Growth of nanocrystalline PbS within a glass

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 2507-2510 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Mukherjee ◽  
A. Datta ◽  
D. Chakravorty

Nanocrystalline PbS has been grown within a phase-separated oxide glass of composition 10 Na2O, 15 PbO, 17 CaO, 3 Bi2O3, and 55 SiO2 (in mole %) by passing H2S gas over it at temperatures varying from 773 to 943 K. The particle size ranged from 2.5 to 12.9 nm. The dc resistivity of composites of nanocrystalline PbS and the phase separated glass has been measured over the temperature range 300 to 670 K. The resistivity variation in the temperature range 550 to 670 K is characterized by the sodium ion migration in the glass with an activation energy, ∼1.2 eV. The resistivity in the range 300 to 500 K was controlled by conduction in PbS particles with the estimated band gap showing an increase with a decrease in the particle size.

2001 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 14-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwao Takei ◽  
Norikazu Maeno

AbstractDielectric measurements of snow were carried out in the temperature range –15° to 0°C and in the frequency range 50 Hz to 5 MHz. The snow samples (about 400 kg m–3 density) used were stored snow (average particle size: 2 mm) and hoar-frost (particle size: <1 to 5 mm). The frequency characteristics of dielectric parameters showed a dielectric dispersion (Davidson-Cole type) around 30 kHz and a low-frequency dielectric dispersion (Cole-Cole circular law type). The a.c. conductivity showed a dielectric dispersion around 30 kHz and two characteristic constant values in the frequency ranges above 1 MHz and below 100 Hz (the high-frequency conductivity σ∞ and the low-frequency conductivity σLOW). The low-frequency conductivity σLOW showed a peak at about –2°C. This behavior has never been noted by previous researchers. The σLOW showed an activation energy of about 1 eV below –5°C. This means that the σLOW is mainly caused by a surface conduction. The activation energy increased with increasing temperature above –5°C. This means that the σLOW in this temperature range is affected by the quasi-liquid layer on ice surfaces. The σLOW above –2°C decreased with increasing temperature. The apparently curious behavior near the melting temperature is attributed to the numerous free ice surfaces within the porous snow. This conclusion was reached because our measurements without the free ice surfaces showed no such conductivity peaks for solid polycrystalline ice samples and for snow samples soaked with kerosene in the cooling process.


Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 581
Author(s):  
Abdulhakim A. Almajid

This study is focused on the deformation mechanism and behavior of naturally aged 7010 aluminum alloy at elevated temperatures. The specimens were naturally aged for 60 days to reach a saturated hardness state. High-temperature tensile tests for the naturally aged sample were conducted at different temperatures of 573, 623, 673, and 723 K at various strain rates ranging from 5 × 10−5 to 10−2 s−1. The dependency of stress on the strain rate showed a stress exponent, n, of ~6.5 for the low two temperatures and ~4.5 for the high two temperatures. The apparent activation energies of 290 and 165 kJ/mol are observed at the low, and high-temperature range, respectively. These values of activation energies are greater than those of solute/solvent self-diffusion. The stress exponents, n, and activation energy observed are rather high and this indicates the presence of threshold stress. This behavior occurred as a result of the dislocation interaction with the second phase particles that are existed in the alloy at the testing temperatures. The threshold stress decreases in an exponential manner as temperature increases. The true activation energy was computed by incorporating the threshold stress in the power-law relation between the stress and the strain. The magnitude of the true activation energy, Qt dropped to 234 and 102 kJ/mol at the low and high-temperature range, respectively. These values are close to that of diffusion of Zinc in Aluminum and diffusion of Magnesium in Aluminum, respectively. The Zener–Hollomon parameter for the alloy was developed as a function of effective stress. The data in each region (low and high-temperature region) coalescence in a segment line in each region.


2018 ◽  
Vol 924 ◽  
pp. 333-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta Nipoti ◽  
Alberto Carnera ◽  
Giovanni Alfieri ◽  
Lukas Kranz

The electrical activation of 1×1020cm-3implanted Al in 4H-SiC has been studied in the temperature range 1500 - 1950 °C by the analysis of the sheet resistance of the Al implanted layers, as measured at room temperature. The minimum annealing time for reaching stationary electrical at fixed annealing temperature has been found. The samples with stationary electrical activation have been used to estimate the thermal activation energy for the electrical activation of the implanted Al.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherif Elbasuney ◽  
M. Yehia ◽  
Shukri Ismael ◽  
Yasser El-Shaer ◽  
Ahmed Saleh

Abstract Nanostructured energetic materials can fit with advanced energetic first-fire, and electric bridges (microchips). Manganese oxide, with active surface sites (negatively charged surface oxygen, and hydroxyl groups) can experience superior catalytic activity. Manganese oxide could boost decomposition enthalpy, ignitability, and propagation rate. Furthermore manganese oxide could induce vigorous thermite reaction with aluminium particles. Hot solid or liquid particles are desirable for first-fire compositions. This study reports on the facile fabrication of MnO2 nanoparticles of 10 nm average particle size; aluminium nanoplates of 100 nm average particle size were employed. Nitrocellulose (NC) was adopted as energetic polymeric binder. MnO2/Al particles were integrated into NC matrix via co-precipitation technique. Nanothermite particles offered an increase in NC decomposition enthalpy by 150 % using DSC; ignition temperature was decreased by 8 0C. Nanothemrite particles offered enhanced propagation index by 261 %. Kinetic study demonstrated that nanothermite particles experienced drastic decrease in NC activation energy by - 42, and - 40 KJ mol-1 using Kissinger and KAS models respectively. This study shaded the light on novel nanostructured energetic composition, with superior combustion enthalpy, propagation rate, and activation energy.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinlei Jia ◽  
Jingyu Wang ◽  
Conghua Hou ◽  
Yingxin Tan

Herein, a green process for preparing nano-HMX, mechanical demulsification shearing (MDS) technology, was developed. Nano-HMX was successfully fabricated via MDS technology without using any chemical reagents, and the fabrication mechanism was proposed. Based on the “fractal theory,” the optimal shearing time for mechanical emulsification was deduced by calculating the fractal dimension of the particle size distribution. The as-prepared nano-HMX was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). And the impact sensitivities of HMX particles were contrastively investigated. The raw HMX had a lower fractal dimension of 1.9273. The ideal shearing time was 7 h. The resultant nano-HMX possessed a particle size distribution ranging from 203.3 nm to 509.1 nm as compared to raw HMX. Nano-HMX particles were dense spherical, maintaining β-HMX crystal form. In addition, they had much lower impact sensitivity. However, the apparent activation energy as well as thermal decomposition temperature of nano-HMX particles was decreased, attributing to the reduced probability for hotspot generation. Especially when the shearing time was 7 h, the activation energy was markedly decreased.


1989 ◽  
Vol 169 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. A. Cooper ◽  
T. O. Mason ◽  
U. Balachandran ◽  
M. L. Kullberg

AbstractImpedance spectra (5Hz ‐ 13MHz) were collected during the solid state reaction of Yba2Cu2O6+y from large monosized CuO particles imbedded in a finely divided Y2 O3 /BaCO3 matrix. No particle size effect was observed, but a large temperature effect was observed corresponding to an activation energy of approximately 1.8eV (175kJ/mol) over the range 700‐900°C.


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