Industrial applications require parts of components with specific surface properties such are good corrosion resistance, wear resistance and hardness. Alloys with those properties are usually very expensive and there is a great interest in reducing the cost of components for fulfilling these requirements. In this sense, laser surface processing has been used as a cost-effective technique to imp...

The effect of microstructural variations on the tensile and fracture toughness properties of Alloy 718 welds is reviewed. The microstructural parameters surveyed include heat treatment, longterm thermal aging and neutron irradiation. The two heat treatments that were characterized include the conventional heat treatment, per ASTM B637, and a modified heat treatment designed to improve the tough...

in this article, the effects of adding zn and conducting age hardening treatment on impression creep properties of mg-5%sn alloy have been investigated. the creep tests were carried out using impression creep method in which a cylindrical punch was used to apply the stress in range of 450 mpa < σimp < 270 mpa and at the test temperatures of 150, 175 and 200 °c. the results showed that age harde...

Nanotechnology has become an overused adjective, but there has been justified excitement in the context of structural materials. A class of iron alloys has been discovered in which a high density of strong interfaces can be created by heat-treatment alone. The packing of interfaces is so large, and the fact that there is an intrinsic work hardening mechanism in the structure, leads to remarkabl...

In the present study, influence of initial heat-treatment conditions on artificial aging behavior after conventional linear extrusion at room temperature was investigated for precipitation hardening a 6056 aluminum alloy. A solution-annealed condition systematically compared to naturally-aged and pre-aged conditions. Differential scanning calorimetry used analyzing sequence its dependence heat ...