The Influence of Interfacial Energies on Igneous Microstructures

In a study designed to investigate the melting behaviour of natural gas hydrates which are usually formed in porous mineral sediments rather than in bulk, hydrate phase equilibria for binary methane and water mixtures were studied using high-pressure differential scanning calorimetry in mesoporous and macroporous silica particles having controlled pore sizes ranging from 8.5 nm to 195.7 nm. A dynamic oscillating temperature method was used to form methane hydrates reproducibly and then determine their decomposition behaviour—melting points and enthalpies of melting. Significant decreases in dissociation temperature were observed as the pore size decreased (over 6 K for 8.5 nm pores). This behaviour is consistent with the Gibbs–Thomson equation, which was used to determine hydrate–water interfacial energies. The melting data up to 50 MPa indicated a strong, essentially logarithmic, dependence on pressure, which here has been ascribed to the pressure dependence of the interfacial energy in the confined media. An empirical modification of the Gibbs–Thomson equation is proposed to include this effect.

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Application of the “geometric mean” combining rule for intermolecular distances to the theory of interfacial energies

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ◽

10.1016/0021-9797(71)90202-5 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 35 (1) ◽

pp. 171 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Robert J Good ◽

Christopher J Hope

Keyword(s):

Geometric Mean ◽

Interfacial Energies ◽

Intermolecular Distances

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Interfacial Energies in Milk, Influence of Milk Proteins on Interfacial Tension between Butter Oil and Various Aqueous Phases

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry ◽

10.1021/jf60118a003 ◽

1961 ◽

Vol 9 (6) ◽

pp. 424-427 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

R. H. Jackson ◽

M. J. Pallansch

Keyword(s):

Interfacial Tension ◽

Milk Proteins ◽

Butter Oil ◽

Interfacial Energies

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A Method for Estimation of Interfacial Energies in Ceramic-Liquid Metal and Alloy Systems

Materials Science Forum ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.126-128.695 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 126-128 ◽

pp. 695-698

Author(s):

Simeon Agathopoulos ◽

A. Tsoga ◽

P. Nikolopoulos

Keyword(s):

Liquid Metal ◽

Interfacial Energies ◽

Alloy Systems

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Interfacial Energies for Incoherent Inclusions

Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis ◽

10.1007/s002050100161 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 159 (4) ◽

pp. 335-361

Author(s):

Paolo Cermelli ◽

Giovanni Leoni

Keyword(s):

Interfacial Energies

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Thermodynamic Modelling and Microstructural Study of Z-Phase Formation in a Ta-Alloyed Martensitic Steel

Materials ◽

10.3390/ma14061332 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (6) ◽

pp. 1332

Author(s):

Florian Riedlsperger ◽

Bernadette Gsellmann ◽

Erwin Povoden-Karadeniz ◽

Oriana Tassa ◽

Susanna Matera ◽

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Keyword(s):

Special Focus ◽

Scanning Calorimetry ◽

Transmission Electron Microscopy Analysis ◽

Computational Framework ◽

Mobility Data ◽

Interfacial Energies ◽

Transmission Electron ◽

Size Number ◽

Electron Microscopy Analysis ◽

Microscopy Analysis

A thermokinetic computational framework for precipitate transformation simulations in Ta-containing martensitic Z-steels was developed, including Calphad thermodynamics, diffusion mobility data from the literature, and a kinetic parameter setup that considered precipitation sites, interfacial energies and dislocation density evolution. The thermodynamics of Ta-containing subsystems were assessed by atomic solubility data and enthalpies from the literature as well as from the experimental dissolution temperature of Ta-based Z-phase CrTaN obtained from differential scanning calorimetry. Accompanied by a comprehensive transmission electron microscopy analysis of the microstructure, thermokinetic precipitation simulations with a wide-ranging and well-documented set of input parameters were carried out in MatCalc for one sample alloy. A special focus was placed on modelling the transformation of MX into the Z-phase, which was driven by Cr diffusion. The simulation results showed excellent agreement with experimental data in regard to size, number density and chemical composition of the precipitates, showing the usability of the developed thermokinetic simulation framework.

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