Thermal expansion is the tendency of matter to change its shape, area, volume, and density in response to a change in temperature, usually not including...

A thermal expansion valve or thermostatic expansion valve (often abbreviated as TEV, TXV, or TX valve) is a component in vapor-compression refrigeration...

Negative thermal expansion (NTE) is an unusual physicochemical process in which some materials contract upon heating, rather than expand as most other...

thermal conductivity of the material Reducing the coefficient of thermal expansion of the material Increasing the strength of the material Introducing...

constraints. Temperature gradients, thermal expansion or contraction and thermal shocks are things that can lead to thermal stress. This type of stress is...

piping to be largely free of stress as thermal expansion occurs. Bends in elbows also can accommodate this. Expansion joints also isolate pieces of equipment...

Thermal paste (also called thermal compound, thermal grease, thermal interface material (TIM), thermal gel, heat paste, heat sink compound, heat sink paste...

adiabatic expansion: a change in internal energy or the conversion between potential and kinetic internal energy. Temperature is the measure of thermal kinetic...

for Thermal Diffusivity Measurement with the Flash Method". In Gaal, Daniela S.; Gaal, Peter S. (eds.). Thermal Conductivity 30/Thermal Expansion 18....

solid-state physics used to describe volume-dependent thermal effects, such as the thermal expansion. It is based on the assumption that the harmonic approximation...

hammer[citation needed] and absorbs excess water pressure caused by thermal expansion. The modern vessel is a small container or tank divided in two by...

Anderson model, thermal pressure is the integration of the product thermal expansion αp and bulk modulus KT, i.e. Pth=∫αKdt. In this model, both αp and...

its initial temperature. The metal with the higher coefficient of thermal expansion is on the outer side of the curve when the strip is heated and on...

decomposes at high application temperatures, see next paragraphs) The thermal expansion coefficients depends on the modification of zirconia as follows: Monoclinic:...

Iron oxides are chemical compounds composed of iron and oxygen. Several iron oxides are recognized. Often they are non-stoichiometric. Oxyhydroxides are...

buoyancy forces (for example, a water pump in an automobile engine). Thermal expansion of fluids may also force convection. In other cases, natural buoyancy...

: 140  The thermal expansion coefficient is defined as With the Maxwell relation and Eq. (8) with X = p it is shown that So the thermal expansion coefficient...

Joule–Thomson effect or Joule–Thomson expansion, the decrease in temperature of a gas when it expands Thermal expansion, the tendency of matter to change...

deal with thermal expansion stresses during heating and cooling, adequate porosity is needed, as well as appropriate matching of thermal expansion coefficients...

applications at high temperatures, or where thermal shock resistance and/or a low coefficient of thermal expansion is needed. While it is less brittle than...

matrix cracking develops. Concrete has a very low coefficient of thermal expansion, and as it matures concrete shrinks. All concrete structures will...

compositionally identical to Fernico 1, designed to have substantially the same thermal expansion characteristics as borosilicate glass (~5 × 10−6 /K between 30 and...

into an undersized hole, sometimes used in combination: force and thermal expansion or contraction. There are at least three different terms used to describe...

made from chemically pure silica. It has very low thermal expansion and excellent resistance to thermal shock, being able to survive immersion in water...

or contract as it wishes), determine separately the coefficient of thermal expansion and the compressibility of the material, and compute the specific...

of the convection is unspecified, convection due to the effects of thermal expansion and buoyancy can be assumed. Convection may also take place in soft...

of Solids; Thermal and Physical Properties of Pure Metals Touloukian, Y. S., Thermophysical Properties of Matter, Vol. 12, Thermal Expansion, IFI/Plenum...

The thermal conductivity of a material is a measure of its ability to conduct heat. It is commonly denoted by k {\displaystyle k} , λ {\displaystyle \lambda...

compensation to match a wide range of test material coefficients of thermal expansion. A-alloy is supplied in self-temperature-compensation (S-T-C) numbers...

Metal expansion joints (also called compensators) are compensating elements for thermal expansion and relative movement in pipelines, containers and machines...