Date of Award
Summer 1998
Document Type
Dissertation - Restricted
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Mechanical Engineering
First Advisor
Blumenthal, Robert N.
Second Advisor
Seitz, Martin
Third Advisor
Parkay, Matthew
Abstract
The aim of this investigation is to study the defect reactions and the associated thermodynamic behavior of calcium doped cerium dioxide as a function of nonstoichiometry. These defect reactions, involve the formation of oxygen vacancies, electrons, and holes which determine the nonstoichiometry, x, of the material as a function of temperature and oxygen partial pressure, Po2...
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