Based on precursor powders with a size of 200-300 nm prepared by the low-temperature solid reaction method, phase-pure YFeO₃ ceramics are fabricated using spark plasma sintering (SPS) at different temperatures. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) reveal that the high-purity YFeO₃ ceramics can be prepared using SPS, while the results from X-ray photoelectron spectrosco...

structural steels with very high strength levels are often referred to as ultrahigh-strength steels (uhss). the usage of uhss has been extensively studied in aerospace industries and offshore platforms. in this study, medium carbon low alloy steel (ams6305) was thermomechanicaly treated to obtain an ultra-high strength bainitic steel for aircraft engine compressor disk. a novel themomechanical ...

(Pb0.97La0.02)(Zr0.95Ti0.05)O₃ (PLZT2/95/5) ceramics were successfully prepared via a solid-state reaction route. The dielectric properties were investigated in the temperature region of 26-650 °C. The dielectric diffuse anomaly in the dielectric relaxation was found in the high temperature region of 600-650 °C with increasing the measuring frequency, which was related to the dynamic thermal pr...

In this work, Aurivillius-phase Bi8Fe4-xCoxTi3O24 (7-BFCT, 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.4) powders and ceramics were successfully prepared by the combination of citrate combustion and hot-press methods. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) indicate a successful synthesis of the pure phase of the 7-BFCT ceramics, and all the samples showed a good seven-layer structur...

The mechanical properties of steatite ceramics after high-temperature processing depend on inversion of high-temperature Mg2Si2O6 protoenstatite polymorph to low clinoor ortho-enstatite, which are characterized by Raman spectroscopy. The Raman spectrum of a pure Mg2Si2O6 protoenstatite is sufficiently distinct from those of low clinoand ortho-enstatite to allow rapid identification in a bulk sa...

V2O5 is used to substitute Ta2O5 site of the SrBi2Ta2O9 ceramics to form SrBi2Ta2-xVxO9 composition, where 0.1 x 0.4 ≦ ≦ . The sintering and the dielectric properties of SrBi2Ta2-xVxO9 ceramics have been developed. For all SrBi2Ta2-xVxO9 composition, the crystal intensities of the (0,0,l) planes increase with the increase of sintering temperature and saturate at 1050C-sintered ceramics, and the...

Shape memory materials are a class of smart materials able to convert heat into mechanical strain (or strain into heat) by virtue of a martensitic phase transformation. Some brittle materials such as intermetallics and ceramics exhibit a martensitic transformation but fail by cracking at low strains and after only a few applied strain cycles. Here we show that such failure can be suppressed in ...