High Temperature Electrical and Thermophysical Properties of Ceramic Materials

Abstract

The investigation centered on three topics: Techniques to determine the electrical conductivity of insulators above 1500 degrees centigrade; charge transport in Ceria-Zirconia solid solutions; and vaporization kinetics of strontium doped lanthanum chromite. Interest in the latter two materials was related to their potential use as high temperature electrodes for magnetohydrodynamic generators. The major accomplishments are summarized.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0778447

Entities

People

  • James M. Wimmer

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ceramic Materials
  • Conductivity
  • Crystal Structure
  • Dielectrics
  • Electrical Conductivity
  • Electrodes
  • Elements
  • High Temperature
  • Lanthanum
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Metallurgy
  • Phase
  • Solid Solutions
  • Thermophysical Properties
  • Vaporization

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene