CRYOGENIC
ENGINEERING III
LOW TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS
Thermal Properties
Thermal Expansion/Contraction
Thermal Conductivity
Thermal Expansion/Contraction
The
In
Most
Thermal Expansion/Contraction
at
Specific Heat
It
Debye
treated
continuum.
solid
as
an
infinite
elastic
Debye Theory
The
Debye Theory
At
At
Debye Theory
specific
heat decreases
with the decrease in
temperature.
The
variation is a cubic
equation
in
absolute
temperature at very low
temperatures.
Thermal Conductivity
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The
Conduction
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When
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At
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Electric Properties
Decreasing
the
temperature
decreases the vibration energy of the
ions.
This
results
in
smaller
interference with electron motion.
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Superconductivity
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Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer Theory
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Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer Theory
The
This
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materials
distinguished depending upon
critical temperature they exhibit.
the
are
the
materials
having
transition
temperature above 77 K are called as
High Tc materials.
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Meisner Effect
This phenomenon
Effect.
is
called
as
Meisner