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Glen A. Slack1
TL;DR: The diamond has the highest known thermal conductivity at 300k K at room temperature as discussed by the authors, and is the only non-metallic crystal with thermal conductivities of > 1 W/cmK at 300K.

1,523 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, a method for fractionating soil copper was developed and applied to 24 soils representing a range of British soil types, and it was suggested that the concentration of copper in the soil solution is controlled by equilibria involving specifically adsorbed copper and that the bulk of the available soil copper reserves reside in the organically bound fraction.
Abstract: Summary A method for fractionating soil copper was developed and applied to 24 soils representing a range of British soil types. The scheme distinguishes five fractions: (a) soil solution and exchangeable copper; (b) copper weakly bound to specific sites; (c) organically bound copper; (d) copper occluded by oxide material; and (e) residual copper mainly in clay lattice structures. Correlation and regression analyses confirmed the general validity of the scheme and indicated an association between free manganese oxides and copper which considerably influences the distribution of copper between the main soil constituents. It is suggested that the concentration of copper in the soil solution is controlled by equilibria involving specifically adsorbed copper and that the bulk of the‘available’soil copper reserves reside in the organically bound fraction.

519 citations


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J. H. Sinfelt1
TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that ruthenium or osmium concentration in the catalysts was held constant at 1 wt% while the atomic ratio of copper-to-RUThenium ratio was varied from 0 to 1.

447 citations


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TL;DR: The authors examined the structure of La2CuO4 at room temperature and found it to be an orthorhombic distortion of the K2NiF4 structure (a = 5.363 A, b = 4.409 A, c = 13.17 A).

337 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the behavior of the satellite peaks from copper oxides at 25°C and 400°C, and found that the height of the Cu 2p satellite peaks was lower when the temperature was raised.

295 citations


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TL;DR: A method based on that used by McAuliffe et al. (1948) for phosphorus was developed for determining isotopically exchangeable copper in soils using the radioisotope 64Cu as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Summary A method based on that used by McAuliffe et al. (1948) for phosphorus was developed for determining isotopically exchangeable copper in soils using the radioisotope 64Cu. The authors are confident that, with a few exceptions, isotopic equilibrium in soil/solution systems is attained rapidly enough to overcome possible difficulties resulting from the short half-life of this isotope. For the twenty-four soils examined, amounts of isotopically exchangeable copper were found to be between 0.19 and 12-24 μg g-I and represented between 2 and 21 per cent of the total soil copper. A correlation test and an experiment involving fractionation of labelled soils both demonstrated that the bulk of the isotopically exchangeable copper was located in the organic-bound fraction. Not all copper specifically adsorbed by organic matter was readily exchangeable with 64Cu : for one sample of organic material examined only 20 per cent of the adsorbed copper was isotopically exchangeable after 24 hours equilibration. The corresponding figures for clay materials and oxide material were found to be between 75 and 60 per cent.

280 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the chemical shift between zinc electron binding energies in Zn and ZnO is very small, whereas the zinc Auger electron signals are separated by 4.3 eV.

269 citations


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TL;DR: The surface structures and interior dislocation structures of fatigued copper and copper-5 at. % aluminium crystals have been studied using replicas and scanning and transmission electron microscopy techniques as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The surface structures and interior dislocation structures of fatigued copper and copper-5 at. % aluminium crystals have been studied using replicas and scanning and transmission electron microscopy techniques. A very regular structure of walls of dislocations has been found; these walls consist of primary edge dipoles held together by a mesh of secondary dislocations. It is suggested that the wall structure is the ‘ideal structure’ to which other structures tend as the fatigue process progresses, and that this regular structure is found in the persistent slip bands.

251 citations


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01 Oct 1973
TL;DR: The size and number density of precipitates formed during the early stage of precipitation of copper from Fe-1.4 at 500°C was determined with the field-ion microscope (FIM) as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The size and number density of precipitates formed during the early stage of precipitation of copper from Fe-1.4 at. pct Cu at 500°C was determined with the field-ion microscope (FIM). While particles of less than 50 × 10−8 cm remain invisible in the electron microscope (ETM) they are clearly resolved with the FIM; particles as small as 8 × 10−8 cm in diameter could be detected. The growth rate of the particles can be accounted for by normal bulk diffusion. At its peak strength, the alloy contains approximately 1018 particles per cu cm with an average diameter of 24 × 10−8 cm. The alloy reaches its peak strength well before precipitation is complete.

248 citations


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01 Oct 1973
TL;DR: In this paper, chemical analyses of individual precipitates found during the initial stages of precipitation of copper from Fe-1.4 at 500°C were made with the FIM-atom probe.
Abstract: Chemical analyses of individual precipitates found during the initial stages of precipitation of copper from Fe-1.4 at. pct Cu at 500°C were made with the FIM-atom probe. Precipitates as small as 8 × l0−8cm in diam were analyzed. The results indicate that the precipitate nuclei contain much less copper than the equilibrium e phase and that most of the particle-matrix boundaries are less than 10−7 cm wide. The average copper content of the precipitates increases with aging time until well after the alloy reaches its peak strength. Thermodynamic calculations show that it is reasonable to expect the precipitate compositions that were experimentally observed.

204 citations



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TL;DR: In this paper, the anodic dissolution of copper in chloride solutions was studied under laboratory conditions up to 101°C and up to 175°C in a specially designed cell that could be flanged into a pump loop.
Abstract: The anodic dissolution of copper in chloride solutions was studied under laboratory conditions up to 101°C and up to 175°C in a specially designed cell that could be flanged into a pump loop. Under all conditions the anodic polarization curves demonstrated Tafel behavior with slopes equal to 2.3 RT/F. The anodic process was under diffusion control with the primary dissolution product being ; no evidence of solid corrosion products was found at the highest current densities employed. The anodic process was independent of pH and between 0.124 to 1.24M Cl− depended on the square of the chloride ion concentration. Loop experiments showed that under fixed conditions the current density was proportional to the 0.8 power of flow velocity. A simple kinetic expression based on the Nernst equation and Fick's first law was derived which was in excellent agreement with the experimental results.

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TL;DR: In this article, the thermal expansion of vitreous silica is shown to be particularly sensitive to thermal history values given for the linear coefficient α were determined relative to copper, and existing reference data for copper are discussed.
Abstract: Between 30 and 290 K the thermal expansion of vitreous silica is shown to be particularly sensitive to thermal history Values given for the linear coefficient α were determined relative to copper, and existing reference data for copper are discussed α for silicon has also been measured relative to copper from 55 K to room temperature Values of α at 283 K are reported for a number of samples of copper, and for Ag, Au, Al, Pt, Pd, MgO, NaCl and CaF2

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TL;DR: In this paper, electrical conductivity measurements have been made on copper sulfide crystals of compositions ranging from Cu1.8S to Cu2.0S in the temperature region between 20°C and 220°C.
Abstract: Electrical conductivity measurements have been made on copper sulfide crystals of compositions ranging from Cu1.8S to Cu2.0S and indium-doped Cu1.8S in the temperature region between 20°C and 220°C. Conductivity of Cu2-xS varied from 0.07 ohm-1cm-1 to 2400 ohm-1cm-1 as the deviation from stoichiometry increased from x=0 to x=0.2. It was found that Cu1.8S (digenite) and Cu1.96S (djurleite) undergo phase transitions at 90°C and at 93°C respectively. The transition temperature of Cu2S (chalcocite) increased from 98°C to 108°C as conductivity decreased from 52 ohm-1cm-1 to 0.07 ohm-1cm-1. An analysis of mixed conduction at β phase of low conductivity copper sulfide has shown that ionic conductivity is independent of the composition or the number of impurity cations in this material, and exhibits a temperature dependence with activation energy of 0.24 eV. Finally it is emphasized, after the discussion of the relation between electrical properties and crystal structure of copper sulfides, that the composition and crystalline phase are well characterized by the electrical conductivity in these materials.



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TL;DR: In this paper, the specific Cu+CO interaction was revealed by a strong infrared absorption band at 2160 cm− and a heat of adsorption of 14.7 kcal/mole.

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01 Nov 1973-Botany
TL;DR: Two of the algal isolates from these contaminated lakes, a Scenedesmus species and a Chlorella species, were chosen for study and were found to be tolerant of the heavy metals nickel and copper.
Abstract: Chemical analyses of lake waters in the Sudbury smelting area indicated abnormally high levels of metals, especially of copper and nickel. Two of the algal isolates from these contaminated lakes, a Scenedesmus species and a Chlorella species, were chosen for study. Their growth, as determined by cell number, was tested under controlled conditions in defined media. Nutrient conditions, pH, and concentration in solution of copper and nickel were used as variables in bioassays. In comparison with laboratory strains of similar algae, in medium with no chelate (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) the isolated lake strains were found to be tolerant of the heavy metals nickel (Scenedesmus) and copper (Scenedesmus and Chlorella). The patterns of response to metals in solution differed markedly between laboratory and lake strains. The ecological implications are considered.


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the kinetics of grain boundary migration in high-purity copper bicrystals with common [001] rotation axes as a function of driving force, angle of misorientation and temperature.

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TL;DR: In this article, the rate dependence of β hydroxybenzophenone oxime and aliphatic hydroxy-oxime oxime was investigated using an AKUFVE.

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TL;DR: A survey, comparison, and critical analysis of data compiled from the scientific literature concerning copper self-diffusion is presented in this article, along with figures, tabular presentation of data, and discussion of results.
Abstract: A survey, comparison, and critical analysis is presented of data compiled from the scientific literature concerning copper self‐diffusion. Topics include volume diffusion, dislocation pipe diffusion, surface diffusion, sintering, electromigration, thermomigration, pressure effect on diffusion, strain‐enhanced diffusion, nuclear magnetic resonance measurements of solid state diffusion and diffusion in molten copper. An extensive bibliography is presented along with figures, tabular presentation of data, and discussion of results.

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TL;DR: In this paper, a new copper (+III) compound, SrLaCuO 4 has been prepared under oxygen pressure and investigated, and it has the K 2 NiF 4 structure (a = 3.765 ± 0.002 A c = 13.27 ±0.02 A).

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TL;DR: The use of benzotriazole as a corrosion inhibitor is briefly reviewed and the theory of its mode of protection for copper in aqueous conditions is considered as discussed by the authors, and it has been shown to be a good inhibitor for copper and brass when added to many acidic, neutral and alkaline solutions, and it appears to act as a weak buffer.
Abstract: The use of benzotriazole as a corrosion inhibitor is briefly reviewed and the theory of its mode of protection for copper in aqueous conditions is considered. The solubility has been found to increase with temperature, and the addition of benzotriazole decreased the pH and increased the conductivity of distilled water. It has been shown to be a good inhibitor for copper and brass when added to many acidic, neutral, and alkaline solutions, and it appears to act as a weak buffer. Copper surfaces pretreated with a hot solution of benzotriazole were found to have an increased resistance to staining in atmospheric environments and also to corrosion when immersed in many solutions of acids and salts. The inhibitor reduced the dissolution of copper in water and thus the pitting of aluminum foil immersed in the same water.


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TL;DR: Strain fields at Guinier-Preston zones in an (Al-3% Cu alloy crystal slice have been studied from 2-beam lattice fringe images, assuming a direct correspondence between fringe and plane displacements as discussed by the authors.


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TL;DR: The three solvates are different in structure and in their fluorescence colour in ultraviolet light as discussed by the authors, and the last one is spontaneously decomposed by benzene to form highly dispersed copper iodide which fluoresces red at room temperature but not at all in liquid nitrogen.
Abstract: Copper(I)iodide reacts with pyridine to form (Cu py)I, and further to form (Cu py2)I. A tripyridino compound, although existing in contact with pyridine, is not obtainable at room temperature and normal pressure. The three solvates are different in structure and in their fluorescence colour in ultraviolet light. (Cu py3)I crystals are not fluorescent at room temperature but show yellow fluorescence at −180°C. (Cu py2)I is fluorescent with a green colour at room temperature as well as at very low temperatures. (Cu py)I shows yellow fluorescence at room temperature which reversibly changes to orange, then to red and finally to violet by cooling in liquid nitrogen („fluorescence thermochromism”). The last named compound is spontaneously decomposed by benzene to form highly dispersed copper iodide, which fluoresces red at room temperature, but not at all in liquid nitrogen.

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TL;DR: In this article, the surface potential values for annealed polycrystalline films of copper and silver are consistent with those already reported for a pre-painted polycrystaline film of copper, indicating that the latter is not specifically related to surface roughness.

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TL;DR: In this article, a model was developed to predict the wetting behavior between carbon and copper alloys containing 1 at.15 at. % chromium or vanadium and as much as 13 at.
Abstract: In a previous paper (J. Mater. Sci.5 (1970) 149) a model was developed to predict the wetting behaviour between carbon and copper alloys containing 1 at. % of a carbide forming element. In the present paper it is shown that the model can be applied successfully to alloys containing as little as 0.15 at. % chromium or vanadium and as much as 13 at. % titanium. A further development of the model is its use to predict carbide surface energies, the values derived being in good agreement with literature data.