Thermochemical modeling

Before developing the necessary equations to predict the temperature within a composite part, it is enlightening to consider the thermal diffusion problem in polymer matrix composites. Thermal diffusivity is defined as 

Polymer matrix composites [transverse] Graphite fiber-reinforced 0.044 

In most cases, for composite structures the planar dimensions are sufficiently large compared with the thickness that one-dimensional heat transfer is assumed. In this case, 

This equation, along with Equation 8.4, constitutes a coupled set of a differential equations governing the flow of thermal energy in a composite part during cure. Two boundary conditions (for temperature) and two initial conditions (for temperature and degree of cure) are required. An analytic solution to these equations is usually not possible. Numerical techniques such as finite difference or finite element are commonly used. 

Once the temperature and degree of cure can be predicted throughout the material during cure, the nonmechanical loadings (thermal expansion and chemical shrinkage) can be obtained. With this knowledge in hand the residual stresses can then be analyzed. 

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Despite the many successes in the thermochemical modeling of energetic materials, several significant limitations exist. One such limitation is that real systems do not always obtain chemical equilibrium during the relatively short (nanoseconds-microseconds) time scales of detonation. When this occurs, quantities such as the energy of detonation and the detonation velocity are commonly predicted to be 10-20% higher than experiment by a thermochemical calculation. 

Jansson, B. (1984b) Evaluation of parameters in thermochemical models using different types of experimental data simultaneously , TRITA-MAC-0234, Division of Physical Metallurgy, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. 

Secondary phases predicted by thermochemical models may not form in weathered ash materials due to kinetic constraints or non-equilibrium conditions. It is therefore incorrect to assume that equilibrium concentrations of elements predicted by geochemical models always represent maximum leachate concentrations that will be generated from the wastes, as stated by Rai et al. (1987a, b 1988) and often repeated by other authors. In weathering systems, kinetic constraints commonly prevent the precipitation of the most stable solid phase for many elements, leading to increasing concentrations of these elements in natural solutions and precipitation of metastable amorphous phases. Over time, the metastable phases convert to thermodynamically stable phases by a process explained by the Guy-Lussac-Ostwald (GLO) step rule, also known as Ostwald ripening (Steefel Van Cappellen 1990). The importance of time (i.e., kinetics) is often overlooked due to a lack of kinetic data for mineral dissolution/... 

To develop the governing equations for thermochemical modeling, consider the material volume element in Figure 8.5. Performing an energy balance over this volume while neglecting convective processes yields... 

Table 25.1 Surface shifts determined experimentally and estimated using the thermochemical model...

Quiseft, J.P., Toutain, J.P., Bergametti, G. et al. (1989) Evolution versus cooling of gaseous volcanic emissions from Momotombo Volcano, Nicaragua thermochemical model and observations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 53, 2591-608. 

Melius, C. F. Thermochemical Modeling II. Application to Ignition and Combustion of Energetic Materials. In Chemistry and Physics of... 

Wang J.-T., Carlsson J.-O., A thermochemical model for diamond growth from the vapor phase. Surf. Coat. Technol, 43/44 (1990) pp.1-9. 

For this system, the data base requirements are more critical since, in pressurized fluidized bed combustion, the alkali tolerance levels for downstream turbine operation are of the order of 0.02 ppm. Spacil and Luthra (3 ) compared their thermochemical predictions with observed combustion gas stream alkali concentrations. Here, Na2S04, NaCl, NaOH, and the K-analogues were included as significant molecular species in the thermochemical model data base. Albite and sanidine were assumed to represent the coal ash alkali-getter substrates. Fair, but encouraging, agreement between calculated and observed gas phase alkali concentration was obtained. 

The nitrogen pressure determines the composition of the nitride if equilibrinm is attained. Thermochemical models have been established that correctly predict pressure-temperature-composition (p-T-x) relationships for nitride phases. ... 

Various theoretical models, such as the excited-atom approach [1] and the thermochemical model [2,3] have been proposed for the determination of these shil ts. A model based on the density-functional theory has been suggested and applied for the analysis of core hole screening in simple metals by Ambladh and von Barth [4] and by Williams and Lang [5]. Spin-polarised density-functional... 

Cheynet B., DaU Aglio M., GaraveUi A., Grasso M. F., and Vurro F. (2000) Trace elements from fumaroles at Vulcano Island (Italy) rates of transport and a thermochemical model. J. Volcanol Geotherm. Res., 95, 273-283. 

The present thermochemical model describes the acid-base, ion exchange and solubility cbaracteristics of a homogeneous pulp suspension. The important feature of the thermodynamic multiphase approach is that it provides the possibility to incorporate specific interactions of practically unlimited number of constituents into the system. Due to its general thermodynamic basis, the multiphase method can be applied both in the fibre line processes in pulp production and in the wet end chemistry of paper-making. 

The classical thermochemical approach has also already been applied to special template-assisted chemical reactions like the template-directed synthesis of oligonucleotides [260], for which a detailed system of kinetic elementary steps has been derived and solved. Other examples are the thermochemical model for the assessment of cooperativity in self-assembly processes proposed in Ref. [261, 262] and for the quantitative description of multicomponent self-assembly processes of polymetallic helicates [263, 264]. More thermochemical approaches applied within particular fields of supramolecular chemistry will be mentioned in the following. 

Finally, we argued for the elaboration of a thermochemical model, i.e. the TAR model, to embrace as many of the various empirically found host-guest and template-assisted processes as possible. Apart from the classification-type nature of a decomposition into elementary steps in such a model, it automatically assigns enthalpies and entropies to these steps to be calculated with theoretical methods and to be then compared to experimental measurements as described in Section 12.2.5. Last but not least one may even apply formal kinetics to derive general statements of rate constants on the individual steps as well as on the overall process. 

No heat capacity or heat content measurements have been made for p-SnSe below 796 K and consequently no value can be selected at 298.15K. [96FEU/MAJ] employed the heat capacity expression of a-SnSe to describe the heat capacity of P-SnSe in the thermochemical modelling of the tin-selenium system. 

It must be emphasized, of course, that the model presented above is intended to describe only part of the evolution from the semiconductive state to the superconductive state and beyond into the semimetallic state. It is intended to describe only the normal state at the onset of the evolution of the superconductive state dictated by the density of carriers. To complete the description it is necessary to recognize the generation of the paired electron state and the resulting strong diamagnetic susceptibility which approaches - —. A thermochemical model describing the equilibria... 

Many materials produce large quantities of solid products upon detonation. The most common solid detonation product is carbon, although some explosives produce aluminum and aluminum oxide [105]. Uncertainties in the equation of state and phase diagram of carbon remain a major issue in the thermochemical modeling of detonation, van Thiel and Ree have proposed an accurate Mie-Gruneisen equation of state for carbon [106]. Fried and Howard... 

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