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Solution Strengthening and Short-Range Order in Cold-Drawn Pearlitic Steel Wires

  • Gang Zhao,
  • Jianyu Jiao,
  • Yan Wu,
  • Fengmei Bai,
  • Hongwei Zhou,
  • Jun Xue,
  • Yixuan Zhu and
  • Guangwen Zheng

13 November 2024

Pearlitic steel rods are subjected to cold-drawing processes to produce pearlitic steel wires with true strains ranging from 0.81 to 2.18. Tensile tests are utilized to attain mechanical properties of cold-drawn pearlitic steel wires. TEM and XRD inv...

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11 Citations
2,861 Views
11 Pages

Role of Al in the Solution Strengthening of Mg–Al Binary Alloys

  • Tingting Liu,
  • Yanglu Liu,
  • Lu Xiao,
  • Shibo Zhou and
  • Bo Song

4 January 2022

Mg–Al binary alloys in the concentration range from 0 to 4.0 wt.% Al have been prepared under conventional casting conditions. The as-cast Mg and Mg–Al alloys after solution treatment were processed via hot extrusion at 350 °C. The re...

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17 Citations
4,783 Views
17 Pages

Quantification of Solid Solution Strengthening and Internal Stresses through Creep Testing of Ni-Containing Single Crystals at 980 °C

  • Uwe Glatzel,
  • Felix Schleifer,
  • Christian Gadelmeier,
  • Fabian Krieg,
  • Moritz Müller,
  • Mike Mosbacher and
  • Rainer Völkl

16 July 2021

Various alloy compositions were cast as single crystals in a Bridgman vacuum induction furnace and creep tested at 980 °C: pure Ni, the equiatomic alloys CoCrNi and CrMnFeCoNi (Cantor alloy), single-phase fcc (Ni) solid solution alloys (with the comp...

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1 Citations
1,047 Views
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Lightweight, Strong and Stiff Lattice Structures Inspired by Solid Solution Strengthening

  • Peijie Xiao,
  • Shiwei Xu,
  • Longbao Chen,
  • Zhisheng Ruan,
  • Zhuoran Zeng,
  • Zhi Xiao and
  • Jianyu Li

27 April 2025

In engineering design, introducing lattice structures offers a cost-effective method for reducing weight while enhancing load-bearing efficiency, compared to merely enhancing the material strength of a solid component. Among the various lattice struc...

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18 Citations
4,323 Views
15 Pages

Improving the Effectiveness of the Solid-Solution-Strengthening Elements Mo, Re, Ru and W in Single-Crystalline Nickel-Based Superalloys

  • Tobias Gaag,
  • Nils Ritter,
  • Alexandra Peters,
  • Nicklas Volz,
  • Daniel Gruber,
  • Steffen Neumeier,
  • Christopher Zenk and
  • Carolin Körner

26 October 2021

Tailoring the partitioning behavior of solid solution strengtheners is a crucial design strategy for advanced Ni-based superalloys. The goal of this study was to maximize the enrichment of Mo, Re, Ru and W in the γ-matrix phase. To determine the comp...

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21 Citations
4,538 Views
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Temperature Dependent Solid Solution Strengthening in the High Entropy Alloy CrMnFeCoNi in Single Crystalline State

  • Christian Gadelmeier,
  • Sebastian Haas,
  • Tim Lienig,
  • Anna Manzoni,
  • Michael Feuerbacher and
  • Uwe Glatzel

23 October 2020

The main difference between high entropy alloys and conventional alloys is the solid solution strengthening effect, which shifts from a single element to a multi-element matrix. Little is known about the effectiveness of this effect at high temperatu...

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1 Citations
320 Views
11 Pages

9 December 2025

CoCrNi medium-entropy alloys (MEAs) have emerged as a promising class of structural materials due to their exceptional strength–ductility synergy. However, the lack of composition-dependent predictive models severely hinders rational alloy desi...

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9 Citations
3,102 Views
23 Pages

An Analytical Solution for Steel Plate Strengthened Circular Tunnels with Various Interface Slip Modes

  • Wuzhou Zhai,
  • Keguo Sun,
  • Dongming Zhang,
  • Hongwei Huang and
  • David Chapman

5 August 2022

A simplified analytical solution for steel plate strengthened circular tunnel concrete linings is presented, considering various interface slip modes. The full derivation for the analytical solution is introduced in detail, from which explicit expres...

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21 Citations
6,378 Views
12 Pages

28 December 2018

Microstructural, mechanical, and fatigue properties of solution strengthened ferritic ductile iron have been evaluated as functions of different solidification times. Three types of cast samples with increasing thickness have been produced in a green...

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30 Citations
4,646 Views
20 Pages

Tribological Properties of Solid Solution Strengthened Laser Cladded NiCrBSi/WC-12Co Metal Matrix Composite Coatings

  • Zoran Bergant,
  • Barbara Šetina Batič,
  • Imre Felde,
  • Roman Šturm and
  • Marko Sedlaček

4 January 2022

NiCrBSi, WC-12Co and NiCrBSi with 30, 40 and 50 wt.% WC-12Co coatings were produced on low carbon steel by laser cladding with an Nd:YAG laser with a multi-jet coaxial cladding-nozzle. The microstructure properties after WC-12Co alloying were investi...

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12 Citations
4,471 Views
8 Pages

Solid Solution Strengthening of Mo, Re, Ta and W in Ni during High-Temperature Creep

  • Lukas Haußmann,
  • Hamad ur Rehman,
  • Dorothea Matschkal,
  • Mathias Göken and
  • Steffen Neumeier

26 November 2021

Solid solution strengthening of the unordered γ matrix phase by alloying elements is of great importance during creep of Ni-based superalloys, particularly at high temperatures above 1000 °C. To study the role of different potent solutes, w...

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9 Citations
3,819 Views
20 Pages

Modelling of Strengthening Mechanisms in Wrought Nickel-Based 825 Alloy Subjected to Solution Annealing

  • Munir Al-Saadi,
  • Fredrik Sandberg,
  • Pär G. Jönsson and
  • Christopher N. Hulme-Smith

7 May 2021

Wrought nickel-based Alloy 825 is widely used in the oil and gas industries, attributed to its high strength at temperatures up to 540 °C. However, differences in mechanical properties arise in finished components due to variations in both grain size...

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14 Citations
2,911 Views
9 Pages

Design and Synthesis of C-O Grain Boundary Strengthening of Al Composites

  • Jianian Hu,
  • Jian Zhang,
  • Guoqiang Luo,
  • Yi Sun,
  • Qiang Shen and
  • Lianmeng Zhang

29 February 2020

This research presents an approach for C-O grain boundary strengthening of Al composites that used an in situ method to synthesize a C-O shell on Al powder particles in a vertical tube furnace. The C-O reinforced Al matrix composites (C-O/Al composit...

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2 Citations
2,383 Views
11 Pages

27 September 2023

This paper investigates the interaction of edge dislocations with voids in concentrated solid solution alloys (CSAs) using atomistic simulations. The simulation setup consists of edge dislocations with different periodicity lengths and a periodic arr...

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5 Citations
3,382 Views
9 Pages

Study on Ultra-High Temperature Contact Solution Treatment of Al–Zn–Mg–Cu Alloys

  • Wenming Jin,
  • Jianhao Yu,
  • Zhiqiang Zhang,
  • Hongjie Jia and
  • Mingwen Ren

20 May 2021

Contact solution treatment (CST) of Al–Zn–Mg–Cu alloys can shorten solution time to within 40 s in comparison with 1800 s with traditional solution treatment using a heating furnace. Heating temperature is the key factor in solution treatment. Consid...

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12 Citations
6,218 Views
9 Pages

Electrodeposition of Ni-Co Alloys and Their Mechanical Properties by Micro-Vickers Hardness Test

  • Yiming Jiang,
  • Chun-Yi Chen,
  • Tso-Fu Mark Chang,
  • Xun Luo,
  • Daisuke Yamane and
  • Masato Sone

Nanocrystalline Ni-Co alloy deposits with grain sizes less than 30 nm were produced by electrodeposition with a direct current in a sulfamate bath. Surfaces of the Ni-Co alloy deposits showed granular morphology. The size of the granular particles an...

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10 Citations
3,255 Views
13 Pages

20 September 2023

The effect of Al and Ti additions on the microstructure and properties of CoNiFe alloys was studied in this paper. The investigations were conducted on four specially designed and produced arc furnace alloys (from 3 to 5 components, with medium to hi...

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10 Citations
3,571 Views
14 Pages

Insight into the Influence of Alloying Elements on the Elastic Properties and Strengthening of Copper: A High-Throughput First-Principles Calculations

  • Jinhao Zhang,
  • Youcheng Zhang,
  • Aiqin Wang,
  • Tingting Liang,
  • Zhiping Mao,
  • Bo Su,
  • Haisheng Li and
  • Jingpei Xie

1 May 2023

In this work, using the high-throughput density functional theory calculation method, the influence of 36 alloying elements on the elastic properties of FCC-Cu was systematically studied, and based on the Labusch model, a linear relationship was fitt...

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Effect of Solution Process on Microstructure and Properties of Cr-Mn-N Austenitic Stainless Steel

  • Xianbang Dong,
  • Fuxing Wang,
  • Lei Huang,
  • Jian Lan,
  • Yuzhi Chen,
  • Bingji Li and
  • Hao Yu

14 March 2025

To elucidate the impact of the solid solution process on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Cr−Mn−N austenitic stainless steel, comparative experiments were conducted with varying solid solution temperatures and durations. Th...

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1 Citations
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On Temperature Dependence of Microstructure, Deformation Mechanisms and Tensile Properties in Austenitic Cr-Mn Steel with Ultrahigh Interstitial Content C + N = 1.9 Mass.%

  • Elena Astafurova,
  • Sergey Astafurov,
  • Galina Maier,
  • Irina Tumbusova,
  • Eugene Melnikov,
  • Valentina Moskvina,
  • Marina Panchenko,
  • Kseniya Reunova and
  • Nina Galchenko

13 June 2020

The microstructure, deformation mechanisms, tensile properties and fracture micromechanisms of ultrahigh-interstitial austenitic Fe-22Cr-26Mn-1.3V-0.7C-1.2N (mass.%) steel were investigated in wide temperature interval. After conventional homogenizat...

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7 Citations
3,343 Views
8 Pages

26 October 2018

We investigated the TiFe precipitation behavior of solution heat-treated Ti-5Al-3.5Fe during isothermal aging, quantified the effect of precipitation on strengthening by evaluating the hardness, and compared it to the effect of Ti3Al precipitation in...

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Theoretical Insight into the Cooperative Strengthening of Interstitial Atoms(C/N/O) and Cr in Dilute Fe-Cr System

  • Fang Wang,
  • Tengge Mi,
  • Pinghu Chen,
  • Hongmei Zhu,
  • Yong Chen,
  • Pengbo Zhang,
  • Ruiqing Li and
  • Changjun Qiu

18 September 2025

Solution strengthening is an effective strategy to improve the properties of martensitic steels (MSs). However, the microscopic mechanism of solution strengthening between Cr and interstitial atoms (IAs; C/N/O) remains elusive in dilute Fe-Cr system....

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18 Citations
2,481 Views
9 Pages

29 September 2020

The combined addition of Nb and W provides increased solid solution and precipitation strengthening by (Fe,Cr,Si)2(Nb,W)-Laves phase particles of ferritic, 17 wt.% Cr stainless high-performance ferritic (HiperFer) steel. Based on alloy modifications...

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3 Citations
1,912 Views
11 Pages

Effect of Partial Substitution of Zr for Ti Solvent on Young’s Modulus, Strength, and Biocompatibility in Beta Ti Alloy

  • Yusuke Nomura,
  • Mio Okada,
  • Tomoyo Manaka,
  • Taiki Tsuchiya,
  • Mami Iwasaki,
  • Kenji Matsuda and
  • Takuya Ishimoto

25 May 2024

In orthopedics and dentistry, there is an urgent need to obtain low-stiffness implants that suppress the stress shielding caused by the use of metallic implants. In this study, we aimed to fabricate alloys that can reduce the stiffness by increasing...

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30 Citations
7,438 Views
7 Pages

11 January 2017

High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are novel solid solution strengthening metallic materials, some of which show attractive mechanical properties. This paper aims to reveal the effect of adding small atomic boron on the interstitial solid solution strengthen...

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5 Citations
2,356 Views
14 Pages

Obtaining Excellent Mechanical Properties in an Ultrahigh-Strength Stainless Bearing Steel via Solution Treatment

  • Kai Zheng,
  • Zhenqian Zhong,
  • Hui Wang,
  • Haifeng Xu,
  • Feng Yu,
  • Cunyu Wang,
  • Guilin Wu,
  • Jianxiong Liang,
  • Andy Godfrey and
  • Wenquan Cao

29 October 2023

A novel versatile ultrahigh-strength stainless bearing steel was prepared by first solution treating the steel at temperatures between 1000 °C and 1100 °C for 1 h, followed by performing cryogenic treatment at −73 °C for 2 h, and te...

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3 Citations
2,107 Views
15 Pages

11 August 2022

To meet the pressing needs concerning the optimization of the performance of powder metallurgy (P/M) superalloys for turbine disc applications, the effects of solution temperature on a novel high γ′ volume fraction P/M superalloy FGH 4107...

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6 Citations
2,269 Views
16 Pages

Strengthening Mechanism for the Mechanical Properties of Cement-Based Materials after Internal Nano-SiO2 Production

  • Jie Zhang,
  • Yongsheng Ji,
  • Zhanguo Ma,
  • Jianwei Cheng,
  • Shengnan Xu,
  • Zhishan Xu and
  • Zhongzhe Zhang

17 November 2022

This study focuses on overcoming the agglomeration issue of nano-SiO2 powder in cement, facilitating the strengthening mechanism of cement-based materials. A nano-SiO2 precursor solution (NSPS) was added to cement-based materials to replace nano-SiO2...

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13 Citations
4,888 Views
14 Pages

Microstructural Evaluation and Tensile Properties of Al-Mg-Sc-Zr Alloys Prepared by LPBF

  • Yuxian Lu,
  • Hao Zhang,
  • Peng Xue,
  • Lihui Wu,
  • Fengchao Liu,
  • Luanluan Jia,
  • Dingrui Ni,
  • Bolv Xiao and
  • Zongyi Ma

5 June 2023

Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is a typical additive manufacturing technology that offers significant advantages in the production of complex components. With the rapid heating and cooling characteristics of LPBF, a large amount of solid solution of...

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9 Citations
3,076 Views
11 Pages

Effect of Ion-Plasma Nitriding on Phase Composition and Tensile Properties of AISI 321-Type Stainless Steel Produced by Wire-Feed Electron-Beam Additive Manufacturing

  • Valentina Moskvina,
  • Elena Astafurova,
  • Sergey Astafurov,
  • Kseniya Reunova,
  • Marina Panchenko,
  • Eugenii Melnikov and
  • Eugeny Kolubaev

19 January 2022

We study the effect of ion-plasma surface nitriding on the phase composition, microstructure, surface microhardness, and tensile properties of the AISI 321-type stainless steel produced by wire-feed electron-beam additive manufacturing (EBAM). Ion-pl...

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2 Citations
2,486 Views
12 Pages

21 February 2024

In this study, Cu/Ni and Cu/Al multilayers, with individual layer thickness varying from 25 nm to 200 nm, and co-sputtered Cu-Ni and Cu-Al single layer films were deposited at room temperature via magnetron sputtering and further annealed from 100 &d...

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391 Views
18 Pages

4 December 2025

TiZrHfNbMo refractory high-entropy alloy has poor plasticity and a relatively high density at room temperature, which limits its wide industrial application. To develop RHEAs featuring a simple structure, low density, and excellent overall performanc...

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21 Citations
4,749 Views
14 Pages

6 March 2019

To deal with the problem of poor yield strength and hardness in the initial use of high-manganese austenitic steel, we investigated the alloying design, microstructure, precipitates, mechanical properties, and comprehensive strengthening mechanism of...

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2 Citations
4,845 Views
11 Pages

Strength, Hardness, and Ductility Evidence of Solid Solution Strengthening and Limited Hydrogen Embrittlement in the Alloy System Palladium-Copper (Cu wt. % 5–25)

  • Sebastian DiMauro,
  • Gabrielle Legall,
  • Coleman Lubinsky,
  • Monica Nadeau,
  • Renee Tait,
  • William Miller,
  • Abena Adutwum,
  • Isabella Portal,
  • Brandon Roy and
  • Andrew Craft
  • + 1 author

16 July 2021

Strength, hardness, and ductility characteristics were determined for a series of palladium-copper alloys that compositionally vary from 5 to 25 weight percent copper. Alloy specimens subjected to vacuum annealing showed clear evidence of solid solut...

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MoNbTaV Medium-Entropy Alloy

  • Hongwei Yao,
  • Jun-Wei Qiao,
  • Michael C. Gao,
  • Jeffrey A. Hawk,
  • Sheng-Guo Ma and
  • Hefeng Zhou

19 May 2016

Guided by CALPHAD (Calculation of Phase Diagrams) modeling, the refractory medium-entropy alloy MoNbTaV was synthesized by vacuum arc melting under a high-purity argon atmosphere. A body-centered cubic solid solution phase was experimentally confirme...

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7 Citations
2,356 Views
22 Pages

Strength and Mechanism of Granite Residual Soil Strengthened by Microbial-Induced Calcite Precipitation Technology

  • Rong Wang,
  • Huawei Li,
  • Zichuang Chen,
  • Fang Liu,
  • Muwang Wei,
  • Feiyu Liu,
  • Qian Wang and
  • Changbin Hu

1 August 2023

High rainfall environmental conditions can easily cause erosion or collapse of the granite residual soil slope. However, traditional slope reinforcement methods have drawbacks such as poor landscape effect, high energy consumption of raw materials, a...

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46 Citations
27,325 Views
28 Pages

11 January 2023

Nickel is an important and widely used alloying element in carbon steels. Some of its prominent metallurgical effects in these steels are moderate solid solution strengthening, mild hardenability and, importantly, a strong promotion of toughness, esp...

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2 Citations
2,329 Views
21 Pages

Microstructure-Property Correlation and Its Evolution during Aging in an Al4.4Co26Cr19Fe18Ni27Ti5.6 High-Entropy Alloy

  • Florian Biermair,
  • Francisca Mendez-Martin,
  • Vsevolod I. Razumovskiy,
  • Franco Moitzi and
  • Gerald Ressel

1 April 2023

The efficient energy use in multiple sectors of modern industry is partly based on the efficient use of high-strength, high-performance alloys that retain remarkable mechanical properties at elevated and high temperatures. High-entropy alloys (HEAs)...

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10 Citations
3,479 Views
11 Pages

24 September 2021

Multi principal element alloys have attracted interests as a promising way to balance the bottleneck of the “inverse relationship” between high hardness and high fracture toughness. In the present study, the authors demonstrate the effects of Ti addi...

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10 Citations
4,568 Views
16 Pages

Ab Initio Study of Elastic and Mechanical Properties in FeCrMn Alloys

  • Vsevolod I. Razumovskiy,
  • Carola Hahn,
  • Marina Lukas and
  • Lorenz Romaner

6 April 2019

Mechanical properties of FeCrMn-based steels are of major importance for practical applications. In this work, we investigate mechanical properties of disordered paramagnetic fcc FeCr 10 – 16 Mn 12 – 32 alloys using...

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144 Citations
13,322 Views
14 Pages

Effects of Mo, Nb, Ta, Ti, and Zr on Mechanical Properties of Equiatomic Hf-Mo-Nb-Ta-Ti-Zr Alloys

  • Ko-Kai Tseng,
  • Chien-Chang Juan,
  • Shuen Tso,
  • Hsuan-Chu Chen,
  • Che-Wei Tsai and
  • Jien-Wei Yeh

25 December 2018

Nowadays refractory high-entropy alloys (RHEAs) are regarded as great candidates for the replacement of superalloys at high temperature. To design a RHEA, one must understand the pros and cons of every refractory element. However, the elemental effec...

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3 Citations
2,731 Views
10 Pages

Effect of Silicon Content on Microstructures and Properties of Directionally Solidified Fe-B Alloy

  • Pengjia Guo,
  • Shengqiang Ma,
  • Xuebin He,
  • Intizar Ali Shah,
  • Ping Lv,
  • Hantao Chen,
  • Jiandong Xing,
  • Liujie Xu and
  • Jiankang Zhang

27 August 2022

In order to investigate the effect of Si content on the microstructures and properties of directionally solidified (DS) Fe-B alloy, a scanning electron microscope (SEM) with an energy dispersive spectrum (EDS), and X-ray diffraction have been employe...

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15 Citations
3,317 Views
10 Pages

19 January 2022

12Cr1MoV is commonly used for pressure pipes in thermal power plants. However, its service life has always prevented the development of such metallic materials. This experiment applies a tensile and impact experiment to investigate the metal cluster...

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2,253 Views
13 Pages

Synthesis and Properties of Octet NiCr Alloy Lattices Obtained by the Pack Cementation Process

  • Peng Zhao,
  • Deqing Huang,
  • Hongmei Zhang,
  • Weiwei Chen and
  • Yongfu Zhang

28 January 2023

NiCr alloys with different components were obtained by pack chromation and homogenization heat treatment of octet Ni lattice. The microstructure, alloy composition, microhardness and quasi-static compression properties of the NiCr lattice were tested...

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2,837 Views
10 Pages

30 October 2019

Ir-based superalloys are irreplaceable in some specific harsh conditions regardless of their cost and high density. In order to develop a new class of Ir-based superalloy for future ultrahigh-temperature applications, the microstructure evolution, ph...

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11 Citations
2,987 Views
21 Pages

First-Principles Study of the Effect of Sn Content on the Structural, Elastic, and Electronic Properties of Cu–Sn Alloys

  • Lingzhi Zhang,
  • Yongkun Li,
  • Rongfeng Zhou,
  • Xiao Wang,
  • Qiansi Wang,
  • Lingzhi Xie,
  • Zhaoqiang Li and
  • Bin Xu

24 October 2023

In order to explore the mechanism of the influence of Sn contents on the relevant properties of Cu–Sn alloys, the structure, elasticity, electronic, and thermal properties of Cu–Sn alloys doped with different proportions of Sn (3.125 at%,...

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50 Citations
8,170 Views
35 Pages

Synthesis Route, Microstructural Evolution, and Mechanical Property Relationship of High-Entropy Alloys (HEAs): A Review

  • Omoyemi Temitope Onawale,
  • Prince Valentine Cobbinah,
  • Rivel Armil Nzeukou and
  • Wallace Rwisayi Matizamhuka

4 June 2021

Microstructural phase evolution during melting and casting depends on the rate of cooling, the collective mobility of constituent elements, and binary constituent pairs. Parameters used in mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering, the initial s...

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7 Citations
2,798 Views
16 Pages

Effects of Friction Stir Processing on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of an Ultralight Mg-Li Alloy

  • Wenjie Song,
  • Zongyu Wu,
  • Shuai He,
  • Jie Liu,
  • Guang Yang,
  • Yanhui Liu,
  • Huijin Jin,
  • Yupeng He and
  • Zhonghao Heng

4 January 2024

Magnesium–lithium alloys are arguably the lightest metal structural materials but have low strength. In order to increase strength, friction stir processing (FSP) is applied to a hot-rolled Mg-10Li-3Al-3Zn (LA103Z) sheet to study the effects on...

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5 Citations
1,606 Views
11 Pages

Enhancing the Strength and Ductility Synergy of Lightweight Ti-Rich Medium-Entropy Alloys through Ni Microalloying

  • Po-Sung Chen,
  • Jun-Rong Liu,
  • Pei-Hua Tsai,
  • Yu-Chin Liao,
  • Jason Shian-Ching Jang,
  • Hsin-Jay Wu,
  • Shou-Yi Chang,
  • Chih-Yen Chen and
  • I-Yu Tsao

13 June 2024

Medium-entropy alloys (MEAs) have attracted considerable attention in recent decades due to their exceptional material properties and design flexibility. In this study, lightweight and non-equiatomic MEAs with low density (~5 g/cm3), high strength (y...

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26 Citations
6,236 Views
37 Pages

6 October 2021

The studies following HEA inceptions were apparently motivated to search for single-phase solid solution over intermetallic phases, accordingly made possible by the concept of high configurational entropy. However, it was realised that the formation...

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