Metals, Volume 15, Issue 12

The pitting corrosion resistance and the tribological behaviour of a ferritic stainless steel with high Mo content (AISI 436) and a commonly employed austenitic stainless steel (AISI 304) are compared. Special attention was paid to the role of Mo in...

In the presented research, aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) thin films were synthesized on high-power transmission lines using the RF magnetron sputtering process. The impact of deposition power (160 W to 280 W) and deposition pressure (2 Pa to 5 Pa),...

As research on new, lightweight energy vehicles continues to develop, the application of high-strength steel sheets with tensile strength greater than 1 GPa and their mechanical clinching technology, which is associated with aluminum alloys, has emer...

To reveal its influence on quasicrystal structure analysis, multiple diffraction effects in a basic Co-rich decagonal Al-Co-Ni quasicrystal have been investigated in-house and with synchrotron radiation. Two weak reflections were chosen as the main r...

Laser surface texturing (LST) is an effective method for enhancing surface functionality, but its effect on corrosion resistance highly depends on texture design and processing parameters. This study investigates the influence of two LST patterns&mda...

This study investigates the influence of solidification conditions on the high-cycle fatigue (HCF) behavior of a second-generation DD6 single-crystal superalloy. Single-crystal bars with a [001] orientation were prepared using the high-rate solidific...

Continuous casting is a key core link in steel production with characteristics of strong nonlinearity, multi-parameter coupling and dynamic fluctuations under working conditions. Traditional experience-dependent or mechanism-driven models are no long...

Under cyclic loading, almost immediately after its onset, a surface layer forms where hardening and softening processes occur. The interaction of plastic deformation traces with each other, and with other structural elements, leads to the formation o...

The effect of Ni content on the improvement of low-temperature impact toughness and microstructure refinement in a simulated coarse-grained heat-affected zone (CGHAZ) of high-strength steel was studied. The impact toughness tests revealed that as the...

FeCoNiCu(Cr, Mn, La, Ce)-Al high-entropy alloys (HEAs) were prepared via a combined centrifugal casting–self-propagating high-temperature synthesis process to serve as multifunctional catalyst precursors. The findings indicated that even with a...