Speciation Study of Cr in a Geochemical Reference Material Sediment Series Using Sequential Extraction and XANES Spectroscopy

Speciation of Cr in geochemical reference materials was characterised by sequential extraction and X‐ray absorption near‐edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy to identify Cr(III) resulting from the reduction of pollutant Cr(VI). Sequential extraction suggested that the amount of Cr associated with an acetic acid soluble fraction was low; Cr associated with a reducible phase and an oxidisable phase was extracted at 5–10% of the total Cr concentration, and the residual phase was found to be the dominant Cr‐containing fraction. Cr speciation in soil artificially doped with Cr(VI) and sediment samples collected from highly populated and industrialised areas was different from that in naturally occurring materials. Substantial Cr was extracted as a reducible phase (15–30%) and an oxidisable phase (30–60%) for these samples. Through subsequent XANES spectroscopy analysis, the reducible phase was explained by Cr bound to Fe hydroxide, while the oxidisable phase was a mixture of Cr bound to humic substances and Cr hydroxides. That is, Cr(VI) present as a contaminant in sediments and soils was reduced to Cr(III), which then bound to Fe hydroxide and humic substances, precipitating as a hydroxide. Thus, a combination of sequential extraction and XANES spectroscopy allows for effective identification and quantification of the chemical forms of Cr in sediments and soils.     

Z-2000偏振塞曼石墨炉原子吸收分光光度计测定地球化学样品中痕量金

用ψ=50%的王水分解样品,聚氨酯泡沫塑料吸附富集金,10 g/L硫脲为解脱剂,偏振塞曼石墨炉原子吸收分光光度计测定痕量金.对干燥、灰化、原子化、净化温度和时间,以及载气流量和灯电流强度进行了讨论;对影响金吸附效果的泡塑载体和王水浓度等因素进行了研究.通过实验得到了Z-2000偏振塞曼原子吸收分光光度计最佳石墨炉分析测试条件.方法检出限为0.3 ng/g,回收率为95.0%～101.0%,精密度(RSD,n=12)低于8.0%,经国家一级标准物质(GBW 07243～GBW 07245)分析验证,结果与标准值相符.     

X射线双星回旋吸收线研究进展

X射线双星中的回旋共振散射吸收特征(即回旋吸收线特征)是直接测量中子星磁场的工具。回旋吸收线表现为X射线能谱中多阶吸收特征。截至目前,已在30多颗源中探测到该现象,其能量范围为10-80 keV,对应的磁场强度范围为10^7-10^9 T。随着X射线探测技术的进步,回旋吸收线观测及理论研究也迅速发展,包括谐频和基频回旋吸收线能量之比、回旋吸收线形状的复杂性、回旋吸收线形态参数间的相关性、回旋吸收线能量与光度的关系、回旋吸收线的脉冲相位解析谱及回旋吸收线能量的长时标演化等。未来,人们将通过对回旋吸收线的研究,在探测高磁场中子星,以及在探究中子星磁场结构和吸积柱物理等方面取得更多成果。     

Bio-Optical Properties of Seawater in the Western Subarctic Gyre and Alaskan Gyre in the Subarctic North Pacific and the Southern Bering Sea during the Summer of 1997

Chlorophyll a concentrations (chla) and the absorption coefficients of total particulate matter [a _p()], phytoplankton [a _ph()], detritus [a _d()], and colored dissolved organic matter: CDOM [a _CDOM()] were measured in seawater samples collected in the subarctic North Pacific and the southern Bering Sea during the summer of 1997. We examined the specific spectral properties of absorption for each material, and compared the light fields in the Western subarctic Gyre (area WSG) with those in the Alaskan Gyre (area AG), and the southern Bering Sea (area SB). In the area WSG, the irradiance in the surface layer decreased markedly, indicating high absorption. In the area AG, the radiant energy penetrated deeply, and the chl a and absorption values were low throughout the water column. In the area SB, light absorption was high in the surface layer on the shelf edge and decreased with increasing depth; on the other hand, light absorption was low in the surface layer in the shelf area and increased with increasing depth.     

Semi-analytic approach to understanding the distribution of neutral hydrogen in the Universe

Analytic derivations of the correlation function and the column density distribution for neutral hydrogen in the intergalactic medium (IGM) are presented, assuming that the non-linear baryonic mass density distribution in the IGM is lognormal. This ansatz was used earlier by Bi & Davidsen to perform one-dimensional simulations of lines of sight and analyse the properties of absorption systems. We have taken a completely analytic approach, which allows us to explore a wide region of the parameter space for our model. The analytic results have been compared with observations to constrain various cosmological and IGM parameters, whenever possible. Two kinds of correlation functions are defined: (i) along the line of sight (LOS); and (ii) across the transverse direction. We find that the effects on the LOS correlation owing to changes in cosmology and the slope of the equation of state of the IGM, γ , are of the same order, which means that we cannot constrain both the parameters simultaneously. However, it is possible to constrain γ and its evolution using the observed LOS correlation function at different epochs provided that one knows the background cosmology. We suggest that the constraints on the evolution of γ obtained using the LOS correlation can be used as an independent tool to probe the reionization history of the Universe. From the transverse correlation function, we obtain the excess probability, over random, of finding two neutral hydrogen overdense regions separated by an angle θ . We find that this excess probability is always less than 1 per cent for redshifts greater than 2. Our models also reproduce the observed column density distribution for neutral hydrogen, and the shape of the distribution depends on γ . Our calculations suggest that one can rule out γ >1.6 for z ≃2.31 using the column density distribution. However, one cannot rule out higher values of γ at higher redshifts.     

Determining Rayleigh damping parameters of soils for finite element analysis

Soil damping ratio is an important parameter for modelling the dynamic behaviour of soil embankment structures, especially for the micro‐vibration analysis of hospitals and high‐tech industries, which have a very severe construction requirement for vibration. This paper explores using a least‐squares method to evaluate the Rayleigh damping parameters for the finite element analysis of wave propagation in soils. The least‐squares method was first used in Bornitz's equation to calculate the absorption coefficients of soils. Afterward, the best‐fit Rayleigh damping parameters were obtained using those coefficients in the least‐squares scheme again. Both three‐dimensional finite element analyses and field experiments were performed to validate the accuracy of this method. The comparison between experimental and finite element results demonstrates that the accuracy of this least‐squares method is acceptable. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

谱模拟频谱比法反演品质因子稳定性分析

地震波在粘弹性介质中传播的一个基本特征是能量的衰减及地震波的瞬时波形变化。从广义上说,衰减可分为两类：一类是与地震波传播特性有关的衰减|另一类是反映介质内在属性的地层本征衰减,地层的本征衰减通常用品质因子来度量。反演品质因子的方法有多种,常用的是谱模拟频谱比法。笔者的主要目的是通过模型试算来分析评价该方法在反演品质因子时对干涉和噪声的稳定性,得出有益的结论,用于指导反演计算。     

Texture effect on polarized EXAFS amplitude

 Application of polarized extended X-ray absorption fine structure (P-EXAFS) spectroscopy to thin films of fine-grained minerals is emerging as a powerful method to investigate the in-plane and out-of-plane local structure of phyllosilicates. Mineral platelets have no preferential orientation in the plane of the film, and their c* axes are oriented essentially along the film normal. The angular dependence of the EXAFS amplitude critically depends on the orientation distribution of c* axes due to mosaic spread. The effect of film texture on EXAFS amplitude has been calculated as a function of the mosaic spread, the orientation of the electric field vector, and the crystallographic orientation of the atomic pair. Calculations show that the reduction in amplitude for partially ordered films is more important when the electric field vector is perpendicular to the film plane. For phyllosilicates, no significant deviation from single crystal dichroism occurs when the mosaic spread is less than ±20–25° half-width at half-maximum (HWHM) for parallel measurement, and ±15–20° HWHM for normal measurement. Graphs are given for correcting EXAFS-derived coordination numbers for texture effects. Received: 3 February 2000 / Accepted: 26 July 2000