都具有重要的意义。     

The next step in Somalia: exploiting victory,post-Mogadishu

From 2006 to 2011, al-Qaeda's East African proxy, al-Shabaab, served as the de facto ruling party of Somalia despite the efforts of the internationally recognised Transitional Federal Government (TFG). During these five years, a violent struggle between al-Shabaab and the peacekeeping force of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) resulted in thousands of dead civilians, hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons and a strategic environment inhospitable to reconciliation, recovery or development. By 2012, AMISOM was able to break the deadlock and force al-Shabaab from Mogadishu and Kismayo. In order to continue the momentum, the African Union and other partner nations must support the TFG in neutralising al-Shabaab throughout Somalia and providing good governance to its constituents. Al-Shabaab's revenue streams must be shut down and its offensive capability must be degraded while the strategic environment is shaped to ensure that conditions conducive to a revival do not exist. Failure to do so will likely see Somalia continuing to produce Islamist extremists and pirates to menace international maritime traffic in the western Indian Ocean, destabilise East Africa and adversely impact millions.     

Shock-induced reaction behaviors of functionally graded reactive material

In this paper, the ballistic impact experiments, including impact test chamber and impact double-spaced plates, were conducted to study the reaction behaviors of a novel functionally graded reactive material (FGRM), which was composed of polytetrafluoroethylene/aluminum (PTFE/Al) and PTFE/Al/bismuth trioxide (Bi₂O₃). The experiments showed that the impact direction of the FGRM had a significant effect on the reaction. With the same impact velocity, when the first impact material was PTFE/Al/Bi₂O₃, compared with first impact material PTFE/Al, the FGRM induced higher overpressure in the test chamber and larger damaged area of double-spaced plates. The theoretical model, which considered the shock wave generation and propagation, the effect of the shock wave on reaction efficiency, and penetration behaviors, was developed to analyze the reaction behaviors of the FGRM. The model predicted first impact material of the FGRM with a higher shock impedance was conducive to the reaction of reactive materials. The conclusion of this study provides significant information about the design and application of reactive materials.     

低Ni/改性Al2O3催化剂表面性质表征

本文用氧吸附法和程序升温脱附（ＴＰＤ）法分别考察低Ｎｉ／改性Ａｌ２Ｏ３催化剂的分散度，环已烷和苯的吸附脱附性能。结果表明：该催化剂分散性好，表面至少存在两种吸附中心。苯、环已烷在该催化剂的表面上属于一级可逆吸附脱附过程，催化剂表面能量分布不均匀。     

偏磷酸铝在Cf/AL 复合材料中的应用

以高模高强石墨纤维Ｍ４０Ｊ增强铝基复合材料为研究对象,研究了真空液相压渗工艺中,偏磷酸铝粘接剂对纤维预制件抗压性能及复合材料力学性能的影响。结果表明：偏磷酸铝的含量、Ａｌ／Ｐ原子比及处理温度对预制件的抗压性能均有显著影响,加入５％偏磷酸铝粘接剂溶液的预制件,经５００°Ｃ处理后的抗压性能满足压渗要求,纤维保持了较好的平直度及分布均匀性,所制备的复合材料抗拉强度大于５００ＭＰａ,抗弯强度大于８００ＭＰａ     

气相苯加氢低Ni/改性Al2O3催化剂性能评价

通过对γ－Ａｌ２Ｏ３载体进行化学改性处理,把Ｎｉ的含量降低（在５％以内）制得气相苯加氢低Ｎｉ／改性Ａｌ２Ｏ３催化剂。考察反应条件对其催化活性影响,并对催化剂的活性稳定性、耐热性、抗毒物能力进行评价。结果表明：该催化剂的性能良好     

Bangladesh: The Changing Dynamics of Violent Extremism and the Response of the State

Bangladesh is currently facing an incremental growth of radicalization. This radicalization can be traced back to the country’s early post-Independence years. Over time, political violence, ideological clashes between secular and right-wing ideologies, and weak governance have created conditions for the growth of radical Islam. The public rhetoric on corruption, weakening of democratic institutions, inadequate law enforcement agencies, fragile justice delivery system, fledgling educational and social institutions and growing unemployment provides further space for alternative narratives by extremist ideologues. Home-grown extremist outfits have received ideological and tactical supports from transnational terrorist network such as Islamic State (IS) and Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), but only in a limited manner. The supply and demand side of radicalization in Bangladesh has not yet been addressed by actors such as the government, private sector, civil society and media. The failures in multiple sectors in the state governance have led to a situation where IS and AQIS now see Bangladesh as a potential ground for exerting their supremacy as flag bearers of radical forms of Islam.     

A Bioterrorism Prevention Initiative

ABSTRACT

The threat of terrorist use of weapons of mass destruction remains a daunting concern. Governments have undertaken several initiatives at the national and international level to prevent such illicit use, yet challenges remain. Notable is the absence of a single collaborative international forum of experts dedicated solely to bioterrorism prevention. The establishment of a Bioterrorism Prevention Initiative could be a possible solution to address this gap. This article explores possibilities for such an initiative and the ways in which it could strengthen the existing bio-nonproliferation regime.     

Becoming the enemy: Convergence in the American and Al Qaeda ways of warfare

The United States and Al Qaeda represent two fundamentally different forms of warfare. The US, with its basis in the Western way of warfare, relies on an almost totally instrumental form of warfare and Al Qaeda, with its basis in the Islamic way of warfare, fights an expressive, existential form of warfare. This paper illustrates how both sides' ways of warfare are converging toward each other. It also argues that this is in fact a good thing because it will allow the US to understand its enemy and thereby allow the US to defeat him in terms he can understand.