The structure of high-angle grain boundaries
ساختار مرزدانههای زاویه - باز
ABSTRACT
A coincidence model of high-angle grain boundaries can be extended to include deviations from coincidence. The generalised boundary has a terraced structure, corresponding to the densely packed planes in the coincidence lattice, and a superimposed dislocation network, corresponding to a sub-boundary in the coincidence lattice. This model is a natural extension of previous dislocation models and models based on coincidence relationships. The model explains many of the observed properties of grain boundaries and should have wide validity for the cubic system.
Disclination model of high angle grain boundaries
مدل disclination در مرزدانه هایی با زاویه بالا
ABSTRACT
Since the grain boundary is a rotational defect and so is a disclination, it is proposed here that a grain boundary may be made of disclinations instead of dislocations which are translational defects. The excess elastic energy for a symmetric tilt boundary whose orientation is between two low energy orientations is calculated by using this model. Such calculation cannot be easily performed using dislocations.
A comparison of τ-MnAl particulates produced via different routes
مقایسه ذرات ریز τ-MnAl تولید شده از طریق راه های مختلف
ABSTRACT
MnAl alloys are very promising rare-earth-free permanent magnets. Nanocrystalline microstructures can have beneficial effects on the properties of magnetic MnAl alloys. In the present work we examined multiple routes to process MnAl alloys and studied the effects of milling on Mn-46 at.% Al powders. Mn54Al46 was produced via gas atomization, melt spinning, and rapid solidification rate processing. It was then mechanically milled using a water-cooled Union Process attritor for times up to 20 h. X-ray diffraction patterns showed the presence of mostly the high-temperature ε-phase with significant amounts of the equilibrium γ2 and β phases in both the cast and milled particulates. The powders were annealed for various temperatures and times in order to obtain the ferromagnetic τ-phase. Magnetic measurements of the optimally annealed powders showed a coercivity of 3.62 kOe and saturation magnetization of 59.8 emu g(-1) for mechanically milled gas-atomized powder annealed at 500 °C for 30 min.
Structure of High-Angle Grain Boundaries in Metals and
Ceramic Oxides
ساختار مرزدانه های با زاویه زیاد در فلزات و اکسیدهای سرامیکی
ABSTRACT
Nucleation mechanism of the eutectic phases in
aluminum–silicon hypoeutectic alloys
سازوکار جوانهزنی فازهای یوتکتیک در آلیاژهای هیپویوتکتیک آلومینیوم-سیلیسیوم
ABSTRACT
A theory is presented to explain the mechanism of formation of the eutectic phases in Al–Si hypoeutectic alloys. Results include optical, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, as well as selected area electron diffraction analysis and elemental X-ray mapping performed on Al–Si hypoeutectic alloy samples. The alloy samples had precisely controlled chemistry and were solidified at various cooling rates. The data presented support the proposed theory with microstructural and crystallographic evidence.
Introduction to semiconductor
مقدمه ای بر نیمه هادی ها
ABSTRACT
A semiconductor material is one whose electrical properties lie in between those of insulators and good conductors. Examples are: germanium and silicon. In terms of energy bands, semiconductors can be defined as those materials which have almost an empty conduction band and almost filled valence band with a very narrow energy gap (of the order of 1 eV) separating the two.
HIsarna Pilot Plant Project
پروژه ماشین آلات آزمایشی به روش HIsarna
ABSTRACT
HIsarnaTM represents a new phase in the global direct smelting development cycle. It is, in essence, a merger between Tata Steel- developed smelt cyclone technology and HIsmelt TM (Rio Tinto)-developed bath smelting technology. A pilot plant at IJmuiden, Netherlands with a nominal capacity of 60,000 t/a is nearing completion and is due to start shortly.
The catalyst that brought these technologies together and made the pilot plant project possible is ULCOS. The key driver from this perspective is efficient, cost-effective carbon dioxide collection for potential geological storage. HIsarna’s inherently simple, once- through gas flow path provides an easy carbon dioxide collection option without the need for a carbon dioxide scrubber.
Twin-like defects in L1 ordered s-MnAl-C studied by EBSD
بررسی عیوب دوقلویی شکل τ-MnAl-C منظم شده با L10 به وسیله ی EBSD
ABSTRACT
Twin-like defects in τ-MnAl-C, which has the L10 structure, have been studied using electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) in as-transformed and in subsequently hot extruded samples. In both states, three distinct twin-like defects were found, whose misorientations were described by rotations of 62°, 118° and 180° about the normal to {111}. These are denoted as pseudo twins, order twins and true twins, respectively. The true twins are often observed in this type of material. The order twins formed the boundaries between regions where the c-axes were almost perpendicular to each other and these were thought to form due to the accumulation of strains during the transformation to τ from the hexagonal parent phase, ε. Due to symmetry, pseudo twins necessarily appeared at points where order twins interacted with true twins. The frequency of the different defects was very sensitive to the sample state. As the parent phase ε is not involved in the dynamic recrystallization which occurred during hot extrusion, there was a greatly reduced fraction of order twins and pseudo twins in the hot extruded state. The misorientation angle of the magnetically easy ⟨001⟩ axis across the three twin-like defects was 48°, 86° and 75° for pseudo, order and true twins, respectively. The interaction of the three twin-like defects with 180° magnetic domain walls and the resulting effect on the magnetic properties of the material may therefore be different.
Effect of a transverse magnetic field on the growth
of equiaxed grains during directional solidification
اثر میدان مغناطیسی عرضی بر رشد دانه های هم محور حین انجماد جهت دار
ABSTRACT
The effect of a transverse magnetic field on the growth of equiaxed grains during directional solidification of Al-10wt% Cu alloys was investigated experimentally and numerically. The experimental results show that the magnetic field has a great influence on the size and distribution of equiaxed grains. Indeed, the magnetic field causes refined and coarsen equiaxed grains to distribute on the both sides of the sample, respectively. In-situ synchrotron X-ray imaging shows that a transverse magnetic field induced some force which can act on equiaxed grains and cause the movement of equiaxed grains during directional solidification. Numerical results reveal that the modification of the structure may be attributed to the thermoelectric (TE) magnetic effects produced by the magnetic field. Furthermore, a new method of removing inclusions in molten metal is developed by means of the TE magnetic force.
The structure and mechanical properties of
as-cast Ti–25Nb–xSn alloys for biomedical applications
ساختار و خواص مکانیکی آلیاژهای Ti-25Nb-xSn ریختگی برای کاربردهای پزشکی زیستی
ABSTRACT
The effects of tin on the structure and mechanical properties of a Ti–25Nb-based system were studied with an emphasis on improving the strength/modulus ratio. Commercially pure titanium (c.p. Ti) was used as a control. As-cast Ti–25Nb and a series of Ti–25Nb–xSn (x=1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, and 15 wt%) alloys prepared using a commercial arc-melting vacuum pressure casting system were investigated. The experimental results showed that the as-cast Ti–25Nb has an α″ phase, and when 1–5 wt% Sn was introduced into the Ti–25Nb alloy, the structure remained essentially unchanged. However, with 7–15 wt% Sn, retention of the metastable β phase began. Among the developed Ti–25Nb–xSn alloys, all the alloys had good ductility, and Ti–25Nb–8Sn and Ti–25Nb–9Sn alloys had lower bending moduli (52 and 53 GPa, respectively) than c.p. Ti (99 GPa) and the other Ti–25Nb-based alloys (61–133 GPa). Moreover, Ti–25Nb–9Sn and Ti–25Nb–11Sn alloys exhibited higher bending strength/modulus ratios, as large as 20.5 and 20.6, respectively, higher than those of c.p. Ti (8.5) and the Ti–25Nb alloys (19.8). The Ti–25Nb–10Sn (41°) and Ti–25Nb–11Sn (46°) alloys had superior elastically recoverable angles, about 17.0 and 15.2 times greater than that of c.p. Ti, respectively. In the current search for a better implant material, β-phase Ti–25Nb-(8–11)Sn alloys show considerable promise due to their low moduli, ductile properties, excellent elastic recovery capability, reasonably high strength (or high strength/modulus ratio), and better shape memory effect