Universality of melting and freezing indicators and additivity of melting curves

The assumption of universality of some melting and freezing indicators, in the context of approximate models of the liquid and the solid, gives rise to simple semi-empirical melting equations that describe additivity of melting curves. The melting equations are exact in the high temperature limit and give reasonably accurate results also near the triple point. They find many applications including quantum corrections to the melting curve.     

Effect of stress on melting and freezing in nanopores

A thermodynamic treatment of the freezing of fluids confined to nanosized closed pores is presented. The model includes the effects of pressure in the liquid, the volume change on solidification, and the strain energy in both the solidifying material and the wall material. When applied to the system of Pb droplets in Al, the model predicts an elevation of the melting point, in agreement with experiment.     

Unusual freezing and melting of gallium encapsulated in carbon nanotubes

The freezing and melting behavior of gallium (Ga) encapsulated in carbon nanotubes was investigated through in situ observation in a transmission electron microscope. It is shown that Ga remains liquid up to -80 degrees C when encapsulated in carbon nanotubes. Results of detailed electron diffraction analysis show that the encapsulated Ga can crystallize in either beta phase or gamma phase rather than the common alpha phase upon freezing. Both beta-Ga and gamma-Ga melt at around -20 degrees C. While this is very close to the melting point of bulk beta-Ga (-16 degrees C), it is considerably higher than that of bulk gamma-Ga (-35.6 degrees C). It was observed that upon solidification, Ga has its unique crystallographic orientation relative to the host carbon nanotube.     

Acoustic study of melting and freezing of mercury nanoparticles in porous glasses

The processes of melting and freezing of small mercury particles embedded in porous glasses with nanometric pore sizes are studied by an ultrasonic method for various values of the pore filling factor. The filling factor is found to have a threshold, below which the acoustic anomalies accompanying phase transitions change their character. The critical radius of mercury nanoparticles that corresponds to the zero melting temperature is estimated.     

Thermal energy storage behaviour of nanoparticle enhanced PCM during freezing and melting

The present research work aimed to investigate the melting and solidification characteristics of NPCM. The NPCM was prepared using paraffin as the PCM and high conductive MWCNT as the nanomaterial without using any dispersant. The NPCM was prepared by dispersing MWCNTs with volume fractions of 0.3%, 0.6% and 0.9% in PCM as the base PCM. SEM morphology showed the uniform dispersion of MWCNTs in the paraffin wax. The MWCNT nano-additives PCMs showed two peaks in the heating curve by DSC measurement. Lessening in melting and solidification time of 30% and 43% was attained in the case of NPCM with 0.3% and 0.9%, respectively. It is observed from the DSC analysis that the latent heat of pure paraffin during freezing and melting cycle was 139.2 J/g (at 56.61 °C) and 131.8 J/g (at 57.55 °C), respectively. Whereas, the latent heat of NPCM with 0.9% of nanofluid was 150.7 J/g (at 56.36 °C) and 148.3 J/g (58.35 °C). It is construed that a maximum change in latent heat of 7.6% and 11% was observed between pure PCM and NPCM during freezing and melting cycle. For the lesser nanoparticle concentration (0.3% and 0.6%), the percentage change in latent heat was lesser than 0.9%.     

小Cu团簇熔化过程中的预熔化行为

用分子动力学方法研究了不同大小的Cu原子团簇(Cu13,Cu38,Cu55)的熔化行为.发现对于小的团簇(Cu13),在接近熔化温度时,其内部存在着一种特殊的预熔化行为:内部原子的相对扭转,这种扭转使得Cu13团簇在保持基态结构不变的同时,其内部的原子又具有一定的流动性,对于较大的团簇(Cu38,Cu55)则不存在这种现象.     

Detection and characterization of structural changes in the hard-disk fluid under freezing and melting conditions

The fluid of two-dimensional hard disks is investigated over a range of densities by Monte Carlo simulations in order to detect and characterize structural changes which take place when the condition of freezing and melting is approached. A novel method is proposed based on the use of the Voronoi tessellation and a certain shape factor which turns out to be a clear indicator of the presence of different underlying substructures (domains). Close to the freezing condition the probability distribution of the shape factor develops a second distinct maximum corresponding to a predominant presence of near-regular hexagons, whereas the original peak, having its origin primarily in pentagons and distorted hexagons, diminishes and disappears at melting density.     

Application of phenomenological freezing and melting indicators to the exp-6 and Gaussian core potentials

We apply two simple analytical melting and freezing indicators proposed earlier to the two exemplary systems exhibiting anomalous melting behaviour, exp-6 and Gaussian core models. It is shown that the main anomalous feature – re-entrant melting regime – is well reproduced. Detailed comparison with the available data from numerical simulations demonstrates, however, that the agreement is merely qualitative. This implies that in general these indicators should be used with some care for purposes other than rough estimates of the location of the fluid–solid phase change.     

Parametric analysis of the selective laser melting process

Selective laser sintering/melting (SLS/SLM) technology is used for manufacturing net-shaped objects from commercial Inox 904L powder with ≤20 μm particle size. Experiments were carried out on PHENIX-PM100 machine equipped with a 50 W cw fiber laser. Powder is layered by a roller over the surface of a 100 mm-diameter build cylinder. Optimal parameters of layer thickness and power input per unit speed for SLM were determined. It was shown that the greater the value of P/V ratio is, the larger is the remelted line (called as “vector”). Influence of the shifting of consecutive single vectors on the process of forming the first layer was studied. Different strategies for forming objects with less than 1 mm-sized inner structures were tested, as, for example, forming a 20 mm × 20 mm × 5 mm box with 140 μm-thick inner compartment walls.     

蓄冷板冻结过程的数值模拟与实验研究

文中对蓄冷板内共晶液的热力学特性进行了分析。运用数值方法对不同温度下的NaCl蓄冷板冻结过程进行模拟研究,并实验验证了模拟的准确性。研究结果表明:当环境温度低于共晶液的共晶温度-21.2℃时,蓄冷板内共晶液开始相变所需的冷冻时间与环境温度有较大影响;蓄冷板出现结晶后直至共晶液完全冻结的相变过程受环境温度的影响较小。     

物理过程的动画演示

使用科学计算软件不仅使CAI课件具有科学性,同时还可用来介绍计算方法.Matlab具有常用的3种动画演示的方法:对图形对象编程,通过VRML接口,获取动画帧.借助这些方法,可对大量涉及常微分方程或偏微分方程的物理过程进行动画模拟.     

电加热融霜在冷风机融霜过程的优化

冷风机在低温工作环境下运行时的结霜是不可避免的问题。文中进行了电加热融霜实验,分析电加热元件的排布,合理选择电加热器的功率,使冷风机在经济运行成本的情况下,获得最优的制冷效果。     

Size effect in the melting and freezing behaviors of Al/Ti core-shell nanoparticles using molecular dynamics simulations

The thermal stability of Ti@Al core/shell nanoparticles with different sizes and components during continuous heating and cooling processes is examined by a molecular dynamics simulation with embedded atom method. The thermodynamic properties and structure evolution during continuous heating and cooling processes are investigated through the characterization of the potential energy, specific heat distribution, and radial distribution function(RDF). Our study shows that, for fixed Ti core size, the melting temperature decreases with Al shell thickness, while the crystallizing temperature and glass formation temperature increase with Al shell thickness. Diverse melting mechanisms have been discovered for different Ti core sized with fixed Al shell thickness nanoparticles. The melting temperature increases with the Ti core radius. The trend agrees well with the theoretical phase diagram of bimetallic nanoparticles. In addition, the glass phase formation of Al–Ti nanoparticles for the fast cooling rate of 12 K/ps, and the crystal phase formation for the low cooling rate of 0.15 K/ps. The icosahedron structure is formed in the frozen 4366 Al–Ti atoms for the low cooling rate.     

The melting and solidification of nanowires

A mathematical model is developed to describe the melting of nanowires. The first section of the paper deals with a standard theoretical situation, where the wire melts due to a fixed boundary temperature. This analysis allows us to compare with existing results for the phase change of nanospheres. The equivalent solidification problem is also examined. This shows that solidification is a faster process than melting; this is because the energy transfer occurs primarily through the solid rather than the liquid which is a poorer conductor of heat. This effect competes with the energy required to create new solid surface which acts to slow down the process, but overall conduction dominates. In the second section, we consider a more physically realistic boundary condition, where the phase change occurs due to a heat flux from surrounding material. This removes the singularity in initial melt velocity predicted in previous models of nanoparticle melting. It is shown that even with the highest possible flux the melting time is significantly slower than with a fixed boundary temperature condition.     

The influence of fly ash physical and chemical properties on electrostatic precipitation process

Flue gases emitted from coal fired power plants are mainly cleaned with electrostatic precipitators (ESP). Increased awareness of the effects of atmospheric pollution and tightening legislation force precipitator producers to increase their ESP efficiency, especially when collecting very fine particulates (PM2.5). The fly ash characteristic parameters are formatted during combustion process and its depend on the coal type as well as boiler parameters and combustion conditions. Due to that many series of tests were done to investigate the influence of fly ash physical and chemical properties on ESP operation.     

Effects analysis of ambient conditions on process of laser surface melting

In the process of laser surface melting (LSM), ambient conditions around the workpiece have important influences on the processing results. As an effective and feasible method for ambient changing, water-assisted approach can be expected to gain better results such as desired machining goals and reliable service performances. However, the effects of different water ambient on LSM process are needed to be further clarified. To this end, three 3-D transient process models in ambient dry air, water film and water are developed, respectively, using finite element method (FEM); the thermo-mechanical parameters, which depend on temperature, are taken into account and the complex physical essences are integrated. In experimental verification, these three LSM processes on mild steel Q235 are carried on and the computed results are in good agreement with respective measurements. Based on the proposed models, the transient temperature fields and residual stress distributions on workpieces are investigated. The numerical results suggest that the states of temperature and residual stress fields can be improved to different degrees using water film and water ambient.     

The freezing of hard disks and hyperspheres

A unified density functional theory for the freezing of hard rods, disks, spheres and hyperspheres is presented. The hard rod solid is shown to be unstable with respect to density changes (negative compressibility). The results for the hard disk and the hard sphere transition compare well with the computer simulations.     

二维随机蜂巢网格熔断动力学过程和熔断面标度性质的数值模拟

石墨烯等材料具有典型的二维蜂巢结构,而随机电阻丝模型则是研究非均匀材料断裂十分有效的统计物理学模型.本文尝试对二维蜂巢结构随机电阻丝网络熔断的动力学过程及熔断面性质进行数值模拟分析,以此来研究二维非均质蜂窝材料熔断的动力学性质和熔断面的动力学标度性质.模拟研究表明,二维随机蜂窝网格的熔断动力学过程和熔断面具有明显的标度性质,得到的熔断面整体和局域粗糙度指数分别为α=0.911±0.005和α_(loc)=0.808 ± 0.003,这两者之间的明显差异表明熔断面具有奇异标度性.通过对熔断面极值高度的分析发现,熔断面高度的极值统计分布能很好地满足Asym2sig型分布,而不是最常见的三种极值统计分布.本文的研究表明,随机电阻丝模型在模拟非均匀材料的电流熔断过程和熔断表面标度性的分析中同样适用和有效.     

磁场对冷冻过程影响的研究进展

常规冷冻方式可以延长食物和生物材料的保存时间,但也存在汁液流失和细胞死亡等问题,这与冷冻过程中生物材料内部冰晶生成情况有关。为此,研究者提出了玻璃化保存法,并将各种外加场引入冷冻过程。已有研究表明,磁场辅助冷冻是一种有效的方法。在此,首先对常规冷冻方式与玻璃化保存法进行对比,然后重点介绍国内外磁场辅助冷冻的研究进展,进一步指出目前磁场辅助冷冻存在的问题及发展方向。