Thermo mechanic response of a ceramic material coated with gold

Abstract

The present report has as the main objective to obtain, via the experimental process, the thermal response of a ceramic material coated with gold, when subjected to a variation of temperature. Under this context, the main information that it is important to be obtained consists in the calculation of the specific deformation, ε of the composite material (ceramic substrate coated with a gold top layer) that it is generated due to a temperature variation of about 100ºC. This information is of extreme importance because it imposes the adoption of specific techniques to be implemented in civil construction. It must be enhanced that the experimental activity also considered the study of the chemical composition and the morphology of the materials that were supplied by the manufacturer. In fact, this is essential information, since its knowledge helps to correlate and to interpret the thermo-mechanics response.