Abstract: A method for refining the grain size of alloys which undergo ferromagnetic to paramagnetic phase transformation and an alloy produced therefrom. By subjecting the alloy to a timed application of a strong magnetic field, the temperature of phase boundaries can be shifted enabling phase transformations at lower temperatures. 1 Applicants: Jayoung Koo Shiun Ling Michael J. Luton Hans Thomann Narasimha-Rao V.

Abstract: The present invention is a method of estimating formation properties by analyzing acoustic waves that are emitted from and received by a bottom hole assembly.

Abstract: The present invention is a method of estimating formation properties by analyzing acoustic waves that are emitted from and received by a bottom hole assembly.

Abstract: The present invention is a method to determine the bound and free fluid index of fluids in porous media by pulsed field gradient (PFG) NMR diffusion measurements. The PFG NMR signal is evaluated using a two-fluid model that describes the self diffusion coefficients for the fluid fractions with low and high translational mobilities.

Abstract: The present invention is a method to determine fluid transport properties of porous media by nuclear magnetic resonance measurements of fluid flow. The NMR signal is encoded by the fluid flow velocity from which the velocity spectrum and the fluid flow properties are obtained.

Abstract: The present invention is a method to rapidly determine the fluid-flow permeability of porous media with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The method can be applied to measurements of permeability in fluid-saturated earth formations using NMR logging tools.

Abstract: The present invention is a method to rapidly determine the fluid-flow permeability of porous media with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The method can be applied to measurements of permeability in fluid-saturated earth formations using NMR logging tools.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions of matter comprising fullerenes and polymers, wherein the fullerenes are combined with the polymer in an amount sufficient to result in a change or modification in the viscoelastic properties of the resulting composition from that of the unmodified polymer typically within the range of from about 0.01 wt. % to about 85 wt. %. Also included in the present invention is the process for making the novel fullerene-polymer compositions and the products produced by the process disclosed therein. The novel compositions show changes in the viscoelastic properties in comparison to the unmodified polymer, and hence, have utility in any application in which the unmodified polymer may be used, but wherein the application would benefit from the resulting change in the viscoelastic properties.

Abstract: A baler has a housing normally displaceable in a travel direction along the ground and forming a rotary baling chamber, guides forming relative to the direction a passage having a forwardly opening front end and a rear end opening rearward into the chamber, a pickup device forward of the passage for picking a strand of crop up off the ground and feeding it up and back to the front end of the passage, and a conveyor having relative to a conveyor axis at least two angularly spaced sets of radially projecting and axially spaced arms engageable radially downward into the passage and movable backward in the passage to advance the strand of crop backward in the passage and into the baling chamber where it is wound up into a large cylindrical bale. The arms of each set are axially aligned with one another and angularly offset from the arms of the other set.