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Magnetocaloric effect: From materials research to refrigeration devices
(Elsevier, 2018)
The magnetocaloric effect and its most straightforward application, magnetic refrigeration, are topics of current interest due to the potential improvement of energy efficiency of cooling and temperature control systems, ...
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Performance improvement in olive stone's combustion from a previous carbonization transformation
(Elsevier, 2018-09)
Under the framework of circular economy, agricultural wastes are an interesting carbon-based feedstock for thermal energy and power generation. Their use could extend the availability of biomass-based fuel and, at the same ...
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Electrical conduction mechanisms in graphene nanoplatelet/yttria tetragonal zirconia composites
(Elsevier, 2018-08)
Yttria tetragonal zirconia polycrystalline (3YTZP) ceramic composites with 5, 10 and 20 vol% graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) were prepared by spark plasma sintering (SPS) and their electrical conductivity as a function ...
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Evolution of Fe environments and phase composition during mechanical amorphization of Fe70Zr30 and Fe70Nb30 alloys
(Elsevier, 2018)
Amorphous Fe-Zr and Fe-Nb alloys with 70 at.% Fe have been prepared by ball milling a mixture of elemental powders. The combination of Mössbauer spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and differential ...
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A quantitative criterion for determining the order of magnetic phase transitions using the magnetocaloric effect
(Nature Publishing Group, 2018)
The ideal magnetocaloric material would lay at the borderline of a first-order and a second-order phase transition. Hence, it is crucial to unambiguously determine the order of phase transitions for both applied magnetocaloric ...
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Creep study on alumina and alumina/SWCNT nanocomposites
(Elsevier, 2018)
Alumina and alumina/SWCNT nanocomposites have been sintered by spark plasma sintering, obtaining relative densities higher than 99%. Microstuctural characterization revealed a grain microstructure in the submicron range, ...
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Spark Plasma Sintered Zirconia Ceramic Composites with Graphene-Based Nanostructures
(MDPI, 2018)
The addition of graphene-based nanostructures (GBNs) can improve the inherent fragility of ceramics and provide them with improved electrical and thermal conductivities. However, both the starting material (ceramic matrix ...
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Influence of the starting temperature of calorimetric measurements on the accuracy of determined magnetocaloric effect
(Elsevier, 2018)
Availability of a restricted heat capacity data range has a clear influence on the accuracy of calculated magnetocaloric effect, as confirmed by both numerical simulations and experimental measurements. Simulations using ...
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Exotic grain growth law in twinned boron carbide under electric fields
(Elsevier, 2018)
Grain growth is a ubiquitous phenomenon in all materials, and it affects both structural and functional prop- erties. Despite its intrinsic importance, a full comprehension of grain growth from a fundamental point ...
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The role of carbon nanotubes on the stability of tetragonal zirconia polycrystals
(Elsevier, 2018-10)
The effect of single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) at zirconia grain boundaries on the stability of a tetragonal zirconia polycrystalline matrix has been explored in as–sintered composites and after low–temperature ...