Research Article
Thermal Analysis of Ni-Cu Alloy Nanocomposites Processed by Sand Mold Casting
Table 10
CTE of the Ni-Cu alloy + 3% TiO2 composite.
| Specimen length (mm) | Specimen temperature | Delta T | Rod elongation (mm) | Delta L (mm) | Coefficient of thermal expansion |
| 50 | 125 | 0 | 0.008 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 150 | 20 | 0.016 | 0.006 | 5 × 10−6 | 50 | 175 | 25 | 0.025 | 0.007 | 9 × 10−6 | 50 | 200 | 25 | 0.035 | 0.008 | 11 × 10−6 | 50 | 225 | 25 | 0.054 | 0.013 | 14 × 10−6 | 50 | 250 | 25 | 0.056 | 0.015 | 15 × 10−6 | 50 | 275 | 25 | 0.059 | 0.017 | 17 × 10−6 |
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