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Effect of nickel content on the formation and properties of amorphous Al100-xRE5Nix alloys
The thermal stability and formation range of amorphous Al100-xLn5Nix (x = 3, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 23) alloys were studied by differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction techniques. The microhardness, ...
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Solid-state reaction in nanocrystalline Fe/SiC composites prepared by mechanical alloying
Different solid-state reactions, i.e. Fe + SiC → Fe3C + Fe(Si), and Fe + SiC → Fe3Si + Fe2Si + C, were found in mechanically alloyed nanocrystalline Fe/SiC composites induced by prolonged milling or heat treatmen...
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Metastable phases formation induced by mechanical alloying
Elemental aluminium, titanium and iron powders with compositions of Al90Ti10, Al55Ti45, Al65Ti25Fe10, respectively, were mechanically alloyed in a planetary ball mill. The sequence of phase formation was characte...
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Amorphous phase growth by isothermal annealing-induced interdiffusion reactions in mechanically deformed Ni/Ti multilayered composites
The growth of amorphous phase and the formation of competing intermetallic compounds in mechanically deformed Ni/Ti multilayered composites have been investigated by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron micros...
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Characteristics of the mechanically-alloyed Ni60Ti40 amorphous powders during mechanical milling in different atmospheres
Mechanically alloyed Ni60Ti40 amorphous powders were further milled in argon, nitrogen and oxygen atmospheres. X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry and transmission electron microscopy analyses we...
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Solid-state reaction between crystalline nickel and amorphous Fe78Si12B10 powders during mechanical milling
The solid-state reaction between crystalline nickel and pulverized melt-spun amorphous Fe78Si12B10 powders during mechanical milling has been investigated. For the powder mixtures with low nickel content (≤ 30 at...
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Solid state amorphization reactions in Ni/Ti multilayer composites prepared by cold rolling
Solid state amorphizations in mechanically deformed Ni/Ti multilayer composites have been investigated by differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction. The growth of amorphous alloy in our Ni/Ti com...
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Wettability and spreading kinetics of liquid aluminium on boron nitride
The wettability and spreading kinetics of liquid AI on CVD-BN were investigated by the sessile drop method in a vacuum of about 1.1×10−3 Pa at 1070 to 1430 K. The wettability on the Al-BN system was different fro...
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A Long-Period Close-Packed Phase of the PuGa3 Type Prepared by RSP: m-Nb (Rh.75 Pd.25)3
In the pseudobinary system Nb(Rh1−xPdx)3, as in other similar alloy systems, a series of polytypic phases occurs which have related, closepacked structures with systematically varying stacking sequences. After ra...
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Metastabile Extensions of Intermediate Phases in Some Aluminum - Rare-Earth Metal Systems
Using the arc-furnace hammer-and-anvil method, metastable alloys in the Al-rich portions of four Al-RE systems (10–30 at. pet. RE; Re = Gd, Ho, Er and Y) were prepared and examined by XRD. The principal result...
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Formation and Thermal Stability of Quasi Crystalline and Other Metastable Al-Rich Al-Mn Phases
RSP of Al-rich Al-Mn alloys is known to produce several metastable phases, including (with increasing Mn content) supersaturated Al solid solution and two non-crystallographic phases, identified in the literat...