Date of Award

Summer 1963

Document Type

Thesis - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Mechanical Engineering

First Advisor

Greener, Evan H.

Second Advisor

Hirthe, Walter M.

Third Advisor

Wackman, Peter

Abstract

The primary purpose of this study is to determine the defect structure of rutile by studying the electrical conductivity as a function of temperature and oxygen partial pressure. The electrical conductivity of rutile has been investigated by many authors1-7 as a function of temperature and pressure and various attempts to correlate the observed electrical properties with a discrete defect structure have not been fruitful. Consequently, it is felt that a systematic study of the conductivity over wide ranges of temperature and pressure would be of value in elucidating the defect structure.

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