Thermal Analysis of Ni-Cu Alloy Nanocomposites Processed by Sand Mold Casting

Table 9

CTE of the Ni-Cu alloy (unreinforced) composite.

Specimen length (mm)	Specimen temperature	Delta T	Rod elongation (mm)	Delta L (mm)	Coefficient of thermal expansion
50	100	0	0.004	0	0
50	125	25	0.009	0.005	6 × 10^−6
50	150	25	0.018	0.007	8 × 10^−6
50	175	25	0.026	0.009	10 × 10^−6
50	200	25	0.039	0.014	13 × 10^−6
50	225	25	0.053	0.016	15 × 10^−6
50	250	25	0.06	0.019	18 × 10^−6