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Notizen: Bean, cucumber and corn plants were grown in controlled-environment chambers at 25/18 °C day/night temperature and either ambient (350 μmol mol−1) or elevated (700 μmol mol−1) CO2 concentration, and at 20–30 d after emergence they were exposed to a 24 h chilling treatment (6.5 ± 1.5 °C) at their growth CO2 concentration. Whole-plant transpiration rates (per unit leaf area basis) during the first 3 h of chilling were about 26,28 and 13% lower at elevated than at ambient CO2 for bean, cucumber and corn, respectively. The decline in leaf water potential (ψL) and visible wilting of bean and cucumber during chilling were significantly less at elevated than at ambient CO2. Corn ψL was not significantly affected by chilling, and corn did not exhibit any other symptoms of chilling-induced water stress. Leaf osmotic potentials (measured before chilling only) of bean and cucumber were more negative at elevated than at ambient CO2, and the corresponding calculated leaf turgor potentials were significantly higher at elevated than at ambient CO2. Leaf relative water content (RWC) during chilling at ambient CO2fell to 62 and 48% for bean and cucumber, respectively. RWC during chilling at elevated CO2 was never below 79% for bean or 63% for cucumber. Corn RWC was not measured. After 24 h of chilling at ambient CO2, net photosynthetic rate (PN) reductions were 83, 89 and 24% for bean, cucumber and corn, respectively. PN reductions during chilling were less at elevated CO2: 53, 40 and 4% for bean, cucumber and corn, respectively. At ambient CO2, none of the species fully recovered to pre-chilling PN, but at elevated CO2 both bean and corn recovered fully. The average percentage leaf area with visible leaf damage due to chilling was 20.6 and 9.6% at ambient and elevated CO2, respectively, for bean, and 32.4 and 23.6% at ambient and elevated CO2, respectively, for cucumber. Corn showed no significant permanent leaf damage from chilling at either CO2 concentration. These results indicate that cucumber was most sensitive to chilling as imposed in this study, followed by bean and corn. The results support the hypothesis that, at least in young plants under controlled-environment conditions, elevated CO2 improves plant water relations during chilling and can mitigate photosynthetic depression and chilling damage. The implications for long-term growth and reproductive success in managed and natural ecosystems will require testing of this hypothesis under field conditions.

Notizen: Abstract Failure of turbine blades generally results from high-temperature oxidation, corrosion, erosion, or combinations of these procedures at the tip, and the leading and trailing edges of a turbine blade. To overcome these limitations, functionally gradient ceramic/metallic coatings have been produced by high-energy beams for high-temperature applications in the aerospace and turbine industries to increase the life of turbine components. Thermal spray processes have long been used to apply high-temperature thermal barrier coatings to improve the life of turbine components. However, these processes have not met the increased demand by the aerospace and turbine industries to obtain higher engine temperatures and increased life enhancement as a result of the inhomogeneous microstructure, unmelted particles, voids, and poor bonding with the substrate. High-energy beams, i.e. electron beam-physical vapour deposition (EB-PVD), laser glazing, laser surface alloying, and laser surface cladding, have been explored to enhance the life of turbine components and overcome the limitations of the thermal spray processes. EB-PVD has overcome some of the disadvantages of the thermal spray processes and has increased the life of turbine components by a factor of two as a result of the columnar microstructure in the thermal barrier coating (TBC). Laser glazing has been used to produce metastable phases, amorphous material, and a fine-grained microstructure, resulting in improved surface properties such as fatigue, wear, and corrosion resistance at elevated temperatures without changing the composition of the surface material. Laser surface alloying and laser surface cladding have shown promising results in improving the chemical, physical, and mechanical properties of the substrate's surface. Metal-matrix composite coatings have also been produced by a laser technique which resulted in increased wear and oxidation-resistant properties. The advantages and disadvantages of thermal spray processes, EB-PVD, laser glazing, laser surface alloying, and laser surface cladding will be discussed. Microstructural evolution of thermal barrier coatings, recent advancements in functionally gradient coatings, laser grooving, and multilayered textured coatings will also be discussed.

Notizen: Abstract Titanium nitride (TiN) coatings have been successfully deposited on 304 stainless steel substrates by reactive ion beam-assisted, electron beam-physical vapor deposition (RIBA, EB-PVD). The hardness values of the TiN coatings varied from 800 to 2500 VHN depending on the processing condition. The lattice parameter and hardness variation were correlated with processing parameters such as: deposition rate, bias, ion source energies, process gas, substrate temperature, and coating composition. The hardness of the TiN coatings increased with increasing ion energy. The ion energies combined with the deposition rate were the limiting factors controlling the degree of surface texturing. Surface texturing was only observed for those coatings deposited 〉8 Å/s.