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A Mass Spectrometric Characterization Of Positive Ions Created In Simple Vacuum Diodes Incorporating Oxide Cathodes With Supplementary Analysis Of Background Gases, Larry A. Addington Jan 1972

A Mass Spectrometric Characterization Of Positive Ions Created In Simple Vacuum Diodes Incorporating Oxide Cathodes With Supplementary Analysis Of Background Gases, Larry A. Addington

Masters Theses

"Simple diodes were constructed utilizing oxide cathodes and nickel anodes. The cathodes were obtained by applying a mixture of barium, strontium, and calcium carbonates to a nickel filament and decomposing them to yield the oxides. The products of decomposition were analyzed by monitoring the composition of the background gases in the vacuum chamber. A portion of the flux of positive ions bombarding the cathode during diode operation was analyzed. It was possible to determine the region of origin of the ions and their potential energy at the time of formation. Positive ions of chlorine, fluorine, sodium, potassium, and rubidium were …


Concentration By Sorting : Feasibility Determination By Radial Distribution Analysis, Robert M. Doerr Jan 1972

Concentration By Sorting : Feasibility Determination By Radial Distribution Analysis, Robert M. Doerr

Masters Theses

"A method was developed for determining certain factors for assessing the feasibility of sorting fragments of an inhomogeneous solid to concentrate a species. These factors are the typical size of zones in which the grade exceeds a selected value, and the recovery potentially achievable by sorting fragments of such size"--Abstract, page iii.


Polynary Silicon Tellurium Glasses, Henry Edward Anthonis Jan 1972

Polynary Silicon Tellurium Glasses, Henry Edward Anthonis

Masters Theses

"The introduction of Ag into Si-As-Te glasses permits the incorporation of Se, otherwise volatile and/or degradable as a constituent in Si-containing chalcogenide glasses. Si-As-Ag-Te-Se glasses exhibit much higher softening ranges and glass transition temperatures than encountered in known chalcogenide systems. A glass Si35As15Ag10Te20Se20 had the viscosity log η =13 at about 500°C, as compared to 370°C for the base glass Si35As25Te40, the viscosity of log η = 9.8 at about 560°C, as compared to 442°C for the base glass Si35As25Te40 …


Phase Transformations In The System Zro₂-Cao, Damri Sukhotanang Jan 1972

Phase Transformations In The System Zro₂-Cao, Damri Sukhotanang

Masters Theses

"Thermal expansion, thermal hysteresis, and the monoclinic tetragonal phase transformation of ZrO₂ have been studied with high temperature x-ray diffractometry. The initial transformation temperature in pure ZrO₂, on heating, is about 1150ºC. The transformation occurs over a 100ºC temperature range and thermal hysteresis occurs on heating and cooling. The mechanism of the transformation is related to preferred vibrational modes of atoms on the AO -CO plane of the monoclinic structure. Because the monoclinic BO axis is parallel with the tetragonal [110] axis, structural relationships can be seen to be a controlling factor in the transformation. Initiation of …


A Study Of The System Lithia - Silica, Roy Richard Ramey Jan 1972

A Study Of The System Lithia - Silica, Roy Richard Ramey

Masters Theses

"X-ray intensity and d-spacing measurements were performed upon samples in the system Li₂O-SiO₂. Samples ranged from 0.0 to 28.0 mole percent lithia and were fired for 72 hours at temperatures from 920ºC to 1400ºC. Atomic absorption analyses were made upon the fired samples. Non-equilibrium conditions were prevalent and results are inclusive. Quartz is the stable phase in the high silica field at temperatures below 1050ºC with cristobalite stable above that. The quartz - cristobalite transformation occurs at 950ºC with the cristobalite transforming into tridymite at 1010ºC. There was wide scattering of data at 1000ºC and below. There was no correlation …


A Tensi-Volumetric Apparatus: Theory, Calibration, And Use In An Investigation Of The Oxygen Non-Stoichiometry Of Pure Batio₃, Glenn Jon Conger Jan 1972

A Tensi-Volumetric Apparatus: Theory, Calibration, And Use In An Investigation Of The Oxygen Non-Stoichiometry Of Pure Batio₃, Glenn Jon Conger

Masters Theses

"The development of the tensi-volumetric apparatus has been traced to its current position of significance in studies relating to oxide non-stoichiometry. Components of the tensi-volumetric apparatus, especially the capacitance membrane manometer, were examined in detail as were the parameters affecting the performance of such an apparatus. Based on a careful consideration of components and performance, a tensi-volumetric apparatus has been designed, built, and its operation theoretically justified for its particular physical configuration. Results of existing studies of the oxygen non-stoichiometry of barium titanate have been used to predict its behavior during a tensi-volumetric study. Specific analytical procedures developed for use …