The electrical properties of ruthenium-aluminium alloys

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dc.contributor.advisorLang, Candaceen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Ernest Gregoryen_ZA
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dc.date.issued1995en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe electrical properties of platinum, gold-palladium and a selection of alloys from the ruthenium-aluminium system have been studied at high temperatures (up to 1000°C). The majority of the ruthenium-aluminium alloy compositions studied lie near or in the ruthenium aluminide phase field. Ruthenium aluminide is a B2 structure intermetallic which is suited to high temperature applications because in addition to a high melting point (2060°C), oxidation resistance to 1200°C and high temperature strength, it is also relatively ductile at room temperature. The possibility of high temperature electrical applications required an investigation of the electrical properties of ruthenium-aluminium alloys as compared to platinum and gold-palladium. Two sets of apparatus, capable of measuring the resistivity and thermo-e.m.f to high temperatures, were constructed and used to obtain the first experimental results for the electrical properties of ruthenium-aluminium alloys. Chemical analysis of these alloys has been performed for the first time, and together with energy dispersive spectroscopy, has revealed a composition at which there is a resistivity minimum and a positive thermo-e.m.f maximum, which appears to be associated with the formation of the ordered ruthenium aluminide phase. The resistivity and the temperature dependence of resistivity of some ruthenium-aluminium alloys are similar to that of platinum, the least resistive of the three materials investigated.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSmith, E. G. (1995). <i>The electrical properties of ruthenium-aluminium alloys</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Centre for Materials Engineering. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18217en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSmith, Ernest Gregory. <i>"The electrical properties of ruthenium-aluminium alloys."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Centre for Materials Engineering, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18217en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSmith, E. 1995. The electrical properties of ruthenium-aluminium alloys. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Smith, Ernest Gregory AB - The electrical properties of platinum, gold-palladium and a selection of alloys from the ruthenium-aluminium system have been studied at high temperatures (up to 1000°C). The majority of the ruthenium-aluminium alloy compositions studied lie near or in the ruthenium aluminide phase field. Ruthenium aluminide is a B2 structure intermetallic which is suited to high temperature applications because in addition to a high melting point (2060°C), oxidation resistance to 1200°C and high temperature strength, it is also relatively ductile at room temperature. The possibility of high temperature electrical applications required an investigation of the electrical properties of ruthenium-aluminium alloys as compared to platinum and gold-palladium. Two sets of apparatus, capable of measuring the resistivity and thermo-e.m.f to high temperatures, were constructed and used to obtain the first experimental results for the electrical properties of ruthenium-aluminium alloys. Chemical analysis of these alloys has been performed for the first time, and together with energy dispersive spectroscopy, has revealed a composition at which there is a resistivity minimum and a positive thermo-e.m.f maximum, which appears to be associated with the formation of the ordered ruthenium aluminide phase. The resistivity and the temperature dependence of resistivity of some ruthenium-aluminium alloys are similar to that of platinum, the least resistive of the three materials investigated. DA - 1995 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1995 T1 - The electrical properties of ruthenium-aluminium alloys TI - The electrical properties of ruthenium-aluminium alloys UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18217 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/18217
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSmith EG. The electrical properties of ruthenium-aluminium alloys. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Centre for Materials Engineering, 1995 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18217en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Materials Engineeringen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherMaterials Engineeringen_ZA
dc.subject.otherApplied Scienceen_ZA
dc.titleThe electrical properties of ruthenium-aluminium alloysen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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