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Open AccessHigh strain rate in situ micropillar compression of a Zr-based metallic glass
High strain rate micromechanical testing can assist researchers in elucidating complex deformation mechanisms in advanced material systems. In this work, the interactions of atomic-scale chemistry and strain r...
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Open AccessRevealing the nucleation kinetics of primary Si particles in hypereutectic Al–Si alloys under the influence of P inoculation
A quantitative study on the kinetics of nucleation of primary Si particles (PSPs), especially under the effect of P inoculation, during isothermal melt solidification of hypereutectic Al–Si(–Cu) alloys has bee...
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Open AccessErratum: A self-aligning microtensile setup: Application to single-crystal GaAs microscale tension–compression asymmetry-CORRIGENDUM
doi: 10.1557/jmr.2019.183, Published by Materials Research Society, 07 June 2019.
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Open AccessA self-aligning microtensile setup: Application to single-crystal GaAs microscale tension–compression asymmetry
A novel microtensile setup was developed to overcome typical issues encountered in small-scale testing, particularly sample fabrication, sample handling, and misalignment. The system features a silicon (Si) gr...
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Revealing the Heterogeneous Nucleation and Growth Behaviour of Grains in Inoculated Aluminium Alloys During Solidification
An in situ X-ray radiographic study on the grain and of inoculated Al–10Cu and Al–20Cu alloys during isothermal melt and directional conditions with constant cooling rates has been carried out. The inf...
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In situ hard X-ray transmission microscopy for material science
Hard X-ray transmission microscopy based on refractive X-ray optics can be employed as a tool in material science to investigate buried-in microstructures in two or three dimensions with spatial resolution app...
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Morphological Transition of α-Mg Dendrites During Near-Isothermal Solidification of a Mg–Nd–Gd–Zn–Zr Casting Alloy
in the Mg–Nd–Gd–Zn–Zr commercial casting alloy Elektron21 and in a Zn-free alloy variant, solidified under near-isothermal conditions at six constant cooling rates, has been studied via in situ . In the Zn...
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The Influence of Ni and V Trace Elements on High-Temperature Tensile Properties and Aging of A356 Aluminum Foundry Alloy
High-temperature tensile properties of unmodified A356 alloy with and without the addition of Ni or V in traces (600 and 1000 ppm of Ni and V, respectively) were investigated by analyzing samples obtained from...
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Impact Behavior of A356 Foundry Alloys in the Presence of Trace Elements Ni and V
In the present work, the impact behavior of unmodified A356 alloys with the addition of Ni or V in as-cast and T6 heat-treated conditions was assessed. Charpy V-notched specimens obtained from sand and permane...
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A comparative study on the effects of three commercial Ti–B-based grain refiners on the impact properties of A356 cast aluminium alloy
The effect of three commercial Ti–B-based grain refiners on the impact properties of the A356 cast aluminium alloy was assessed. The impact tests were performed by means of an instrumented Charpy pendulum. Dur...
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Shape recovery behaviour of NiTi strips in bending: experiments and modelling
We present a theoretical and experimental investigation of the bending recovery performances for a commercial NiTi shape memory alloy strip. We evaluate the mechanical properties and the shape setting paramete...
