Chromyl chloride was prepared by the literature method 3. A solution of formic acid in carbon tetra­ chloride was added dropwise to chromyl chloride diluted in the same solvent so that the reaction product was always in excess of formic acid. Since the reaction was violently exothermic, the reaction vessel was maintained at 0 °C throughout the addition. After a few minutes, the colour of the so...

A theoretical two-phase-flow analysis is developed to describe the quasi-steady propagation, across a pressure jump, of a multi-phase deflagration in confined porous energetic materials. The difference, or overpressure, between the upstream (unburned) and downstream (burned) gas pressure leads to a more complex structure than that which is obtained for an unconfined deflagration in which the pr...

The structure of a two-phase steady detonation in a granulated solid propellant is studied, and existence conditions for a one-dimensional, steady two-phase detonation are given. Ordinary differential equations from continuum mixture theory are solved numerically to determine steady wave structure. In the limiting case where heat transfer and compaction effects are negligible, the model reduces...

Designing optimal microstructures for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) electrodes is complicated due to the multitude of electro-chemo-physical phenomena taking place simultaneously that directly affect working conditions of a SOFC electrode and its performance. In this study, a new design paradigm is presented to obtain a balance between electrochemical sites in the form of triple phase boundary (...

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy ~XPS! and Auger electron spectroscopy ~AES! were used to identify gas reaction layers and tribochemical films formed during reciprocating sliding tests in an ultrahigh vacuum ~UHV! tribometer. Tests were performed on UHV cleaned SiC pins and Mo flats during or after exposure to SO2 , O2 , or H2S gas at pressures around 40 Pa. XPS identified the gas reaction laye...

A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model is developed for rechargeable non-aqueous electrolyte lithium-air batteries with a partial opening for oxygen supply to the cathode. Multi-phase transport phenomena occurred in the battery are considered, including dissolved lithium ions and oxygen gas in the liquid electrolyte, solid-phase electron transfer in the porous functional materials and liqui...

a basic alumina-spinel low cement castable (lcc) composed of sintered bauxite, reactive alumina, calcined alumina, calcined magnesia, microsilica, and high alumina refractory cement was prepared (castable a) to which 5% sodium hexa-meta phosphate was later added (castable b) to prepare samples for heat treatment at 110ºc, 900ºc, and 1400ºc. bulk density (bd), apparent porosity (ap), and cold cr...

the nanopowders of sno2, casno3 and ca2sno4 in the size rang of 5-70 nm have been prepared using solid-state reaction technique. the technique is convenient and inexpensive in comparison to the conventional routes of compound prepared and processing where, many steps of mixing and annealing are involved. formation of resultant compounds was explained on the basis of reaction taken place between...