The polarization properties of a new structure of high birefringence polarization maintaining photonic crystal fibers were explored, which were consisted of elliptical-holes and near elliptical core triangle lattice of hexangular structure based on polymer. The optical birefringence and the first order polarization mode dispersion were studied based on a full-vector localized basis function method. The numerical results show that the polarization properties are strongly dependent on structural parameters of the PCF. Furthermore, the proposed fiber was fabricated based on MMA monomer polymerization method in situ. So the proposed PCFs may be useful in the field of high birefringence polarization-maintaining optical communication.

In order to improve the toughness of oil casing steel N80 without the sacrifice of its original high strength, an intercritical quenching treatment was conducted under the temperature determined by a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis. Effects of intercritical quenching on the microstructure of oil casing steel N80 were characterized by means of optical microscope (OM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). Tensile strength, reduction of cross-sectional area and microhardness were measured to evaluate the mechanical property of oil casing steel N80 after intercritical quenching treatment. The study results show that the tensile strength and microhardness of intercritical quenched oil casing steel N80 consisting of ferrite (F) and martensite (M) is slightly lower than that of tempered oil casing steel N80 composing of sorbite (S), yet which is still higher than that of full annealled oil casing steel N80 composing of pearlite (P) and a little amount of ferrite (F). In particular, the reduction of cross-sectional area of oil casing steel N80 intercritical quenched at 740°C is higher than those of tempered and full annealled. Additionally, both dimple and cleavage can be found on the impact fracture surface of N80 steel after intercritical quenching at 740°C. The toughness of oil casing steel N80 can be obviously improved by the intercritical quenching treatment at 740°C due to the formation of ferrite (F).

The potentiodynamic polarization and cyclic voltommogroms studies were carried out on the copper with micro-addition of Cr and Zr in solutions of 0.5M NaCl, 0.5M NaOH and 0.5M HCl at room temperature. The corrosion resistance of pure copper is deteriorated with addition of the alloying elements Cr and Zr. Significant reducing in the corrosion resistance is observed when Cr and Zr are added simultaneously. Moreover, the lowest corrosion current density is obtained in the NaCl solution followed by the NaOH solution and HCl solution. Compared with the different effect on the passive layer in the NaCl solution, the micro-addition of Cr and Zr leads to the increasing of the corrosion resistance for the passive layer in 0.5M NaOH solution and 0.5M HCl solution.

The corrosion resistance of Ultra-fine grain (UFG) chromium bronze, prepared by Equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP), was investigated at room temperature and atmospheric pressure by electrochemistry technique and immersion experiment. The electrochemistry experiment showed that ECAP processing don’t change the corrosion nature of chromiun bronze, the corrosion potential of UFG chromium bronze is a little more positive than that of CG chromium bronze, the differences are in the range of 10mV-20mV. Meantime, the immersion experiment showed that the UFG chromium bronze is more resistant to corrosion than its CG counterpart. The difference between UFG chromium bronze and its CG counterpart is also significant in terms of corrosion morphology. Though the structure is uniform corrosion, the microstructure is honeycomb-like morphology for CG chromium bronze and the corrosion pit is deeper. The shallower corrosion pits are displayed for UFG chromium bronze and grain drop off in local region.

The corrosion behavior of CuCr, CuZr and CuCrZr alloys in NaCl solution is reported in this paper. The corrosion performance has been evaluated in NaCl solution atmosphere. The results show the corrosion resistance of pure copper decrease with the addition of the alloying elements initially. However, in the later exposure stages, the corrosion resistance of CuZr and CuCrZr alloy deteriorates significantly while the corrosion resistance of CuCr alloy is slightly better than that of pure copper. In addition, the results of the electrochemical experiments indicate that the different behavior for the element Cr and Zr in the base material and corrosion scales lead to the change of the corrosion resistance.