|
|
Study of free volumes in Nafion using positronium
Košinová, Lucie ; Čížek, Jakub (advisor) ; Vlach, Martin (referee)
Title: Study of free volumes in Nafion using positronium Author: Lucie Košinová Department: Department of Low-Temperature Physics Supervisor: doc. Mgr. Jakub Čížek, Ph.D., Department of Low-Temperature Physics Abstract: The object of this thesis is investigation of the absorption of water in Nafion and the influence of temperature on the absorption and desorption kinetics. Study of the absorption and desorption of water was carried out either measurement of changes in the macroscopic physical properties of Nafion (weighing, differential scanning calorimetry) either by microscopic characterization of the size distribution of free volume that arises as a consequence of an imperfect arrangement of polymer chains. For this purpose I used a non- destructive method used positron annihilation spectroscopy, which is currently the only technique capable of determination of the size distribution of free volumes having the free volume distribution by size of a few Å. The development of the size distribution and the concentration free volumes in the sample were determined on the based on the measurement of lifetime spectra of positrons annihilating in the sample of Nafion. The results obtained in this thesis can be further used in research of Nafion, which is widely used as a semipermeable membrane during industrial...
|
|
|
Výzkum interakce vodíku s vakacemi, dislokacemi a hranicemi zrn v Ti
Knapp, Jan ; Čížek, Jakub (advisor) ; Vlach, Martin (referee)
This thesis deals with the system of titanium and hydrogen. Interstitial hydrogen alloys and hydrides are subject to intensive investigation, both theoretical and experimental. It has been proved, that absorbed hydrogen lowers the formation energy of defects in metals, and thus works as the so called 'defactant'. Surfactants on the surfaces of liquids lower the surface tension; defactants in solids lower the formation energy of defects. It has also been proved, that titanium absorbs hydrogen readily, when exposed to high temperature, or high pressure (fugacity); while different loading conditions lead to different features of the final sample. Beside ordinary coarse grained titanium, ultra-fine grained titanium shall be studied in present work, due to its high content of defects. Positron Annihilation Life-time Spectroscopy, a non-destructive technique sensitive on open-volume defects, shall be of prime importance in our investigation. We shall further use the X-ray diffraction, Micro-hardness measurements and Differential Scanning Calorimetry together with Thermogravimetry. Lastly, we shall strongly benefit from using existing computational tools like the Vienna ab-initio Simulation Package, or Pos330; a program for positron life--times calculations.
|
|
|
Study of free volumes in Nafion using positronium
Košinová, Lucie ; Čížek, Jakub (advisor) ; Vlach, Martin (referee)
Title: Study of free volumes in Nafion using positronium Author: Lucie Košinová Department: Department of Low-Temperature Physics Supervisor: doc. Mgr. Jakub Čížek, Ph.D., Department of Low-Temperature Physics Abstract: The object of this thesis is investigation of the absorption of water in Nafion and the influence of temperature on the absorption and desorption kinetics. Study of the absorption and desorption of water was carried out either measurement of changes in the macroscopic physical properties of Nafion (weighing, differential scanning calorimetry) either by microscopic characterization of the size distribution of free volume that arises as a consequence of an imperfect arrangement of polymer chains. For this purpose I used a non- destructive method used positron annihilation spectroscopy, which is currently the only technique capable of determination of the size distribution of free volumes having the free volume distribution by size of a few Å. The development of the size distribution and the concentration free volumes in the sample were determined on the based on the measurement of lifetime spectra of positrons annihilating in the sample of Nafion. The results obtained in this thesis can be further used in research of Nafion, which is widely used as a semipermeable membrane during industrial...
|
|
|
Positron annihilation study of precipitation effects in Mg-Tb alloy
Hruška, Petr ; Čížek, Jakub (advisor) ; Vlach, Martin (referee)
Magnesium alloys are currently widely used in industry as a modern material. Magnesium based alloys with rare earth elements shows very promising mechanical properties. In the present work the precipitation effects and the deve- lopment of microstructure of the Mg13Tb alloy (containing 13 wt.% of terbium) during isochronal annealing were studied by positron annihilation spectroscopy, microhardness measurement and differential scanning calorimetry. According to the results the creation of the precipitates β′′ , β′ and β in the studied alloy was observed and activation energies of these precipitates were determined by the Kissinger method. By microhardness measurement the natural ageing at room temperature of the Mg13Tb alloy was observed and described. 1
|
|
|
Studium mikrostruktury ultrajemnozrnných kovových materiálů metodou pozitronové anihilace
Barnovská, Zuzana ; Čížek, Jakub (advisor) ; Procházka, Ivan (referee)
In the presented thesis we study the changes in distribution of the size of vacancy clusters in metals processed by severe plastic deformation, so called ul- tra fine grained materials. We use a modern non-destructive method of positron annihilation spectroscopy, which is one of the few methods that allow us to inves- tigate point defects like vacancies with sizes of a few ˚A. The obtained spectra of positrons annihilating in the samples enable us to determine changes of vacancy cluster sizes depending on temperature or severity of the deformation applied on the samples. 1
|
|
|
Studium defektů v kvazikrystalech metodou pozitronové anihilační spektroskopie
Vlček, Marián ; Čížek, Jakub (advisor) ; Smola, Bohumil (referee)
In the present work positron lifetime spectroscopy and coincidence spectroscopy of Doppler broadening of annihilation radiation were employed for investigations of defects in Mg alloys with icosahedral phase. Samples of WE43 alloy and WE43 alloy modified by addition of zinc were investigated. Positron trapping at vacancy-like defects associated with interface between the icosahedral phase Mg3Zn6Y1 and Mg matrix was observed. Investigations of MgZnAl-based alloys were performed as well. Vacancy-like defects were not detected in MgZnAl- based alloys by positron lifetime spectroscopy. However, coincidence spectroscopy of Doppler broadening of annihilation radiation revealed that positron trapping in the vincinity of icosahedral Mg44Zn41Al15 phase occurs. Several hypotheses ex- plaining different nature of positron trapping in WE43-based and MgZnAl-based alloys were proposed. Keywords: quasicrystals; positron annihilation spectroscopy; positron trapping; open-volume defects
|
guest ::
