Heat Treatment of Non-ferrous Alloys
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2020) | Viewed by 10381
Special Issue Editor
Interests: additive manufacturing and 3D printing; metallic glasses; magnetic materials; graphene, cobalt-based implant alloys; aluminum alloys; nanomechanic of metallic materials; failure analysis; heat treatment of ferrous and non-ferrous alloys; phase transformation, mechanical properties of metals and alloys; wear and tribology; corrosion
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The microstructure and mechanical properties of a solid material can be controlled by heat treatment, and this enables us to obtain specific properties in a certain alloy. Almost all metals and alloys respond to heat treatment, but individual metals and their alloys may respond in a different way. Among engineering metals and their alloys, non-ferrous alloys have been widely used in high-tech industries such as air space, car manufacturing, and so on. It has always been an on-going demand to develop lighter and stronger materials and one way for doing so is through “engineering of the microstructure” via heat treatment processes. This includes a wide range of heat treatment processes such as annealing of cold-worked metals, recovery and recrystallisation, solid-state and isothermal phase transformation, athermal transformations, and precipitation hardening. Therefore, the study of heat treatment and its concomitant effect on the microstructure and mechanical properties of non-ferrous alloys using advanced material characterisation techniques seems to be essential.
The aim of this Special Issue is to present the latest research related to the heat treatment of non-ferrous alloys (including but not limited to aluminum, magnesium, copper, nickle, cobalt, refractory metals, and titanium alloys) using advanced material characterisation techniques (HRTEM, EBSD, TKD, APT, and so on) to provide us with new insights and a deeper understanding of the correlation between the microstructure and the mechanical properties of non-ferrous alloys. Research papers associated with welding, surface engineering, and corrosion studies of heat-treated non-ferrous alloys are also encouraged to submit their works.
Dr. Hamid Reza Lashgari
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Non-ferrous alloys
- Heat treatment
- Phase transformation
- Advanced materials characterisation
- Mechanical testing and evaluation
- Fractography
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