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Cerium-Based Conversion Coatings On Magnesium Alloys, Carlos E. Castaño

Doctoral Dissertations

"This research is primarily focused on gaining a better understanding of the deposition and corrosion behavior of cerium-based conversion coatings (CeCCs) on AZ31B and AZ91D Mg alloys. Deposition of homogenous and protective CeCCs was highly dependent on the surface preparation steps. The best results were obtained when Mg samples underwent grinding, acid cleaning, and alkaline cleaning processes. This reduced the number of active cathodic sites and promoted the formation of a protective Al-rich Mg oxide/hydroxide layer. Electrochemical properties of the CeCCs were also strongly correlated with morphological, microstructural, and chemical characteristics. Protective CeCCs were deposited on both AZ31 and AZ91 …

The Structure And Properties Of Ternary Zinc Phosphate Glasses For Optical Applications, Charmayne Elizabeth Smith

Doctoral Dissertations

"This dissertation focuses on the properties and structures of ternary zinc phosphate glasses that have recently been investigated as substrates for femto-second (fs) laser writing. Although these glasses have potential for use as optical substrates, their poor chemical properties limit their applications. In this work, ternary zinc phosphate glasses were studied to find compositions with enhanced chemical durability and the properties and structures of the investigated glasses are reported.

Paper 1 and Paper 2 include the first systematic studies of the properties, structures of zinc aluminophosphate (ZAP) glasses and phase relationships in the ZnO-Al₂O₃-P₂O₅ system, respectively. Adding alumina to a …

Improving The Oxidation Resistance Of Diboride-Based Ceramics, Maryam Kazemzadeh Dehdashti

Doctoral Dissertations

"Oxidation behavior has restricted the development of ZrB₂-based ceramics for aerospace and hypersonic flight vehicles applications. The research presented in this dissertation focuses on the effect of transition metal (TM) additives on oxidation behavior of ZrB₂ ceramics. In the first stage of the research, the effect of Nb additions on the morphology of the oxide particles and stability of the protective B₂O₃ glassy layer, which formed on the top surface during oxidation, was investigated. Addition of Nb increased the thickness of the glassy layer and, as a result, improved the oxidation resistance of ZrB₂ after oxidation at 1500⁰C. Next, the …

Phosphate-Doped Borosilicate Enamel Coating Used To Protect Reinforcing Steel From Corrosion, Xiaoming Cheng

Doctoral Dissertations

"Phosphate-doped sodium borosilicate glasses were developed for enamel coatings to provide corrosion protection for reinforcing steel in concrete. Phosphates have low solubilities in borosilicate glasses, generally less than about 4 mol%, and are incorporated mainly as isolated PO₄^3- and P₂O₇^4- anions, along with some borophosphate bonds. With the addition of P₂O₅, the silicate network is repolymerized and tetrahedral borates are converted to trigonal borates, because the phosphate anions scavenge sodium ions from the borosilicate network. The addition of Al₂O₃ significantly increases the solubility of P₂O …

The Effect Of Composition On The Viscosity, Crystallization And Dissolution Of Simple Borate Glasses And Compositional Design Of Borate Based Bioactive Glasses, Kathryn Lynn Goetschius

Doctoral Dissertations

"Borate glasses have recently been developed for a variety of medical applications, but much less is known about their structures and properties than more common silicate glasses. Melt properties and crystallization tendency for compositions in the Na₂O-CaO-B₂O₃ system were characterized using differential thermal analysis and viscosity measurements. Characteristic viscosity (isokom) temperatures varied with the ratio between the modifier content (Na₂O+CaO) and B₂O₃, particularly at lower temperatures, consistent with the changes in the relative concentrations of tetrahedral borons in the glass structure.

Similar glasses were used to study dissolution processes …

Dissolution Behavior Of Phosphate Glasses, Li Na Ma

Doctoral Dissertations

"The solubility of phosphate glasses in aqueous solutions can be tailored through compositional control to obtain a wide range of ion release rates required for a variety of applications. The principal objective of this dissertation is to advance the understanding of the dissolution behavior of phosphate glasses in aqueous environments.

Two families of glasses, sodium-iron phosphate (NFP) glasses and sodium-calcium phosphate (NCP) glasses, were evaluated. The dissolution behavior depends on the phosphate anions that constitute the glass structure and the associated metal (Me) cations. The phosphate glass structure, defined by the distribution and average size of phosphate anions and depending …

Effect Of Solid Solutions And Second Phases On The Thermal Conductivity Of Zirconium Diboride Ceramics, Gregory John Kenneth Harrington

Doctoral Dissertations

"The research presented in this dissertation is focused on the thermal conductivity (k) of ZrB₂ ceramics. The goal was to develop a better understanding of how various solid solutions and second phases affect the thermal and electrical transport in ZrB₂, with a focus on the effect of C, W, and ZrC. The first study showed C additions improved densification and it was proposed that the reduction of boria was the impetus for this result. Boron carbide was formed by the reaction of excess C with reduced B and its formation was mitigated by the addition of ZrH …

Thermophysical Properties Of Reaction Processed Zirconium Diboride, Jason Michael Lonergan

Doctoral Dissertations

"This dissertation focuses on the thermophysical properties of high purity zirconium diboride ceramics. These ceramics have shown promise for potential applications such as leading edge materials for next generation hypersonic vehicles. The overall goal of this work was to improve the understanding of the thermal properties and maximize the thermal conductivity of ZrB₂. Four main areas were investigated in this work. First, the sintering kinetics and the intrinsic thermal properties of reaction processed ZrB₂ were studied and compared to ZrB₂ produced by hot pressing commercial powders. The reaction process produced ceramics with higher thermal conductivity and …

Bioactive Glass/Polymer Composites For Bone And Nerve Repair And Regeneration, Ali Mohammadkhah

Doctoral Dissertations

"Bioactive glasses have several attractive properties in hard and soft tissue repair but their brittleness limited their use, as scaffolding materials, for applications in load- bearing hard tissue repair. At the same time, because of their bioactive properties, they are being studied more often for soft tissue repair. In the present work, a new glass/polymer composite scaffold was developed for the repair of load-bearing bones with high flexural strength and without brittle behavior. The new composites have 2.5 times higher flexural strength and ~100 times higher work of fracture (without catastrophic failure) compared to a similar bare glass scaffold.

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วัสดุไททาเนียผสมซีเมนต์เคลือบบนเม็ดแก้วซิลิกาสำหรับใช้เป็นตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาเชิงแสงเพื่อแตกสลายสารประกอบฟีนอลในน้ำเสียที่นำกลับมาใช้ซ้ำได้, กมลวรรณ ปินะโต

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

น้ำเสียจากโรงงานผลิตสารเคมีมักปนเปื้อนสารเคมีที่ใช้ในกระบวนการผลิตสูงเกินกว่ามาตรฐานอุตสาหกรรม จึงจำเป็นต้องควบคุมให้อยู่ในมาตรฐานก่อนปล่อยออกสู่สิ่งแวดล้อม น้ำเสียจากโรงงานผลิตฟีนอลปนเปื้อนสารอินทรีย์หลายชนิด เช่น คิวมีนไฮโดรเปอร์ออกไซด์ (CHP) ไดเมทิลฟีนิลคาร์บินอล (DMPC) และอะซิโตฟีโนน (ACP) ค่า pH มีค่า 12.7 งานวิจัยนี้มีจุดประสงค์ในการนำไททาเนีย (TiO2) ซึ่งเป็นตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาเชิงแสงที่มีศักยภาพสูงและมีอายุการใช้งานยาวนานมาแตกสลายสารอินทรีย์ที่ปนเปื้อนในน้ำเสีย เพื่อความสะดวกในการนำกลับใช้ซ้ำ ไททาเนีย P25 จึงถูกนำมาเคลือบบนวัสดุรองรับ (Ecolite® sphere, EC) ด้วยเทคนิคแกรนูเลตและใช้แคลเซียมอลูมินาซีเมนต์ (AC) เป็นวัสดุเชื่อมประสานเกิดเป็น EC+AC+15wt% TiO2 P25 และศึกษาผลของปัจจัยต่างๆ ที่มีต่อการแตกสลาย CHP ได้แก่ แสงยูวี ปฏิกิริยาเชิงแสงของไททาเนีย P25 ความเข้มข้นเริ่มต้นและอัตราเร็วของ CHP พบว่าปฏิกิริยาเชิงแสงของไททาเนีย P25 ความเข้มข้นเริ่มต้นของ CHP และอัตราเร็วของ CHP มีบทบาทอย่างมากต่อการแตกสลายของ CHP จากนั้นศึกษาความสามารถในการใช้ซ้ำของ EC+AC+15wt% TiO2 P25 พบว่าเมื่อผ่านการทดสอบการแตกสลาย CHP 2,000 พีพีเอ็ม และน้ำเสียจากโรงงานผลิตฟีนอลจำนวน 7 ครั้ง พบว่ามีประสิทธิภาพการแตกสลาย CHP อยู่ในช่วง 90-100% และค่าคงที่อัตราอยู่ในช่วง 0.0089 ถึง 0.0171 ต่อนาที ต่อมาศึกษาประสิทธิภาพของ EC+AC+15wt% TiO2 P25 ในการแตกสลายสารอินทรีย์ชนิดอื่นๆได้แก่ DMPC ACP และฟีนอล พบว่าอัตราการเกิดปฏิกิริยาการแตกสลายสารอินทรีย์ของ EC+AC+15wt% TiO2 P25 คือ CHP > DMPC > ACP > Phenol ตามลำดับ ข้อมูลดังกล่าวสามารถข้อบ่งชี้ถึงประสิทธิภาพของวัสดุดังกล่าวในการนำไปใช้ในงานบำบัดน้ำเสียได้

Flame Retardant Property Improvement Of Polyester Fiber Using Inorganic Additives, Warunee Wattanatanom

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This research focused on improving the flame retardancy of polyester and cotton/polyester blended fabrics using intumescent coating via layer-by-layer assembly technique with and without kaolin. The flammability, morphology, thermal stability and mechanical property of coated fabrics were investigated in comparison with uncoated fabrics. Branched polyethyleneimine and ammonium polyphosphate with and without kaolin were respectively used as polycationic and polyanionic to build up the multiple cationic/anionic pairs of layer by deposition technique. The SEM micrographs of coated fabrics compared with uncoated fabrics revealed as well as FT-IR analysis confirmed that layer-by-layer coatings were successfully applied onto the fabrics. The vertical burning …

Gadolinia Doped Hafnia (Gd2o3- Hfo2) Thermal Barrier Coatings For Gas Turbine Applications, Satya Kiran Gullapalli

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Thermal efficiency of the gas turbines is influenced by the operating temperature of the hot gas path components. The material used for the hot gas path components can only withstand temperature up to a certain limit. Thermal barrier coatings (TBC) provide the additional thermal protection for these components and help the gas turbine achieve higher firing temperatures. Traditionally available yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) TBCs have a limitation up to 1200 C due to their phase transformation. The present work focuses on gadolinia based hafnia (GSH) TBCs to study their potential to replace the YSZ coatings. Different compositions of gadolinia doped …

Design Of Three Different Particle Size Distributions In Silver Paste Through Computer Simulation For Higher Electrical Conductivity, Kyungdeok Jang

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

In the field of printed electronics technology, researchers have tried to print highly conductive electrodes with fine width and height in order to manufacture high performance devices.

The purpose of this research is to print particle monolayer silver patterns which have better electrical conductivity than existing ones. The key idea of this experiment is to analyze silver inks with different sized particles. Let us consider a particle monolayer pattern printed with silver ink consisting of mono-sized particles. Inside of the pattern, there are some vacant spaces between the particles, which can lead to low electrical conductivity and discontinuity of the …

Fabrication Of A Nickel-Based Superalloy In Electron Beam Melting And Process Improvements Using Thermal Feedback From A Multi-Wavelength Pyrometer, Jonathan Minjares

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

The focus of this research was to fabricate parts composed of a nickel-based superalloy containing high levels of aluminum and titanium (NSAT) by using electron beam melting (EBM) additive manufacturing (AM) technology and utilizing thermal feedback from a multi-wavelength pyrometer to perform process improvements leading to near defect-free parts. EBM is an AM technology that utilizes metal powder to fabricate parts in layer-by-layer manner. A multi-wavelength pyrometer was implemented in an Arcam S12 (Arcam AB, Sweden) EBM system to observe and record surface temperatures throughout fabrication. Temperature data from the EBM system and the multi-wavelength pyrometer were graphed using MATLAB …

Characterization Of High-Purity Niobium Structures Fabricated Using The Electron Beam Melting Process, Cesar Adrian Terrazas

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Additive Manufacturing (AM) refers to the varied set of technologies utilized for the fabrication of complex 3D components from digital data in a layer-by-layer fashion. The use of these technologies promises to revolutionize the manufacturing industry. The electron beam melting (EBM) process has been utilized for the fabrication of fully dense near-net-shape components from various metallic materials. This process, catalogued as a powder bed fusion technology, consists of the deposition of thin layers (50 - 120µm) of metallic powder particles which are fused by the use of a high energy electron beam and has been commercialized by Swedish company Arcam …

Nanometric Structure-Property Relationship In Hafnium Oxide Thin Films Made By Sputter-Deposition, Mirella Vargas

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Hafnium oxide (HfO2) is technologically an important material, which exhibits a unique set of properties such as a high dielectric constant (k~25) and wide band gap (~5.7 eV) which make this material attractive in the fields of microelectronics and optoelectronics. HfO2 has become the leading candidate to replace SiO2 dielectrics in gate oxides due to a higher permittivity and reportedly lower electron tunneling effects. HfO2 exhibits various polymorphs; the thermodynamic stability and phase existence depends on the temperature and pressure conditions. In addition, the controlled growth and manipulation of specific HfO2 crystal structures at the nanoscale dimensions is the driving …

Growth And Analysis Of Micro And Nano Cdte Arrays For Solar Cell Applications, Brandon Adrian Aguirre

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

CdTe is an excellent material for infrared detectors and photovoltaic applications. The efficiency of CdTe/CdS solar cells has increased very rapidly in the last 3 years to ~20% but is still below the maximum theoretical value of 30%. Although the short-circuit current density is close to its maximum of 30 mA/cm2, the open circuit voltage has potential to be increased further to over 1 Volt. The main limitation that prevents further increase in the open-circuit voltage and therefore efficiency is the high defect density in the CdTe absorber layer. Reducing the defect density will increase the open-circuit voltage above 1 …

Combustion Synthesis Of Molybdenum Silicides And Borosilicides For Ultrahigh-Temperature Structural Applications, Mohammad Shafiul Alam

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Molybdenum silicides and borosilicides are promising structural materials for gas-turbine power plants. A major challenge, however, is to simultaneously achieve high oxidation resistance and acceptable mechanical properties at high temperatures. For example, molybdenum disilicide (MoSi₂) has excellent oxidation resistance and poor mechanical properties, while Mo-rich silicides such as Mo₅Si₃ (called T₁) have much better mechanical properties but poor oxidation resistance. One approach is based on the fabrication of MoSi₂−T₁ composites that combine high oxidation resistance of MoSi₂ and good mechanical properties of T₁. Another approach involves the …