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The Calculation of Free-Energiesin Semiconductors: Defects, Transitionsand Phase Diagrams
In this chapter we review a series of novel techniques that make possible the efficient calculation of free energies in condensed-matter systems,...
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Enhanced CO2 capture by cupuassu shell-derived activated carbon with high microporous volume
Here, we report the preparation of microporous-activated carbons from a Brazilian natural lignocellulosic agricultural waste, cupuassu shell, by...
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Hydrostatic pressure effect on lattice thermal conductivity of wurtzite GaN semiconductor
Debye–Callaway model in combination with the Murnaghan and Clapeyron equations was used to calculate the hydrostatic pressure effects on lattice...
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Martensitic Transformation in Fe–Ni Alloys with Addition of Chromium, Manganese, and Carbon in High Magnetic Fields
AbstractThe way in which martensitic transformation in iron alloys in high pulsed magnetic field can proceed via two different routes is explained....
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Hydrostatic pressure effects on the processes of lattice thermal conductivity of bulk Silicon and nanowires
The lattice thermal conductivity (LTC) of silicon nanowires (NWs) with diameters of 115, 56, 37 and 22 nm in the temperature range of 2–300 K for...
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Promising elastocaloric properties of sintered polycrystalline NiMnGa produced by open die pressing
The increasing interest in the development of multicaloric materials for solid-state cooling applications is giving rise to the investigation of...
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Prediction and understanding of barocaloric effects in orientationally disordered materials from molecular dynamics simulations
Due to its high energy efficiency and environmental friendliness, solid-state cooling based on the barocaloric (BC) effect represents a promising...
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Elastocaloric Effect in Shape-Memory Alloys
It is widely acknowledged that shape-memory alloys have an enormous potential for future developments of an environmentally friendly new solid-state...
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Vapor–Liquid Equilibria in the Tin–Lead System in a Primary Vacuum
AbstractThe boiling point method (isothermal version) was used to determine the partial pressure of saturated lead vapor over lead and tin solutions,...
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Active Monitoring of Thermal Insulation Protection Status of Pipelines
The article discusses the temperature regimes of transit pipelines for steam and hot water movement. A new device for thermal insulation of...
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Numerical Simulation of Relative Humidity in a Vehicle Cabin
Providing comfortable climatic conditions for operators in the cabin of technological machines is an important scientific and technical task that...
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Stress–Strain and Fluid Flow
In this chapter first a multi-phase-field model considering transformation strain and elastic energy is developed. It utilizes the expansion into...
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Covalent, Metallic, and Secondary Bonding
This chapter introduces the concepts of bonding, coordination, and packing fraction. We start with covalent bonding, encompassing both valence bond...
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Thermogravimetric study of metal–organic precursors and their suitability for hybrid molecular beam epitaxy
Although metal–organic (MO) precursors are widely used in technologically relevant deposition techniques, reports on their temperature-dependent...
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Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer Assisted Separation Phenomena During Distillation Refining of Mg Metal Using Thermodynamics and Numerical Simulations
CSIR National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur is uniquely involved in development of various silicothermic reduction-based pyrometallurgical...
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Magnetic Field-Induced Martensitic Phase Transition in Cr-Substituted Ni–Mn–Sb + B Shape Memory Alloys
In this paper, the Ni 50−y Cr y Mn 37 Sb 13 + B 2 ( y = 0, 3, 5 and 7) Heusler system was fabricated by the conventional arc-melting method. Samples with low...
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Experimental Study and Drying Kinetics Modeling of an Alkali-Activated Sand-Based Porous Medium, Application to Drying of Inorganic Foundry Cores
In the production of cast aluminum automotive parts, cores made of sand and binders are often used to create the complex features that cannot be...
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The thermophysical properties of a promising composite adsorbent based on multi-wall carbon nanotubes for heat storage
The use of energy from alternative energy sources as well as the use of waste heat are key elements of an efficient energetics. Adsorption heat...
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Development of a method for discrete-continuous inverting control of pressure control circuit inside a heating furnace
The article addresses the problem of designing an inverting regulator for controlling the pressure in a furnace for metal heating prior to rolling....
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Gas-Dynamic Assessment of Blast-Furnace Smelting
AbstractThe drop in static gas pressure in the blast furnace is not equal to the pressure loss of the gas flux over its path from the tuyere to the...
