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Thermal expansion
About: Thermal expansion is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 21040 publications have been published within this topic receiving 349407 citations. The topic is also known as: heat expansion.
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TL;DR: In this article, a number of properties such as thermal expansion coefficient, sound velocity, thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient have been measured by hot isostatic pressing of powders.
Abstract: Polycrystalline p‐type samples of IrSb3 and Ir0.5Rh0.5Sb3 have been made by hot isostatic pressing of powders. A number of properties such as thermal expansion coefficient, sound velocity, thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, and carrier concentration have been measured. These compounds show promise as thermoelectric materials.
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TL;DR: In this article, a micromechanical Si lever was used to detect heat fluxes induced by the differential thermal expansion of the lever using the optical position sensor from a force microscope.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors give an overview of some of the physical phenomena that can give rise to negative thermal expansion and some of their unusual structural properties, and discuss the structural properties of such materials.
Abstract: The vast majority of materials have a positive coefficient of thermal expansion and their volume increases on heating. There has been considerable recent interest in materials which display the unusual property of contracting in volume on heating; i.e. those with a negative coefficient of thermal expansion. This Perspective gives an overview of some of the physical phenomena that can give rise to this unusual effect. Recent insights into negative thermal expansion materials and some of their unusual structural properties are discussed.
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TL;DR: It is shown that for many solids the input data needed to predict high temperature thermodynamical properties can be dramatically reduced.
Abstract: Recently it has been argued based on theoretical calculations and experimental data that there is a universal form for the equation of state of solids. This observation was restricted to the range of temperatures and pressures such that there are no phase transitions. The use of this universal relation to estimate pressure-volume relations (i.e., isotherms) required three input parameters at each fixed temperature. It is shown that for many solids the input data needed to predict high temperature thermodynamical properties can be dramatically reduced. In particular, only four numbers are needed: (1) the zero pressure (P=0) isothermal bulk modulus; (2)it P=0 pressure derivative; (3) the P=0 volume; and (4) the P=0 thermal expansion; all evaluated at a single (reference) temperature. Explicit predictions are made for the high temperature isotherms, the thermal expansion as a function of temperature, and the temperature variation of the isothermal bulk modulus and its pressure derivative. These predictions are tested using experimental data for three representative solids: gold, sodium chloride, and xenon. Good agreement between theory and experiment is found.
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