Structural Studies of Liquids and Glasses Using Aerodynamic Levitation

This thesis presents neutron scattering data that contribute to the understanding of four distinct areas of condensed matter physics, including iso-compositional liquid-liquid phase transitions and the glass formation in rare earth doped BaTi2O5.
In situ aerodynamic levitation with laser heating was combined with neutron scattering in order to study both liquid-liquid phase transitions in (Y2O3)x(Al2O3)1-x and the atomic and magnetic ordering in liquid Invar. Among several significant results, obtained in this case from small angle neutron scattering, was the absence of a phase transition across a range of temperatures and compositions in the yttria aluminates. As these are a principal system in which liquid-liquid phase transitions have been hypothesized, this is an important contribution in a contentious area.

List of contents

Introduction.- Theory of Supercooled Liquids and Glasses.- Experimental Techniques.- Rare Earth Doped Barium Titanate Glass.- Liquid-Liquid Transitions in Y2O3-Al2O3.- Liquid Invar.- Indium Selenide.- Conclusions.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Farmer
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319360546
• ISBN: 978-3-31-936054-6
• No. of pages: 113
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 7 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 207 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 113 p. 54 illus., 30 illus. in color.
• Series: Springer Theses; Springer Theses
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Electricity, magnetism, optics; B, Ceramics, Atoms, Glass, Physics, Measurement, Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials, Physics and Astronomy, Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems, Phase transitions (Statistical physics), Scientific standards, measurement etc, Measurement Science and Instrumentation, Physical measurements, Industrial chemistry & chemical engineering, Plasma Physics, composite materials, Composites (Materials), Atoms and molecules in external fields