Process and Physical Metallurgy

Physical metallurgy of nickel aluminides

A description of the important physical metallurgy aspects of Ni3Al and NiAl encompassing structure, crystallographic defects, slip systems and phase stability has been presented in this article. The microstructures generated in the two alloys by conventional as well as novel processing techniques have been discussed. The effect of alloying additions on the microstructure has been enumerated. B...

B4C-Al Composites Fabricated by the Powder Metallurgy Process

Due to the large thermal neutron absorption cross section of 10B, B4C-Al composites have been used as neutron absorbing materials in nuclear industries, which can offer not only good neutron shielding performance but also excellent mechanical properties. The distribution of B4C particles affects the mechanical performance and efficiency of the thermal neutron absorption of the composite materia...

High entropy alloys: a renaissance in physical metallurgy*

Hybrid Model Based Optimal Control for a Metallurgy Process

This paper applies hybrid modeling method based optimal control in industrial process. Hybrid modeling method combines a priori information with a nonlinear residual compensation technique to build a global model which predicts alumina raw pulp slurry quality. Process control is accomplished based on blending expert knowledge with multi-objective hierarchy reasoning approach. Through the coordi...

Effects of Friction Stir Process Parameters on Microstructure and Mechanical properties of Aluminum Powder Metallurgy Parts

The effects of friction stir processing (FSP) on the microstructure and mechanical properties of aluminum powder metallurgy (PM) parts was investigated. PM parts were then subjected to FSP at advancing speeds (v) of 40-200 mm/min and tool rotational speeds (ω) of 800-1600 rpm. Microhardness (HV) and tensile tests at room temperature were used to evaluate the mechanical properties of the frictio...