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Relationship between thermal conductivity and structure of nacre from Haliotis fulgens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2011

L. Philippe Tremblay ,
Michel B. Johnson ,
Ulrike Werner-Zwanziger  and
Mary Anne White
L. Philippe Tremblay
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4J3 Canada
Michel B. Johnson
Affiliation:
Institute for Research in Materials, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4J3 Canada
Ulrike Werner-Zwanziger
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4J3 Canada
Mary Anne White*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4J3 Canada; and Institute for Research in Materials, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4J3 Canada
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: mary.anne.white@dal.ca
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Abstract

The thermal conductivity of nacre from red abalone (Haliotis fulgens) has been determined as a function of temperature (2–300 K), direction, and treatment to partially demineralize or to remove a portion of the organic matrix. The room-temperature thermal conductivity and specific heat of nacre are ∼1 W m−1 K−1 and 0.9 J K−1 g−1, respectively. The thermal conductivity of nacre is rather low and glass-like. It is not as anisotropic as one might expect on the basis of brick-and-mortar structure, in support of recent findings that the aragonite tablets are not monolithic. Partial removal of the mineral component reduces the thermal conductivity in both principal directions, whereas partial removal of the proteins (as observed by 13C NMR) only reduces the thermal conductivity across the aragonite layers.

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Thermal conductivityCompositeMicrostructure
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 26 , Issue 10 , 28 May 2011 , pp. 1216 - 1224
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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