Microstructure and mechanical properties of synthetic opal: A chemically bonded ceramic

1986 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 667-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas C. Simonton ◽  
Rustum Roy ◽  
Sridhar Komarneni ◽  
Else Breval
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Thermal Analyses ◽  
Tetragonal Zirconia ◽  
Synthetic Opal ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Optical Scanning ◽  
Thermally Activated ◽  
Mean Size ◽  
Microscopy Techniques ◽  
First Time

Among chemically bonded ceramics (i.e., those not utilizing thermally activated diffusion for bonding) the French synthetic opal gilsonite provides an excellent existence theorem. By using optical, scanning, and electron microscopy techniques and x-ray, chemical, and differential thermal analyses, it is shown for the first time that the synthetic opal is composed of two separate phases: noncrystalline silica and crystalline (tetragonal) zirconia balls. The zirconia balls with sizes ranging from 7-50 nm appear to be present in an extraordinary regular “lattice” in the void spaces of the silica “balls” of mean size 200 nm. A comparison of the fracture toughness, Kic, data for the gilsonite and natural opal shows that the former is significantly tougher than the latter. The KIC values for gilsonite fall between those of the Corning 0337 Glass Ceramic and Wesgo Al-500 alumina, showing that surprisingly tough ceramics can be made near room temperature by resorting to chemical bonding.

A New Look at Lunar Soil Collected from the Sea of Tranquility during the Apollo 11 Mission

2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Kiely ◽  
Gary Greenberg ◽  
Christopher J. Kiely
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Information ◽  
Lunar Regolith ◽  
Lunar Soil ◽  
Morphological Properties ◽  
Stereo Pair ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Optical Scanning ◽  
Microscopy Techniques ◽  
First Time ◽  
Scanning Electron

AbstractComplementary state-of-the-art optical, scanning electron, and X-ray microscopy techniques have been used to study the morphology of Apollo 11 lunar soil particles (10084-47). The combination of innovative lighting geometries with image processing of a through focal series of images has allowed us to obtain a unique collection of high-resolution light micrographs of these fascinating particles. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) stereo-pair imaging has been exploited to illustrate some of the unique morphological properties of lunar regolith. In addition, for the first time, X-ray micrographs with submicron resolution have been taken of individual particles using X-ray ultramicroscopy (XuM). This SEM-based technique lends itself readily to the imaging of pores, cracks, and inclusions and allows the internal structure of an entire particle to be viewed. Rotational SEM and XuM movies have also been constructed from a series of images collected at sequential angles through 360°. These offer a new and insightful view of these complex particles providing size, shape, and spatial information on many of their internal features.

Structure and Conductivity of Iodine-Doped C60 Thin Films

1994 ◽  
Vol 359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Chen ◽  
Haiyan Zhang ◽  
Baoqiong Chen ◽  
Shaoqi Peng ◽  
Ning Ke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Conductivity Measurements ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Temperature Conductivity ◽  
Room Temperature Conductivity ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Thermally Activated ◽  
Order Of Magnitude

ABSTRACTWe report here the results of our study on the properties of iodine-doped C60 thin films by IR and optical absorption, X-ray diffraction, and electrical conductivity measurements. The results show that there is no apparent structural change in the iodine-doped samples at room temperature in comparison with that of the undoped films. However, in the electrical conductivity measurements, an increase of more that one order of magnitude in the room temperature conductivity has been observed in the iodine-doped samples. In addition, while the conductivity of the undoped films shows thermally activated temperature dependence, the conductivity of the iodine-doped films was found to be constant over a fairly wide temperature range (from 20°C to 70°C) exhibiting a metallic feature.

CsOH and its Lighter Homologues – a Comparison

2014 ◽  
Vol 69 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 1229-1236
Author(s):  
Matthias Wörsching ◽  
Constantin Hoch
Keyword(s):  
Gas Phase ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Structure Type ◽  
Alkali Metal Hydroxide ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Raman Spectroscopic ◽  
Cesium Hydroxide ◽  
Free Ion ◽  
The One ◽  
First Time

Abstract Cesium hydroxide, CsOH, was for the first time characterised on the basis of single-crystal data. The structure is isotypic to the one of the room-temperature modification of NaOH and can be derived from the NaCl structure type thus allowing the comparison of all alkali metal hydroxide structures. Raman spectroscopic investigations show the hydroxide anion to behave almost as a free ion as in the gas phase. The X-ray investigations indicate possible H atom positions.

First in-beam application of thallium bromide semiconductor detectors to particle-induced X-ray emission

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (01n02) ◽  
pp. 53-59
Author(s):  
M. Nogami ◽  
K. Hitomi ◽  
A. Terakawa ◽  
K. Ishii
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Semiconductor Detectors ◽  
Science Center ◽  
Active Volume ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Thallium Bromide ◽  
Quantum Science ◽  
First Time ◽  
Aomori Prefecture ◽  
Zone Purification

For the first time, particle-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) spectra were obtained using TlBr detectors. The TlBr detector was fabricated from a crystal grown with material purified by the zone purification. Its active volume was 1.5 mm × 1.5 mm × 3.1 mm, and it exhibited an energy resolution of a 6.2 keV full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) for 59.5 keV at room temperature. The detector was installed into a PIXE system at Aomori Prefecture Quantum Science Center. A Pb plate target in the PIXE chamber was irradiated with a 20 MeV proton beam, and X-ray peaks for Pb K[Formula: see text] and K[Formula: see text] were successfully detected by the TlBr detector at room temperature.

Magnetoresistance and Structure of Granular Co/Ag Thin Films

1993 ◽  
Vol 313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Beth Stearns ◽  
Yuanda Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Thin Films ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Magnetization Measurements ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Conduction Electrons ◽  
Low Field ◽  
Co Concentration ◽  
Microscopy Techniques ◽  
Substrate Temperatures

ABSTRACTSeveral series of CoxAg1-x granular thin films (-3000Å) were fabricated by coevapora-tion of Co and Ag in a dual e-beam UHV deposition system at varying substrate temperatures. These films have low field magnetoresistance values as large as 31% at room temperature and 65% at liquid N2 temperature. The structure of the films was determined using magnetization measurements as well as x-ray and various electron microscopy techniques. The composition was determined using Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy. The Magnetoresistance was measured at both room and liquid N2 temperatures.We deduce from the magnetization and RBS Measurements that the films consist of Co globules embedded in a Ag Matrix and that there is no appreciable mixing of the Co and Ag atoms in the films deposited at substrate temperatures ≥ 400°K. The size of the Co globules is seen to increase with increasing Co concentration and the maximum magnetoresistance occurs in those films having the smallest Ag thickness which provides magnetic isolation of the Co globules.We suggest that the large magnetoresistance of these films arises from the same mechanism which causes the low field magnetoresistance in pure ferromagnets, namely, the scattering of the highly polarized d conduction electrons of the Co at magnetic boundaries. The large increase in the room temperature magnetoresistance of the CO/Ag films as compared to those of pure 3d ferromagnetic films is due to the distance between the magnetic boundaries being reduced to a few nanometers, because of the small size of the single domain Co globules, as compared to a few microns in 3d ferromagnets.

scholarly journals Physical Stability and Viscoelastic Properties of Co-Amorphous Ezetimibe/Simvastatin System

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justyna Knapik-Kowalczuk ◽  
Krzysztof Chmiel ◽  
Karolina Jurkiewicz ◽  
Natália Correia ◽  
Wiesław Sawicki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elevated Temperature ◽  
Viscoelastic Properties ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Physical Stability ◽  
Ternary Systems ◽  
Storage Conditions ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Temperature Conditions ◽  
First Time

The purpose of this paper is to examine the physical stability as well as viscoelastic properties of the binary amorphous ezetimibe–simvastatin system. According to our knowledge, this is the first time that such an amorphous composition is prepared and investigated. The tendency toward re-crystallization of the amorphous ezetimibe–simvastatin system, at both standard storage and elevated temperature conditions, have been studied by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD). Our investigations have revealed that simvastatin remarkably improves the physical stability of ezetimibe, despite the fact that it works as a plasticizer. Pure amorphous ezetimibe, when stored at room temperature, begins to re-crystallize after 14 days after amorphization. On the other hand, the ezetimibe-simvastatin binary mixture (at the same storage conditions) is physically stable for at least 1 year. However, the devitrification of the binary amorphous composition was observed at elevated temperature conditions (T = 373 K). Therefore, we used a third compound to hinder the re-crystallization. Finally, both the physical stability as well as viscoelastic properties of the ternary systems containing different concentrations of the latter component have been thoroughly investigated.

High-Temperature Modifications of Thorium Dicarbide

1964 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 78-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. Gantzel ◽  
S. Langer ◽  
N. L. Baldwin ◽  
F. L. Kester
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Analysis ◽  
Differential Thermal Analysis ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Thermal Effects ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Thermal Analyses ◽  
Tetragonal Modification ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Space Groups ◽  
Heating And Cooling

AbstractThermal analyses of samples of thorium dicarbide in equilibrium with graphite show arrests which indicate phase transitions at 1427 ± 21°C arid 1481 ± 28°C. These thermal effects have been observed on heating and cooling both in standard thermal analysis and in differential thermal analysis using graphite as a reference material. The microstructure of thorium dicarbide samples shows the characteristic “herringbone” pattern of a material which has undergone a martensitic-type transition.A high-temperature X-ray investigation has revealed that the observed thermal arrests correspond to erystallographic transformations. The monodinic modification found at room temperature is stable to 1427°C, at which temperature a tetragonal modification with a0 = 4.235 ± 0.002Å and c0 = 5.408 ± 0.002Å is formed. At 1481°C, the tetragonal is transformed to cubic with a0 = 5.809 ± 0.002 Å. The best agreement between observed and calculated intensities has been obtained with C-C units of 1.5-Å assumed bond length in space groups P42/mmc and Pa3 for the tetragonal and cubic modifications, respectively.

Temperature dependence of the AV3O7 (A = Ca, Sr) structure

2007 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 836-842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Prinz ◽  
Karine M. Sparta ◽  
Georg Roth
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystal ◽  
Temperature Dependence ◽  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Space Groups ◽  
Temperature Ranges ◽  
First Time

The V4+ (spin ½) oxovanadates AV3O7 (A = Ca, Sr) were synthesized and studied by means of single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The room-temperature structures of both compounds are orthorhombic and their respective space groups are Pnma and Pmmn. The previously assumed structure of SrV3O7 has been revised and the temperature dependence of both crystal structures in the temperature ranges 297–100 K and 315–100 K, respectively, is discussed for the first time.

Mechanochemical reactions in the system FeTiO3–Si

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 3499-3503
Author(s):  
Ying Chen ◽  
J. S. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Reaction Rate ◽  
Thermal Analyses ◽  
Mechanochemical Reaction ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Reaction Stage ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Powder Composition ◽  
Si Content ◽  
Mechanochemical Reactions

Mechanochemical reactions in the system FeTiO3 –Si have been investigated as functions of the powder composition and milling conditions, using x-ray diffraction and thermal analyses. Reduction reactions of FeTiO3 by Si were observed during room-temperature milling with the formation of α–Fe, amorphous SiOx, nanocrystalline TiO2, or intermetallic compounds, depending on the Si content. The mechanochemical reaction process consists of a mechanical activation stage and a reaction stage. Higher milling intensity leads to a shorter activation step and a higher reaction rate.

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