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Tendo como vantagem a elevada resistência ao choque térmico da zircônia:magnésia e a alta condutividade iônica da zircônia:ítria, compósitos dessas cerâmicas foram preparados por meio da mistura, em diferentes concentrações, de eletrólitos sólidos de ZrO2: 8,6 mol% MgO e de ZrO2: 3 mol% Y2O3, compactação e sinterização. A caracterização microestrutural foi feita por meio de difração de raios X e microscopia eletrônica de varredura. A análise do comportamento térmico foi feita por dilatometria. As propriedades elétricas foram estudadas por meio de espectroscopia de impedância. Foi feita uma montagem experimental para monitorar a resposta elétrica gerada em função do teor de oxigênio a altas temperaturas. Os principais resultados mostram que os compósitos cerâmicos são parcialmente estabilizados nas fases monoclínica, cúbica e tetragonal, e apresentam comportamento térmico similar ao apresentado por eletrólitos sólidos de zircônia:magnésia de dispositivos sensores de oxigênio. Além disso, os resultados de análise de espectroscopia de impedância mostram que a adição da zircônia:ítria melhora o comportamento elétrico da zircônia:magnésia, e que resposta elétrica gerada é dependente do teor de oxigênio a 1000 °C, mostrando ser possível construir sensores de oxigênio utilizando compósitos cerâmicos. / Taking advantage of the high thermal shock resistance of zirconia-magnesia ceramics and the high oxide ion conductivity of zirconia-yttria ceramics, composites of these ceramics were prepared by mixing, pressing and sintering different relative concentrations of ZrO2: 8.6 mol% MgO and ZrO2: 3mol% Y2O3 solid electrolytes. Microstructural analysis of the composites was carried out by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy analyses. The thermal behavior was studied by dilatometric analysis. The electrical behavior was evaluated by the impedance spectroscopy technique. An experimental setup was designed for measurement the electrical signal generated as a function of the amount of oxygen at high temperatures. The main results show that these composites are partially stabilized (monoclinic, cubic and tetragonal) and the thermal behavior is similar to that of ZrO2: 8.6 mol% MgO materials used in disposable high temperature oxygen sensors. Moreover, the results of analysis of impedance spectroscopy show that the electrical conductivity of zirconia:magnesia is improved with zirconia-yttria addition and that the electrical signal depends on the amount of oxygen at 1000 °C, showing that the ceramic composites can be used in oxygen sensors.

Collective title supplied from typewritten manuscript of the thesis / Includes bibliographical references. / Incomplete (lacks pts. v-viii) / 15 items (14 items bound) : / Typescript, reprints / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Consists of a thesis (ms. typescript, hand written corrections) and reprints of collateral research papers submitted for the D.Sc. degree to the University of Adelaide by Brose / Thesis (D.Sc.)--University of Adelaide, 1931

Materials for extreme electrical contacts need to have high electrical conductivity coupled with good structural properties. Potential applications include motor contacts, high power switches, and the components of electromagnetic launch (EML) systems. In particular, the lack of durability of these materials in rail components limits practical EML implementation. These rails experience significant amounts of Joule heating, due to extreme current densities, and subsequent thermally-assisted wear. New more durable materials solutions are needed for these components. A systematic materials selection study was executed to identify and compare candidate materials solutions. Several possible candidate non-dominated materials as well as hybrid materials that could potential fill the "white spaces" on the Ashby charts were identified. A couple potential candidate materials were obtained and evaluated. These included copper-tungsten W-Cu, "self-lubricating" graphite-impregnated Cu, and Gr-W-Cu composites with different volume fractions of the constituents. The structure-property relations were determined through mechanical and electrical resistivity testing. A unique test protocol for exposing mechanical test specimens to extreme current densities up to 1.2 GA/m2 was developed and used to evaluate these candidate materials. The systematic design of multi-functional materials for these extreme electrical contacts requires more than an empirical approach. Without a good understanding of both the tribological and structural performance, the optimization of the microstructure will not be quickly realized. By using micromechanics modeling and other materials design modeling tools coupled with systematic mechanical and tribological experiments, the design of materials for these applications can potentially be accelerated. In addition, using these tools, more complex functionally-graded materials tailored to the application can be systematically designed. In this study, physics- and micromechanics-based models were used to correlate properties to the volume fraction of the constituents of the evaluated candidate materials. Properties correlated included density, elastic modulus, hardness, strength, and electrical resistivity of the W-Cu materials.

Detailed, accurate measurements of critical current density and resistivity to determine the upper critical field have been made on a technological NbsAl conductor in magnetic fields up to 15 T, temperatures from 4.2 K up to the critical temperature and in the strain range from -1.8% to 0.7%. The uncertainty in temperature above 4.2 K was equivalent to ± 100 mK with a stability during the measurements of < 5 mK up to a limiting current of 80 A and a typical noise level of 1 µ Vm(^-1).When B(_c2){T,ε) is defined at 5%pn, 50%pn or 95%/%pn, an empirical relation is found where and an approximate relation, holds. The Jε data were parameterised using F(_p) = J(_E)B = A(ε)[Bc(_2)](^n)b(^p)(1-b)(^9) where b = B/B(_c2)(T,ε). When B(_c2)(T,ε) is constrained to be the value at 50%pn or 95%pn, the scaling law for F(_p) breaks down such that p and q are strong functions of temperature and q is also a strong function of strain. However, when B(_c2)(T,ε) is defined at 5%pn, there is good scaling where p and q are constants independent of temperature and strain. F(_p) can also be approximated by a Kramer form where the Ginzburg-Landau constant is γ is the electronic density of states and is interpreted as the average B(_c2) for the bulk where percolative current flow occurs. The critical current density of Hot Isostatic Pressed (HIP'ed) and unHIP'ed Nb(_3)Sn Modified Jelly Roll wires has also been measured at 4.2 K. The critical current and upper critical field were decreased for the HIP'ed sample. The reduced upper critical field of the HIP'ed wire was found to be less sensitive to strain than the unHIP'ed wire. The exponent of B(_c2) in the flux pinning scaling law increased from 0.86 to 2.14 as a result of the HIP processing.

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Electrically conductive adhesives (ECAs) are one of the lead-free interconnect materials with the advantages of environmental friendliness, mild processing conditions, fewer processing steps, low stress on the substrates, and fine pitch interconnect capability. However, some challenging issues still exist for the currently available ECAs, including lower electrical conductivity, conductivity fatigue in reliability tests, limited current-carrying capability, poor impact strength, etc. The interfacial properties is one of the major considerations when resolving these challenges and developing high performance conductive adhesives. Surface functionalization and interface modification are the major approaches used in this thesis. Fundamental understanding and analysis of the interaction between various types of interface modifiers and ECA materials and substrates are the key for the development of high performance ECA for lead-free interconnects. The results of this thesis provide the guideline for the enhancement of interfacial properties of metal-metal and metal-polymer interactions. Systematic investigation of various types of ECAs contributes to a better understanding of materials requirements for different applications, such as surface mount technology (SMT), flip chip applications, flat panel display modules with high resolution, etc. Improvement of the electrical, thermal and reliability of different ECAs make them a potentially ideal candidate for high power and fine pitch microelectronics packaging option.

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Submitted by Deyse Queiroz (deysequeirozz@hotmail.com) on 2018-06-11T18:24:51Z No. of bitstreams: 1 SEVERINO PEREIRA DE SOUSA JÚINOR - DISSERTAÇÃO PPGEA 2003..pdf: 9684087 bytes, checksum: ee87f631904d550cbc82b05ad856ba39 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-11T18:24:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SEVERINO PEREIRA DE SOUSA JÚINOR - DISSERTAÇÃO PPGEA 2003..pdf: 9684087 bytes, checksum: ee87f631904d550cbc82b05ad856ba39 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003-12 / O presente estudo foi conduzido em casa de vegetação pertencente á Embrapa algodão, localizada em Campina Grande-PB, durante o período de maio a outubro de 2003. Objetivou-se estudar o crescimento, o desenvolvimento e a produção do algodoeiro BRS Verde irrigado com águas salinas, frequentemente encontradas nos perímetros irrigados . Esse é um problema que cresce anualmente devido ao manejo inadequado da água de irrigação na exploração de culturas socioeconomicamente importantes para o semi-árido. Os tratamentos consistiram-se de dois tipos de água com diferentes proporções de Na e Ca (9.5:0,5 e 6,0:4,0), e seis níveis de condutividade elétrica da água de irrigação - CEa (2,0, 3,5, 5,0, 6,5, 8,0 e 9,5 dS m"1). O delineamento experimental utilizado foi inteiramente casualizado em um esquema de análise fatorial 6 x 2 , resultando em 12 tratamentos com três repetições, constituindo 36 unidades experientais, compostas de vasos plásticos contendo 21 quilos de solo, cultivado com uma planta de algodoeiro. As variáveis número de dias para germinar, percentagem de germinação e índice de velocidade de germinação foram obtidas até aos 12 dias após a semeadura, não sendo estas afetadas pelos tratamentos em estudo. As variáveis do crescimento: número de folhas, altura de planta, diâmetro do caule, área foliar, foram obtidos quinzenalmente até aos 120 dias após a semeadura (DAS), sendo avaliadas nesta mesma época a razão de área foliar e relação raiz/parte aérea, além da fitomassa da parte aérea após a colheita. As taxas de crescimento absoluto e relativo de fitomassa foram obtidas no período de 30 e 90 DAS. O aumento da salinidade da água de irrigação reduziu significativamente o crescimento vegetativo (número de folhas, altura de planta, diâmetro do caule, área foliar, fitomassa da parte aérea), como também os componentes de produção, número e peso médio dos capulhos. No peso médio dos capulhos houve incremento até 4,41 dS m"1, reduzindo a partir daí, 21,37% no nível mais alto (9,5 dS m"1), que ocasionou uma redução de 39,92% da produção, para este mesmo nível salino. Observou também, que o tipo de água não influenciou em nenhumas das variáveis avaliadas. / The present study was carried out under greenhouse conditions at the EMBRAPA Cotton in the municipality of Campina Grande - PB, during the period of May to October 2003. The objective of the work was to study the growth, development and productivity of the green cotton BRS 200 irrigated with water of different salinity leveis. Problem that grows annually due to the inadequate management of the irrigation water in the exploration of socioeconomically important crop for the semi-arid. The treatments consisted of two types of water with varying proportions of Na:Ca (9.5:0.5 e 6.0:4.0), and six leveis of electrical conductivity of the irrigation water - (ECw- 2.0, 3.5, 5.0, 6.5, 8.0 and 9.5 dS m"1). The experimental design used was a completely radomized design in a 6 x 2 factorial scheme, resulted in 12 treatments with three repetitions, constituting of 36 factorial experientais. The variables such as number of days for germination, germination percentage and index of emergence speed were obtained up to 12 days after the seeding. The growth indexes: leaf number, plant height, stem diameter and leaf area, were appraised up to 120 days after seeding, being appraised at the same time the ratio of leaf area and index of root/aerial parts as well as dry weight of the aerial parts. The absolute and relative growth rates were obtained for the 30 and 90 days after the seeding. The salinity of the irrigation water did not affect the percentage of germination (GP) and index of germination speed. However, the increase in the salinity of the irrigation water reduced the vegetative growth significantly (number of leaves, plant height, stem diameter, leaf area, dry weight of the aerial parts). The germination of cotton was influenced by the salinity of the irrigation water, however a GP of 76.66% was obtained in the highest levei. The increase of ECw influenced significantly the leaf number, plant height, stem diameter, leaf area ratio and the dry weight of aerial part as the components of production - the number of capsule and mean weight of capsules. In case of mean weight of capsule, it increased of up to 4.41 dS m"1, reducing there after, 21.37% in the highest levei (9.5 dS m" '). It was also observed that the type of water did not influence any of the appraised variables.