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Calorimetric Determination of the Heat of Formation of Ferrites

L. A. REZNITSKII and K. G. KHOMYAKOV
1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.41684

This paper reports calorimetric measurements of the heats of formation of copper, zinc, and calcium ferrites, motivated by the need for thermodynamic data relevant to ferrite synthesis. The authors determined these values from differences in the heats of dissolution of ferrites and corresponding oxi…

On the Effect of Monolayers on Droplet Evaporation

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1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.41660

This paper develops a theory for the influence of insoluble monolayers and thin foreign films on the evaporation of liquid drops, separating effects that earlier treatments combined in a single condensation coefficient. By solving diffusion and boundary flux problems for spherical drops, the authors…

Specific Catalytic Activity of Iron Films in the Isotope Exchange Reaction in Molecular Hydrogen

M. A. Avdeenko, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.41556

This study examines how deposition temperature, crystal size, and sintering affect the specific catalytic activity of iron films in the isotopic exchange reaction between molecular hydrogen and deuterium. Iron films were prepared by vacuum condensation at different temperatures, characterized by ads…

Structure and Catalytic Properties of Chromium Silica Gel Catalysts

M. I. ROZENGART, A. A. SLINKIN, and A. M. RUBINSHTEIN
1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.41545

This paper examines how preparation conditions affect the structure and catalytic stability of chromium oxide on silica gel during dehydrocyclization of n-heptane. Chromium silica gel catalysts treated with alcohol were heated in air or hydrogen and compared by catalytic tests, X-ray diffraction, an…

Formation of a Linear Dimer of Isoprene on the Complex Catalyst $(\text{iso}$ -$\mathrm{C}_4\mathrm{H}_9)_3\mathrm{Al}+\mathrm{TiCl}_4$

L. I. ZAKHARKIN
1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.41534

This paper reports the catalytic oligomerization of isoprene using a complex catalyst prepared from triisobutylaluminum and titanium tetrachloride under conditions that favor low oligomers rather than polymer formation. Distillation and fractionation of the reaction products gave dimeric, trimeric, …

Critical Phenomena under the Action of Inhibitors on Chain Degenerately Branched Reactions

A. B. GAGARINA, Z. K. MAIZUS
1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.41279

This paper examines critical phenomena in slow chain reactions with degenerate branching under the action of radical inhibitors, focusing on the predicted transition between stationary inhibited oxidation and autocatalytic reaction. A kinetic scheme is formulated for hydrocarbon oxidation in the pre…

On Gauss sums and Kloosterman sums

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1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.41080

The paper studies inhomogeneous multiple Gauss sums associated with integral quadratic and linear forms, including sums over arithmetic progressions modulo an auxiliary integer. It establishes structural formulas such as reduction to complete sums, multiplicativity over coprime moduli, invariance un…

Electron Diffraction Study of Neodymium Oxides

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1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.40936

This study examines the poorly characterized oxidation behavior of neodymium and the structures of oxides formed from thin neodymium films. Using fast electron diffraction, the authors analyzed films oxidized in air at room temperature and after heating to 500, 700, and 900 degrees Celsius, as well …

Contact problem for an elastic layer under the action of an eccentric vertical force on a circular rigid punch

K. E. EGOROV
1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.40927

This paper treats the contact problem for an elastic layer of finite thickness acted on by an eccentric vertical force applied through a circular rigid punch. The loading is decomposed into a central force and a moment, and the solution is developed using harmonic displacement potentials, Bessel int…

On the Mechanism of Mutual Atomic Transfer of Copper during Bronze-on-Steel Friction

D. N. GARKUNOV, V. N. LOZOVSKII, and A. A. POLYAKOV
1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.40915

This paper investigates the mechanism of mutual atomic transfer of copper during friction of bronze against steel under glycerol lubrication, a phenomenon associated with very low wear. The authors propose that localized heating at contact spots enables glycerol to reduce copper from surface oxide f…

Asymptotics of Solutions of Some Boundary Value Problems for Equations with a Small Parameter at the Highest Derivative

A. B. Vasil'eva
1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.40781

This note studies boundary-value problems for singularly perturbed systems in which a small positive parameter multiplies the highest derivative, extending earlier asymptotic methods from initial-value problems and second-order equations to more general systems. It constructs formal matched expansio…

On Neutron Radiation from Rocks

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1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.40466

This paper addresses the disputed magnitude of neutron radiation from rocks relative to cosmic-ray neutrons at sea level. Using published data on cosmic-ray neutron production and available measurements of neutron yields from alpha-particle interactions in granite, the authors estimate neutron produ…

Electrochemical and Photoelectrochemical Processes on $p$- and $n$-Type Germanium in the Region of Cathodic Polarization

R. M. Lazorenko-Manevich, N. A. Aladzhalova, and V. I. Veselovskii
1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.40417

This study examines hydrogen evolution on p-type and n-type germanium electrodes under cathodic polarization in alkaline and acidic solutions, with particular attention to surface state and illumination effects. Using overvoltage measurements, transient polarization curves, and discontinuous illumin…

On One Class of Extremal Problems for Polynomials

S. Ya. KHAVINSON
1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.40413

The paper studies a class of extremal problems for generalized polynomials in locally convex linear topological spaces, where the approximation error measured by a continuous symmetric convex functional is combined with a second convex functional of the coefficients. A dual extremal problem over con…

ON THE APPLICATION OF PROPERTIES OF DOMAINS OF HOLOMORPHY TO THE STUDY OF SOLUTIONS OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

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1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.40220

This note applies properties of envelopes of holomorphy to convolution equations in the space of tempered distributions, including linear differential equations with constant coefficients satisfying a specified nonvanishing condition in spacelike directions. By passing to Fourier transforms and usin…

Studies in the Field of Boron Compounds. Synthesis and Properties of Cyclopentadienyl Boron Compounds

A. A. PROKHOROVA and Ya. M. PAUSHKIN
1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.40129

This paper reports the synthesis and characterization of previously undescribed cyclopentadienyl boron compounds, chiefly tricyclopentadienylboron and cyclopentadienylboron difluoride, prepared by reacting cyclopentadienylmagnesium bromide with boron trifluoride etherate in ether under nitrogen. The…

Study of the Dependence of the Diffusion Coefficient on Loading in Sorbent Grains of Arbitrary Shape

D. P. Timofeev
1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.39937

This paper addresses how to determine the dependence of gas diffusion coefficients on loading in real porous sorbent grains of arbitrary shape, avoiding uncertainties introduced by pressing powders or reshaping grains into regular geometries. Assuming a narrow concentration interval in which the dif…

Study of the solubility of boric acid in saturated water vapor

Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR M. A. STYRIKOVICH,
1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.39850

This paper investigates the solubility of boric acid in saturated water vapor, motivated by its use in regulating reactivity in boiling systems and by applications in power and geothermal installations. Experiments were performed by evaporating small portions of boric acid solutions over pressures f…

Mobility of modifying additives in silver

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1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.39747

This study examines the mobility and removal of metalloid modifying additives in silver catalysts, focusing on chlorine, iodine, and sulfate species labeled with radioactive isotopes. Additives were introduced into pressed silver tablets, heated in different gaseous media, and monitored radiometrica…

Esters of thiosulfoacids as new fungicidal agents

B. G. BOLDYREV, K. A. GAR, and N. V. EVTEEVA
1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.39730

This paper investigates the fungicidal activity of thiosulfonic acid esters, a class of compounds previously noted for broad antimicrobial effects and potential agricultural use. A series of alkyl, trichloromethyl, and aryl esters of alkane- and arenethiosulfonic acids were tested in vitro against f…

On the existence and uniqueness of a periodic solution to a nonlinear problem on forced vibrations of a string

V. N. Karp
1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.39519

The paper studies a nonlinear boundary value problem for forced vibrations of a string, seeking a twice continuously differentiable solution that is periodic in time and satisfies fixed endpoint conditions. Extending the author’s earlier treatment for odd integral wave speeds, it reduces the problem…

On the proof of the double spectral representation

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1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.39500

The paper addresses the problem of justifying a double spectral representation for generalized functions of two variables, motivated by double dispersion relations in mathematical physics. It defines a complete countably normed space of test functions with specified differentiability, integrability,…

Direct decompositions of idempotents in semigroups

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1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.39386

This paper develops a semigroup-theoretic framework intended to unify structure-theoretic and category-theoretic theories of direct decompositions. It defines direct decompositions of idempotent elements in semigroups with zero and identity, introduces regularity, splitting, normality, subordination…

ON GAS FLOWS WITH LARGE SUPERSONIC VELOCITY

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1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.39135

This paper derives simplified governing equations for steady plane and axisymmetric ideal-gas flows at very large supersonic Mach numbers, using a small parameter related to the inverse Mach number and a hypersonic similarity parameter. It distinguishes the regime in which this parameter is of order…

On the Theory of Melting

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1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.38968

This paper proposes a statistical approach to melting that determines the transition temperature from the crystalline side rather than from the liquid distribution function. Using Bogolyubov’s variational principle, the crystal is modeled first as an Einstein solid with atoms oscillating independent…

Representation of multicomponent systems using models

F. M. PERELMAN
1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.38934

This paper discusses graphical and physical model representations for five-component chemical systems, where ordinary plane diagrams become inadequate for conveying relations between composition and properties. It compares projections of the four-dimensional figures used for simple systems, reciproc…

On Circuits of a One-Bit Adder

M. Ya. VAINSTEIN
1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.38922

This note studies acyclic diode circuits for a one-digit binary adder constructed from logical and, or, and not elements, with at most one negation, and asks for the minimum number of diodes needed to produce the carry and sum modulo 2 from three input bits. By analyzing monotone subcircuits and str…

ON THE ROLE OF THE SOLVENT IN MENSCHUTKIN REACTIONS

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1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.38892

This study examines solvent effects in the Menschutkin reaction of pyridine with ethyl iodide, using pressure dependence of reaction rates together with density, compressibility, pycnometric, and conductivity measurements. Experiments in nitrobenzene and cyclohexanone at 50 degrees C and pressures u…

Preparation and Properties of Penicillin Nitriles

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1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.38713

This paper investigates the preparation of previously unknown nitrile derivatives of benzylpenicillin and phenoxymethylpenicillin as part of a study of how replacing the free carboxyl group affects penicillin properties. The authors prepared the nitriles by dehydrating the corresponding penicillin a…

Sigma Phase in the Rhenium–Vanadium System

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1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.38599

This paper examines the occurrence and stability of a sigma phase in the rhenium and vanadium alloy system, where earlier work had reported no intermediate phases. Using phase diagram construction, high temperature annealing, microstructural observation, microhardness testing, and X-ray diffraction …

The entropy, rate of establishment of entropy and entropic stability of Gaussian random quantities and processes

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1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.38423

This paper studies relative entropy, entropy production rates, and entropic stability for Gaussian random variables and stationary Gaussian processes. It defines entropy density for probability measures, gives criteria and decompositions for finite entropy between Gaussian variables, and derives spe…

On the Stability of Complex Compounds of Divalent Platinum

A. A. Grinberg and M. I. Gel'fman
1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.38421

This study addresses the limited quantitative data on the stability of divalent platinum complex ions, especially the overall instability constants of chloro, bromo, iodo, and cyanoplatinites. The authors determined free platinum ion concentrations by measuring the electromotive force of cells with …

Spheres and Geodesics in Riemannian Spaces with a Pole

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1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.38412

This paper studies Riemannian spaces of positive curvature with a pole, focusing on spheres centered at the pole and the behavior of geodesics relative to the corresponding balls. Using comparison arguments and variational methods for geodesic digons, it proves that all such spheres are strictly con…

Dipole moments of some halopolynitroalkanes

A. N. Shidlovskaya, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR Ya. K. Syrkin,
1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.38344

This paper examines how accumulation of nitro groups influences the polarity and chemical behavior of aliphatic halopolynitro compounds. Dipole moments of eight compounds were measured in benzene at 25 degrees by the heterodyne method, with electronic and atomic polarization corrections used to esti…

On the number of symmetry types of contact $(1,k)$-poles

Yu. L. SAGALOVICH
1960 SovietRxiv: ru-196001.38306

The paper studies the enumeration of symmetry types of oriented contact (1,k)-poles realizing basic sequences of Boolean functions in n variables, where equivalence is defined by transformations of the n-dimensional hypercube. Using a group representation induced by these transformations and a chara…