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  • Book cover of A Text-book of Heat

    Part I: Historical Introduction. Temperature and its Measurement. Expansion of Liquids. Expansion of Liquids. Expansion of Gases. Heat as a Measurable Quantity. Thermometric Calorimetry. Latent Heat Calorimetry. Change of State: Solid-Liquid. Change of State: Liquid-Vapour. Continuity of State. The Mechanical Equivalent of Heat. Atomic and Molecular Theory. The Kinetic Theory of Gases. The Kinetic Theory of Gases. Work Done by a Gas. Liquefactionof Gases. Transference of Heat. Thermal Conductivity. Radiation. The Earth's Atmosphere. Water Vapour in the Atmosphere. Thermal Units and Dimensions. Part II: The First Law of Thermodynamics. Accurate Measurement of Joule's Equivalent. Mathematical Formulation of the Firs Law. The Properties of Gases. The Second Law of Thermodynamics. Entropy. Thermodynamics of Change of State. Thermodinamic Functions and Relations. Applications of Thermodynamics. The Approach to the Absolute Zeo. Mathematical Theory of Conduction. Convection. The Laws of Radiation. The Quantum Theory of Radiation. The Specific Heat of Solids. Statistical Methods and Probability. Maxwell's Distribution Law. Entropy and Probability. Statistical Methods and Quantum Theory.

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  • Book cover of Through a Darkening Glass
    R. S. Maxwell

     · 2022

    A mesmerizing World War II mystery about a Londoner who flees the city to write a novel and finds a truth stranger than fiction. England, 1940. Literature student Ruth Gladstone evacuates Cambridge University for Martynsborough, a tiny English village with a shadowy history. For Ruth, retreating to a forgotten corner of the country is more than a safety maneuver; it's an opportunity to end an undesirable engagement and begin writing her first novel. But upon her arrival, Ruth learns of a ghostly wraith haunting the villagers after decades of silence. Although Ruth is enthralled by the legend, the locals are less charmed by the wraith's return. They blame the evacuees--and among them, Ruth--for stirring up restless spirits. Undeterred, Ruth joins forces with Malcolm, an injured soldier, to unravel the mystery of the wraith. As Ruth and Malcolm draw closer to the truth, they'll unearth long-buried secrets that could threaten them both...even as they craft a forbidden love story of their own.

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    A preliminary lifetime assessment of S5370 stress cushions has been performed. Data from three sources were obtained and reviewed to perform this assessment. The sources were the following: (1) the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Honeywell FM & T Kansas City Plant's 2-year and 9-year accelerated aging studies; (2) a large selection of weapon surveillance return data; (3) laboratory experiments at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Honeywell FM & T Kansas City Plant on artificially aged material. The general conclusions of this study are as follows: (1) There is an inherently large degree of structural and chemical heterogeneity in S5370 cushions that complicates lifetime assessments; (2) Current surveillance testing procedures are inadequate for providing insight into aging trends; (3) LANL PMAP data suggests a 60 year load retention of greater than 40%; however, this is for low density versions and extrapolation to high density must be performed with caution and a new set of testing is recommended; (4) Results of chemical aging assessments suggest that radiation damage is minimal at stockpile relevant doses, thermal degradation leads to compression set due to disentanglement of the network structure over time and a negligible amount of chain scissioning at relevant temperatures. The compression set is accelerated by exposure to radiation; (5) In the absence of further testing, a 60-year load retention of greater than 40% is estimated.

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