faculty-CD Amarasekara

Professor C D AmarasekaraBSc (Cey), MSc, PhD (Purdue), CPhys,FIP (SL)
Associate Professor

Specialized Field	:	Solid State Physics
Email Address	:	amara@kln.ac.lk
Telephone No	:	+94 (0)11 2 877 245 (Residence)

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Research Interests

Superconductivity
Storage and harnessing of solar energy in salt pan solar ponds

Publications

MA Punyasena, CD Amarasekara, JRP Jayakody, PAA Perera, An Investigation of Rain and Wind Effects on Thermal Stability of Large-area Saltpan Solar Ponds, Solar Energy 74, 447 (2003)
MA Punyasena, CD Amarasekara, JRP Jayakody, PAA Perera, Construction and Commissioning of a Large-area Salt-gradient Solar Pond at Palatupana Salterns in Southern Sri Lanka, Proc. 19^th Tech. Sess. Inst. Phys., Sri Lanka (2003)
PAA Perera, CD Amarasekara, JRP Jayakody, MA Punyasena, A Study of Daytime Variation of Convective and Non-Convective Zones in Salt Pan Solar PondsbProc. Annual Research Symp. 2002, University of Kelaniya (2002)
PAA Perera , CD Amarasekara, JRP Jayakody, MA Punyasena, Daytime Variation of Temperature and Salinity Profiles in Large-Area Saltpan Solar Ponds at Palavi, Sri Lanka,Proc. 18^th Tech. Sess. Inst. Phys., Sri Lanka (2002)
MA Punyasena, CD Amarasekara, JRP Jayakody, PAA Perera, A Study of Wind Effects on Thermal Stability of Salt Pan Solar Ponds,Proc. 18^th Tech. Sess. Inst. Phys., Sri Lanka (2002)
PS Hewageeganage, CD Amarasekara, JRP Jayakody, MA Punyasena, Investigation of Temperature and Density Profiles of Brines in Evaporating Salt Pans at Palaviya in the North-Western Region of Sri Lanka,Proc. 16^th Tech. Sess. Inst. Phys., Sri Lanka (2001)
PS Hewageegana, CD Amarasekara, JRP Jayakody, MA Punyasena, A Study of Temperature and Salinity Variations with Depth in Salt Pans at Palavi in North-West Region of Sri Lanka, Proc. Annual Research Symp. 2000, University of Kelaniya (2000)
AS Pannila and CD Amarasekara, Aging and the effect of mixing parameters on mould making processes in the ceramic industry,Proc. 44^th Annual Sess., SLAAS, p. 148 (1988)
AS Pannila and CD Amarasekara, Studies on preparation and properties of Hemihydrated plaster from used plaster moulds,Proc. 44^th Annual Sess., SLAAS, p. 147 (1988)
AS Pannila and CD Amarasekara, Characteristics of Sri Lanka marin gypsum and its dehydrated materials, Proc. 44^th Annual Sess., SLAAS, p. 94 (1988)
AS Pannila and CD Amarasekara, Regeneration of plaster of paris from used moulds in the ceramic industry,Proc. 43^rd Annual Sess., SLAAS, p. 192 (1987)
H Matsuyame, T Takano, Y Tasuke, T Stato, Y Miyako, CD Amarasekara and PH Keesom, Random Magnet of Quasi-one dimentional conductor Na_0.2V₂O₅ bronzes, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn 52, pp. 77-80 (1983)
CD Amarasekara, Y Miyako, PH Keesom and GD Khattak, Specific heat of sodium-vandium bronzes Na_xV₂O₅ between 0.5 and 50K, Phys. Rev.B27, pp. 978 (1983)
CD Amarasekara, RR Galazka, YQ Yang and PH Keesom,Specific heat and magnetic succeptibility of Cd_1-xMn_xSe at low temperature, Phys. Rev. B27, pp. 2868 (1983)
CD Amarasekara and PH Keesom, Identification of a phason heat capacity in the low-temperature specific heat of potasium, Phys. Rev. B26, pp. 2720 (1982)
GD Khattak, CD Amarasekara S Nagata, RR Galaska and PH Keesom, Specific heat, Magnetic susceptibility, and the spin-glass transition in Hg_1xMn_xTe, Phys. Rev. B23, pp. 3553 (1981)
S Nagata, RR Galaska, GD Khattak, CD Amarasekara, JK Furdyna and PH Keesom, Spin glass transition in a diluted frustrated lattice Cd_1-xMn_xTe, Hg_1-xMn_xTe, and Hg_1-xMn_xSe, Physica 107 B, pp. 311 (1981)
CD Amarasekara and PH Keesom, Evidance of phasons in the specific heat of potassium, Phys. Rev. Lett. 47, pp. 1311 (1981)

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