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Metals, Volume 12, Issue 7

2022 July - 177 articles

Cover Story: In this study, the corrosion behavior of Sn-0.7Cu-xNi@C composite solders was investigated using a Tafel polarization curve in 3.5 wt.% NaCl solution. This unique structure of Ni@C reduces the corrosion rate of the composite solder and changes the morphologies of corrosion products Sn3O(OH)2Cl2 from thick flakes to dense fine needles and flakes. The carbon skeleton in Ni@C serves as an inert physical barrier to inhibit further corrosion. Furthermore, the potential difference between IMC and β-Sn decrease with the addition of Ni@C, which reduces the corrosion rate of the electric couple and enhances the corrosion resistance of the composite solder. View this paper
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Articles (177)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,486 Views
11 Pages

Correlation between Microstructures and Tensile Properties in Friction Stir Welding Joint of Zn-Modified 5083 Al Alloy

  • Zhixiong Zhu,
  • Zongling Lang,
  • Meng Xu,
  • Pan Nie,
  • Xingxu Jiang,
  • Fengfeng Hu and
  • Yongyong Lin

21 July 2022

Various Zn contents were utilized as an alloy element adding in the AA5083 aluminum alloys to optimize the properties. The subsequent characterizing techniques show that the hardness distribution of the friction stir welding (FSW) joint is ‘W&r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
5,544 Views
19 Pages

21 July 2022

Appropriate selection of wire–arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) variables imparts bead geometries with characteristics of multi-layer structures. Thus, the present study aimed to optimize the gas metal arc welding (GMAW)-based WAAM variables of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,567 Views
12 Pages

21 July 2022

AZ63 sacrificial anode is widely used to protect buried metal pipelines and reinforced concrete structures and so on. The interfacial metallurgical bonding between AZ63 sacrificial anode and Q235 wiring terminal directly affects its cathodic protecti...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,877 Views
14 Pages

21 July 2022

Understanding the impact of powder reuse in powder-bed-fusion electron beams (PBF-EB) is key to maintain the processability and yield. Powder oxidation, due to exposure to high temperatures for a prolonged period of time, can lead to a decrease in el...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,263 Views
14 Pages

Friction and Wear Properties of CoCrFeNiMnSnx High Entropy Alloy Coatings Prepared via Laser Cladding

  • Jie Sun,
  • Sichao Dai,
  • Dabin Zhang,
  • Wudong Si,
  • Benchi Jiang,
  • Da Shu,
  • Lulu Wu,
  • Chao Zhang,
  • Meisong Zhang and
  • Xinyan Xiong

21 July 2022

Due to its unique single-phase multivariate alloy characteristics and good low-temperature mechanical properties, CoCrFeNiMn high entropy alloy (HEA) has attracted the interest of many researchers in recent years. In this paper, to improve the wear r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,289 Views
14 Pages

Optimizing Metallographic Etchants for Ancient Gold and Silver Materials

  • Shengyu Liu,
  • Zisang Gong,
  • Haizi Lu,
  • Wei Zhang,
  • Yanru Ma,
  • Xiaolin Yang,
  • Zhenda Xie,
  • Gang Hu and
  • Dongbo Hu

20 July 2022

In recent years, with the excavation of an increasing amount of gold and silver artifacts, there has been an urgent need to optimize the formulations and methods of metallographic etching. Herein, a kinetic control study is performed to investigate t...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,632 Views
4 Pages

Casting Alloy Design and Characterization

  • Eleani Maria Da Costa and
  • Carlos Alexandre Dos Santos

20 July 2022

Metal casting processes routinely used in the foundry industry (e.g., gravity or pressure casting) are subject to a wide range of operational parameters. Since there is a close correlation between solidification conditions, microstructure, and proper...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,276 Views
30 Pages

20 July 2022

Nowadays, advanced turning processes are extensively being adopted to perform different types of turning operations such as straight turning, taper turning on Hastelloy, Nimonic, and Inconel, stainless steel, and tool steel to fabricate better qualit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,142 Views
13 Pages

The Influence of Laser Power and Scan Speed on the Dimensional Accuracy of Ti6Al4V Thin-Walled Parts Manufactured by Selective Laser Melting

  • Georgina Miranda,
  • Susana Faria,
  • Flávio Bartolomeu,
  • Elodie Pinto,
  • Nuno Alves and
  • Filipe Samuel Silva

20 July 2022

Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) technologies such as Selective Laser Melting (SLM) are being increasingly considered as viable production routes. This paradigm change demands an in-depth understanding of the fabrication process and variables, as previ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,608 Views
15 Pages

Effects of Metal and Fluoride Powders Deposition on Hot-Cracking Susceptibility of 316L Stainless Steel in TIG Welding

  • Kamel Touileb,
  • Abousoufiane Ouis,
  • Abdeljlil Chihaoui Hedhibi,
  • Albaijan Ibrahim and
  • Hany S. Abdo

20 July 2022

This study aims to investigate the effects on the hot cracking susceptibility of fluoride powders such as CaF2, NaF, LiF, and metal powders such as Mn, Ti, Nb and mixed Ti-Nb deposited on the 316L stainless steel during the TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,125 Views
12 Pages

Effects of Deep Rolling on the Microstructure Modification and Fatigue Life of 35Cr2Ni4MoA Bolt Threads

  • Xianmo Wang,
  • Xiyao Xiong,
  • Kanghua Huang,
  • Shaojun Ying,
  • Mingjun Tang,
  • Xinhe Qu,
  • Wen Ji,
  • Chengkai Qian and
  • Zhipeng Cai

20 July 2022

Stress concentration on a bolt thread, resulting from its own special shape, poses a threat to the fatigue strength of the bolt, which directly affects the safety and reliability of aircraft. In this paper, deep rolling was applied to a bolt thread t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,302 Views
14 Pages

20 July 2022

Selective laser melting technology is one of the metal additive manufacturing technologies that can convert metal powder to complex parts without the assembly process. This study aims to optimize the volumetric laser energy density for printing 3D me...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,487 Views
14 Pages

19 July 2022

Metastable austenitic stainless steel was investigated during fatigue tests under strain control with either constant total or constant plastic strain amplitude. Two different material conditions with coarse-grained and ultrafine-grained microstructu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,987 Views
13 Pages

In-Production Rheometry of Semi-Solid Metal Slurries

  • Anders E. W. Jarfors,
  • Mahdi Jafari,
  • Muhammed Aqeel,
  • Patrik Liljeqvist and
  • Per Jansson

19 July 2022

Semi-solid aluminium alloy processing (SSM) has advanced into a more mature process with many applications. The current paper aims to investigate the in-process behaviour of a production slurry using an engineering approach to estimate the properties...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,941 Views
15 Pages

Phase-Field Simulation of Spinodal Decomposition in Mn-Cu Alloys

  • Darío A. Sigala-García,
  • Víctor M. López-Hirata,
  • Maribel L. Saucedo-Muñoz,
  • Héctor J. Dorantes-Rosales and
  • José D. Villegas-Cárdenas

19 July 2022

The spinodal decomposition was studied in the aged Mn-40 at. %Cu, Mn-30 at. %Cu, Mn-20 at. %Cu alloys using a phase-field model based on the Cahn–Hillard equation, considering a subregular solution model and the energy contribution of the magne...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,281 Views
10 Pages

Effect of Cooling Mode on the Microstructure of High-Strength Steel during Hot Rolling

  • Hongliang Liu,
  • Wenbin Du,
  • Hongzhou Lu,
  • Yujing Fu,
  • Shuai Yu and
  • Chengjun Liu

19 July 2022

This paper studies the effect of extreme cooling and traditional cooling on the microstructure of high-strength steel during hot rolling by adjusting the cooling process, combining the theoretical calculation and the thermal simulation experiment, an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,550 Views
14 Pages

Effect of Microstructure on Mechanical Properties of 2519A Aluminum Alloy in Thickness Direction

  • Qiang Hu,
  • Wenhui Liu,
  • Changping Tang,
  • Chenbing Zhao,
  • Mingyue Xiao and
  • Yufeng Song

19 July 2022

2519A aluminum alloy thick plate is a promising structural material in the field of military industries, owing to its low density, high tensile strength and excellent ballistic performance. However, the nonuniformly distributed microstructure along t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,350 Views
15 Pages

In Situ X-ray Radiography and Computational Modeling to Predict Grain Morphology in β-Titanium during Simulated Additive Manufacturing

  • Chris Jasien,
  • Alec Saville,
  • Chandler Gus Becker,
  • Jonah Klemm-Toole,
  • Kamel Fezzaa,
  • Tao Sun,
  • Tresa Pollock and
  • Amy J. Clarke

19 July 2022

The continued development of metal additive manufacturing (AM) has expanded the engineering metallic alloys for which these processes may be applied, including beta-titanium alloys with desirable strength-to-density ratios. To understand the response...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,055 Views
12 Pages

19 July 2022

To study the influence of laser shock peening on the electrochemical corrosion resistance of welded 316L stainless steel joints, welded 316L stainless steel joints are treated with different laser shock peening treatments (i.e., one, two, and three t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,406 Views
20 Pages

18 July 2022

The International Maritime Organization has adopted the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from ships as an important priority, and is continuously strengthening its regulations on marine air pollution. By 2035, it is expected that LNG-powered shi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,199 Views
23 Pages

Thermal Preprocessing of Rapidly Solidified Al 6061 Feedstock for Tunable Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing

  • Baillie Haddad,
  • Bryer C. Sousa,
  • Kyle Tsaknopoulos,
  • Victor K. Champagne,
  • Richard D. Sisson,
  • Aaron Nardi and
  • Danielle L. Cote

18 July 2022

In this work, the influence of thermal pre-processing upon the microstructure and hardness of Al 6061 feedstock powder is considered through the lens of cold spray processing and additive manufacturing. Since solid-state cold spray processes refine a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,578 Views
13 Pages

17 July 2022

In this work, the effect of cold deformation prior to annealing treatment on the microstructure and magnetic hysteresis energy losses in a low carbon grain non-oriented semi-processed electrical steel with 0.60 mm thickness was investigated. The samp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,116 Views
11 Pages

17 July 2022

The expanding use of Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology enables engineers and designers to plan and manufacture highly complex geometries that are impossible to manufacture with any other conventional technology. When comparing this with building...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,769 Views
17 Pages

Theoretical Analysis of Grinding Wheel Deflection Angle on Peripheral Grinding Parameters and Grinding Force

  • Changhao Chen,
  • Bin Chen,
  • Chaoqun Wu,
  • Xinghua Gu,
  • Xuehai Liu and
  • Feng Guo

17 July 2022

The peripheral surface of the grinding wheel can grind the rail according to the envelope of the contour of the rail surface, thus a fuller and smoother rail surface can be obtained. Specifically, a better grinding effect can be obtained in that the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,922 Views
13 Pages

Pre-Aging Effect on the Formation of Ω Phase and Mechanical Properties of the Al-Cu-Mg-Ag Alloy

  • Puyou Ying,
  • Changhong Lin,
  • Zhiyi Liu,
  • Song Bai,
  • Vladimir Levchenko,
  • Ping Zhang,
  • Jianbo Wu,
  • Tao Yang,
  • Min Huang and
  • Mengjia Li
  • + 2 authors

16 July 2022

In the present work, different aging treatments were performed to investigate the pre-aging effect on the formation of Ω phase and mechanical properties in Al-Cu-Mg-Ag alloy. The results showed that pre-strain could inhibit the formation of &Om...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,362 Views
16 Pages

15 July 2022

A new state parameter-based user-subroutine for finite-element software packages, which can be used to simulate microstructure-dependent stress–strain relations, is presented. Well-established precipitation kinetics, strain hardening and streng...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,464 Views
13 Pages

Influence of Rare Earth Oxide Concentration on Electrochemical Co-Deposition of Nd and Pr from NdF3-PrF3-LiF Based Melts

  • Vesna S. Cvetković,
  • Dominic Feldhaus,
  • Nataša M. Vukićević,
  • Ksenija Milicevic-Neumann,
  • Tanja S. Barudžija,
  • Bernd Friedrich and
  • Jovan N. Jovićević

15 July 2022

The impact of rare earth oxide (REO) concentration on the deposition process and selective recovery of the metal being deposited from a molten fluoride salt system was investigated by applying deposition of Nd and Pr and varying the concentration of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,222 Views
14 Pages

Investigations into NOx Formation Characteristics during Pulverized Coal Combustion Catalyzed by Iron Ore in the Sintering Process

  • Junying Wan,
  • Tiejun Chen,
  • Xianlin Zhou,
  • Jiawen Liu,
  • Benjing Shi,
  • Zhaocai Wang and
  • Lanlan Li

15 July 2022

Sintering accounts for about 50% of the total NOx emissions of the iron and steel industry. NOx emissions from the sintering process can be simulated using the emissions from coke combustion. However, the generation and emission law for NOx burning i...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,509 Views
26 Pages

Build-Up an Economical Tool for Machining Operations Cost Estimation

  • Francisco J. G. Silva,
  • Vitor F. C. Sousa,
  • Arnaldo G. Pinto,
  • Luís P. Ferreira and
  • Teresa Pereira

15 July 2022

Currently, there is a lack of affordable and simple tools for the estimation of these costs, especially for machining operations. This is particularly true for manufacturing SMEs, in which the cost estimation of machined parts is usually performed ba...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,322 Views
15 Pages

Influence of Sinter Parameters on CO Emission in Iron Ore Sintering Process

  • Feng Wang,
  • Xuefeng Shi,
  • Xiaodong Ping,
  • Jianjun Gao,
  • Jun Zhang and
  • Huining Zhang

15 July 2022

Carbon monoxide is the major hazardous component in flue gas exhausting from the iron ore sintering. This study aims to reduce the CO emission by changing the sinter parameters by sintering pot tests; specifically, the sinter quality, CO concentratio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,395 Views
20 Pages

15 July 2022

We studied the effects of peak temperature and cooling rate in the secondary welding thermal cycles on the martensite/austenite (M/A) constituents’ characteristics (including fraction, average size and distribution), corrosion resistance and hy...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,333 Views
16 Pages

Morphology and Structure of Electrolytically Synthesized Tin Dendritic Nanostructures

  • Nebojša D. Nikolić,
  • Jelena D. Lović,
  • Vesna M. Maksimović and
  • Predrag M. Živković

15 July 2022

The formation of tin dendritic nanostructures by electrolysis from the alkaline electrolyte has been investigated. Morphology and structure of Sn dendrites produced applying both potentiostatic and galvanostatic regimes of the electrolysis are charac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,433 Views
15 Pages

14 July 2022

The quality of a laser deep penetration welding joint is closely related to porosity. However, the keyhole stability seriously affects the formation of porosity during the laser welding process. In this paper, a three-dimensional laser welding model...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
12,495 Views
14 Pages

A Comparison Study of Fatigue Behavior of S355J2+N, S690QL and X37CrMoV5-1 Steel

  • Vladimir Milovanović,
  • Dušan Arsić,
  • Miroslav Milutinović,
  • Miroslav Živković and
  • Marko Topalović

14 July 2022

Steel of the mild-strength S355J2+N steel grade is the most often used steel for manufacturing carrying sections of constructions exposed to fatigue loads. The use of high-strength steels, such as S690QL, allows for the creation of structures that ar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,374 Views
8 Pages

14 July 2022

The floating drop method has the potential for high-accuracy measurement of liquid–liquid interfacial tension. It was applied here to measure the interfacial tension between liquid Pb and a molten mixture of 8.9% LiCl, 50% NaCl, and KCl (mass%)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,161 Views
12 Pages

Abrasion Power of Ti and Ni Diamond-Coated Coatings Deposited by Cold Spray

  • Raffaella Sesana,
  • Rocco Lupoi,
  • Irene Pessolano Filos,
  • Pengfei Yu and
  • Sebastiano Rizzo

14 July 2022

In this work, the cold spray technique was used to deposit nickel and titanium coated diamond powder on cast iron and aluminum substrates. To analyze the deposition mechanism, the diamond powders were observed before and after the process using a mic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,486 Views
8 Pages

Effect of Ni-Coated Carbon Nanotubes Additions on the Eutectic Sn-0.7Cu Lead-Free Composite Solder

  • Xin Liu,
  • Guoge Lu,
  • Zhe Ji,
  • Fuxiang Wei,
  • Chuandang Yao and
  • Jiajian Wang

14 July 2022

Sn-0.7Cu-based (all in wt.% unless specified otherwise) composite solders functionalized with Ni-coated carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with various weight proportions ranging from 0.01 to 0.2 wt.% were successfully produced. The Ni-coated CNTs were synthesi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,595 Views
18 Pages

13 July 2022

Various international organizations and governments of many countries are making efforts to prevent environmental pollution, with the IMO (International Maritime Organization) reinforcing related regulations. With these regulations, equipment related...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,814 Views
23 Pages

Failure Analysis of a Chromium Plating Layer on a Piston Rod Surface and the Study of Ni-Based Composite Coating with Nb Addition by Laser Cladding

  • Jiangang Wang,
  • Qiankun Zhang,
  • Wenjing Shen,
  • Zhimin Liang,
  • Chaoqiang Chang,
  • Liyong Yang,
  • Jianhui Li and
  • Fengshan Huang

13 July 2022

The failure of a chromium plating layer on the surface of a piston rod was analyzed, and an Ni-based alloy mixed with a niobium (Nb) composite coating was investigated by means of stereomicroscopy, metallographic microscopy, scanning electron microsc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,878 Views
18 Pages

13 July 2022

The aim of this work was to investigate the challenges associated with bonding Al-Mg alloys and develop a new method for bonding these alloys to steels. During an extensive R&D project, over 80 attempts, using 11 methods, were made to bond Al-6 w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,644 Views
10 Pages

13 July 2022

The corrosion behavior of Cu in antifreeze solutions containing 2,4,6-Tris(5-carboxypentylamino)1,3,5-triazine, 2,4,6-Tris(11-carboxyundecylamino)1,3,5-triazine, 1-Aminomethyl(N′,N′-di(2-hydroxyethyl)tolutriazole, or 1-Aminomethyl(N&prime...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,681 Views
4 Pages

13 July 2022

This short article comments on the interactions between incoherent hard particles and dislocations, in dispersion-strengthened alloys, at elevated temperatures, which is the basis for their strength at high temperatures. We briefly review the details...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,183 Views
19 Pages

13 July 2022

The room temperature tensile deformation of Ti-22Al-25Nb alloy with an equiaxed α2 phase microstructure and the activated slip system of α2 particles were investigated by a combination of in situ tensile tests and electron backscatter dif...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,478 Views
15 Pages

13 July 2022

Porous materials have significant advantages, such as their light weight and good specific energy absorption. This paper presents the designs of two ordered Voronoi structures, a truncated octahedron (Octa) and a rhombic dodecahedron (Dodeca), based...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,987 Views
13 Pages

12 July 2022

The 5% Ni steel is often used to make steel storage tanks to store liquefied natural gas (LNG). Herein, the microstructure and mechanical properties of 5% Ni steel samples during bending were studied through combining scanning electron microscopy, en...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,007 Views
13 Pages

12 July 2022

In order to improve the heat transfer between high-temperature sinter and cooling gas in a vertical shaft cooler, a new furnace type with variable-diameter structure was proposed, and the influence of variable-diameter structure on gas–solid he...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,122 Views
11 Pages

Effects of C and Nb on Pore-Grain Boundary Separation Behavior during Sintering of 420 Stainless Steel

  • Tao Wen,
  • Hao He,
  • Jia Lou,
  • Mengqi Gan,
  • Xin Luo,
  • Yuhang Huang and
  • Wei Xu

12 July 2022

This study investigated the evolution of density, grain size, and pore characteristics during the sintering of metal injection molding (MIM) 420, 420 + 0.3C and pre-alloyed 420Nb stainless steel powders. The results show that C promotes the reduction...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,408 Views
5 Pages

Modeling and Simulation of Metallurgical Processes in Ironmaking and Steelmaking

  • Thomas Echterhof,
  • Ko-Ichiro Ohno and
  • Ville-Valtteri Visuri

12 July 2022

The UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement, and the European Green Deal, among other goals, all aim to improve the sustainability of industrial production and reduce CO2 emissions [...]

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