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NASA NTRS1975

Thermal diffuse X-ray scattering in simple metals

Calculations are reported for the ionic structure factor and X-ray scattering cross section of sodium (at T=0 K and 90 K) and lithium (both isotopes at T=0 K) within the harmonic approximation. An evaluation of the appropriate displacement- displacement correlation function by the special point method circumvents the need for a multiphonon expansion. In the case of sodium, the structure in the one-phonon scattering was straightforwardly accounted for, and an approximate expansion was obtained for all multiphonon scattering. By treating core and conduction electrons on an equal footing, it is shown that information on the conduction electron system is present in the forward scattering component. In lithium the one-phonon cross section at small angles aids in the determination of the effective electron-ion interaction.

Straus, D. M.↗
NASA NTRS1985

Determining Thermal Diffusivities of Radiating Specimens

Two heat-pulse techniques eliminate uncertainties due to radiation losses. Flashlamp supplies pulse of heat to one side of specimen. Temperatures of illumninated surface and of opposite surface monitored photometrically. In second method, pulse of electrons supplies heat to one side of specimen. Temperature of opposite side monitored by photon detector. Techniques needed because radiation heat losses in this temperature range introduce uncertainties into conventional heat-flux measurements.

Wood, C.↗
NASA NTRS1985

Improved Thermal-Diffusivity-Measuring Apparatus

Accuracy at high temperature improved. Furnace heats specimen to experimental temperature, and flash tube raises specimen temperature by small amount and for short time so diffusivity (composite property of heat capacity and conductivity) determined. Specimen mount ensures minimum heat loss during temperature-rise measurement. Measurement temperatures up to 1,000 degrees C realized with fused-quartz light pipe and up to 1,600 degrees C with sapphire light pipe.

Wood, C.↗
NASA NTRS1991

Thermal diffusion in metal-sulfide liquids - Early results

Experiments were carried out to evaluate the Soret effect in liquid Fe-Ni-S-P alloys in order to gain a better understanding of the physical and thermodynamic properties of metallic liquids and to assess the possibility of systematic errors in Czochralski growth techniques. The metal-sulfide liquids were found to show a substantial Soret effect and, contrary to previous expectation, can be as large as that seen in the silicate system. The segregation is largely produced by S-Fe interactions. The P redistribution occurs to reduce activity gradients in P consequent upon S gradients, and P segregation can be approximately predicted in Fe-Ni-S liquids using the activity model of Jones and Malvin (1990). It is inferred that the sense of the Soret segregation, with P going to the cold end and S going to the hot end, is in accordance with the prediction of Malvin et al. (1986), who speculated that the crystal-pulling experiments of Sellamuthu and Goldstein (1985) was influenced by the Soret effect.

Jones, J. H.↗
NASA NTRS1990

Thermal diffusivity measurements on composite porosity samples

A phase lag technique is used to make quantitative measurements of diffusivity in composite porosity samples. Changes in through-ply diffusivity in a graphite composite due to varying porosity levels are examined. The relationship between the amount of porosity and the change in diffusivity is analyzed using an electrical analog for modeling heat flow in the composite.

Zalameda, Joseph N.↗
NASA NTRS1993

Supersonic flow calculation using a Reynolds-stress and an eddy thermal diffusivity turbulence model

A second-order model for the velocity field and a two-equation model for the temperature field are used to calculate supersonic boundary layers assuming negligible real gas effects. The modeled equations are formulated on the basis of an incompressible assumption and then extended to supersonic flows by invoking Morkovin's hypothesis, which proposes that compressibility effects are completely accounted for by mean density variations alone. In order to calculate the near-wall flow accurately, correction functions are proposed to render the modeled equations asymptotically consistent with the behavior of the exact equations near a wall and, at the same time, display the proper dependence on the molecular Prandtl number. Thus formulated, the near-wall second order turbulence model for heat transfer is applicable to supersonic flows with different Prandtl numbers. The model is validated against flows with different Prandtl numbers and supersonic flows with free-stream Mach numbers as high as 10 and wall temperature ratios as low as 0.3. Among the flow cases considered, the momentum thickness Reynolds number varies from approximately 4,000 to approximately 21,000. Good correlation with measurements of mean velocity, temperature, and its variance is obtained. Discernible improvements in the law-of-the-wall are observed, especially in the range where the big-law applies.

Sommer, T. P.↗
NASA NTRS2003

Thermal Property Measurement of Semiconductor Melt using Modified Laser Flash Method

This study further developed standard laser flash method to measure multiple thermal properties of semiconductor melts. The modified method can determine thermal diffusivity, thermal conductivity, and specific heat capacity of the melt simultaneously. The transient heat transfer process in the melt and its quartz container was numerically studied in detail. A fitting procedure based on numerical simulation results and the least root-mean-square error fitting to the experimental data was used to extract the values of specific heat capacity, thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity. This modified method is a step forward from the standard laser flash method, which is usually used to measure thermal diffusivity of solids. The result for tellurium (Te) at 873 K: specific heat capacity 300.2 Joules per kilogram K, thermal conductivity 3.50 Watts per meter K, thermal diffusivity 2.04 x 10(exp -6) square meters per second, are within the range reported in literature. The uncertainty analysis showed the quantitative effect of sample geometry, transient temperature measured, and the energy of the laser pulse.

Lin, Bochuan↗
NASA NTRS1993

Microwave techniques for physical property measurements

Industrial processing of metals and ceramics is now being streamlined by the development of theoretical models. High temperature thermophysical properties of these materials are required to successfully apply these theories. Unfortunately, there is insufficient experimental data available for many of these properties, particularly in the molten state. Microwave fields can be used to measure specific heat, thermal diffusivity, thermal conductivity and dielectric constants at high temperatures. We propose to (1) develop a microwave flash method (analogous to the laser flash technique) that can simultaneously measure the thermal diffusivity and specific heat of insulators and semiconductors at high temperatures, (2) an appropriate theory and experimental apparatus to demonstrate the measurement of the specific heat of a metal using a new microwave ac specific heat technique, and (3) experimental methods for noncontact measurement of the real and imaginary dielectric constants.

Barmatz, M.↗
NASA NTRS1975

Effect of processing variables on the thermophysical properties of polybenzimidazole foams

The relationships are described among prepolymer purity, processing parameters, and additives to the thermophysical and chemical properties of polybenzimidazole foams in the density range from 24 to 80 kg/cu m. Foam properties are shown to be affected by differences in prepolymer purity, curing schedule, and the presence of additives in the foam. High-temperature compressive properties were improved by postcuring at 527 C. Surfactant additives were found to improve uniformity of cell size. Foams were characterized according to high-temperature mechanical properties, density, porosity, thermal diffusivity, thermal conductivity, and specific heat.

Kourtides, D. A.↗
NASA NTRS1979

Thermal analysis of Bridgman-Stockbarger growth

A thermal analysis of a cylindrical HgCdTe sample in a Bridgman-Stockbarger crystal growth configuration was conducted with emphasis on the thermal profile, interface shape and position, and the thermal gradients at the liquid-solid interface. Alloys of HgTe and CdTe with compositions approximating 20 percent CdTe, 80 percent HgTe were used. This composition results in a bandgap suited for the detection of 10.6 micron CO2 radiation. The sensitivity of the sample thermal characteristics to important growth parameters, such as thermal diffusivities, thermal conductivities, furnace temperature profile, ampoule dimensions, and growth velocity was assessed. Numerical techniques and associated computational models necessary to analyze the heat transfer process within the sample and the Bridgman-Stockbarger boundary conditions were developed. This thermal analysis mode was programmed in FORTRAN V, and is currently operational on the MSFC Univac 1100 system.

Knopf, F. W.↗
NASA NTRS1995

Excitable dynamics in high-Lewis number premixed gas combustion at normal and microgravity

Freely-propagating, premixed gas flames in high-Lewis (Le) number, quiescent mixtures are studied experimentally in tubes of various diameter at normal (lg) and microgravity (mu g). A premixture of lean butane and oxygen diluted with helium, argon, neon, nitrogen or a mixture of multiple diluents is examined such that the thermal diffusivity of the mixture (and to a lesser extent, the mass diffusivity of the rate-limiting component) is systematically varied. In effect, different diluents allow variation of the Le without changing the chemistry. The flames are recorded with high speed cinematography and their stability is visually assessed. Different modes of propagation were observed depending on the diameter of the tubes (different conductive heat loss), the composition of the mixture and the g-level. At 1g, four modes of propagation were observed in small and intermediate diameter tubes (large conductive heat loss): (1) steadily propagating flames, (2) radial and longitudinal pulsating flames, (3) 'wavering' flames, and (4) rotating spiral flames. As the diameter of the tube increases, the radial modes become more pronounced while the longitudinal modes systematically disappear. Also, multiple, simultaneous, spatially-separated 'pacemaker' sites are observed in intermediate and large diameter tubes. Each site starts as a small region of high luminosity and develops into a flamelet which assumes the form of one of the fore mentioned modes. These flamelets eventually interact, annihilate each other in their regions of intersection and merge at their newly created free-ends. For very large tubes, radially-propagating wave-trains (believed to be 'trigger waves') are observed. These are analogous to the radial pulsations observed in the smaller diameter tubes. At mu g, three modes of propagation have been observed: (1) steadily propagating flames, (2) radial and longitudinal pulsating flames, and (3) multi-armed, rotating flames. Since the pulsating mode exists at mu g and 1g, buoyant flicker is not the mechanism which drives the pulsations. Moreover, all of the instabilities at 1g and mu g have characteristic frequencies on the O(100Hz). This value is lower than the fundamental, longitudinal acoustic frequencies of the tubes which suggests that the instabilities are not acoustically driven. The patterns formed by this reaction bear remarkable similarities with the patterns formed in most excitable media when the behavior of the system is driven by couplings between chemical reaction and diffusion (e.g., Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction, Patterns in slime molds, spiral waves in the retina of a bird's eye). While it is recognized that the chemical mechanism associated with this premixed gas reaction is exponentially sensitive to temperature and undoubtedly different from those which govern previously observed excitable media (most are isothermal, or weakly exothermic, liquid phase reactions), similar spatial and temporal patterns should not come as a complete surprise considering heat and mass diffusion are self similar. It is concluded that this premixed gas system is a definitive example of a diffusive-thermal, gas-phase oscillator based on these experimental results and their favorable comparison with theory.

Pearlman, Howard↗
NASA NTRS1997

Computational Modeling in Structural Materials Processing

High temperature materials such as silicon carbide, a variety of nitrides, and ceramic matrix composites find use in aerospace, automotive, machine tool industries and in high speed civil transport applications. Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is widely used in processing such structural materials. Variations of CVD include deposition on substrates, coating of fibers, inside cavities and on complex objects, and infiltration within preforms called chemical vapor infiltration (CVI). Our current knowledge of the process mechanisms, ability to optimize processes, and scale-up for large scale manufacturing is limited. In this regard, computational modeling of the processes is valuable since a validated model can be used as a design tool. The effort is similar to traditional chemically reacting flow modeling with emphasis on multicomponent diffusion, thermal diffusion, large sets of homogeneous reactions, and surface chemistry. In the case of CVI, models for pore infiltration are needed. In the present talk, examples of SiC nitride, and Boron deposition from the author's past work will be used to illustrate the utility of computational process modeling.

Meyyappan, Meyya↗
NASA NTRS2024

Characterization of NUW-LHT-5m, A Lunar Highland Simulant

A new simulant of the lunar highlands regolith, NUW-LHT-5M, was designed by NASA and manufactured by Washington Mills. The simulant was based on Apollo 16 data and is a member of the NU-LHT-series. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and Johnson Space Center have already purchased 3 metric tons of the simulant for advanced engineering work. In support of engineering uses of the simulant, we provided measurements of the simulant including: mineral abundance and composition, liberation, X-ray fluorescence (XRF), ferrous iron, carbon, sulfur, 60 element inductively coupled plasma (ICP), loss on ignition, particle size, both 2D and 3D particle shape, specific surface area, shear, cohesion, internal friction, helium pycnometry, minimum index density, tap density, magnetic susceptibility, cryogenic and high temperature permittivity, visible and near-infrared (VNIR) and middle infra-red spectroscopy (MIR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), viscosity, thermal diffusivity, thermal conductivity, thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), evolved gas analysis (EGA), and spark sintering. For the crystalline components the design of the simulant called for two rocks from the Stillwater Complex, Montana: 17.6 wt% norite, 37.7% anorthosite, and 4.7 wt% olivine from an unspecified commercial source. The other 40% of the simulant was a high calcium (An100), vesicular glass that Washington Mills made specifically for the simulant. Fabrication and quality control processes for both the glass and the simulant are described. Importantly, most of the graphs and tables presented herein provide values for both the new simulant and data for the older NASA mare simulant, JSC-1A. Finally, we discussed the current limitations of NUW-LT-5M and most other lunar regolith simulants to replicate the lunar material.

lunar regolith simulant↗
NASA NTRS2013

An Update on the Non-Mass-Dependent Isotope Fractionation under Thermal Gradient

Mass flow and compositional gradient (elemental and isotope separation) occurs when flu-id(s) or gas(es) in an enclosure is subjected to a thermal gradient, and the phenomenon is named thermal diffusion. Gas phase thermal diffusion has been theoretically and experimentally studied for more than a century, although there has not been a satisfactory theory to date. Nevertheless, for isotopic system, the Chapman-Enskog theory predicts that the mass difference is the only term in the thermal diffusion separation factors that differs one isotope pair to another,with the assumptions that the molecules are spherical and systematic (monoatomic-like structure) and the particle collision is elastic. Our previous report indicates factors may be playing a role because the Non-Mass Dependent (NMD) effect is found for both symmetric and asymmetric, linear and spherical polyatomic molecules over a wide range of temperature (-196C to +237C). The observed NMD phenomenon in the simple thermal-diffusion experiments demands quantitative validation and theoretical explanation. Besides the pressure and temperature dependency illustrated in our previous reports, efforts are made in this study to address issues such as the role of convection or molecular structure and whether it is a transient, non-equilibrium effect only.

Sun, Tao↗