Alongside volcanic eruptions in the middle and late Permian, sedimentary environment process changed, lithofacies characteristics varied conspicuously marine deposits of Sichuan Basin (China). The tuffaceous rocks, as a new type unconventional reservoir, provide strong evidence for influences on lithology reservoir potential rocks. With experimental studies relying field outcrops, thin sections...

The influence of crystallinity on the electrocatalytic activity complex alloys requires further clarification to optimize their properties. In this work, properties additively manufactured Fe-based bulk metallic glasses (BMG), namely, toward oxygen evolution reaction are studied in alkaline media. Laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB/M) is applied fabricate electrodes with different numbers glass-fo...

Dendrobium sonia-28 is an important ornamental orchid in the Malaysian flower industry. However, the genus faces both low germination rates and the risk of producing heterozygous progenies. Cryopreservation is currently the favoured long-term storage method for orchids with propagation problems. Vitrification, a frequently used cryopreservation technique, involves the application of pretreatmen...

The present paper shows the results of a nucleation and crystallisation study of a Nafluorrichterite glass carried out by dynamic scanning calorimetry (DSC). The kinetic study was performed using different procedures (Kissinger, Matusita-Sakka and Kissinger-AkahiraSunose (KAS) methods), and the Avrami parameter was determined from the Ozawa and Malek approximations and the Malek equation. The r...

Novel bioactive glasses based on a Ca- and Mg-modified silicon oxycarbide (SiCaMgOC) were prepared from a polymeric single-source precursor, and their in vitro activity towards hydroxyapatite mineralization was investigated upon incubating the samples in simulated body fluid (SBF) at 37 °C. The as-prepared materials exhibit an outstanding resistance against devitrification processes and maintai...

The effects of annealing treatments on the microstructure, elastic/mechanical properties, wear resistance and corrosion behavior of rod-shaped Ti40Zr10Cu38Pd12 bulk glassy alloys, synthesized by copper mold casting, are investigated. Formation of ultrafine crystals embedded in an amorphous matrix is observed for intermediate annealing temperatures, whereas a fully crystalline microstructure dev...

Zr80Pt20 alloys may form meta-stable quasicrystals either during devifxification of an amorphous phase or directly upon cooling from a liquid depending on processing conditions. To date, little attention has been given to the role of oxygen on the glass formation or devitrification behavior of Zr-Pt and similar alloys. This study reveals that oxygen content during melt spinning indeed strongly ...

Multicomponent Fe65.5Cr4Mo4Ga4P12C5B5.5 amorphous alloy is known to have good soft magnetic properties combined with large glass-forming ability. Searching for a nanocrystalline structure that could improve its magnetic properties, Cr and Mo were partially substituted by Cu. The devitrification process of Cu-containing alloys shows an additional broad crystallization event that can be described...

Liquid phase diffusion plays a critical role in phase transformations (e.g. glass transformation and devitrification) observed in marginal glass forming systems such as Al-Sm. Controlling transformation pathways in such cases requires a comprehensive description of diffusivity, including the associated composition and temperature dependencies. In the computational study reported here, we examin...