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X-Ray Scattering and Imaging From Plastically Deformed Metals

July 1, 2001
Author(s)
Gabrielle G. Long, Lyle E. Levine, Richard J. Fields
New ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering (USAXS) facilities at 3rd generation synchrotron sources enjoy an additional 1 to 3 decades of X-ray brilliance over 2nd generation instruments, and can now quantify microstructural features from 3nm to 1.3 m in size

OOF: An Image-Based Finite Element Analysis of Material Microstructure

June 1, 2001
Author(s)
Stephen A. Langer, W Carter, Lin-Sien H. Lum
The determination of macroscopic properties of a material given its microscopic structure is of fundamental importance to materials science. We present an overview of two public domain programs which jointly predict macroscopic behavior, starting from an

Solid State Sintering

June 1, 2001
Author(s)
J Blendell
The basic processes which control the solid state sintering of crystalline materials are reviewed. The stages of sintering are described and model which predict the evolution of the microstructure are presented. The effects of dihedral angle and pore

Standard Reference Material 2100: Fracture Toughness of Ceramics

June 1, 2001
Author(s)
George D. Quinn, K Xu, R J. Gettings, J A. Salem, J Swab
New Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2100 is the first reference material in the world for the property fracture toughness for any class material. The SRM is for ceramic fracture toughness and may be used with any ceramic fracture toughness test method

Structural Ceramics Database (Version June 2001)

June 1, 2001
Author(s)
R G. Munro
An update of the NIST Standard Reference Database Number 30, the Structural Ceramics Database, has been completed. This update, designated here as Version June 2001, increases the number of reference citations from 431 to 731, and increases the number of

Using Ab Initio Calculations in the CALPHAD Environment

June 1, 2001
Author(s)
Benjamin P. Burton, N Dupin, S Fries, G Grimvall, A F. Guillermet, P Miodownik, W A. Oates, V Vinograd
Previous Ringberg working groups have discussed possible applications of first principles (FP) calculations to CALPHAD modeling, and have considered the problems from neglect of short range order (SRO) in CALPHAD Gibbs energy models [1]. Particular

Compressive Strengthening of Sapphire by Neutron Irradiation

May 9, 2001
Author(s)
T M. Regan, D C. Harris, R M. Stroud, J R. White, D W. Blodgett, K C. Baldwin, J A. Miragliotta, M E. Thomas, M J. Linevsky, J W. Giles, T A. Kennedy, M Fatemi, David R. Black
Neutron irradiation of sapphire with 1 1022(=1 MeV)/m2 increases the c-axis compressive strength by a factor of 3 at 600 C. The mechanism of strength enhancement is the retardation of r-plane twin propagation by radiation-induced defects. 10B and Cd

Analysis of Stresses in Aluminum-Silicon Alloys

May 1, 2001
Author(s)
A Saigal, Lin-Sien H. Lum
Two-phase aluminum-silicon-based alloys are widely used for premium quality castings for aerospace and automotive applications. While it is clear that silicon improves fluidity in the molten state, providing excellent castability to the alloy, and

Effective Medium Theory of the Porosity Dependence of Bulk Moduli

May 1, 2001
Author(s)
R G. Munro
Effective medium theory is used to obtain a closed form expression for the porosity dependence of the bulk moduli of ceramics. The theory is illustrated with an application to data for high purity alumina that spans a volume fraction of porosity ranging

MALDI MS of Saturated Hydrocarbon Polymers: Polyethylene and Other Polyolefins

May 1, 2001
Author(s)
William E. Wallace, Charles M. Guttman, B M. Fanconi, Barry J. Bauer
Saturated hydrocarbon polymers, polyethylene and polypropylene, are, by production volume, the most widely used of all synthetic polymers. Their molecular mass and molecular mass distribution (MMD) are critical in determining performance properties. There

Correlations Between the Magnetic and Structural Properties of Ca Doped BiMnO 3

April 1, 2001
Author(s)
H Woo, T A. Tyson, Mark Croft, S W. Cheong, Joseph Woicik
Bi1-xCaxMnO3 (BCMO) is known to exhibit charge ordering for a much broader range of x than the classicLa1-xCaxMnO3 (LCMO) system. However, the properties of BCMO over the entire doping range are not well understood. We have performed magnetization and

Difficulties Making Reliability Predictions For Si, GaAs, and Inp

April 1, 2001
Author(s)
Grady S. White, L M. Braun
The lifetime prediction model that has been developed for brittle materials implicitly assumes an initial flaw population from which, under the influence of an applied or residual stress, cracks grow to failure. The relationship between crack growth rate

Making MALDI-TOF-MS an Absolute Method for Determination of the MMD of Polymers

April 1, 2001
Author(s)
Charles M. Guttman, William R. Blair, S Wetzel
In 1963, Donald McIntyre of the NBS Polymers Division produced the first polymer molecular mass standards to be issued by NBS as Standard Reference Materials (SRM), SRM 705. The appearance of this SRM marked the beginning of a long and continuing tradition

Mass Spectrometry of Spin-On-Glass Low-K Dielectric Precursors

April 1, 2001
Author(s)
William E. Wallace, Kathleen M. Flynn, Joseph M. Antonucci
The degree-of-intramolecular-condensation, defined as the number of residual silanol (SiOH) groups per oligomer, for a variety of silsesquioxane polymers was measured by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Reaction
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