Study of the Influence of Alkyl Chain Cation-Solvent Interactions on Water Structure in 1,3-Butanediol-Water Mixture by Apparent Molar Volume Data

The densities of 1,3-butanediol-water mixtures and some tetraalkylammonium iodide salt solutions in these solvent mixtures at different concentrations (0.02 M-0.14 M) have been determined at 298.15 K using magnetic float densitometer technique. Then apparent molar volumes ΦVof the electrolytes in above solvent mixtures were calculated. The apparent molar volumes of transfer ∆ΦV° (tr) were also calculated and the ion-ion / ion- solvent interactions are then discussed on the basis of changes in the Masson's slope and apparent molar volumes of transfer data.

Magnetic Field Assisted Finishing of Ceramics—Part I: Thermal Model

A thermal model for magnetic field assisted polishing of ceramic balls/rollers is presented. The heat source at the area of contact between the balls and the abrasives where material removal takes place is approximated to a disk. The disk heat source is considered as a combination of a series of concentric circular ring heat sources with different radii. Each ring in turn is considered as a combination of a series of infinitely small arc segments and each arc segment as a point heat source. Jaeger’s classical moving heat source theory (Jaeger, 1942; Carslaw and Jaeger, 1959) is used in the development of the model, starting from an instantaneous point heat source, to obtain the general solution (transient and steady-state) of the moving circular ring heat source problem and finally the moving disc heat source problem. Due to the formation of fine scratches during polishing (on the order of a few micrometers long), the conditions are found to be largely transient in nature. Calculation of the minimum flash temperatures and minimum flash times during polishing enables the determination if adequate temperatures can be generated for chemo-mechanical polishing or not. This model is applied in Part II for magnetic float polishing (MFP) of ceramic balls and in Part III for magnetic abrasive finishing (MAF) of ceramic rollers.