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A material property is an intensive property of a material, i.e., a physical property or chemical property that does not depend on the amount of the material. These quantitative properties may be used as a metric by which the benefits of one material versus another can be compared, thereby aiding in materials selection.
A number of materials contract on heating within certain temperature ranges; this is usually called negative thermal expansion, rather than "thermal contraction".For example, the coefficient of thermal expansion of water drops to zero as it is cooled to 3.983 °C (39.169 °F) and then becomes negative below this temperature; this means that water has a maximum density at this temperature, and ...
Fluid mechanics can further be divided into fluid statics, the study of fluids at rest, and fluid dynamics, the study of fluids in motion. Some of its more interesting concepts include momentum and reactive forces in fluid flow and fluid machinery theory and performance. Sections include: Fluid flow and continuity; Momentum in fluids
Corrosion Potential: The compatibility of a heat transfer fluid with system materials is crucial to minimize corrosion and extend the life of the equipment. [ 2 ] Freezing and Boiling Points : Fluids should have high boiling and low freezing points to remain in the desired phase during the heat transfer process and to avoid phase change-related ...
Simulation of thermal convection in the Earth's mantle. Hot areas are shown in red, cold areas are shown in blue. A hot, less-dense material at the bottom moves upwards, and likewise, cold material from the top moves downwards. Convection (or convective heat transfer) is the transfer of heat from
The thermodynamic properties of materials are intensive thermodynamic parameters which are specific to a given material. Each is directly related to a second order differential of a thermodynamic potential. Examples for a simple 1-component system are: Compressibility (or its inverse, the bulk modulus) Isothermal compressibility
Other materials that exhibit NTE behaviour include other members of the AM 2 O 8 family of materials (where A = Zr or Hf, M = Mo or W) and HfV 2 O 7 and ZrV 2 O 7, though HfV 2 O 7 and ZrV 2 O 7 only in their high temperature phase starting at 350 to 400 K. [7] A 2 (MO 4) 3 also is an example of controllable negative thermal expansion. Cubic ...
On the other hand, some constants, such as K f (the freezing point depression constant, or cryoscopic constant), depend on the identity of a substance, and so may be considered to describe the state of a system, and therefore may be considered physical properties. "Specific" properties are expressed on a per mass basis.