Nanomaterials were obtained by dispersing silica nanoparticles in eutectic salt mixtures. The synthesis protocol was varied to obtain different nanomaterial samples of the same composition but different morphologies. The synthesis protocols that led to agglomerated nanoparticles resulted in coarse powders (Type-A samples) and the protocols that led to (un-agglomerated) well dispersed nanopartic...

Ten different underfill materials with different size and content of filler and epoxy are studied in this paper. Their curing conditions such as time and temperature are measured by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) unit. Their material properties, such as the CTE (coefficient thermal of expansion), T g (glass transition temperature), dynamic storage modulus, tangent delta, and moisture...

A starch-urea-based biodegradable coordination polymer modified by transition metal Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II) was prepared by polycondensation of starch and urea. All the synthesized polymeric compounds were characterized by Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), (1)H-NMR spectroscopy, (13)C-NMR spectroscopy, UV-visible spectra, magnetic moment measurements, different...

A cationic polyacrylamide (CPAM) dispersion, the copolymer of acrylamide (AM) and acryloyloxyethyltrimethyl ammonium chloride (DAC), has been synthesized through dispersion polymerization in aqueous ammonium sulfate ((NH4)2SO4) solution. The polymerization was initiated by tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) and ferrisulfas (FeSO4) using poly(dimethyl diallyl ammonium chloride) (PDMDAAC) as the sta...

There is considerable interest in prediction of reactive hazards based on chemical structure. Calorimetric measurements to determine reactivity can be resource consuming, so computational methods to predict reactivity hazards present an attractive option. This paper reviews some of the commonly employed theoretical hazard evaluation techniques, including the oxygen-balance method, ASTM CHETAH, ...

The liquid thermal history effect on liquid supercooling behavior has been found in various metals and alloys; typically the degree of liquid supercooling (ΔT-) increases with the increase of liquid overheating (ΔT⁺) up to several to tens of degrees above the equilibrium melting point (T₀). Here we report quantitative experimental measurements on the ΔT--ΔT⁺ relationship of Al small particles e...

A one-step, economical nanoemulsion method has been introduced to synthesize low-melting-point metallic nanoparticles. This nanoemulsion technique exploits the extremely high shear rates generated by the ultrasonic agitation and the relatively large viscosity of the continuous phase - polyalphaolefin (PAO), to rupture the molten metal down to diameter below 100 nm. Field's metal nanoparticles a...

Phase transformation temperature is one of the most important parameters for the shape memory alloys (SMAs). The most popular method to determine these phase transformation temperatures is the Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC), but due to the limitation of the DSC testing itself, it made it difficult for the finished product which is not in the powder form. A novel method which uses the U...

This work investigates the thermodynamic properties of small structures of Al using an ultrasensitive thin-film differential scanning calorimeter. Al thin films were deposited onto a Si3N4 surface via thermal evaporation over a range of thicknesses from 6 to 50 Å. The Al films were discontinuous and formed nanometer-sized clusters. Calorimetry measurements demonstrated that the melting point of...

In the present work some physical properties of binary zinc chloride-dimethylsulfone (ZnCl2DMSO2) melts were investigated; the phase diagram was determined by Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) and Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA) analyses; the electric conductivity was measured using a direct-current computerized method. The conductivities of the melts increased with increasing temperatur...