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All aspects of the material s chemical, mechanical and physical properties which are included in the specification should be capable of measurement and certification. For critical duties all material supplied should be fully tested and certified by competent approved, independent test laboratories. All items of plant should be purchased with material certification. Additional certification is required in cases where the fabricator, in manufacturing an item of plant, used techniques such as welding or heat treatment which may affect the corrosion behavior of the construction materials. 

The determination of the physical properties of a material is essential for the development of materials and also their application. In this chapter, gravimetry, calorimetry, porosimetry, and mechanical testing were briefly explained, and common problems were also outlined. This background is necessary in order to be able to compare available data from different sources adequately. Based on the differences in testing conditions, not only could the behavior of materials, especially the membrane material Nafion, be explained, but also models describing the behavior with consistent parameters were developed in recent years. This allows reliable predictions and provides a better understanding of the underlying... 

Physical-Chemical Mechanics of Disperse Systems and Materials contains seven chapters. Section I, with four chapters, presents the basics, starting from surface forces and the contact of particles with liquids. Chapter 2 is dedicated to adsorption phenomena, accumulation of surface-active molecules at various interfaces, and the importance of surfactant s adsorption on the contact between particles. The bulk properties of particle dispersions in liquids are discussed in Chapter 3 in terms of coagulation processes and the rheological behavior. Chapter 4 describes in a comprehensive way the stability of disperse systems and emphasizes the Rehbinder effect as an important mechanism in stable colloidal systems. Section II consists of three chapters. Chapter 5 provides an introduction to the methodology of mechanical testing Chapter 6 describes in detail the structures... 

In this chapter, we present results of the testing of a broad spectrum of polymers in carbon dioxide over a range of temperatures and pressures and evaluation of the effect of the high pressure carbon dioxide on the chemical/physical properties of materials tested. The testing was performed in a static manner with four controlled variables, namely temperature, pressure, treatment time and decompression time. The evaluation of the interaction of high pressure carbon dioxide with polymers included sorption and swelling behavior, solubility issue, plasticization and crystallization, and mechanical properties. The results of these evaluations are discussed in three sections Sorption, Swelling and Dissolution of Carbon Dioxide in Polymers at Elevated Pressure, Thermal Properties, and Mechanical Properties. ... 

Sometimes in fluid mechanics we may start with these four ideas and the measured physical properties of the materials under consideration and proceed directly to solve mathematically for the desired forces, velocities, and so on. This is generally possible only in the case of very simple flows. The observed behavior of a great many fluid flows is too complex to be solved directly from these four principles, so we must resort to experimental tests. Through the use of techniques called dimensional analysis (Chap. 13) often we can use the results of one experiment to predict the results of a much different experiment. Thus, careful experimental work is very important in fluid mechanics. With the development of supercomputers, we are now able to solve many complex problems mathematically by using the methods outlined in Chaps. 10 and 11, which previously would have required experimental tests. As computers become faster and cheaper, we will probably see additional complex fluid mechanics problems solved on supercomputers. Ultimately, the computer solutions must be tested experimentally. 

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