High Temperature Experiments in Chemistry and Materials Science: Motzfeldt/High Temperature Experiments in Chemistry and Materials Science

Cutting edge high temperature materials include high temperature superconductors, solid oxide fuel cells, thermoelectric materials and ultrahigh temperature construction materials (including metals, cermets and ceramics) and have applications in key areas such as energy, transportation and space technologies. This book introduces the concepts which underpin research into these critical materials including thermodynamics, kinetics and various physical, chemical and modelling techniques with a focus on practical “how to” methods and covers: * Introduction to High Temperature Research * Basic Design of High Temperature Furnaces * Temperature Measurement * Radiation Pyrometry * Refractory Materials in the Laboratory * Vacuum in Theory and Practice * The Design of Vacuum Furnaces and Thermobalances With highly detailed instrument illustrations and an emphasis on the control and measurement of the fundamental properties of temperature, pressure and mass, __High Temperature Experiments in Chemistry and Materials Science__ provides a practical reference on high temperature measurements, for researchers, advanced students and those working in academic or industrial laboratories. * Introduction to High Temperature Research * Basic Design of High Temperature Furnaces * Temperature Measurement * Radiation Pyrometry * Refractory Materials in the Laboratory * Vacuum in Theory and Practice * The Design of Vacuum Furnaces and Thermobalances Content: Chapter 1 Introduction to High Temperature Research (pages 1–10): Chapter 2 Basic Design of Laboratory Furnaces (pages 11–54): Chapter 3 Temperature Measurements (pages 55–91): Chapter 4 Radiation Pyrometry (pages 93–128): Chapter 5 Refractory Materials in the Laboratory (pages 129–174): Chapter 6 Vacuum in Theory and Practice (pages 175–226): Chapter 7 High Temperature Furnaces and Thermobalances (pages 227–266): Chapter 8 The Summing Up (pages 267–316): Cutting edge high temperature materials include high temperature superconductors and solid oxide fuel cells and have applications in key areas such as energy, transportation and space technologies. "The present text is centred around some central topics within high-temperature chemistry. It concerns the control and measurement of the basic properties"-- Provided by publisher