Johdanto
Tunnetaan myös lineaarisena laajenemiskertoimena.Kun kiinteän aineen lämpötila nousee 1 °C:lla, yksikköpituutta kutsutaan "lineaariseksi laajenemiskertoimeksi". Yksikkö1/℃tai 1/K. Symboli on αl.
tuo on,
lt=l0(l+al△t).
Duetodifferentmaterials,thecoefficientoflinearexpansionisalsodifferent,anditsvalueisalsorelatedtotheactualtemperatureandthereferencetemperatureselectedwhendeterminingthelength1,butbecausethelinearexpansioncoefficientofsolidsdoesnotchangemuch,usuallyItcanbeignored,andaisregardedasaconstantindependentoftemperature.
Thecoefficientoflinearexpansionofmaterialsisavailableinthe"MachineDesignManual".
Variaatiolaki
Thelawoflinearexpansioncoefficientchangingwithtemperatureissimilartothatofheatcapacity.Theavalueisverysmallatverylowtemperature,anditincreasesquicklywiththeincreaseoftemperature,andtendstobeconstantabovetheDebyecharacteristictemperature.Theabsolutevalueofthelinearexpansioncoefficientiscloselyrelatedtothecrystalstructureandbondstrength.Materialswithhighbondstrengthhavealowcoefficientoflinearexpansion.Comparedwithmetalmaterials,refractorymaterialshavestrongbondsandsmalllinearexpansioncoefficients.Generally,theαvalueofoxideisintherangeof(8～15)×10K,theαvalueofbinarysilicatematerialisgenerally(5.2～10)×10K,theavalueofcarbideis(5～7)×10Kdiamond1×1010Kquartzglassisduetotherelaxationofitsstructure,thelinearexpansionofthetetrahedroninthestructureisaccommodatedbythevoidsinthestructure,andhasaverysmallavalue(0.5×1010Knon-equaxialcrystalsalongdifferentcrystalaxesTheavalueisdifferent,especiallyformaterialswithalayeredstructuresuchasgraphite.Graphitehasastronginterlayerbondingforce,withasmalllayer-wiseavalue(1×1010K),andaweakinterlayerbondingforce,withavalueof27×intheinterlayerdirection.10KForcrystalswithstrongnon-equaxiality,thevalueofninacertaindirectionmaybenegative.Refractorymaterialscomposedofanisotropicpolycrystalsandrefractorymaterialscomposedofmultiphasepolycrystalswithdifferentphaseavalues,Internalstresswillbegeneratedinthematerialduringthefiringandcoolingprocess.Whenthegrainboundaryisinahighstressstate,thestrengthofthematerialwilldecrease,andevenmicrocrackswilloccur.Theporosityalsohasaneffectonthethermalexpansioncharacteristicsoftherefractory.Whentheporesmaketheparticlesinthematerialinter-particlesWhenthebondbecomesweaker,theavaluebecomessmaller.Theclosedsmallporesinthecontinuoussolidphasehardlyaffecttheavalue.Thelinearexpansioncoefficientofmultiphasepolycrystallineandcompositematerialscanbecalculatedbasedonthephasecomposition.AllcalculationformulasAllarebasedonthepremisethatnomicro-cracksaregeneratedundertheactionofinternalstressbetweenthephases,soitisactuallyanapproximateestimation.Forrefractorymaterialswithmultiplemicro-cracks,thedeviationofthemeasuredvalueandthecalculatedvalueofacanbeusedasameasureofmicro-crack.Ameasureofthenumberofdefectsinthestructure.
Mittausmenetelmä
Thecommonlyusedmethodsformeasuringthelinearexpansioncoefficientofrefractorymaterialsaretheindirectmethodoftheejectorrodandthedirectreadingmethodofthetelescope.ThenewlasermethodThedeterminationofthecoefficientoflinearexpansionhasalsoreceivedmoreandmoreattention.
Ejektorityyppi epäsuora menetelmä
Theejectormethodisaclassicmethod,whichusestheprincipleofmechanicalmeasurement,tuo on,oneendofthesampleisfixedOntheendofthesupporter,theotherendisincontactwiththeejectorrod,thesample,thesupporterandtheejectorrodareheatedatthesametime,andthethermalexpansiondifferencebetweenthesampleandthesepartsistransmittedbytheejectorrodandmeasured.Itcanbedividedintovarioustypesofinstrumentsaccordingtotheposition(verticalorhorizontal)andthemeasurementmethodofexpansion(directmeasurement,electronicoropticalmethod).Themostcommonapplicationistheinductivedilatometer.Itssensorisadifferentialtransformer,Alsocalleddifferentialtransformerthermaldilatometer.Duetothelongsizeoftheejectorrodandthesupporter,theheatingconditionsofthehigh-temperaturefurnacearedifficulttomakethetemperaturedistributionuniform,andtheexpansionbetweentheejectorrodandthesupporterisdifficulttooffseteachother,sothemeasuredvalueofexpansionNeedtobecorrected.
Telescopedirectreading-menetelmä
Thetelescopedirectreadingmethodusesbinocularstodirectlyobservethechangevalueofthesampleexpansionunderhightemperatureinthefurnace,andobtainthelinearexpansioncoefficientthroughcalculation.Themeasurementtemperaturecanbeashighas2000℃,andthemicrometerontheeyepiecedirectlymeasurestheelongationofthesample.Thesampleusedislong,andtheheatingfurnacemusthaveenoughconstanttemperaturezone.Thedisadvantageofthismethodisthatitisgenerallynoteasytorecordautomatically.NowithasbeendevelopedAutomaticrecordingsystemfortimedphotography.
Lasermittaus
Thermalexpansionhasdevelopedinrecentyears.Itscansthesamplewithalaserbeamandcontinuouslymeasuresthechangeinlengthofthesampleduringtheheatingprocess.Itispopularbecauseofitshighmeasurementaccuracyandthefullyautomaticcontrol,recordingandmulti-functionsystemcomposedofcomputers.Whenchoosingathermalexpansionmeasurementmethod,themainconsiderationisthetestrange,thetypeandcharacteristicsofthematerialtobetested,themeasurementaccuracyandsensitivity,etc.
Life-sovellus
Thecoefficientoflinearexpansionisoneoftheimportantpropertiesthatshouldbeconsideredwhenusingrefractories.Thefurnaceisusuallybuiltatroomtemperature,andthefurnacebodyexpandswhenusedathightemperature.Inordertooffsetthestresscausedbythermalexpansion,expansionjointsneedtobereserved.Thecoefficientoflinearexpansionisakeyparameterforthestructuraldesigncalculationofthereservedexpansionjointsandtheoverallsizeofthemasonry.Itiscloselyrelatedtothethermalshockresistanceofthematerialandthedistributionandsizeoftheinternalthermalstressofthematerialduringthermalshock.Inthemanufactureofcompositematerialsandmultiphasematerials,theinfluenceofthematchinganddifferenceoftheirlinearexpansioncoefficientsonthestructureandperformancemustbeconsidered.Inaddition,bymeasuringthecurveofthelinearexpansioncoefficientofthematerialwiththetemperature,itispossibletostudythematerialmineralanalysis,phasetransition,andthehealingandpropagationofmicrocracks.
Vaikuttavat tekijät
1:Chemicalmineralcomposition.Thecoefficientofthermalexpansionisrelatedtothechemicalcomposition,crystallinestate,crystalstructure,andbondstrengthofthematerial.Substanceswiththesamecompositionanddifferentstructurehavedifferentexpansioncoefficients.Undernormalcircumstances,crystalswithatightstructurehavealargeexpansioncoefficient;whilesimilartoamorphousglass,theyoftenhaveasmallexpansioncoefficient.Materialswithhighbondstrengthgenerallyhavealowcoefficientofexpansion.
2:Phasechange.Whenamaterialundergoesaphasechange,itsthermalexpansioncoefficientalsochanges.Whenthepuremetalallotropetransforms,thelatticestructurerearrangementisaccompaniedbythemutationofthemetalspecificvolume,whichleadstothediscontinuouschangeofthelinearexpansioncoefficient.
3:Alloyingelementshaveaneffectonthethermalexpansionofthealloy.Theexpansioncoefficientofasingle-phaseuniformsolidsolutionalloycomposedofsimplemetalsandnon-ferromagneticmetalsisbetweentheexpansioncoefficientsoftheinternalcomponents.Theexpansioncoefficientofamultiphasealloydependsonthenatureandquantityoftheconstituentphases,andcanberoughlycalculatedaccordingtothevolumepercentageoccupiedbyeachphaseusingthemixingrule.
4:Theinfluenceoftexture.Singlecrystalsorpolycrystalshavetexture,whichleadstodifferencesintheatomicarrangementdensityofthecrystalsineachcrystaldirection,resultinginthermalexpansionanisotropy.Thethermalexpansioncoefficientparalleltothemainaxisofthecrystalislarge,andthethermalexpansioncoefficientissmallintheverticaldirection.
5:Internalcracksanddefectswillalsoaffectthethermalexpansioncoefficient.