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Processing And Characterization Of Samarium And Manganese Modified Lead Titanate Thin Film, Chen-Lung Fan, Wayne Huebner
Processing And Characterization Of Samarium And Manganese Modified Lead Titanate Thin Film, Chen-Lung Fan, Wayne Huebner
Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Samarium and manganese modified lead titanate thin films were fabricated by spin-coating an amorphous citrate precursor. These films transformed into an oxide film upon heat treatment at 400 degrees Celcius or above. Relatively large area and crack-free thin films could be obtained by this process both easily and inexpensively. The rheological behavior of the precursor solution, as well as its thermal decomposition and phase development were studied by means of DSC/TGA and XRD. The thickness and grain size of the oxide film were examined by TEM and SEM.
The Impact Of Coal Pyrolysis On Combustion, Peter R. Solomon, Thomas H. Fletcher
The Impact Of Coal Pyrolysis On Combustion, Peter R. Solomon, Thomas H. Fletcher
Faculty Publications
The pyrolysis process has impacts throughout coal combustion. The roles of pyrolysis in various aspectsof the coal combustion process are described, including the devolatilization yield, nitrogen release, softening and swelling, soot formation, and char reactivity. These processes can be understood and quantitatively predicted using recently developed network pyrolysis models that describe the transformation of the coal's chemical structure. The models are described and examples of their predictive ability for important coal combustion phenomena are presented.