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Metals, Volume 6, Issue 8

2016 August - 22 articles

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Articles (22)

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
9,343 Views
15 Pages

22 August 2016

The effect of titanium on the carbides and mechanical properties of martensitic stainless steel 8Cr13MoV was studied. The results showed that TiCs not only acted as nucleation sites for δ-Fe and eutectic carbides, leading to the refinement of the mic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,948 Views
13 Pages

19 August 2016

The leaching kinetics of zinc from zinc oxide-based metal oxide varistors (MOVs) was investigated in H2SO4 at atmospheric pressure. Kinetics experiments were carried out at various agitation speeds, particle sizes, initial H2SO4 concentrations, and r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,904 Views
21 Pages

Gas-Solid Reaction Route toward the Production of Intermetallics from Their Corresponding Oxide Mixtures

  • Hesham Ahmed,
  • R. Morales-Estrella,
  • Nurin Viswanathan and
  • Seshadri Seetharaman

17 August 2016

Near-net shape forming of metallic components from metallic powders produced in situ from reduction of corresponding pure metal oxides has not been explored to a large extent. Such a process can be probably termed in short as the “Reduction-Sintering...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,857 Views
13 Pages

17 August 2016

The creep aging behaviors of retrogressed Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy were studied by uniaxial tensile creep tests at 140 °C. The effects of creep aging time and applied stress on microstructures and properties of the studied alloy were investigated by using t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,167 Views
10 Pages

Serration Behavior in Pd77.5Cu6Si16.5 Alloy

  • Zhong Wang,
  • Jiaojiao Li,
  • Bo Yuan,
  • Rongfeng Wu,
  • Jing Fan and
  • Baocheng Wang

17 August 2016

The strain-rate-dependent plasticity under uniaxial compression at the strain rates of 2 × 10−3, 2 × 10−4 and 2 × 10−5 s−1 in a Pd77.5Cu6Si16.5 alloy is investigated. At different strain rates, the serration events exhibit different amplitudes and ti...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,488 Views
17 Pages

Evaluation of Chill Cast Co-Cr Alloys for Biomedical Applications

  • Ana Laura Ramirez-Ledesma,
  • Hugo F. Lopez and
  • Julio Alberto Juarez-Islas

16 August 2016

Binary Co-Cr alloys containing various Cr contents were vacuum induction melted and cast into wedge-shaped copper molds. It was intended to develop a microstructure (1) free from interdendritic segregation and porosity; (2) having minimal intermetall...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
10,332 Views
8 Pages

12 August 2016

Ti-5Al-2Sn-2Zr-4Mo-4Cr (Ti17) is used extensively in turbine engines, where fracture toughness and fatigue crack growth (FCG) resistance are important properties. However, most research on the alloy was mainly focused on deformation behavior and micr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,884 Views
12 Pages

12 August 2016

The high temperature creep properties of three groups of modified 9Cr-1Mo steel samples, undoped, doped with Sb, and doped with Sb and Ce, are evaluated under the applied stresses from 150 MPa to 210 MPa and at the temperatures from 873–923 K. The cr...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
5,843 Views
12 Pages

On the Improvement of AA2024 Wear Properties through the Deposition of a Cold-Sprayed Titanium Coating

  • Antonello Astarita,
  • Felice Rubino,
  • Pierpaolo Carlone,
  • Alessandro Ruggiero,
  • Claudio Leone,
  • Silvio Genna,
  • Massimiliano Merola and
  • Antonino Squillace

11 August 2016

This paper deals with the study of the enhancement of the tribological properties of AA2024 through the deposition of a titanium coating. In particular two different coatings were studied: (1) untreated titanium coating; and (2) post-deposition laser...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
9,265 Views
13 Pages

6 August 2016

Controlling part-to-part gaps is a crucial task in the laser welding of galvanized steel sheets for ensuring the quality of the assembly joint. However, part-to-part gaps are frequently non-uniform. Hence, elevations and depressions from the perspect...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
7,877 Views
13 Pages

Structure and Physical Properties of NiO/Co3O4 Nanoparticles

  • Mahmoud Naseri,
  • Arash Dehzangi,
  • Halimah Mohamed Kamari,
  • Alex See,
  • Mina Abedi,
  • Reza Salasi,
  • Ahmad Nozad Goli-Kand,
  • Pouya Dianat,
  • Farhad Larki and
  • Burhanuddin Y. Majlis
  • + 3 authors

5 August 2016

The thermal treatment method was employed to prepare nickel-cobalt oxide (NiO/Co3O4) nanoparticles. This method was attempted to achieve the higher homogeneity of the final product. Specimens of nickel-cobalt oxide were characterized by various exper...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,492 Views
12 Pages

5 August 2016

Even though the high-temperature formability of Al alloys can be enhanced by the strain-induced melt activation (SIMA) process, the mechanical properties of the formed alloys are necessary for estimation. In this research, a modified two-step SIMA (T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
10,059 Views
13 Pages

4 August 2016

Ag-alloy bonding wires containing various Pd and Au elements and traditional 4 N Au and Pd-coated 4 N Cu bonding wires were stressed with a current density of 1.23 × 105 A/cm2 in air. The amounts of annealing twins in the Ag-alloy wires were much hig...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
8,391 Views
15 Pages

Investigation on a Novel Laser Impact Spot Welding

  • Huixia Liu,
  • Shuai Gao,
  • Zhang Yan,
  • Liyin Li,
  • Cong Li,
  • Xianqing Sun,
  • Chaofei Sha,
  • Zongbao Shen,
  • Youjuan Ma and
  • Xiao Wang

3 August 2016

In this paper a novel laser impact spot welding (LISW) method is described, in which a hump was formed on the flyer plate on the intended welding spot location by local pre-forming. When the flyer and base plates were placed together to perform weldi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,754 Views
11 Pages

Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Thermodynamic Predictions—A Comparative Study of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloys

  • Gernot K.-H. Kolb,
  • Stefanie Scheiber,
  • Helmut Antrekowitsch,
  • Peter J. Uggowitzer,
  • Daniel Pöschmann and
  • Stefan Pogatscher

3 August 2016

Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys are widely used in aircraft applications because of their superior mechanical properties and strength/weight ratios. Commercial Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys have been intensively studied over the last few decades. However, well-considered th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
7,654 Views
13 Pages

Understanding Low Cycle Fatigue Behavior of Alloy 617 Base Metal and Weldments at 900 °C

  • Rando Tungga Dewa,
  • Seon Jin Kim,
  • Woo Gon Kim and
  • Eung Seon Kim

2 August 2016

In order to better understand the high temperature low cycle fatigue behavior of Alloy 617 weldments, this work focuses on the comparative study of the low cycle fatigue behavior of Alloy 617 base metal and weldments, made from automated gas tungsten...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,865 Views
10 Pages

Effect of Rare-Earth Ce on Macrosegregation in Al-Bi Immiscible Alloys

  • Tiannan Man,
  • Lin Zhang,
  • Naikang Xu,
  • Wenbin Wang,
  • Zhaolong Xiang and
  • Engang Wang

27 July 2016

Liquid phase segregation of immiscible alloys has been investigated for decades. In this work, rare-earth Ce was studied as an additive for Al-Bi immiscible alloys. The addition of Ce restrained liquid phase segregation to obtain a uniformly dispersi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,074 Views
12 Pages

26 July 2016

Zinc is widely used as a negative electrode material for batteries due to its excellent electrochemical properties. Zinc is prone to corrosion and the formation of zinc dendrites cause short circuits of the battery, which leads to reduced battery cap...

  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
7,556 Views
22 Pages

25 July 2016

Evaluation and non-destructive identification of stress-induced cracks or failures in metals is a vital problem in many sensitive environments, including transportation (steel railway tracks, bridges, car wheels, etc.), power plants (steam generator...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,414 Views
10 Pages

25 July 2016

The Al-alloying treated tungsten carbide (WC)-Co tool was subjected to grinding using a jaw crusher and planetary mill followed by three wet chemical treatment steps to establish an effective recycling process for WC scraps, especially those generate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,088 Views
9 Pages

Correlation between Zn-Rich Phase and Corrosion/Oxidation Behavior of Sn–8Zn–3Bi Alloy

  • Xin Zhang,
  • Chong Li,
  • Zhiming Gao,
  • Yongchang Liu,
  • Zongqing Ma,
  • Liming Yu and
  • Huijun Li

25 July 2016

The microstructure of Sn–8Zn–3Bi alloy was refined by increasing the solidification rate and the correlation between Zn-rich phase and the corrosion/oxidation behavior of the alloy was investigated. The Zn-rich phase transforms from coarse flakes to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
8,329 Views
10 Pages

23 July 2016

In this work, three low-carbon bainitic steels, with different Mo contents, were designed to investigate the effects of Mo addition on microstructure and mechanical properties. Two-step cooling, i.e., initial accelerated cooling and subsequent slow c...

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