Al matrix composite, reinforced with the in situ synthesized 3C–SiC, MgAl2O4, and MgO grains, was produced via the casting process using phenolic resin pyrolysis products in flash mode. The contents and microstructure of the composites’ fracture char...
This study involved the preparation and characterization of in situ (TiC-TiB2)/Al-4.7Cu-0.32Mg-0.44Si composites with excellent mechanical and abrasive wear properties. The composites were synthesized in an Al-Ti-B4C system by combining combustion re...
In situ Mg2Si–Al composites were prepared by using gravity casting and semi-solid extrusion. After P modification, the primary Mg2Si transformed to polygonal blocks. Extraction tests showed that the Mg2Si crystals had octahedral and tetrakaidek...
In this paper, the effect of equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) on microstructure and mechanical properties of hypereutectic Al-20%Mg2Si and Al-15%Mg2Si, as well as hypoeutectic Al-10%Mg2Si composites has been investigated. After fabricating the c...
The laser power bed fusion approach has been successfully employed to manufacture Mo(Si,Al)2-based composites through the selective laser melting of a MoSi2-30 wt.% AlSi10Mg mixture for high-temperature structural applications. Composites were manufa...
In the present work, the in-situ TiB2/Al12Si4Cu2NiMg (denoted as ‘Al-12Si’) composites were successful synthesized through the salt-metal reaction route. The influences of weight fraction (0, 4, and 9 wt.%) and heat treatment (T5 and T7)...
The Ranger deposit (Northern Territory, Australia) is one of the largest uranium deposits in the world. Uranium mineralisation occurs in crystalline basement rocks and is thought to belong to the unconformity-related category. In order to address the...
Combustion synthesis involving metallothermic reduction of MoO3 by dual reductants, Mg and Al, to enhance the reaction exothermicity was applied for the in situ production of Mo3Si–, Mo5Si3− and MoSi2–MgAl2O4 composites with a broad compositional ran...
In this paper, in situ SiC-reinforced Al-Zn-Mg-Cu composites were fabricated by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). The effects of SiC content on the microstructure, phase composition, microhardness, and wear resistance of as-printed composites were prel...
This study aims to investigate the microstructural alterations, mechanical properties, sliding wear behavior, and corrosion properties of Al-15%Mg2Si composites with different contents of yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ). Al-15%Mg2Si composites with...
In situ formation of intermetallic/ceramic composites composed of molybdenum silicides (Mo5Si3 and Mo3Si) and magnesium aluminate spinel (MgAl2O4) was conducted by combustion synthesis with reducing stages in the mode of self-propagating high-tempera...
The foaming behaviour of aluminium alloys processed by the powder compaction technique depends crucially on the exact alloy composition. The AlSi8Mg4 alloy has been in use for a decade now, and it has been claimed that this composition lies in an &ld...
The Ti-Al-Si composite coatings were effectively fabricated on Ti6Al4V (TC4) substrates via coaxial powder feeding laser cladding technology. This study systematically investigated the influence of in situ synthesized Ti-Si ceramic reinforcement phas...
We considered the possibility of using AlMg10, AlCu5, AlCu5Cd, AlSi12, and AlSi7Zn9 as initial alloys for in situ composites production via oxygen blowing of hydrogen pre-saturated melts as an alternative to AlSi7Fe. The production process provides t...
The purpose of this investigation was to study the low-cycle fatigue (LCF) behavior of a newly developed high-pressure die-cast (HPDC) Al-5.5Mg-2.5Si-0.6Mn-0.2Fe (AlMgSiMnFe) alloy. The effect of heat-treatment in comparison with its as-cast counterp...
In this paper, the effect of different alloying elements on the ultimate tensile strength of Al-Mg2Si composites is theoretically studied. The feed forward back propagation neural network with sigmoid function is used. The extensive experimental resu...
Roles of the particle, strengthening, and weakening during deformation of the particle reinforced metal matrix composite, were studied using in situ technique. Composites with three different strengths Al-Cu-Mg alloy matrices reinforced by three size...
Saponite is a trioctahedral 2:1 smectite with the ideal composition MxMg3AlxSi4−xO10(OH,F)2.nH2O (M = interlayer cation). Both the success of the saponite synthesis and the determination of its applications depends on robust knowledge of the st...
To enhance the oxidation resistance of Mo-based TZM alloy (Mo-0.5Ti-0.1Zr-0.02C, wt%), a novel MoSi2-ZrB2 composite coating was applied on the TZM substrate by a two-step process comprising the in situ reaction of Mo, Zr, and B4C to form a ZrB2-MoB p...
In current study; the effect of various Gadolinium (Gd) additions on the microstructure and sliding wear behaviour of Al-15%Mg2Si composite before and after the hot extrusion process was examined. Optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy...
The titanomagnetite of the Lac Doré Complex, an Archean layered intrusion that is located in the Abitibi greenstone belt in Québec (Canada), contains a wide variety of exsolution textures, which are the remnants of a complex cooling his...
Twenty frescoes from “The Assumption” Cathedral located in the island town of Sviyazhsk (Tatarstan Republic, Russian Federation)—dated back to the times of Tsar Ivan IV “the Terrible”—were chemically analyzed in si...
Meteorites are the recoverable portions of asteroids that reach the surface of the Earth. Meteorites are rare extraterrestrial objects studied extensively to improve our understanding of planetary evolution. In this work, we used calibration-free las...
Dunite–harzburgite–olivine-bearing orthopyroxenite successions in the subvolcanic Chapesvara-I and Chapesvara-II intrusions in the Serpentinite Belt, western Kola Peninsula, are notably magnesian. The mean Mg# value (whole-rock) is 86.6,...
Orthopyroxene, an important phase in mantle-derived rocks, has become a powerful tool to unravel mantle nature and magma processes. However, the applications have been hindered by the lag in the development of analytical techniques, such as shortage...
The Chaluo granite is situated in the middle section of the Yidun magmatic arc in western Sichuan Province, China. It holds great significance for the study of the geological evolution of the Paleo-Neotethys tectonic belts. The Chaluo granite mainly...
Currently, 3D-printed aluminium alloy fabrications made by selective laser melting (SLM) offer a promising route for the production of small series of custom-designed support brackets and heat exchangers with complex geometry and shape and miniature...