The results of the linear thermal expansion studies on (CH3NH3)5Bi2Br11 single crystals in the temperature range 60–340 K are presented. The thermal anomaly in the vicinity of 77 K is assigned to the phase transition classified as close to first order type. The pyroelectric measurements of (CH3NH3)5Bi2Br11 were carried out in the range of 45–320 K along the aand c-axis. The step-like change in ...

Duplex heat exchanger tubes consist oftwo concentric cylinders assembled in a state ofprestress by shrink fitting. During operation, thermal expansion changes the interface pressure and this can cause a substantial increase in the thermal resistance of the tube. Under certain circumstances, more than one steadystate solution can be obtained. In this paper, the effect of this mechanism on the ax...

The present study of Ni2MnGe is focused on describing the thermal properties of the alloy in the framework of first-principles electronic structure calculations coupled with a Debye treatment of the vibrating lattice. The electronic structure of Ni2MnGe has been studied using the full-potential nonorthogonal local-orbital minimum basis method. Two approximations for Grüneisen parameter γ, i.e. ...

Solid solutions with the composition Ba0.5Sr0.5Zn₂Si2-xGexO₇ and BaZn₂Si2-xGexO₇ were prepared with different values of x using a conventional mixed oxide route. Both compounds exhibit very different thermal expansion, which is due to the different crystal structures. Ba0.5Sr0.5Zn₂Si2-xGexO₇ solid solutions exhibit the structure of high-temperature BaZn₂Si₂O₇ and show negative thermal expansion...

In the present study, the effect of the chemical and phase composition on the thermal properties of silicon oxide carbides (SiOC) has been investigated. Dense monolithic SiOC materials with various carbon contents were prepared and characterized with respect to their thermal expansion, as well as thermal conductivity. SiOC glass has been shown to exhibit low thermal expansion (e.g., ca. 3.2 × 1...

Topics in Designing Low Thermal Expansion Lattices at the Microscale John Chu Master of Applied Science Graduate Department of Aerospace Science and Engineering University of Toronto 2011 Microscale bi-material lattices with near zero thermal expansion are designed to create a thermally stable optical surface for applications in a space telescope. To facilitate the design, the thermal expansion...

In this the second part of a theoretical study of the thermal properties of crystalline-SiC, the thermal conductivity is calculated by using molecular dynamics simulation to evaluate directly the heat current correlation function and thus obtain the conductivity through the Green-Kubo expression in linear response theory. Adopting the same empirical potential model and the temperature scaling m...

In this, the second part of a theoretical study of the thermal properties of crystalline b-SiC, the thermal conductivity is calculated by using molecular dynamics simulation to evaluate directly the heat current correlation function and thus, obtain the conductivity through the Green–Kubo expression in linear response theory. Adopting the same empirical potential model and the temperature scali...