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The Influence Of Member Length On Thermal Contact Resistance In A Vacuum Environment, Larry Martin Cooper Jan 1971

The Influence Of Member Length On Thermal Contact Resistance In A Vacuum Environment, Larry Martin Cooper

Masters Theses

"An investigation was conducted to determine the influence of member length on thermal contact resistance in a vacuum environment. A model was created which consisted of a center rod axially loaded between two other members. It was assumed that circular macroscopic constriction areas were formed at the contact interface when the rods were loaded. Macroscopic modeling of the contact surfaces makes the thermal contact analysis a function of the mechanical and thermal boundary conditions of the total body. The method of finite differences was employed to calculate the temperature distribution, heat flows, and thermal contact resistance of each member. Data …

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Shear Properties Of An Organic Soil And The Same Soil With The Organic Matter Removed, David Eugene Daniels Jan 1971

Shear Properties Of An Organic Soil And The Same Soil With The Organic Matter Removed, David Eugene Daniels

Masters Theses

"The effect of strain rate on the shearing properties of an organic A̲ horizon Bryce clay and the same soil treated with hydrogen peroxide to remove the organic matter was studied. For both soils, the pore pressures were found to be independent of strain rate, and dependent only on the increment of strain during shear. The effect of the hydrogen peroxide treatment on the shear properties of an inorganic Bryce B̲ horizon clay was also studied. It was concluded that the hydrogen peroxide does not affect the mineral properties of the Bryce clay and serves only to selectively remove organic …

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An Investigation Of Stress In The Monowall Construction System Subjected To Racking Loads, Louis Alex Kuhlmann Jan 1971

An Investigation Of Stress In The Monowall Construction System Subjected To Racking Loads, Louis Alex Kuhlmann

Masters Theses

"Several methods of analysis were employed to investigate the stress conditions of concrete block built in the MONOWALL Construction System, when subjected to racking loads. MONOWALL is a technique of assembling blocks with adhesive rather than conventional portland cement mortar. The analyses used in this study included strain gages on full-scale walls, photoelastic models, and a mathematical solution. Each method of analysis is reported separately in detail and the results compared to each other"--Abstract, page ii.

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Phase Equilibrium And Thermodynamic Study Of The Iron-Copper-Carbon System, Krishna Parameswaran Jan 1971

Phase Equilibrium And Thermodynamic Study Of The Iron-Copper-Carbon System, Krishna Parameswaran

Masters Theses

"Gas carburization experiments were conducted at 950ºC in order to study the phase relations and to determine the activity of carbon in the iron-rich corner of the iron-copper-carbon system. The solubility of graphite in equilibrium with iron-copper alloys was determined at 950º, 1000º, and 1050ºC. The results of gas carburization and graphite solubility experiments at 950ºC were used in constructing an isothermal section of the iron-rich end of the iron-copper-carbon phase diagram, on which are superimposed carbon isoactivity lines. Graphite solubility data at 1000º and 1050ºC were used to construct similar diagrams without the isoactivity lines. The effect of carbon …

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Laminar Heat Transfer For Small Prandtl Number Fluids Including Step Change In Wall Temperature, Shiny Ting Jan 1971

Laminar Heat Transfer For Small Prandtl Number Fluids Including Step Change In Wall Temperature, Shiny Ting

Masters Theses

"The object of this investigation is to provide a simple means of determining the heat transfer from a flat plate which has an unheated leading length x₀. The case of steady, two-dimensional, laminar flow of an incompressible fluid with a Prandtl number of less than one is considered. Since there exists an unheated length and the Prandtl number of the fluid is less than one, the thermal boundary layer intersects the flow boundary layer. Thus, the solution of the problem divides into two regions. In this study, the problem is solved analytically by employing the energy integral equation. The temperature …

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A Digital Computer Simulation Of A Rural Two-Lane Highway, D. Jay Frankenfield Jan 1971

A Digital Computer Simulation Of A Rural Two-Lane Highway, D. Jay Frankenfield

Masters Theses

"The traffic flow model developed in this study is a digital computer simulation utilizing the technique of periodic scanning to move the vehicles through a series of unit blocks. The model simulates traffic flow on a rural two-lane highway by assuming a straight and level road and incorporating sight distance restrictions and no-passing zones to simulate the effect of limited sight distance. By utilizing various "passing rules" to initiate the passing maneuver, three general topics were investigated. This study investigated the use of 1000 ADT as a criterion for yellow line striping no-passing by using the computer simulation to determine …

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An Empirical Method Of Correlating Compressibility Factors Of Nitrogen - Helium - Hydrocarbon Systems, Terry Wayne Buck Jan 1971

An Empirical Method Of Correlating Compressibility Factors Of Nitrogen - Helium - Hydrocarbon Systems, Terry Wayne Buck

Masters Theses

"Compressibility factors have been taken from previous works by Davis and Taneja for twelve different common oil-field hydrocarbon mixtures which contain at least 2 mole % nitrogen. An effort has been made to show that by using the Benedict-Webb-Rubin Equation of State it is possible to predict compressibility factors using a correlation of error in predicted compressibility factor versus reduced pressure, at different mole % of nitrogen with constant reduced temperatures, if the critical points of the mixtures are known or can be calculated. In the mixtures which contain helium, the only effect of helium seems to be the raising …

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An Investigation Of A Bistable Oscillator Used In A Phase Modulated Control Circuit, Yu-Fang Yen Jan 1971

An Investigation Of A Bistable Oscillator Used In A Phase Modulated Control Circuit, Yu-Fang Yen

Masters Theses

"A primary component in the investigation of phase modulated control systems is bistable oscillator which converts a constant oscillation signal to control the system. The oscillator is feedback type that utilizes a feedback capacitance and resistance in each feedback path to change its frequency. The theoretical behavior of bistable oscillator was investigated and the non-dimensional results were set for convenience in determining the oscillation period. The control circuit which based on the oscillator was also presented a form of suitable circuit for direct application to practical control problems"--Abstract, page ii.

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Development Of An Elastic-Plastic Finite Element Program With The Initial Strain Approach, Vernon Dale Allen Jan 1971

Development Of An Elastic-Plastic Finite Element Program With The Initial Strain Approach, Vernon Dale Allen

Masters Theses

"A finite element method is presented for solution of plane stress and axisymmetric elastic-plastic problems employing the method of successive elastic solutions with the initial strain approach. The problem of nonconvergence of the initial strain approach for perfectly plastic problems was eliminated by expressing the Prandtl-Ruess equations entirely in terms of strain. Two examples are presented to demonstrate the validity of the method"--Abstract, page ii.

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Analysis Of Factors Affecting Station Capacitor Bank Switching Transients, M. Davarpanah Jan 1971

Analysis Of Factors Affecting Station Capacitor Bank Switching Transients, M. Davarpanah

Masters Theses

"The problem presented here is a study using a computer program which predicts the transient response when energizing a station capacitor bank of a power system. The computer program gives the wave shape and magnitudes of switching surges obtained while energized capacitor banks at one location and showing the effect of switching a bank while adjacent banks are already energized. The over voltages are given in line-to-ground voltages on the line side of the capacitor banks as well as at lower voltage levels down to the customer 120 volts service voltages. The purposes are to obtain the optimum values of …

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A Driver-Assisting Control System, Roger Allen Hayes Jan 1971

A Driver-Assisting Control System, Roger Allen Hayes

Masters Theses

"The material presented here explains the electronics of a magnetic guidance control system. The system is based on magnets embedded in the center of the roadway. If a vehicle passes near a magnet, fluxgate magnetometers sense the presence of the magnets and guidance pulses are developed and processed. The end result is a visual output which indicates the direction the driver must steer the vehicle for proper positioning on the roadway. The paper presents a solution to the detection problem caused by the sensor output being a function of the earth's field as well as the field of the guidance …

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Stability And Synthesis Of Transfer Functions Rational In W = E To The Power Of The Square Root Of T (S² + Bs + C) And Omega = The Square Root Of T (S² + Bs + C), James Fred Archer Jan 1971

Stability And Synthesis Of Transfer Functions Rational In W = E To The Power Of The Square Root Of T (S² + Bs + C) And Omega = The Square Root Of T (S² + Bs + C), James Fred Archer

Masters Theses

"The bounded input-bounded output stability is investigated for networks containing uniformly distributed LRGC, LRC, GRC and G(ω)RC elements. The region of stability in the W plane (W = e to the power of the square root of (s² + bs + c), Θ plane (Θ = the square root of (s² + bs + c), and S plane (S = s²+bs+c) is found in each case so that if the poles of a transfer function rational in W, Θ or S lie within this region the system is stable. After obtaining a desired transfer function rational in W = e …

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Design And Preliminary Testing Of A Thermomechanical Rock Fragmentation Apparatus, Gary Earl Fenton Jan 1971

Design And Preliminary Testing Of A Thermomechanical Rock Fragmentation Apparatus, Gary Earl Fenton

Masters Theses

"The design characteristics of equipment to thermally weaken and mechanically fragment hard rock were developed and the apparatus constructed. An initial investigation of thermo-mechanical fragmentation was conducted on Missouri red granite. The particles from the fragmentation tests were sized and this analysis was used in the Rittinger theory to calculate surface area breakage energy. It was found that the application of thermal energy could reduce the surface area breakage energy per unit volume of material removed by as much as 41 percent. The use of kerfs in the rock increased the amount of material removed and permitted larger particles to …

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Characteristics Of And Suggested Improvements In Communication Laboratory Equipment At University Of Missouri-Rolla, William Edgar Abernathie Jan 1971

Characteristics Of And Suggested Improvements In Communication Laboratory Equipment At University Of Missouri-Rolla, William Edgar Abernathie

Masters Theses

"This paper documents characteristics of and suggests improvements in Communication Laboratory Equipment built at the University of Missouri at Rolla. Included are Voltage Controlled Oscillators, Discriminators, Operational Amplifiers, and Multipliers. The graduate and undergraduate laboratory student thus has available equipment characteristics and, when building higher performance equipment, improvement suggestions"--Abstract, page ii.

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A Study Of The Dislocation Instability And Reverse Martensitic Transformation In Fe-Ni System, Chung Lim Jan 1971

A Study Of The Dislocation Instability And Reverse Martensitic Transformation In Fe-Ni System, Chung Lim

Masters Theses

"Since the martensitic reaction is a strain transformation, the transformation of the lattice structure can be induced by an external stresses. This also means that the macroscopic total elastic constant should decrease as the temperature is lowered to Ms on cooling. For the reverse transformation an anomalous decrease of the elastic constant is to be expected as the temperature increases to As on heating. In this experiment measurements of the velocity change of an ultrasonic wave in Fe-Ni alloys were carried out for the reverse martensitic transformation. The deviation from the linear relationship of the velocity change as …

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Effects Of Flat And Elongated Particles Upon Properties Of Mixtures Containing Glass Aggregates, John Dean Doyle Jan 1971

Effects Of Flat And Elongated Particles Upon Properties Of Mixtures Containing Glass Aggregates, John Dean Doyle

Masters Theses

"As a possible solution for the rapidly proliferating problem of waste glass disposal in the United States, glass is being considered for use as aggregate in bituminous concrete mixtures. Crushed waste glass particles, and crushed bottle glass particles in particular, are more angular, much smoother, and contain a higher percentage of flat and/or elongated particles than conventional rock aggregate particles. Because of the differences in shape and surface texture, glass aggregate may require different gradations than those found suitable for conventional rock aggregate. Objectives of this research were to determine gradations which result in maximum density for aggregates consisting entirely, …

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Final Sintering Of Cr₂O₃ With Minor Additions Of Mgo And Sintering Of Mgo With Minor Additions Of Cr₂O₃, Gordon E. Jungquist Jan 1971

Final Sintering Of Cr₂O₃ With Minor Additions Of Mgo And Sintering Of Mgo With Minor Additions Of Cr₂O₃, Gordon E. Jungquist

Masters Theses

"The effect of oxygen activity on the sintering of Cr₂O₃ with minor additions of MgO, and of MgO with minor additions of Cr₂O₃ at 1600ºC was investigated. A peak density (99.4% of theoretical) was obtained for high purity Cr₂O₃ by maintaining the equilibrium oxygen partial pressure needed to maintain the Cr₂O₃ phase. The addition of 0.1 wt. % MgO increased the sintered density at the same oxygen pressure to 99.8%. Further MgO additions decreased the density. The density of pure MgO was independent of the PO₂ over the range investigated. Addition of Cr₂O₃ to MgO decreased the density at …

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Alkali Mobility And Mechanical Relaxation In Mixed-Alkali Silicate Glasses, James W. Fleming Jr. Jan 1971

Alkali Mobility And Mechanical Relaxation In Mixed-Alkali Silicate Glasses, James W. Fleming Jr.

Masters Theses

"Internal friction and sodium and potassium self-diffusion coefficients for (1-X)Na₂O · XK₂O· 3SiO₂ glasses were measured. Alkali diffusion was measured between 300 and 500ºC using radioactive isotopes and a thin-sectioning technique. Internal friction was measured from room temperature to 500ºC, 0.1 to 2000 Hz. Comparison between alkali diffusion and internal friction data for Na-K glasses with those for other mixed-alkali glasses shows that the mixed-alkali peak is related to alkali mobility. It is concluded that the mechanism for mixed-alkali internal friction is a cooperative rearrangement of dissimilar alkali ions, with the slower moving ion controlling the rate of reorientation"--Abstract, page …

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The Thermal Contact Resistance Of Lubricant Films In Vacuum, Garry A. Heizer Jan 1971

The Thermal Contact Resistance Of Lubricant Films In Vacuum, Garry A. Heizer

Masters Theses

"This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation on the thermal contact resistance of lubricant films and bare interfaces. The apparatus and procedure used in the determination of these resistances are described. Twelve series of tests were performed to evaluate the effects of temperature and contact pressure on the thermal resistance of lubricant films. Variations of thermal contact resistance with temperature and contact pressure for four lubricants and for bare interfaces are presented graphically. The thermal resistances of the four lubricants tested in vacuum conditions: lithium grease, graphite grease, molykote grease, and silicone lubricant, were found to lie in …

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The Effect Of Solvents On The Desorption Of Phenol From Carbon In A Water Free System, William W. Knickmeyer Jan 1971

The Effect Of Solvents On The Desorption Of Phenol From Carbon In A Water Free System, William W. Knickmeyer

Masters Theses

"The desorption of phenol from active carbon was studied using a continuous flow desorber. The system used was nearly water free to reduce water-phenol interactions. The ten solvents used in this study exhibited a wide difference in their desorption capabilities. An attempt to correlate the desorption data with the physical properties of phenol and solvents, in addition to regular solution theory, proved unsuccessful. A thermodynamic approach using the linear free energy-enthalpy relationship produced a general trend by using the heat of solution for phenol in solution and a reasonable correlation using the heat of formation of the phenol-solvent hydrogen bond …

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Anodic Oxidation Of Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid On Pt In Acid Sulfate Solutions, Howard Ho-Wei Jiang Jan 1971

Anodic Oxidation Of Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid On Pt In Acid Sulfate Solutions, Howard Ho-Wei Jiang

Masters Theses

"The anodic oxidation of EDTA was studied in acid sulfate solutions on platinized-Pt at 25ºC. Polarization relationships were obtained for the EDTA concentration range 3. 42 x 10⁻⁵ to 3. 42 x 10⁻³ M and pH range 0. 35 to 3. 80. Numerous reaction products were identified that indicated a sequential removal of acetate groups from the EDTA, each by an initial decarboxylation followed by a reverse Schiff-type reaction, that produced formaldehyde and the corresponding amine. A reaction sequence which correlated the experimental data involved Frumkin-type adsorption of the EDTA species through an unionized acetate group followed by a rate-determining …

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An Energy Solution For Vibration Characteristics Of Free Thin Cylinders, Dale Elmer Leanhardt Jan 1971

An Energy Solution For Vibration Characteristics Of Free Thin Cylinders, Dale Elmer Leanhardt

Masters Theses

"In this report the flexural vibrations of the walls of free, thin, circular cylinders are considered. Theoretical expressions are developed for the natural frequencies by extending the approximate energy method of Arnold and Warburton to the free-free case. Furthermore, the developed expressions are shown to apply, as special cases, to the fixed-fixed and simply-supported cylinders analyzed by Arnold and Warburton. The energy solution for free-free cylinders is checked both experimentally using a 3500 pound-force, 5 to 2000 hertz, vibration exciter and numerically using the well documented SABOR IV-DYNAL finite element program. While the derived energy method accounts for any prescribed …

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Electrolytic Reduction Of Zinc From Acidic Sulfate Solutions, Kenneth Dale Gielow Jan 1971

Electrolytic Reduction Of Zinc From Acidic Sulfate Solutions, Kenneth Dale Gielow

Masters Theses

"Cathode polarization curves were obtained for the electrodeposition of zinc from sulfate solutions with pH 2 and zinc concentrations of 10.0, 40.0, 80.0, and 100.0 gpl zinc. Both pure zinc and pure aluminum were used as cathodes with some difference in results noted. The effect of animal glue additions of 0.01, 0.10, and 0.50 gpl of solution on the cathodic polarization curves and the resulting deposit morphologies were determined. These glue additions correspond to 0.20, 2.0, and 10.0 pounds of glue per ton of zinc deposited, respectively. The slope of the Tafel region of the polarization curves was found to …

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A Study Of Radiative Heat Transfer From A Spherical Layer, Hakimuddin Kalimuddin Khalil Jan 1971

A Study Of Radiative Heat Transfer From A Spherical Layer, Hakimuddin Kalimuddin Khalil

Masters Theses

"The problem of radiative heat transfer from a spherical layer of absorbing-emitting gas has been studied. First, the medium is assumed to be gray and then nongray. A thorough survey of literature from fields other than heat transfer, such as astrophysics and neutron transport has been made to stimulate further interest in this important area. To gain some insight into the effect of various parameters on the heat transfer, simple physical situations involving isothermal medium are considered. Comparison of the results obtained for the flux from the spherical and planar layers reveal that the curvature becomes increasingly important as the …

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A Study Of The Void-Strengthening Of Aluminum And Its Nature, Purushottam G. Manusmare Jan 1971

A Study Of The Void-Strengthening Of Aluminum And Its Nature, Purushottam G. Manusmare

Masters Theses

"Strengthening of aluminum by formation of the voids and the nature of resultant strengthening, viz., the temperature and the strain rate dependence of its yield strength were studied. Aluminum wires with 99.999% purity and of 3.1 mm diameter were quenched and heat treated to form voids of the approximate density 10¹³-10¹⁴ voids/cm³ and were tested for their yield strength. Voids in selected samples were observed by transmission electron microscopy using the Hitachi HU-11A microscope. The yield strength of the void strengthened samples was measured at various temperatures from 77ºK to 593ºK using two strain rates, 3.33 x 10⁻²/sec and 1.67 …

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Calculation Of Eddy Current Loss Of A Disc, Kou Quen Chang Jan 1971

Calculation Of Eddy Current Loss Of A Disc, Kou Quen Chang

Masters Theses

"A method is presented to calculate the eddy current losses of a uniform disc with an opening in the center and excited by a circular current loopage First, the disc is subdivided into smaller concentric rings, then the self-inductances, the mutual inductances between these smaller rings, the mutual inductances between the excitation coil and the smaller rings, and the resistance of the rings are calculated. Next, the eddy current flowing in each ring is obtained by solving a complex matrix equation of the form [X] [I] = [V] where X is the impedance matrix, I is the eddy current matrix, …

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Radiant Interchange In A Non-Isothermal Rectangular Cavity, Tilak Raj Sawheny Jan 1971

Radiant Interchange In A Non-Isothermal Rectangular Cavity, Tilak Raj Sawheny

Masters Theses

"Radiant interchange between non-isothermal, gray diffuse surfaces with non-uniform radiosity has been determined for a rectangular cavity. Temperature distribution and heat flux as thermal specifications for the parallel surfaces of the cavity have been considered separately. Ambarzumian's method has been used for the first time to solve a radiant interchange problem. According to the method, the integral equation for the radiosity is first transformed into an integro-differential equation and then into a system of ordinary differential equations. Initial conditions required to solve the differential equations are the H-functions. The H-functions represent the radiosity at the edge of the cavity for …

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The Use Of Scattering Parameters In Amplifier Design, Yousef Neman-Ebrahim Jan 1971

The Use Of Scattering Parameters In Amplifier Design, Yousef Neman-Ebrahim

Masters Theses

"The scattering-parameter formulation of an active two-port device is developed from the compensation theorem. The use of scattering parameters in graphical developments of forward operating power gain and tunability is considered in detail. Finally, two design examples show the application of the graphical procedures"--Abstract, page ii.

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Digested Sludge Dewatering On Drying Beds Under Controlled Environmental Conditions, Daniel James Harris Jan 1971

Digested Sludge Dewatering On Drying Beds Under Controlled Environmental Conditions, Daniel James Harris

Masters Theses

"The dewatering characteristics of anaerobically digested primary and activated sludge were investigated under eight selected combinations of laboratory controlled air temperature and relative humidity using three open, drained model beds, as well as a closed, drained and an open, nondrained bed. The evaporation rate from a free water surface was also determined. Moisture content, drainage, evaporative weight loss, and sludge surface recession were measured and recorded periodically throughout the two week period of each of the eight experiments. Relationships were shown to exist between sludge moisture content, evaporation rate from a free water surface, and the parameters 6T (the difference …

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Evaporation And Condensation Of Zinc, Shailesh Bhanuprasad Vora Jan 1971

Evaporation And Condensation Of Zinc, Shailesh Bhanuprasad Vora

Masters Theses

"Evaporation rates of liquid zinc were determined experimentally within the temperature range of 450º C to 575º C and at argon pressures ranging from 730mm Hg to 130mm Hg. Extrapolated values of these rates are found to be consistent with the previously reported rates obtained by St. Clair and Spendlove at lower pressures. Between 100 microns and one atmosphere pressure rates of evaporation seem to vary according to an equation of the form W = APᴮ, where Pis pressure and, A and B are constants. Similar experiments were performed with brass powders in atmospheres of argon and helium at temperatures …

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