The iron-tungsten-sulphur system and its geological application

The subsolidus region of the Fe-W-S system was studied by experiments performed in evacuated silica tubes. Ternary phases were not encountered. Tungsten disulphide WS₂ is stable with the iron sulphides but not with metallic iron. The major tie-line pyrrhotite-tungsten differentiates this system from the analogous Fe-Mo-S system. Experiments on the Fe-W-O-S system demonstrate that WS₂ (tungstenite) is not stable in the presence of iron oxides. Molybdenum and tungsten show different affinities to sulphur which is manifested in nature in abundant molybdenite as contrasted with rare tungstenite. Sulphur fugacity data in the literature differ on WS₂. There data are compared with the present experimental results.

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Zusammenfassung Das ternäre System Fe-W-S wird durch Abschreckungsexperimente in evakuierten Quarzglasampullen sowie durch Differential-Thermoanalyse untersucht, die Phasengleichgewichtsbeziehungen sind in einem isothermen Digramm T<743 °C veranschaulicht. Unterhalb 743±2 °C liegt der Stabilitätsbereich des Pyrits, FeS₂, welcher mit Tungstenit, WS₂, koexistiert. Konodenscharen erstrecken sich ferner von WS₂ zu Pyrrhotin und zwar über einen weiten Bereich der Fe_1-xS-Mischkristallreihe. Von FeS, oder annähernd stöchiometrischem FeS verlaufen Konoden zum metallischen Wolfram und zu den intermetallischen Phasen Fe₂W und Fe₃W₂. Eine ternäre Phase wurde nicht gefunden. Experimente im ternären sowie im quaternären System Fe-W-O-S demonstrieren, daß WS₂ weder mit metallischem Eisen noch mit Eisenoxiden stabil ist. Molybdän und Wolfram zeichnen sich durch unterschiedliche Affinität zu Schwefel aus, und daraus resultierende Schlußfolgerungen werden in bezug auf natürliche Mineralvergesellschaftungen diskutiert. Die in der einschlägigen Literatur gemachten Angaben über die Schwefelfugazität von Fe, Mo und W werden kritisch untersucht. Dominierende Unterschiede hinsichtlich der Phasengleichgewichtsbeziehungen des Fe-W-S-Diagrammes zu anderen Fe-beinhaltenden Sulfidsystemen, wie Fe-Mo-S, Fe-Sn-S und Fe-Bi-S, werden aufgezeigt.

     

Comment on some relations between the shape of streamlines and frontal interface in the proximity of a cyclonic vortex

Zusammenfassung Es wird ein einfaches Modell des zykolnalen Wirbels vorgeschlagen und die Beziehung zwischen seiner Intensität, der Form der Stromlinien und der Deformation der frontalen Grenzoberfläche in seiner Nähe diskutiert. Die Arbeit verfolgt das Ziel, die Kriterien der sogenannten dynamischen Klassifikation der aus den meteorologischen Satelliten photographierten Bewölkung zu finden.     

On the problem of frequency calibration of induction variometers with large air-core loops

Zusammenfassung Es wird eine Methode für experimentelle Untersuchung der Frequenzkennlinien von Induktionsvariometern mit Aufnahmeschleifen nichttraditioneller Ausmasse beschrieben. Die Grundlage des beschriebenen Verfahrens bildet eine genaue Bestimmung jenes Teils des magnetischen Kraftflusses, der durch die Aufnahmeschleife durchgeht.     

The effect of initial data in adjusting conditional observations

Summary In the introduction the effect of neglecting the accuracy of the initial data is mentioned in adjusting conditional observations, because this essentially causes the accuracy of the adjusted quantities to be overrated. The effect of changes (errors) of the initial data is investigated for two cases: a) when the initial data are given, unmeasured quantities; b) when the initial data are given and measured quantities which form the conditions of adjustment (e.g., gyrotheodolite directional angles). This effect was rejected in a change of the corrections, in the vrst case according to (14), and in the second according to (18). The effect of the changes (errors) of the initial data was also investigated with regard to the matrix of the co-factors of the adjusted quantities. This matrix, taking into account the errors of the initial data described by matrixQww, and the errors of the measurements themselves, described by matrix (26), is expressed by (31).Dedicated to 90th Birthday of Professor Frantiek Fiala     

Genetische Probleme der Zinn-Wolfram-Vererzung im Erzgebirge

Zusammenfassung Die Zinnvererzungen im Erzgebirge stehen in engen räumlichen Beziehungen zu den Granitkontakten. Dieses Merkmal wird durch eine strukturelle Rolle der konsolidierten Endokontaktpartien der Granite beim Aufstieg der Erzlösungen erklärt. Die Mineralisationslösungen stammen aus den tieferen Teilen der Erdkruste; die Lagerstätten stehenin einer paragenetischen Stellung zu den Graniten. Die Zinn-Wolfram Mineralisation verlief in mehreren Mineralisationsstadien. In den Quarzgängen konnte eine deutliche innere Gangmetasomatose beobachtet werden, bei der ine ältere Quarzgangfüllung verdrängt wurde. Die symmetrischen Salbänder mancher Mineralien um die Quarzgänge sind durch Verdrängung des Quarzes vom Gangkontakt aus gebildet worden. Die Abschnitte der Quarzgänge mit Feldspäten die den Pegmatiten sehr ähnlich sehen, sind durch Metasomatose nach der Greisenbildung entstanden. Die Granitbildung wurde von extensiven Nebengesteinsumwandlungen begleitet bei der Kalifeldspatbildung (I–II), Albitisierung, Vergreisung, Serizitisierung, Kaolinitisierung, und Hämatitisierung unterschieden werden. Die wichtigsten geologischen und mineralogischen Merkmale der Lagerstätten sind in Tabellen zusammengefaßt.

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The tin-tungsten mineralization in the Kruné hory Mts. /Erzgebirge shows a close spatial association with the granite contacts. This feature is explained by the structural control of solid endocontact part of the granite bodies for the import of postmagmatic solutions. The mineralizing solutions were derived from the deeper parts of the earth's crust, the ore deposits being thus in a paragenetic position to the granites. The tin-tungsten mineralization occurred during an interrupted process of metallization in the course of several stages. In the quartz veins a distinct intravenous metasomatism was observed with the replacement of earlier quartz vein fillings. The symmetrical selvages of some minerals around quartz veins originated by the replacement of quartz from the wall contact. The sections of the quartz veins with felspars resembling very closely the pegmatites were formed by the post-greisen metasomatism of the quartz veins. The emplacement of granites was accompanied by extensive wall- rock alterations of which potash- felspatization (I and II), albitization, greisenization, sericitization, kaolinization and hematitization were distinguished. The main geological and mineralogical features of the deposits are summarized in tables.

     

An Estimate of Microwave low-Brightness-Temperature Regions' Heights Obtained Measuring Their Rotation Velocity

Daily full-disk solar maps obtained at 37 GHz in the years 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991 are analysed and compared with full-disk solar maps in H. A search for a difference in the measured angular rotation velocity for two classes of microwave low-brightness-temperature regions (LTRs), associated and not associated with H filaments, is performed. Procedures with and without statistical weights, assigned to angular rotation velocities according to the tracing time, are applied and the statistical significance of the results is discussed. A higher angular rotation velocity is measured for LTRs associated with H filaments than for the not-associated ones. This angular velocity difference is interpreted as a consequence of a height difference between these two types of LTR tracers. Changes of the solar differential rotation velocity during the activity cycle measured using LTRs as tracers are explained by the measured cycle-dependence of the association rate between LTRs and H filaments. Similarly, the north–south asymmetry in the solar rotation velocity measured tracing LTRs is explained by the measured north–south asymmetry in the association rate between LTRs and H filaments. The rotation velocity of LTRs and H filaments is on the average more rigid in comparison with sunspots.     

The birthplaces of active regions and X-ray bright points

A comparison of soft X-ray pictures of the Sun (S-054 experiment of Skylab) with K-line spectroheliograms (Mount Wilson) shows that the X-ray bright points tend to emerge randomly throughout the Ca network pattern. However, all those bright points that developed into active regions emerged at the boundaries of network cells. This suggests that the magnetic flux of active regions comes from greater depths in the convection zone than the shallow flux that gives rise to the random emergence of bright points.Also Physics Department, C-011, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, Calif., U.S.A.     

What should be observed on the sun

Three problems are emphasized in particular: the preflare magnetic field configuration, velocity fields, and the nature of acceleration processes in flares. It is concluded that what we need most urgently are high-resolution hard X-ray, soft X-ray, and EUV-pictures, coronal spectra, and magnetograms with high resolution both in space and time. A space-shuttle equipped with instrumentation of this kind would contribute significantly to our knowledge of the flare process.     

Changes of the profiles of spectral lines due to mass transfer in close binaries

In this paper, the model of the ring envelope round the primary component and the stream of the gaseous mass flowing from the secondary component to the primary is constructed on the basis of theoretical computations concerning the exchange of the mass between the components of the binary. The paper studies the influence of the gaseous mass on the profiles of spectral lines before and after occultation; the influence of the stream on the profile in case the secondary is near elongation, is also investigated. The line profiles obtained by numerical computations show that their changes caused by outflowing mass should be well detectable from spectrograms taken at particular phase of the binary. Changes in the lines may influence the measurement of radial velocities. The method for distinguishing the influence of the stream from the influence of the ring is described.