Transition layer theory

The transition layer theory holds that additional stress would be generated on the interface between the filler and the matrix during molding of composites because of different expansion coefficients of the filler and the matrix. In addition, under the action of external loading, the uneven distribution of stress in the composite material can produce a stress concentration phenomenon in some parts of the interface. Therefore, there is a transition layer in the interface area that plays an important role in stress relaxation. 

Two theories were put forward by Kinloch and Kodokion et al. on the formation of the interface and its mechanisms. One holds that the treating agent forms a layer of plastic on the interface, and plastic deformation can relax or reduce the 

Another view is the inhibition layer theory, which holds that the structure of the stress relaxation transition layer between the matrix and the packing is not a flexible deformation layer, but an interfacial layer with a modulus between that of the matrix and the packing. The treatment agent is a part of the interfacial area, and this part is a substance with a medium modulus that is between that of the high-modulus reinforcing material and the low-modulus matrix. It has the effect of transferring stress uniformly and reducing interfacial stress, so that it can enhance the performance of the composite materials. The inhibition layer theory is not widely accepted because it lacks the necessary experimental basis.  

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Table II summarizes surface roughness values measured for PMMA and VMCH samples etched for 1.0 minute at 35mTorr at various power densities. Although the measured values of 80 - 105 A fall within the ranges obtained from the interferometer and transition layer theory, there is no significant variation with power density. Differences in surface roughness between pre-etched films of PMMA and VMCH are also negligible according to the stylus measurements.

Van der Waals further finds a relation between the temperature coefficient of surface tension and the molecular surface energy which is in substantial agreement with the Eotvos-Ramsay-Shields formula (see Chapter V.). He also arrives at a value for the thickness of the transition layer which is of the order of magnitude of the molecular radius, as deduced from the kinetic theory, and accounts qualitatively for the optical effects described on p. 33. Finally, it should be mentioned that Van der Waals theory leads directly to the conclusion that the existence of a transition layer at the boundary of two media reduces the surface tension, i.e., makes it smaller than it would be if the transition were abrupt—a result obtained independently by Lord Rayleigh. 

The removal of an electron from an acceptor level or a hole from a donor level denotes, as we have seen, not the desorption of the chemisorbed particle but merely its transition from a state of strong to a state of weak bonding with the surface. The neglect of this weak form of chemisorption (i.e., electrically neutral form) which is characteristic of all papers on the boundary-layer theory of adsorption makes it quite impossible to depict the chemisorbed particle in terms of an energy level, i.e., to apply the energy band scheme depicted in Fig. 10 and used in these papers. ... 

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Eqns. (3.4-1) to (3.4-3) are practical for describing interfacial transport in combination with transfer coefficients. The use of transfer coefficients is a simplification that involves the linearization of gradients over the boundary layer. Let us assume that a solid dissolves from a non-porous plate into a flowing fluid that sweeps the surface. According to the boundary layer theory, there is a smooth transition between the immobile fluid located on the plane up to the bulk of the fluid that moves with a uniform velocity. In this layer, the three transfer processes... 

This relation emphasizes that only part of the double-layer correction upon AG arises from the formation of the precursor state [eqn. (4a)]. Since the charges of the reactant and product generally differ, normally wp = ws and so, from eqn. (9) the work-corrected activation energy, AG orr, will differ from AG. [This arises because, according to transition-state theory, the influence of the double layer upon AG equals the work required to transport the transition state, rather than the reactant, from the bulk solution to the reaction site (see Sect. 3.5.2).] Equation (9) therefore expresses the effect of the double layer upon the elementary electron-transfer step, whereas eqn. (4a) accounts for the work of forming the precursor state from the bulk reactant. These two components of the double-layer correction are given together in eqn. (7a). 

Van der Waals consciously omitted contributions of the profile shape to the inter-facial excess entropy. In other words, at each position in the transition layer the local entropy is only determined by the local density, p z) On the other hand, the total Helmholtz energy is considered to depend both on P lz) and on the profile p (z) over the entire transition range, see later in this subsection. All of this is in line with the assumptions made in mean field theories for low-molecular mass molecules. ... 

The above derivation leads to an equation for y in terms of (Sp / dz). Van der Waals paper also contains a variety of other items, such as stability considerations, the pressure in the interfacial layer, spherical interfaces, the value of y near the critical point, a discussion on the thickness of the transition layer, the effect of higher terms in the series expansion of the profile and corresponding state features. Van der Waals also showed that his theory agreed with Gibbs adsorption law, an issue that was later discussed in more detail by Widom J. In the present context we shall not discuss these features further, except to mention that for the temperature dependence close to the critical point T van der Waals predicted... 

The viscous sub-layer is defined as the region next to the wall where the first term on the RHS of (1.362) is dominant. For larger values of y, the second term on the RHS of (1.362) will become dominant, and this region is usually referred to as the the inertial - or turbulent log-law sub-layer. Evidently there will be an intermediate region where the two stresses will be of equal magnitude, and this transition sub-layer is called the buffer layer. This boundary layer theory is based on the assumption that the effective shear stress is constant throughout the inner layer. 

Rate constants of heterogeneous reactions are usually represented in the three-parameter form discussed above. However, this form has a clear physical sense only for reactions in ideal gases at a strictly kept equilibrium Maxwell-Boltzman distribution. Despite several attempts to adopt transition-state theory to heterogeneous reactions, and to those proceeding in adsorbed layers in particular (e.g., Krylov et al., 1972 Zhdanov et al., 1988), its applicability in these cases is doubtful. 

The first attempt to express the surface tension in terms of the intermolecular potential and the distribution functions near the transition layers was made by Kirkwood and Buff.80 They calculated the stress tensor in the region near the transition layer and obtained the expression for the principal stresses pT and p). According to their theory the normal stress pN which is equal to the vapor pressure of the substance is given by... 

In the preceding derivation of the frequencies of surface polaritons and surface excitons the boundary conditions were applied at a sharp boundary without surface currents and charges. In this simplest version of the theory the so-called transition subsurface layer has been ignored however, this layer is always present at the interface between two media, and its dielectric properties differ from the dielectric properties of the bulk. Transition layers may be of various origins, even created artificially, e.g. by means of particular treatment of surfaces or by deposition of thin films of thickness dphenomenological theory it is rather easy to take account of their effects on surface wave spectra in an approximation linear in k (15). 

It follows from eqn (12.4) for E and D, when the transition layer is taken into account, that the tangential component Et and the normal component Dn are discontinuous. Within the framework of the linear theory, at an interface with... 

In this discussion, we consider a transition layer in which there is a continuous variation of composition in the x direction and no change of composition in the y and z directions. The system under consideration is in partial electrochemical equilibrium. Consequently, diffusion of components will be occurring across the boundary. It is, therefore, necessary to determine whether the theory of electrochemical equilibrium is applicable, i.e., whether it is possible to achieve an accurate measurement of the free-energy increment of the cell reaction by carrying it out in a manner that is reversible except for the concomitant irreversible diffusion. Comparison with experimental data shows that, during the short time in which the cell is studied, the effect of diffusion on the composition of the phases can be neglected and the equilibrium theory can be applied. 

As mentioned above, the adsorption kinetics for a kinetic-controlled mechanism is given by the balance of surfactant adsorption and desorption fluxes to and from the interface and for the Langmuir kinetics this balance has the form of Eq. (4.15). The rate constants kad and kdes are functions of the activation energies adsorption and desorption and can be specified on the basis of the molecular kinetic [9, 120] or transition state theory [121]. Eq. (4.15) was applied to adsorption kinetics data of surfactants at the water/air interface by many authors, for example in [24, 39, 83, 97, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127]. In these works, it was shown that the values of kad and kdes are not constant hut depend on the surfactant bulk, the degree of adsorption layer saturation, or its lifetime. To obtain better correspondence with the experimental data, some authors had assumed that the adsorption and desorption activation energies depend on the degree of adsorption layer saturation. These rather complicated kinetic equation are more or less empirical, although they transforms into a valid adsorption isotherm at equilibrium... 

According to the theory of Ono the volume of the vessel containing a system composed of a liquid and its vapor is divided into a large number of cells. The size of the cells will be of the order of the volume which is assigned to one molecule of the liquid. Most of the cells in the lower part qf the vessel will be occupied by molecules and most of the cells in the upper part of the vessel will be vacant, while at and near the transition layer the state of mixture of molecules and holes will be present with varying ratios. The ratios of molecules and holes at each molecular layer determine the entropy arising hrom the number of ways of distributing the molecules over the sites and, at the same time, determine the free... 

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