By a improved front light-source framing photography technique and a simple fragments soft recovered method, the expansion and fracture behaviour of the AISI 1045 steel cylinders loaded by three different brisance explosives have been studied . Cylinders were heat treated-normalized and quenched and tempered. Experimental results show that the more intensive of the loading ,the stronger capabil...

long–term stability and oxidation resistance of aisi 439 ferritic stainless steel used as interconnects in solid oxide fuel cells can be improved by use of a protective coating. in this study the pack cementation method was employed to coat aisi 439 ferritic stainless steel with manganese. isothermal oxidation was conducted at 800 ºc for 200 hours in static air to investigate the role of coatin...

The very thin native oxide film on stainless steel, of the order of 2 nm, is known to be readily modified by immersion in aqueous media. In this paper, XPS and ToF-SIMS are employed to investigate the nature of the air-formed film and modification after water emmersion. The film is described in terms of oxide, hydroxide and water content. The preferential dissolution of iron is shown to occur o...

protective coatings that resist oxide scale growth and decrease chromium evaporation are necessary to makestainless steel interconnect materials for long-term durable operation of solid oxide fuel cells (sofcs). inthis study a layer of manganese was coated on the surface of aisi 441 ferritic stainless steel which is used insolid oxide fuel cells for interconnect applications. the oxidation beha...

The feasibility and parameters optimization of AA5183 aluminum cladding on AISI 1018 steel by electro spark microwelding (ESM) and the corrosion resistance of the clad plate were investigated. The optimum conditions were found as 15 A, 10%, 800 Hz and 2500 rpm for P, D, F and R factors, respectively. Confirmation test under optimum conditions showed that the model can be effectively used to pre...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to analyze, with the aid of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), the chemical and structural changes in metal brackets subjected to an in vitro biodegradation process. Methods: The sample was divided into three groups according to brackets commercial brand names, i.e., Group A = Dyna-Lock, 3M/Unitek (AISI 303) and Group B = LG standard edgewise, American...

Microlubrication minimizes the exposure of metal working fluids (MWFs) leading to an economical, safer and healthy workplace environment. In this study vegetable based lubricant is used to conduct wear analysis during end milling AISI 1018 steel using microlubrication. Solid carbide cutting tool was used with varying cutting speed and feed rate having a constant depth of cut. A full factorial e...

An experimental model was proposed to study biofilm formation by Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 19117 on AISI 304 (#4) stainless steel surface and biotransfer potential during this process. In this model, biofilm formation was conducted on the surface of stainless steel coupons, set on a stainless steel base with 4 divisions, each one supporting 21 coupons. Trypic Soy Broth was used as bacterial g...

In the present study, the Weldability and microstructure of dissimilar welds of AISI 347austenitic stainless steel to ASTM A335 low alloy steel was investigated. For this purpose, gas tungsten arc welding process and two filler metals including ERNICr-3 and ER309L were used. After welding, the microstructure of the different zones of each joint, including weld metals, heat affected zone (HAZ) 1...

Flash processing is a new heat treatment process being developed to produce steel with relatively high strength and ductility. It involves rapidly heating steel sheet or strip to a temperature in the austenite range and quenching; the entire thermal cycle takes place within 15 seconds. The resulting microstructure is fine and difficult to resolve using standard metallographic techniques. In thi...