Negative thermal expansion materials and their applications: A survey of recent patents

Recent Patents on Materials Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 106-128

  Liang, Er Jun ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaline earth zirconium phosphates; Cadmium dicyanide; Composites; Low thermal expansion materials; Negative thermal expansion ceramics; Negative thermal expansion materials; Perovskite manganese nitride; Pyrophosphates; Pyrovanadates; Rare earth molybdate; Rare earth tungstate; Sodium zirconium phosphate; Zinc dicyanide; Zirconium phosphate tungstate; Zirconium tungstate; Zirconnium molybdate

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; EXPANSION; GEOMETRY; INTERCALATION COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NEGATIVE IONS; NITRIDES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PEROVSKITE; PHOSPHATES; RARE EARTHS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMAL EXPANSION; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALKALINE EARTH ZIRCONIUM PHOSPHATES; LOW THERMAL EXPANSION MATERIALS; MANGANESE NITRIDES; NEGATIVE THERMAL EXPANSION MATERIAL; PYROPHOSPHATES; PYROVANADATES; RARE EARTH MOLYBDATES; RARE-EARTH TUNGSTATES; SODIUM-ZIRCONIUM PHOSPHATES; ZIRCONIUM PHOSPHATE; ZIRCONIUM TUNGSTATE; ZIRCONNIUM MOLYBDATE;

NEGATIVE THERMAL EXPANSION;

EID: 77951615456     PISSN: 18744648     EISSN: 18744656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874464811003020106     Document Type: Review

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