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Effect of Main Elements (Zn, Mg, and Cu) on Hot Tearing Susceptibility During Direct-Chill Casting of 7xxx Aluminum Alloys
New 7xxx aluminum alloys with high alloying contents are being designed, which could induce serious hot tearing defects during direct-chill (DC) casting. Among all factors affecting hot tearing of 7xxx alloys,...
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Electronic structure, magnetism properties and optical absorption of organometal halide perovskite CH3NH3XI3 (X = Fe, Mn)
The electronic structure, magnetism properties and optical absorption of organometal halide perovskite CH3NH3XI3 (X = Fe, Mn) are studied using the first principles calculations by the generalized gradient approx...
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Experimental and Theoretical Studies of the Hot Tearing Behavior of Al-xZn-2Mg-2Cu Alloys
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Roles of Alloy Composition and Grain Refinement on Hot Tearing Susceptibility of 7××× Aluminum Alloys
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The Influences of Grain Size and Morphology on the Hot Tearing Susceptibility, Contraction, and Load Behaviors of AA7050 Alloy Inoculated with Al-5Ti-1B Master Alloy
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Numerical investigation of In0.23Ga0.77As-based planar Gunn diodes with fundamental frequency up to 116 GHz
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First principles calculations of electronic and optical properties of Mo and C co-doped anatase TiO2
Using the first principles calculations, the electronic and optical properties of C, Mo and Mo-C-doped anatase TiO2 are studied. For the Mo mono-doped TiO2, the band gap reduces little, and the largest perturbati...
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Size-Dependent Elastic Properties of Honeycombs
Simple closed form results for the size-dependent elastic properties of macro-, micro- and nano-sized regular honeycombs with hexagonal, square and equilateral triangular cells are presented in this paper. The...
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