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Thermal-Expansion Behavior of Two-Phase Solids
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This materials science study investigates thermal expansion of two-phase composites and introduces a new formula to predict expansion coefficients, noting that microplastic yielding influences behavior in high-inclusion-content materials. The term 'microplastic' here refers to microscale plastic deformation in metals and is unrelated to environmental plastic pollution.
The thermal expansion behavior of the two duplex systems, lead-fused silica and aluminum-silicon, has been investigated experimentally above and below room temperature. The microstructure in the first case consisted of fused silica particles in a lead matrix, while silicon constituted the dispersed phase in the second. The expansion coefficients always fell below those predicted by the simple rule of mixtures. A model is proposed and a new formula for the calculation of the thermal expansion coefficient of duplex materials is derived. The new formula fits experimental results better than Turner's formula. The role of microplastic yielding in high-inclusion-content composites is discussed.
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