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Role of Remelting in Grain Refinement of Undercooled Single-Phase Alloys
Bulk and thin samples of Cu75Ni25 (at. pct) alloy were solidified over a range of undercoolings. Unlike the bulk samples, in which grains were significantly refined at undercoolings between 45 K and 75 K, the thi...
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Metastable Phase Formation and Its Transformation in Highly Undercooled Ni75B25 Alloy
Ni75B25 alloy was solidified at various undercooling. The formation and subsequent transformation of metastable Ni23B6 phase were clearly identified. If undercooling prior to nucleation is less than a critical va...
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Removal of acid orange II azo dyes using Fe-based metallic glass catalysts by Fenton-like process
The unique structural characteristics of metallic glasses make them highly qualified to be applied in the treatment of organic pollutants. In this work, the degradation of azo dyes in aqueous solutions by usin...
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Preparation, characterization and application of Fe72Cu1Co5Si9B13 metallic glass catalyst in degradation of azo dyes
The presence of pollutants such as azo dyes in industrial wastewaters has become a major global problem and has attracted a large number of researchers to find solutions. In present work, a new type of Fe-base...
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The Growth Pattern of Co3Sn2 in Directional Solidification of Co-Sn Hypereutectic Alloy Melts
Co70Sn30 hypereutectic alloy was directionally solidified at various velocities at temperature gradients of 200 and 300 K/cm. At a given temperature gradient, α-Co/β-Co3Sn2 lamellar eutectic grows with a planar i...
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Compression Behavior of Biodegradable Thermoplastic Plasticizer-Containing Composites
Thermoplastic starch-based composites generate worldwide interest as they are based on green raw materials and undergo complete degradation. The composites were first fabricated from starch and sisal fibers as...
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Numerical Study of Failure Modes and Crack Propagation in 2A12 Aluminum Target Against Blunt-Nosed Projectile at Low Yaw Angle
Simulation models of 2A12 aluminum targets with thickness 1 mm stricken by the high strength 38CrSi blunt-nosed projectiles at different yaw angle have been established with the help of ABAQUS, then the failur...
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Metastable Co23B6 phase solidified from deeply undercooled Co79.3B20.7 alloy melt
M23X6 (M-transition metal, X-nonmetal) phases widely exist in alloy steels and some other multicomponent alloys, but were seldom solidified from binary alloys. In the present work, the alloy melt with the nominal...
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Contact transparency inducing low bias negative differential resistance in two capped carbon nanotubes sandwiching σ barrier
A first-principles study of the transport properties of two capped (5, 5) carbon nanotubes sandwiching σ barrier is reported. Contact transparency at zero bias is obtained. Strong negative differential resistance...
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Open AccessSuitable Thicknesses of Base Metal and Interlayer, and Evolution of Phases for Ag/Sn/Ag Transient liquid-phase Joints Used for Power Die Attachment
Real Si insulated gate bipolar transistors with conventional Ni/Ag metallization and dummy Si chips with thickened Ni/Ag metallization have both been bonded, at 250°C for 0 min, 40 min, and 640 min, to Ag foil...
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Roles of alloying additions on local structure and glass-forming ability of Cu–Zr metallic glasses
To identify the structural role of alloying element M (M = Ti, Ga, Co, Fe) on the glass-forming ability (GFA) of Cu50Zr50 base alloy, the atomic structures of the binary and ternary metallic glasses were examined...
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Metal Flow during Friction Stir Welding of 7075-T651 Aluminum Alloy
Bronze foil of 0.1 mm thickness was placed between faying surfaces of two plates to be butt-welded as marker material to reveal the flow behavior of weld metal during friction stir welding of 7075-T651 aluminu...
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Room-Temperature Nanoindentation Creep of Thermally Cycled Ultrasonically Bonded Heavy Aluminum Wires
Recent findings suggest that creep occurs during thermal cycling of ultrasonically bonded wires, the extent of which is influenced by the nature of the temperature cycle, particularly its peak temperature. In ...
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Effects of Cr addition on glass-forming ability and mechanical properties of Cu–Zr–Al bulk metallic glass
Effects of a small amount addition of Cr on glass-forming ability (GFA) and mechanical properties of Cu–Zr–Al bulk metallic glass were investigated. The GFA of (Cu46Zr46Al8)100−x Cr ...
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Microstructure and mechanical property of Zr65Al7.5Ni10Cu12.5Ag5 bulk metallic glass subjected to rolling
The as-cast and the pre-annealed Zr65Al7.5Ni10Cu12.5Ag5 bulk metallic glasses were rolled at room temperature to different deformation degrees, and the microstructure and microhardness were examined. It is reveal...
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A fixed-grid numerical modelling of transient liquid phase bonding and other diffusion-controlled phase changes
A transient liquid phase (TLP), in which a liquid layer is formed and subsequently solidifies, and other diffusion-controlled phase changes are generally associated with moving phase-change interfaces. Both fi...
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Structure evolution of bulk Zr60Cu20Pd10Al10 amorphous alloy during rolling deformation
Bulk Zr60Cu20Pd10Al10 amorphous alloy was rolled at room temperature up to 96% reduction in thickness without fracture. The changes of microstructure and hardness during rolling deformation were investigated by X...
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Structural Evidence for the Transition from Coupled to Decoupled Growth in the Solidification of Undercooled Ni-Sn Eutectic Melt
Ni-18.7 at. pct Sn eutectic melt was undercooled and spontaneously solidified in the encasement of a glass flux. Structure morphologies of the sample surface as well as inside the sample were systematically ex...
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Direct evidence of substituent clustering in lower valent K+ modified PbZrO3 by high-resolution Z-contrast imaging
The distribution of substituents in lead zirconate (PZ) modified by K+ (PKZ) has been studied by high-resolution Z-contrast imaging. Pronounced intensity variations were observed between various Pb columns, givin...
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Indentation analysis of plasma-sprayed Cr3C2-NiCr coatings