In this work, the structural and magnetic properties of ingot and melt-spun Pr3Fe24.75Co2.75Ti1.5 compounds have been investigated. The structural characterization of the compounds, by X-ray powder diffraction, is evidenced for a monoclinic Nd3(Fe,Ti)29-type structure (A2/m space group). A 2-type FOMP have been observed in the magnetic AC susceptibility curves of the ingot and melt-spun compoun...

The compound BaZn2Si2O7 shows a high coefficient of thermal expansion up to a temperature of 280 °C, then a transition to a high temperature phase is observed. This high temperature phase exhibits negative thermal expansion. If Ba(2+) is successively replaced by Sr(2+), a new phase with a structure, similar to that of the high temperature phase of BaZn2Si2O7, forms. At the composition Ba0.8Sr0....

The volume thermal expansion of powdered natural orthoenstatite [(Mg0.994Fe0.002Al0.004)2(Si0.996Al0.004)2O6] has been measured to 1473 K using energy dispersive synchrotron X-ray diffraction. Over the temperature range examined, the data are consistent with a volume thermal expansion, , that linearly increases with temperature as given by the expression (T) = 29.7(16) x 10-6K-1 + 5.7(11) x 10-...

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 work, the thermal expansion properties of carbon nanotube (CNT)-reinforced nanocomposites with CNT content ranging from 1 to 15 wt% were evaluated using a multi-scale numerical approach, in which the effects of two parameters, i.e., temperature and CNT content, were investigated extensively. For all CNT contents, the obtained results clearly revealed that within a wide low-temperature r...

What makes humans unique? This question has fascinated scientists and philosophers for centuries and it is still a matter of intense debate. Nowadays, human brain expansion during evolution has been acknowledged to explain our empowered cognitive capabilities. The drivers for such accelerated expansion remain, however, largely unknown. In this sense, studies have suggested that the cooking of f...

The impact of climate change on the distribution of Aedes albopictus (Skuse) was analyzed in northern Japan, where chronological distribution records are incomplete. We analyzed local climate data using linear regression of the thermal suitability index (TSI) for the mosquito and mean annual temperature as functions of time. In northern Japan, thermal conditions since the early 20th century hav...

Ytterbium-doped metaphosphate laser glasses were prepared by the melt-quenching technique and their optical, thermo-mechanical and laser properties were characterized. Linear and non-linear refractive indices, laserinduced damage threshold, microhardness number and thermal expansion co-efficient have been evaluated for 1.0 mol% Yb2O3-doped glass. Low non-linear refractive index, high laser-indu...

Sintered bodies of Zr2WP2O12 (ZWP) and ZrV0.6P1.4O7 (ZVP) were fabricated, and their linear thermal expansion coefficients (TEC) were found to be -2.92 × 10-6 and 3.27 × 10-6 °C-1, respectively, in the range 25-500 °C. In an attempt to fabricate composites with a zero-thermal-expansion property, sintered ZWP/ZVP composites with ZVP/ZWP volume ratios of 0.5/0.5, 0.53/0.47, 0.55/0.45, and 0.6/0.4...

Thermoelastic triangular cell lattices composed of bi-material curved ribs were designed and analyzed by finite element simulation. Positive, negative, or zero thermal expansion was possible by varying rib curvature if joints can pivot freely, as expected. Welded or bonded joints result in nonzero expansion but smaller in magnitude than that of a constituent material having higher thermal expan...