Estimation of thermal expansion and thermal conductivity coefficients of amorphous dielectrics at high temperatures

Expressions for estimation of the thermal linear expansion coefficients and of the thermal conductivities of amorphous dielectrics above the Debye temperature are obtained. It is shown that for the compounds of the chemical composition corresponding to the rare-earth magnesium hexaaluminates taken as an example these parameters for amorphous compounds are less than for polycrystalline.     

Determination of thermal conductivity coefficient of crystals with the garnet structure at high temperatures

At high temperatures, the simple expression for thermal conductivity of crystals with the garnet structure is obtained, which allows one to determine this quantity if the lattice constant or density of these crystals is known. The thermal conductivity coefficients for the garnet crystals of different compositions calculated from the obtained formula are in a good agreement with the experimentally measured values.     

Soliton microdynamics and thermal conductivity of uranium nitride at high temperatures

The microdynamics of soliton waves and localized modes of nonlinear vibrations of the acoustic and optical types in uranium nitride has been investigated. It has been shown that, with an increase in the excitation energy in the spectral gap between the bands of optical and acoustic phonons, the energies of solitons increase, whereas the energies of local modes decrease. The previously experimentally observed unidentified quasi-resonant features, which shift in the gap with variations in the temperature, can represent the revealed soliton waves and local modes. The microdynamics of heat conduction of uranium nitride has been studied for the stochastic generation of soliton waves and local modes in the case of spatially distant energy absorption. The thermal conductivity coefficient determined from the temperature gradient and the absorbed energy flux insignificantly exceeds the experimentally observed values, which are decreased because of the presence of structural defects of different types in the material.     

Estimate of the radiative thermal conductivity of conducting media at high temperatures

The radiative diffusion method is used to obtain an equation to calculate the radiative thermal conductivity of a conducting medium from the values of its resistivity, temperature, and refractive index. It is shown that for semiconducting materials with high resistivity ( 10^–3 ·m) the radiative heat transfer compared to the other heat-transfer mechanisms is significant even at room temperature.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 11, pp. 82–85, November, 1978.     

Investigation of the thermal conductivity of SiC-BeO ceramics at high pressures and temperatures

We present the results of our experimental studies of the thermal conductivity for SiC and SiC + 1.2% BeO ceramic samples as a function of the hydrostatic pressure up to 400 MPa in the temperature range 273–523 K. We show that pressure leads to a nonlinear increase in thermal conductivity and to an additional phonon scattering by lattice defects.     

Glasslike thermal conductivity of tourmaline at low temperatures

Thermal conductivity measurements parallel and perpendicular to the c-axis in tourmaline single crystals are reported in the range of 1.7 – 35K. The spontaneous polarization is constrained to the c-axis in tourmaline. The thermal conductivity (K) follows the glasslike K ∝ T^1.9 below 6K in both crystallographic directions, and the magnitude of K is in the upper range found in glasses. It is concluded that the glasslike thermal properties associated with the spontaneous polarization in ferroelectric - type solids occur isotropically throughout the crystal and are not limited to the polarization direction.     

Electrical conductivity and chemical diffusion coefficient measurements in single crystalline nickel oxide at high temperatures

Electrical conductivity measurements on nickel oxide have been performed at high temperatures (1273 K<T< 1673 K) and in partial pressures of oxygen ranging from Po₂ = 1.89 × 10^?4 atm to Po₂ = 1 atm. The $\text{po}{}_2{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>n</mtext>}}$ dependence of the conductivity decreases from about $\text{1}\text{4}$ for Po₂ = 1 atm to smaller values for lower partial pressures of oxygen. The activation enthalpy for conduction increases for decreasing oxygen partial pressures (from 22.5 kcal mol^?1 at Po₂ = 1 atm to 26.0 kcal mol^?1 for Po₂ = 1.89 × 10^?4 atm). This behaviour can be explained by the simultaneous presence of singly and doubly ionized nickel vacancies, with different energies of formation.Furthermore, chemical diffusion coefficient measurements have been performed in the same temperature range, using the conductivity technique, and leading to the result:

$\text{D}\text{?}\text{= 0.244 exp (?}\text{36,600}\text{RT}\text{) cm}{}^2\text{s}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}$

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Molecular-dynamics calculation of the thermal conductivity coefficient of the germanium single crystal

The thermal conductivity coefficient of the germanium crystal lattice has been calculated by molecular dynamics simulation. Calculations have been performed for both the perfect crystal lattice and the crystal lattice with defects such as monovacancies. For the perfect germanium single crystal, the dependence of the thermal conductivity coefficient on the lattice temperature has been obtained in the temperature range of 150–1000 K. The thermal conductivity coefficient of the germanium lattice has been calculated as a function of the monovacancy concentration.     

Lattice thermal conductivity of polyvinyl acetate at low temperatures

The lattice thermal conductivity of a non-crystalline polymer has been studied at low temperatures in the frame of the density fluctuation model by calculating the total lattice thermal conductivity of polyvinyl acetate in the temperature range 0.1–4K as an example and a very good agreement has been reported between the calculated and the experimental values of the lattice thermal conductivity in the entire temperature range of study. It is also found that at low temperatures, the lattice thermal resistivity of a non-crystalline polymer is mainly due to scattering of phonons by empty spaces.     

Lattice thermal conductivity of nylone and polyethylen at low temperatures

Using Callaway's model, the phonon conductivity of Nylone and Polyethylen has been calculated in the temperature range 0.2–5°K and the dislocations are taken as the scaterers of phonon. Good agreement is found between the calculated values and the experimental values of the phonon conductivity.     

Electrical and thermal conductivity of soft solder at low temperatures

The electrical resistivity of soft solder (Pb_0.28Sn_0.72) has been measured in the temperature range 4.2 K to 300 K. The ‘alloy’ becomes electrically superconducting at a temperature of 6.9 K. Above this, in the entire temperature range, the resistivity could be described, apart from the residual resistivity, by the weighted average of the resistivities of the individual constituents which are derived from the Bloch-Grüneisen relation. The results are in accordance with the phase diagram, which shows a co-existence of two phases in almost the entire range of concentration of the Pb-Sn binary system. It has been shown that the thermal conductivity data on soft solder as well as on Pb_0.7Sn_0.3, both taken from literature, could be interpreted on the same basis, below and above the ‘superconducting transition temperature’. Recent results on other Pb-Sn systems are discussed in the light of this interpretation.     

X-ray induced conductivity of ZnSe sensors at high temperatures

Measurements of intrinsic conductivity and X-ray induced conductivity were performed on specially undoped ZnSe samples. The measurements demonstrated that sensors made of ZnSe have minor intrinsic conductivity when heating up to the temperature of 180 °C, and significant X-ray induced conductivity. Dose dependence “dose rate - current” is described with simple power function which considerably simplifies calibration of sensors. This results can be used during the designing of high-temperature X-ray and gamma-radiation detectors for radiation hot rolling thickness gauges which are widely used in the metallurgy.     

The structure and dynamics of crystal surfaces at high temperatures

After a brief review of the historical evolution of the understanding of crystal surfaces at high temperatures in general the subject is narrowed down to fcc metal surfaces, in particular to (110) surfaces. The recent work on these surfaces is reviewed, with emphasis on Pb, and the interpretation of the results in terms of various kinds of disordering such as surface melting, surface roughening, anharmonic vibrations and other processes is critically examined. While some of the results are now well established, others are contradictory, so that no unambiguous picture of metal surfaces at high temperatures can be given at present.     

Kinetics of crystal growth in superfluid helium at high temperatures

The growth rate of ⁴He crystals from superfluid is measured in the temperature range 1.2–1.75 K at supersaturations up to 40 mbar. The growth rate is observed to decrease at high supersaturations: above 5 mbar in the bcc phase and above 20 mbar in the hcp phase. The temperature dependence of the kinetic growth factor K is measured in the low-supersaturation limit. In the vicinity of the superfluid transition the kinetic growth factor exhibits critical behavior: K ∝ (Tλ−T)^ε with the exponent ε=0.743±0.123. A jump in the growth factor is observed at the bcc-hcp transition point. The crystal growth kinetics problem is solved in the hydrodynamic approximation, explaining both the temperature behavior of K and the existence of the jump in the modification of the crystal structure. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 114, 1313–1328 (October 1998)     

Electrical conductivity and relaxation processes in aluminum oxide at high temperatures

The current decay and potential distribution in polycrystalline aluminum oxide were studied in the temperature range 800–1200 °C in air and in oxygen. The temperature dependence of the resistance was determined in oxidizing and neutral media. Only cations participate in the conduction. The medium has an effect only in the impurity-conductivity region.Translated from Izvestiya VUZ. Fizika, No. 3, pp. 57–61, March, 1970.     

Electrical conductivity of MgCO3 at high pressures and high temperatures

The electrical conductivity of polycrystalline magnesite (MgCO₃) was measured at 3-6 GPa at high temperatures using complex impedance spectroscopy in a multi-anvil high-pressure apparatus. The electrical conductivity increased with increasing pressure. The activation enthalpy calculated in the temperature range 650-1000 K also increased with increasing pressure. The effect of pressure was interpreted as being the activation volume in the Arrhenius equation, and the fitted data gave an activation energy and volume of 1.76±0.03 eV and −3.95±0.78 cm³/mole, respectively. The negative activation volume and relatively large activation energy observed in this study suggests that the hopping of large polarons is the dominant mechanism for the electrical conductivity over the pressure and temperature range investigated.