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Contribution to: UNM-UNR-VT Project Research Performance Progress Report 'Seeding and Evolution of Magnetohydrodynamic Instabilities of a Metal Surface Driven by Intense Current' Year 4 (no-cost extension for FY 2022): Oct 2021 - Sept 2022

The multiphysics code Ares has been used to perform resistive MHD fluid simulations of the METI-II experiments (described in Section 1.1.2). The simulations include both 1D Lagrangian simulations and axisymmetric 2D ALE simulations. The results of these simulations are summarized here and a full manuscript is nearing completion for submission.

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Electric heating for metal surface hardening

Electrical element heats only desired area and permits precise control of temperature and cooling rate. Process serves as alternative to flame hardening for treating localized areas.

Lockman, N. L.↗

Early stages of the oxidation of metal surfaces

Photoemission cross sections were calculated for the ZnO4(-6) cluster using the self consistent-chi alpha- scattered wave theory to display the main features of the ultraviolet and X-ray photoemission data from ZnO. A solid model is suggested for an absolute photoemission intensity comparison resulting in chi alpha intensities which are roughly 70% of the experimental values. Together with the experimental data, the calculations allow a complete determination of the electronic structure of a ZnO surface.

Gatos, H. C.↗

An investigation of the kinetics for hydrogen chemisorption on iron metal surfaces

A quasi-isothermal approach was used to study the kinetics of hydrogen and hydrogen sulfide chemisorption onto iron film in an effort to understand the environmental degradation of steels. The coverage of chemisorbed hydrogen or chemisorbed sulfur was observed as a function of time for fixed conditions of substrate temperature. Auger electron spectroscopy was used to observe the sulfur and chemisorption-induced resistance change was employed to monitor hydrogen coverage. To compare the results obtained from studying the kinetics by two different techniques, the kinetics of oxygen chemisorption onto iron films was also studied. A reaction model utilized to interpret the H2/Fe2 chemisorption kinetics was applied to data from an earlier study on the desorption kinetics for H2 chemisorbed onto nicket films in the vicinity of the Curie temperature of the film. This analysis permitted a separation of the gross desorption process into individual components so that the influence of the magnetic phase transition on the rate constants could be determined.

Shanabarger, M. R.↗

An investigation of the kinetics of hydrogen chemisorption on iron metal surfaces

The isothermal kinetics of H2, H2S, and O2 chemisorption onto epitaxially grown (III) oriented Fe films were studied. The measurements were made using the techniques of chemisorption induced resistance change and Auger electron spectroscopy (for adsorbed sulfur and oxygen). Also the origin of the chemisorption induced resistance change for these systems and its applicability to kinetic measurements were established. The chemisorption kinetics were interpreted as dissociative chemisorption via an adsorbed molecular species. The applicable rate constants were established. In none of the studies were the rate constants observed to be coverage dependent. By comparing the temperature dependence of the rate constants with absolute rate theory, the binding energies and activation energies of all the kinetic processes were obtained for the H2/Fe system. The initial sticking coefficient was pressure dependent for both the H2/Fe and H2S/Fe systems. This results from the step between the adsorbed molecular state and the dissociated chemisorbed state being the rate limiting step for absorption at certain pressures and temperatures. Estimates were obtained for the temperature dependence of the rate constants for the O2/Fe system.

Shanabarger, M. R.↗