Linear expansivity

Establishing a hierarchy of rapidly converging, generally applicable, systematic approximations of exact electronic wave functions is the holy grail of electronic structure theory [1]. The basis of these approximations is the Hartree-Fock (HF) method, which defines a simple noncorrelated reference wave function consisting of a single Slater determinant (an antisymmetrized product of orbitals). To introduce electron correlation into the description, the wave function is expanded as a combination of the reference and excited Slater determinants obtained by promotion of one, two, or more electrons into vacant virtual orbitals. The approximate wave functions thus defined are characterized by the manner of the expansion (linear, nonlinear), the maximum excitation rank, and by the size of one-electron basis used to represent the orbitals. 

The coefficient of thermal expansion (linear) for crystals of potassium bromide, by H. Fizeau, is a=0 000042007 at 40°. The coeff. of cubical expansion of crystals of the alkali bromides, by G. P. Baxter and C. C. Wallace, are ... 

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When a solid or a liquid is heated, it undergoes a reversible thermal expansion linearly proportional to the temperature difference. In practice, the thermal expansion of each material is fully characterized by three coefficients of thermal expansion. 

Coeff. of thermal expansion (linear) ASTM D.696 cmcm 7 X icr ... 

Figure 9.27 The dependences of the thermal expansion linear coefficient a p on the relative fraction (p of nanoclusters. 1 - the adhesion absence on the boundary between components 2 - the mixtures rule 3 - Terner equation 4, 5 - the experimental data for epoxy polymers EP-1 (4) and EP-1-200 (5) [51]...

In Figure 9.32 the dependence of the thermal expansion linear coefficient a p on the relative fraction of nanoclnsters, which are considered as nanofiller, for epoxy polymers is addnced. As has been expected [35], an increase in results in a reduction in ttpp, comparable with that observed for polymer composites with the introduction of particnlate fillers. So, an increase in (p from 0 to 0.60 reduces a p by about 1.50 times (Figure 9.32) and with the introduction of calcium carbonate or aluminium powder with volume contents (p = 0.60 in the epoxy polymer the thermal expansion linear coefficient value decreases by 1.70-2.0 times [35]. The dependence a p(expressed analytically by the following empirical equation [62] ... 

In Figure 9.33 the dependence a p(D ) for the considered epoxy polymers is adduced, which has an expected character. The growth in the thermal expansion linear coefficient with an increase in molecular mobility level is observed. In Figure 9.33 a solid straight line shows the similar dependence oc(D p) for amorphous aromatic polyamide (phenylone S-2). As one can see, this straight line corresponds well to the data for the considered epoxy polymers. This means that irrespective of the class of polymers, their thermal expansion coefficient is defined by the molecular mobility level, which in paper [62] is characterised by the dimension... 

Figure 9.33 The dependence of the thermal expansion linear coefficient a p on the fractal dimension of the chain part between nanoclnsters for epoxy polymers. The designations are the same as in Figure 9.32. The straight line 3 shows the dependence cc(D ) for phenylone [62]...

Coefficient of Thermal Expansion Linear expansion Average values for temperature indicated K- D696 ... 

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