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Coupled Phenomenological and Fracture Mechanics Approach to Assess the Fracture Behaviour of TWC Piping Component

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Title Coupled Phenomenological and Fracture Mechanics Approach to Assess the Fracture Behaviour of TWC Piping Component
 
Creator Patel, S. K.
Patel, R.B
Awadhia, A
AGRAWAL, S L
 
Subject Building Material Characterization
Failure Analyses
 
Description An attempt has been made in the present work to combine gel and composite polymer electrolyte routes together to form a composite polymeric gel electrolyte that is expected to possess high ionic conductivity with good mechanical integrity. Polyethylene glycol (PEG) based composite gel electrolytes using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as guest polymer have been synthesized with 1 molar solution of ammonium thiocyanate (NH4SCN) in dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO) and electrically characterized. The ionic conductivity measurements indicate that PEG:PVA:NH4SCN-based composite gel electrolytes are superior (σ max = 5.7 × 10−2 S cm−1) to pristine electrolytes (PEG:NH4SCN system) and conductivity variation with filler concentration remains within an order of magnitude. The observed conductivity maxima have been correlated to PEG:PVA:NH4SCN-and PVA:NH4SCN-type complexes. Temperature dependence of conductivity profiles exhibits Arrhenius behaviour in low temperature regime followed by VTF character at higher temperature.
 
Date 2009
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Identifier Patel, S. K. and Patel, R.B and Awadhia, A and AGRAWAL, S L (2009) Coupled Phenomenological and Fracture Mechanics Approach to Assess the Fracture Behaviour of TWC Piping Component. Pramana: Journal of Physics.
 
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