The low-temperature thermoelectric properties of Ca3-xYbxCo4O9+delta systems (x = 0, 0.02, 0.05, and 0.10). It was determined that these systems produced positive thermopower, indicating that the dominant carriers were holes. The electrical resistivity and thermopower were found to increase with increasing Yb3+ content, and the thermal conductivity was found to decrease. The highest calculated thermoelectric figure of merit was 0.037, and this was calculated for the Ca2.95Yb0.05Co4O9+delta sample....
Author(s): Ankam Bhaskar, Chia-Jyi Liu, Y.-C. Huang
Composite spray coatings containing Al2O3 and AlN were prepared and their tensile bonding strength, microhardness, corrosion behavior and thermal conductivity were compared to those of pure Al2O3. The goal of this study was to identify a spray coating with an improved thermal conductivity over that of Al2O3 for use in coating heat exchangers, furnace walls, heat pipes, etc. The coatings that were prepared had AlN : a-Al2O3 ...
Author(s): Hongwei Yang, Shan-Tung Tu, Weiling Luan
Thermophysical properties of a uranium-6 wt. % zirconium alloy were investigated at high temperatures to evaluate the performance of the alloy as a driver fuel for a liquid-metal cooled fast reactor. Of particular interest to the authors were the coefficient of thermal expansion, the specific heat, and the thermal conductivity of the alloy....
Author(s): Arun Kumar, Joydipta Banerjee, K. Ravi, M. R. Nair, R. P. Singh, Santu Kaity, Smruti Dash, T. R. G. Kutty
Zr-Cu-Al metallic glasses were formulated with differing compositions to determine their thermophysical properties. It was determined that by decreasing the zirconium content of the metallic glass, the thermal conductivity can be increased. The maximum value of thermal conductivity was found for the metallic glass with a composition of Zr:Cu:Al = 50:39.3:10.7 (at. %). It was found that although the metallic glasses did not crystallize with heat treatment below Tg, they did ...
Author(s): Hideaki Nagai, Mikito Mamiya, Takeshi Okutani
The low-temperature thermoelectric properties of Ca3-xDyxCo4O9+delta systems (x = 0, 0.02, 0.05, and 0.10). It was determined that these systems produced positive thermopower, indicating that the dominant carriers were holes. The electrical resistivity and thermal conductivity were found to decrease with increasing Dy3+ content, and the thermopower was found to increase. The highest calculated thermoelectric figure of merit was 0.044, and this was calculated for the Ca2.9Dy0.1Co4O9+delta sample....
Author(s): Ankam Bhaskar, C.-S. Jhang, Chia-Jyi Liu