{"title":"Explosion Characteristics of a Volatile Explosive","authors":"S. El-Sayed","doi":"10.2174/1874396X01307010088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1874396X01307010088","url":null,"abstract":"Thermal explosion of volatile energetic materials has been investigated based upon the thermal explosion theory of a gaseous mixture. The critical and transition condition expressions for the thermal explosion of these materials are obtained. The analytical solutions not only deal with the steady-state solution but also cover the unsteady state solution. The different cases and different parameters which affect the critical conditions are investigated in details. Also the numerical solution of the energy equation is offered to give the different families of temperature - time histories. The relation between the critical parameters as ignition timing, ignition temperature, Semenov number and others with different boundary conditions is offered. In this work, the critical and transition conditions of the explosion of the volatile energetic materials through the analytical solution to the problem was introduced. The numerical solution of the unsteady state equation to the problem was offered. The relation between the critical parameters was also presented. The effect of evaporation of the volatile materials as compared with the non-volatile materials on the critical conditions was shown.","PeriodicalId":238681,"journal":{"name":"The Open Thermodynamics Journal","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128853102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"High Temperature Mass Spectrometric Study of Thermodynamic Properties and Vaporization Processes of Oxide Systems: Experiment and Modeling","authors":"V. Stolyarova","doi":"10.2174/1874396X01307010057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1874396X01307010057","url":null,"abstract":"The unique opportunities and features of high temperature mass spectrometric method for study vaporization processes and thermodynamic properties of oxide systems and materials (glasses, ceramics and coatings) were considered. Various types of vapour species were found over oxide systems studied such as the associated, dissociated and polymerized products of vaporization. The regularities of the vaporization of the binary and multicomponent oxide systems according to the position of oxide modifier in the Periodic table of atoms were illustrated and discussed from the point of view of the acid-base concept. Results on determination of thermodynamic functions in oxide systems were considered taking into account the main requirements for the confirmation of their reliability. Thermodynamic functions of oxide systems studied showed various signs of the deviations from the ideality. The general lattice theory of associated solutions was used for the calculation of thermodynamic properties of the ternary silicate melts studied. Based on this theory the correlation between thermodynamic functions obtained in the systems under consideration and the number of various types of bonds formed in these melts was illustrated. Using this approach the different levels of deviations from the ideality in the melts studied were clarified. Examples of the practical applications of high temperature mass spectrometry for developing advanced materials were shown.","PeriodicalId":238681,"journal":{"name":"The Open Thermodynamics Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124613982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigation of New Intermetallic Bonds and Molecules by Knudsen Effusion Mass Spectrometry Integrated with ab Initio Calculations","authors":"A. Ciccioli, G. Gigli","doi":"10.2174/1874396X01307010077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1874396X01307010077","url":null,"abstract":"The recent work of the authors' group in the field of KEMS studies of intermetallic gaseous molecules is reviewed. Examples are given of systems such as intragroup 14 diatomic molecules, -tri- and tetratomic species in the Si- Sn systems, and diatomic species containing Group 11 elements. Special attention is given to species containing heavy metals, where relativistic effects can play an important role in the stabilization or destabilization of the chemical bond. The results of the ab initio investigation of the same species at various levels of theory, up to CCSD(T), are also reported, showing the importance of combining the experimental and theoretical study of intermetallic molecules.","PeriodicalId":238681,"journal":{"name":"The Open Thermodynamics Journal","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130650561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Knudsen Effusion Mass Spectrometry: Technique for Obtaining Useful Thermodynamic Information and for Studying Interesting Vaporization Chemistry","authors":"T. S. L. Narasimhan, R. Viswanathan","doi":"10.2174/1874396X01307010010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1874396X01307010010","url":null,"abstract":"Knudsen effusion mass spectrometry (KEMS) is a very powerful technique for studying the vaporization thermodynamics of inorganic systems at high temperatures. Although primarily one examines the vapor phase, information about condensed phases are also obtained through careful measurements and analysis of the results in accordance with the phase rule. In this paper, we have shown the capability of KEMS to yield information of practical importance and fundamental interest - essentially by drawing examples from the vaporization studies on some systems of tellurium, conducted in our laboratory for over two decades. The KEMS studies on M-Te (M = Fe, Cr, Ni, Mo, and Mn, the major components of stainless steel) and Mn-Te-O systems provided the pertinent information as to under what conditions the fission product Te can cause the chemical attack of 316 stainless steel cladding material used in fast breeder nuclear reactors. The study of Mn-Te and Mn-Te-O systems also reveal the effects of condensed phase transitions on the vaporization behavior. Results of such studies are discussed in detail so that KEMS studies of this type will be undertaken more often in the future.","PeriodicalId":238681,"journal":{"name":"The Open Thermodynamics Journal","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129378479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Twenty Years of Knudsen Effusion Mass Spectrometry: Studies Performed in the Period 1990-2010","authors":"Mirosław Miller, K. Armatys","doi":"10.2174/1874396X01307010002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1874396X01307010002","url":null,"abstract":"Investigations carried out by Knudsen effusion mass spectrometry on metals, alloys, oxides, and fullerene systems in the period 1990-2010 are reviewed in the present paper. 362 original papers were published in this period by ca. 45 research groups thereby showing still large activity in this unique area. The fundamentals and recent developments of the method are briefly reported. Data to the systems studied, temperature ranges, vapour species identified in the equilibrium vapours and thermodynamic properties obtained in the study are reported. Important features of these studies are briefly discussed as well. Most of the vaporization studies by Knudsen effusion mass spectrometry carried out on alloys, oxides and fullerenes aimed at the determination of thermodynamic data of gaseous species and condensed phases. Many of the studied materials are of practical importance for modern technologies. The investigations should give information on thermal stability, volatility under different conditions (temperature, oxygen partial pressure, and gaseous impurities), oxidation resistance, reactivity etc.","PeriodicalId":238681,"journal":{"name":"The Open Thermodynamics Journal","volume":" 13","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113950221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mass Spectrometric Study of Stability, Thermochemistry and Structures of the Gaseous Oxyacid Salts","authors":"S. Lopatin, S. Shugurov","doi":"10.2174/1874396X01307010035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1874396X01307010035","url":null,"abstract":"Experimental data obtained by Knudsen Effusion Mass Spectrometry and results of quantum-chemical calculations on the structure and thermodynamic properties of gaseous oxyacid salts were systematized. A criterion of thermal stability of these compounds was offered and regularities in the atomization enthalpies were established.","PeriodicalId":238681,"journal":{"name":"The Open Thermodynamics Journal","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131748561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigations at High Temperature in Both Equilibrium and Kinetic State with Knudsen Effusion Mass Spectrometry (KEMS) and a Skimmer Integrated Coupling System of Mass Spectrometer and Thermal Analysis (STAMS)","authors":"D. Kobertz, C. Guguschev, Michael Müller","doi":"10.2174/1874396X01307010071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1874396X01307010071","url":null,"abstract":"Research on materials at high temperatures under equilibrium as well as under kinetic conditions poses a high challenge for any scientist. The investigations of the properties are limited either by the sample holding container or by the instrumentation that should analyze the significant information. Thermodynamic investigation in equilibrium state with the Knudsen effusion mass spectrometer (KEMS) and thermal analysis (DTA/TG/DSC) in quasi equilibrium state at temperatures beyond 1000 °C are main and standard topics in our lab. This article will introduce measurements on aluminum nitride (AlN) as a potential material for application in microelectronics, electronic substrates, chip carriers where high thermal conductivity is essential, and light emitting diodes (LED).","PeriodicalId":238681,"journal":{"name":"The Open Thermodynamics Journal","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123950981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial - Thermodynamics Of Inorganic Systems By High Temperature Mass Spectrometry","authors":"Mirosław Miller, L. Bencze, R. Viswanathan","doi":"10.2174/1874396X01307010001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1874396X01307010001","url":null,"abstract":"More and more modern technologies are based on the processes taking place at high and very high temperatures. Among them solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology, production of the new power-efficient light sources and novel metallurgical processes (as separation of lanthanide and actinides by chemical vapour transport) should be noticed. The devices working at high temperatures, under different atmospheres and consisting of various chemicals being in a long-term contact often require application of materials of special properties. The corrosion, diffusion or vaporization processes, negligent under the ambient conditions, become the limiting factors of materials to be applied at high temperatures. It is a reason why interest of thermodynamic properties of the chemical components at high temperatures (of 1000 – 2000 K) is recently increasing. The knowledge of the qualitative and quantitative composition of the gaseous phase is necessary for a complete description of the chemical system under aforementioned conditions. Knudsen effusion mass spectrometry became in the last decades the most powerful tool in this kind of investigations.","PeriodicalId":238681,"journal":{"name":"The Open Thermodynamics Journal","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128557608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determination of the Mixing Thermodynamic Properties of Liquid Ternary Alloys by Fitting the Knudsen Effusion Mass Spectrometric Data to the Redlich-Kister-Muggianu Sub-Regular Solution Model","authors":"L. Bencze, A. Popovič","doi":"10.2174/1874396X01307010021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1874396X01307010021","url":null,"abstract":"We discuss the vaporisation of four liquid ternary-alloy systems, namely, Cu-In-Sn, Ag-In-Sn, Al-Cu-Sn and Cu-Sb-Sn, on the basis of our previous Knudsen effusion mass spectrometric (KEMS) investigations of these systems. The thermodynamic activities and the thermodynamic functions (Gibbs energy, enthalpy, entropy) of mixing were determined using selected standard KEMS procedures (i.e., Simple Pressure Calibration Method (SPC), Oligomer Composition Change Method (OCC), Isothermal Evaporation Method (IEM) and Gibbs-Duhem Ion Intensity Ratio Method (GD-IIR)). In addition, the same thermodynamic quantities, as well as the so-called ternary interaction (L-) parameters, were also obtained from the composition dependence of the measured ion-intensity ratios using a new mathematical procedure (RKM-KEMS). The essence of this new procedure is the fitting of the measured intensity-ratio data were to the Redlich-Kister-Muggianu (RKM) sub-regular solution model, and this model is valid for many liquid ternary alloys, including the systems reviewed here. A full description of the mathematical derivation of RKM-KEMS is given in this work. The primary and intermediate data, obtained directly from the multiple-regression as output data, are the RKM ternary interaction L-parameters. From these quantities, the integral molar excess Gibbs energy, the excess chemical potentials, the activity coefficients and the activities were evaluated in this order. In addition, using the temperature dependence of activities, the integral and partial molar excess enthalpies and entropies could also be determined. The thermodynamic data obtained with the above-mentioned conventional KEMS methods and with the new RKM-KEMS procedure were compared and a good agreement was obtained for the systems studied.","PeriodicalId":238681,"journal":{"name":"The Open Thermodynamics Journal","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125289970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bukola Olalekan Bolaji, A. O. Akintaro, O. Alamu, T. Olayanju
{"title":"Design and performance evaluation of a cooler refrigerating system working with ozone friendly refrigerant","authors":"Bukola Olalekan Bolaji, A. O. Akintaro, O. Alamu, T. Olayanju","doi":"10.2174/1874396X01206010025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1874396X01206010025","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, a cooler refrigerating system was designed, constructed and tested with various charge quantities of an ozone friendly hydro-fluorocarbon refrigerant (R134a) as working fluid. The results obtained showed that the design temperature and pull-down time set by International Standard Organisation (ISO) for small refrigerator were early achieved with refrigerant charges of 100 and 120 g than with 60 and 80 g charges. Approximately the same pull-down time and minimum temperature of -14°C were obtained with refrigerant charges of 100 and 120 g. Discharge pressure is about the same for 60, 80 and 100 g refrigerant charges, but significant increase in discharge pressure was observed as the refrigerant charge increased to 120 g. The rate of increase in the refrigerating capacity and the COP with respect to evaporator temperature for refrigerant charge of 60 g to 100 g are higher than that for refrigerant charge of 120 g. Highest refrigerating capacity and COP of 4.404 kW and 3.1, respectively, were obtained in the cooler refrigerator with 100 g charge. Generally, the best performance of the cooler was obtained with refrigerant charge of 100 g and increase in the charge beyond 100 g affected the performance of the cooler negatively.","PeriodicalId":238681,"journal":{"name":"The Open Thermodynamics Journal","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124986191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}