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17 February 2025

In this work, the microstructure, hardness, tensile and yield strength, and wear resistance of X210CrW12 steel are examined in relation to the impacts of deep cryogenic treatment. In order to achieve this, deep cryogenic treatment at −180 °C was appl...

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  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,002 Views
11 Pages

29 June 2018

Wear resistance of metallic materials can be effectively improved by the deep cryogenic treatment. In this study, different deep cryogenic treatment conditions were considered, with different soaking durations between quenching and tempering. The mai...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
990 Views
16 Pages

The Effect of Deep Cryogenic Treatment on the Electrocatalytic Performance of a Pd@CFs Catalyst for Methanol Oxidation

  • Chenxing Wang,
  • Jiahui Mo,
  • Haoting Wang,
  • Jia Liu,
  • Gege He,
  • Xinhai He and
  • Yanyan Song

22 February 2025

To enhance the electrocatalytic performance of a flexible Pd@CFs catalyst for methanol oxidation, deep cryogenic treatment in liquid nitrogen was introduced. The effects of the frequency and time of the deep cryogenic treatment on the surface crystal...

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  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,721 Views
16 Pages

Effect of Deep Cryogenic Treatment on Corrosion Properties of Various High-Speed Steels

  • Jure Voglar,
  • Živa Novak,
  • Patricia Jovičević-Klug,
  • Bojan Podgornik and
  • Tadeja Kosec

24 December 2020

The aim of the study was to evaluate the corrosion properties of three different grades of high-speed steel following a heat treatment procedure involving deep cryogenic treatment after quenching and to investigate how these properties are connected...

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  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,127 Views
18 Pages

13 October 2017

The effect of quenching on the corrosion resistance of Mg-7Y-1.5Nd alloy was investigated. The as-cast alloy was homogenized at 535 °C for 24 h, followed by quenching in air, water, and liquid nitrogen. Then, all of the samples were peak-aged at 225...

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  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,171 Views
11 Pages

2 September 2022

In this research, Böhler K340 cold work tool steel was subjected to three different heat treatment protocols, conventional heat treatment (CHT), shallow cryogenic treatment (SCT), and deep cryogenic treatment (DCT). The study compares the effect...

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  • Open Access
38 Citations
7,973 Views
13 Pages

Metasurface Fabrication by Cryogenic and Bosch Deep Reactive Ion Etching

  • Angela M. Baracu,
  • Christopher A. Dirdal,
  • Andrei M. Avram,
  • Adrian Dinescu,
  • Raluca Muller,
  • Geir Uri Jensen,
  • Paul Conrad Vaagen Thrane and
  • Hallvard Angelskår

29 April 2021

The research field of metasurfaces has attracted considerable attention in recent years due to its high potential to achieve flat, ultrathin optical devices of high performance. Metasurfaces, consisting of artificial patterns of subwavelength dimensi...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,929 Views
14 Pages

11 August 2023

Cr-Mn-Si alloyed high-strength steel was subjected to deep cryogenic treatment after quenching and tempering (Q-T), and the microstructure and property evolution of the alloy steel after deep cryogenic treatment were studied. The tensile strength inc...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,762 Views
14 Pages

27 July 2019

The effect of deep cryogenic treatment on microstructure and wear resistance of LC3530 Fe-based powder laser cladding coating was investigated in this paper. The cladding coating was subjected to deep cryogenic treatment for the different holding tim...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,182 Views
9 Pages

15 August 2019

Metal-matrix-impregnated diamond composites are used for fabricating many kinds of diamond tools. In the efforts to satisfy the increasing engineering requirements, researchers have brought more attention to find novel methods of enhancing the perfor...

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  • Open Access
22 Citations
2,186 Views
15 Pages

23 September 2022

High-speed steel is widely used for cutting tools due to its convenience of preparation and cost-effectiveness. Previous research has shown that deep cryogenic treatments improve the mechanical properties of high-speed steel, due to the transformatio...

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  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,233 Views
8 Pages

17 May 2017

The effect of deep cryogenic treatment on the microstructure and corrosion resistance of an AZ61 magnesium alloy metal inert-gas (MIG) welded joint was investigated. The welded joints were deep-cryogenically treated using different parameters, and we...

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  • Open Access
29 Citations
3,535 Views
13 Pages

Effect of Deep Cryogenic Treatment on Corrosion Behavior of AISI H13 Die Steel

  • Tarang Shinde,
  • Catalin Pruncu,
  • Narendra B. Dhokey,
  • Anca C. Parau and
  • Alina Vladescu

18 December 2021

AISI H13 die steel specimens were subjected to heating at 1020 °C followed by oil quenching and double tempering at 520 °C. Subsequently, these specimens were subjected to deep cryogenic treatment at −185 °C in liquid nitrogen envir...

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15 Pages

9 March 2025

In this study, friction stir welding was first applied to the 1.4 mm thick TRIP590 steel sheets at a constant transverse speed of 100 mm/min and different rotation speeds from 200 to 500 rpm. Then, the obtained joints received deep cryogenic treatmen...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,346 Views
14 Pages

Effect of Deep Cryogenic Treatment on the Artificial Ageing Behavior of SiCp–AA2009 Composite

  • Zhenxiao Wang,
  • Jie Chen,
  • Baosheng Liu,
  • Ran Pan,
  • Yuan Gao and
  • Yong Li

20 October 2022

The effect of deep cryogenic treatment (DCT) on the artificial ageing kinetics of a SiC particles reinforced aluminum alloy composite (SiCp-Al) is experimentally studied in this paper. The evolutions of both macro-properties (i.e., yield strength and...

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2,301 Views
13 Pages

27 April 2023

The microstructure mechanisms and mechanical properties of 0.23C-1.96Si-1.94Cr-1.93 Mn-0.35 Mo ultra-high strength steel treated by the deep cryogenic treatment at −196 °C were investigated after the steel was hot rolled at different temper...

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7 Citations
2,266 Views
15 Pages

30 November 2023

This paper examines the optimal aging temperature of WE43 alloy that has undergone precipitation hardening in conjunction with deep cryogenic treatment. The microstructure and phase composition were investigated, a microanalysis of the chemical compo...

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1,545 Views
17 Pages

19 December 2024

The objective of this research is to enhance the mechanical and corrosion resistance properties of a cast Ni-Al bronze (NAB). To achieve this, the effect of deep cryogenic treatment (DCT), a process that has shown promise in other alloys, is initiall...

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  • Open Access
17 Citations
2,847 Views
16 Pages

Effect of Deep Cryogenic Treatment on Wear and Galling Properties of High-Speed Steels

  • Patricia Jovičević-Klug,
  • Marko Sedlaček,
  • Matic Jovičević-Klug and
  • Bojan Podgornik

9 December 2021

New approaches to improving wear resistance with an affordable and noncomplex technology, such as deep cryogenic treatment, (DCT0), are receiving attention. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of DCT on the friction and wear performanc...

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28 September 2025

The tension behaviors of Al-Mg alloys were tested, and the influences of deep cryogenic treatment (DCT) and grain size on their tensile properties were explored. Optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron m...

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  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,674 Views
12 Pages

Effects of Deep Cryogenic Treatment on the Microstructure and Properties of Rolled Cu Foil

  • Zhichao Dong,
  • Xiangyu Fei,
  • Benkui Gong,
  • Xinyu Zhao and
  • Jiwei Nie

23 September 2021

The development of fifth-generation (5G) communication and wearable electronics generates higher requirements for the mechanical properties of copper foil. Higher mechanical properties and lower resistance are required for flexible copper-clad lamina...

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  • Open Access
57 Citations
7,079 Views
12 Pages

26 March 2020

With the development of society, every year there are increasing demands in the automotive industry on cost savings, environmental safety, reduction of raw material consumption, performance improvement, material life cycle and recycling of components...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,557 Views
14 Pages

Investigation of Micromechanical Properties and Tribological Behavior of WE43 Magnesium Alloy after Deep Cryogenic Treatment Combined with Precipitation Hardening

  • Adrian Barylski,
  • Krzysztof Aniołek,
  • Grzegorz Dercz,
  • Piotr Kowalewski,
  • Sławomir Kaptacz,
  • Jan Rak and
  • Marian Kupka

30 November 2021

This study investigated the micromechanical and tribological properties of WE43 alloy (Mg-Y-Nd-Zr) alloy subjected to cryogenic treatment and precipitation hardening. Microindentation tests were carried out in the range of load from 100 to 1000 mN. T...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,028 Views
14 Pages

10 August 2023

In the production of critical parts for various machines and mechanisms, expensive structural steels are used alloyed with chromium, nickel, molybdenum, and vanadium. In practice, the wear resistance of parts, especially under severe operating condit...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,690 Views
17 Pages

24 April 2024

Deep cryogenic aging (DCA) is a newly developed heat treatment technique for additive-manufactured metallic materials to reduce residual stress and improve their mechanical properties. In this study, AlSi10Mg alloy samples fabricated by selective las...

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  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,521 Views
15 Pages

The Sclerometrical, Mechanical, and Wear Behavior of Mg-Y-Nd Magnesium Alloy after Deep Cryogenic Treatment Combined with Heat Treatment

  • Adrian Barylski,
  • Krzysztof Aniołek,
  • Grzegorz Dercz,
  • Marian Kupka,
  • Izabela Matuła and
  • Sławomir Kaptacz

4 March 2021

The paper investigates changes in the structure, microhardness, and sclerometrical and tribological properties of a Mg-Y-Nd alloy under the influence of deep cryogenic treatment (DCT) in combination with heat treatment. The solution treatment was car...

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3 Citations
584 Views
19 Pages

Effect of Deep Cryogenic Treatment on Aging Strength of Mg–Al–Ca–Mn Alloy

  • Mohamed Fouad,
  • Taiki Nakata,
  • Chao Xu,
  • Jing Zuo,
  • Zelin Wu and
  • Lin Geng

17 October 2025

T6 aging, involving solution treatment and artificial aging, is a widely adopted strengthening method for magnesium alloys due to its proven effectiveness. However, the integration of three or more sequential thermal treatments has been explored only...

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21 Pages

17 November 2025

Aluminium is widely used in electrical and structural applications; however, its lower electrical conductivity compared to copper limits broader adoption in high-performance systems. Deep cryogenic treatment (DCT) and DCT followed by annealing (DCT+A...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,681 Views
21 Pages

Effect of Deep Cryogenic Treatment on Wear Behavior of Cold Work Tool Steel

  • Mahmoud A. Essam,
  • Ahmed Y. Shash,
  • Mohamed Kamal El-Fawakhry,
  • Emad El-Kashif and
  • Hassan Megahed

13 February 2023

Shock resisting cold work tool steel is one of the most applicable steels for several applications such as cutting sheets, chisels, hammers, etc. It has been categorized according to its characteristic properties into different categories as hot and...

  • Communication
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8 Citations
3,246 Views
11 Pages

29 October 2018

Through a combination of 3D representative volume element (RVE) and the metallo-thermo-mechanical coupling finite element (FE) analysis, a multiscale model was established to explore the localized characteristics of microstructure and stress evolutio...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,917 Views
14 Pages

19 September 2024

Deep cryogenic treatment (−196 °C, DCT) is an emerging application that can make significant changes to many materials. In this study, DCT was applied to Ti6Al4V (TC4) titanium alloy, and we delved into an examination of the impact on its m...

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2 Citations
2,167 Views
12 Pages

1 March 2023

Medium Mn lightweight steels with a relatively higher Mn content of 9–12 wt% have been actively developed recently to meet the demands of crashworthiness and lightweight vehicles. In this study, a combined intensive quenching (IQ) and deep cryo...

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10 Citations
2,871 Views
15 Pages

6 February 2022

The role of nitrogen, introduced by deep cryogenic treatment (DCT), has been investigated and unraveled in relation to induced surface chemistry changes and improved corrosion resistance of high-alloyed ferrous alloy AISI M35. The assumptions and obs...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,062 Views
18 Pages

Improving Wear Resistance and Corrosive Resistance of Cemented Carbide for Mud Pulser Rotor by Deep Cryogenic Treatment

  • Weiguo Zhang,
  • Xiaowei Wu,
  • Jun Tian,
  • Xi Huang,
  • Wentao Yu,
  • Wenchao Zhu and
  • Jingwen He

4 March 2024

Cemented carbide used in the rotor of a mud pulser is subjected to the scouring action of solid particles and corrosive mud media for a long time, which causes abrasive wear and electrochemical corrosion. To improve the wear and corrosive resistance...

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2 Citations
1,149 Views
22 Pages

13 February 2025

A novel coupled processing method (PDCT) that associated deep cryogenic treatment (DCT) with a high pulsed magnetic field (PMT) was investigated to improve the performance of an as-cast TC4 aero-titanium alloy. Through XRD, SEM, TEM, EBSD, and a prop...

  • Communication
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1 Citations
1,219 Views
10 Pages

23 July 2024

HfNbTaTiZr high-entropy alloy has wide application prospects as a biomedical material, and the use of laser additive manufacturing can solve the forming problems faced by the alloy. In view of the characteristics of the one-time forming of additive m...

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3 Citations
2,756 Views
12 Pages

Microstructure, Mechanical and Wear Behaviour of Deep Cryogenically Treated EN 52 Silchrome Valve Steel

  • Iyyanar Saranraj,
  • Sudalaimuthu Ganesan,
  • Lenka Čepová,
  • Muniyandy Elangovan and
  • Libor Beránek

10 August 2022

This study has compared the performance of cryogenically processed EN 52 Silchrome valve steel with untreated material. After completing the standard heat treatment process, EN 52 steel material specimens are subjected to a deep cryogenic process wit...

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686 Views
16 Pages

17 October 2025

Deep cryogenic treatment (DC) is widely applied to martensitic stainless steels to suppress the presence of metastable retained austenite (RA), which may otherwise transform into brittle martensite under deformation and degrade mechanical performance...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,308 Views
13 Pages

22 August 2018

The effects of deep cryogenic treatment on the microstructures and tribological properties of the self-lubricating iron matrix composites are investigated. The self-lubricating composites are deeply cryogenically treated at about −196 °C. T...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,061 Views
11 Pages

26 March 2023

Deep cryogenic treatment has shown promise as a facile method of increasing the characteristics of many materials including alloys of iron, aluminum, and magnesium. However, there have not been any prior studies on its effect on the microstructure an...

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865 Views
20 Pages

The extensive use of copper in thermal and electrical systems calls for constant performance enhancement by means of innovative material treatments. The effects on the microstructural, mechanical, and electrical characteristics of copper in deep cryo...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,690 Views
12 Pages

Magnesium and its composites have been used in various applications owing to their high specific strength properties and low density. However, the application is limited to room-temperature conditions owing to the lack of research available on the ab...

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26 Citations
4,187 Views
7 Pages

Influence of Deep Cryogenic Treatment on Microstructure and Properties of 7A99 Ultra-High Strength Aluminum Alloy

  • Wenlin Gao,
  • Xiangjie Wang,
  • Junzhou Chen,
  • Chunyan Ban,
  • Jianzhong Cui and
  • Zheng Lu

31 May 2019

The hardness, toughness, wear resistance, and fatigue behavior of materials can be improved through a deep cryogenic treatment (DCT). During this treatment, low temperatures (−100 °C to −196 °C) are maintained and then increased t...

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18 Citations
2,861 Views
16 Pages

Influence of the Deep Cryogenic Treatment on AISI 52100 and AISI D3 Steel’s Corrosion Resistance

  • Patricia Jovičević-Klug,
  • Tjaša Kranjec,
  • Matic Jovičević-Klug,
  • Tadeja Kosec and
  • Bojan Podgornik

24 October 2021

The effect of deep cryogenic treatment (DCT) on corrosion resistance of steels AISI 52100 and AISI D3 is investigated and compared with conventional heat-treated counterparts. DCT’s influence on microstructural changes is subsequently correlated to t...

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1 Citations
2,588 Views
10 Pages

Research on the Morphology Reconstruction of Deep Cryogenic Treatment on PtRu/nitrogen-Doped Graphene Composite Carbon Nanofibers

  • Shuaishuai Lv,
  • Yangyang Zhu,
  • Xingxing Wang,
  • Yu Zhu,
  • Kaixuan Wang,
  • Hongjun Ni and
  • Ruobo Gu

25 January 2022

To improve the performance of PtRu/nitrogen-doped graphene composite carbon nanofibers, the composite carbon nanofibers were thermally compensated by deep cryogenic treatment (DCT), which realized the morphology reconstruction of composite carbon nan...

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4 Citations
2,060 Views
16 Pages

Improving the Tribological Properties of WE43 and WE54 Magnesium Alloys by Deep Cryogenic Treatment with Precipitation Hardening in Linear Reciprocating Motion

  • Adrian Barylski,
  • Krzysztof Aniołek,
  • Grzegorz Dercz,
  • Izabela Matuła,
  • Sławomir Kaptacz,
  • Jan Rak and
  • Robert Paszkowski

25 April 2024

This paper presents the results of tribological tests on WE43 and WE54 magnesium alloys with rare earth metals performed in linear reciprocating motion for four different material couples (AISI 316-L steel, silicon nitride—Si3N4, WC tungsten ca...

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6 Citations
2,453 Views
12 Pages

Deep Cryogenic Treatment Characteristics of a Deformation-Processed Cu-Ni-Co-Si Alloy

  • Keming Liu,
  • Xiaochun Sheng,
  • Xiaolong Li,
  • Mulin Li,
  • Zhi Shen,
  • Kai Fu,
  • Haitao Zhou and
  • Andrej Atrens

22 April 2022

This paper investigated the influence of deep cryogenic treatments (DCT) on the tensile strength, elongation to fracture and conductivity of a deformation-processed Cu-Ni-Co-Si alloy. The tensile properties were measured using a mechanical testing ma...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,157 Views
15 Pages

12 March 2024

This paper highlights the significance of safety and reliability in modern industries, particularly in sectors like petroleum and LNG, where safety valves play a critical role in ensuring system safety under extreme conditions. To enhance the reliabi...

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14 Citations
6,816 Views
16 Pages

24 April 2018

In this article, the effects of cryogenic treatment after annealing on the formability of Ti-6Al-4V alloy sheet were experimentally studied. The Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy was treated by cryogenic treatment after annealing (ACT). Tensile tests were car...

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6 Citations
6,164 Views
11 Pages

Inductively Coupled Plasma Dry Etching of Silicon Deep Trenches with Extremely Vertical Smooth Sidewalls Used in Micro-Optical Gyroscopes

  • Yuyu Zhang,
  • Yu Wu,
  • Quanquan Sun,
  • Lifeng Shen,
  • Jie Lan,
  • Lingxi Guo,
  • Zhenfeng Shen,
  • Xuefang Wang,
  • Junfeng Xiao and
  • Jianfeng Xu

14 April 2023

Micro-optical gyroscopes (MOGs) place a range of components of the fiber-optic gyroscope (FOG) onto a silicon substrate, enabling miniaturization, low cost, and batch processing. MOGs require high-precision waveguide trenches fabricated on silicon in...

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