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This study investigated hydrogen induced cracking (HIC) of X70 steel, used for gas pipeline material, with a bainitic microstructure. The effect of hydrogen on the steel was investigated by tensiletesting in a high pressure hydrogen atmosphere, using OM, SEM and TEM analyses. The mechanisms of hydrogen-related cracking were represented as..... More

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The mechanical properties of nickel-base superalloys used in disk and blade materials for gas turbine engines can be maximized by controlling their microstructure, such as the size of precipitates. In this study, we investigated the size of gamma prime precipitates after age hardening heat treatment at 650-980 oC for 1-48..... More

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High entropy alloys (HEAs) are a relatively new class of metallic materials. HEAs lead to high mixing entropy and the formation of a simple solid solution rather than intermediate phases. This might be explained by the fact that the configurational entropy outweighs the enthalpy of formation of intermetallic compounds. Meanwhile,..... More

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The effect of carbon addition on the cast and rolled microstructures of CoCrFeMnNi high entropy alloys were studied. Both as-cast CoCrFeMnNi and CoCrFeMnNiC0.1 alloys have a dendritic microstructure. Small carbide particles were observed at the inter-dendritic region in the as-cast CoCrFeMnNiC0.1 and elongated-grained structure with aligned carbides were developed at..... More

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A model based on Irwin's approach to elastic-plastic deformation was applied to predict the tensile ductility of a sintered iron. The evaluation of this model using experimental results for porous sintered iron showed that tensile ductility depends not only on the pore volume fraction, but also the pore size and..... More

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The effect of Al addition on the microstructure and mechanical properties of extruded Mg-Sn based alloy is investigated by adding 1 wt% Al to the Mg-7Sn-1Zn alloy and indirectly extruding the billets with and without the Al addition. The Al addition promotes dynamic recrystallization (DRX) behaviour during hot extrusion, which..... More

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A bauxite of low quality containing 6.75% reactive silica and 37.4% Al₂O₃ as gibbsite was roasted with additives including NaOH (caustic/total alumina molar ratio of 2-4:1) and CaO (CaO/total SiO₂ molar ratio of 0.5-3:1) at 300-1000 oC, producing calcines containing sodium aluminate (Na2O.Al₂O₃), silicates and hematite. Optimum conditions included roasting..... More

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In this work, Mg₂Ni and Ni were added to MgH₂ in order to improve the hydrogen-storage properties of Mg. A 94 wt% MgH₂+5 wt% Mg₂Ni+1wt% Ni (named 94MgH₂+5Mg₂Ni+1Ni) sample was prepared by milling in a hydrogen atmosphere in a planetary ball mill for 5 h. The Mg₂Ni was hydrided during..... More

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Bi_2-xSb_xTe₃ (x = 1.4–1.7) solid solutions were synthesized by mechanical alloying (MA) and consolidated by hot pressing (HP), and their charge transport and thermoelectric properties were examined. The relative densities of the hot-pressed specimens were higher than 96% on average. As the Sb content was increased, the lattice constants decreased,..... More

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An inorganic binder is a good way to mitigate the environmental issues of organic binders containing phenol, formaldehyde, etc. One of the most representative materials in the field of inorganic moulding sand binders is a group of binder systems based on alkali silicate compounds, however, many aspects need to be..... More