The direct link between microstructure and material properties is the core principle underpinning modern material science and engineering. Phase transformations in solids and solidification of melts have been extensively studied to the point where the key elementary processes, process steps and process variables are well understood. Less well investigated and less well understood are the change...

As demands for higher performance migrated from aircraft engines to land based gas turbines the need for EB welding came along also. The transfer of EB welding processes from relatively thin section components in aircraft turbines to land based aero derivative turbines is straightforward since the basic design and function of both aero and aero derivative components are the same or similar. How...

This paper reports the current status of Mg melt protection in view to identify near-future challenges, but also opportunities, for Mg melt protection of Mg-Al based alloys. The goal is to design and manufacture sustainable Mg alloys for resource efficiency, recycling and minimising waste. Among alternative cover gas technologies for Mg melt protection other than SF6: commercially available tec...

This program aims at producing the next generation of molecular chemical and biological sensors [1]. Is is an interdisciplinary effort to manufacture electronic "noses" from arrays of nanostructured metal oxide sensors, each of which is specific to a given gas. Specificity in nanostructured oxides is achieved by exploiting their structure sensitivity. The ongoing research focuses on the study o...

Decreasing supplies of high quality crude oil and increasing demand for high quality distillates have motivated the interest in converting natural gas to liquid fuels, especially with the present boom in natural gas proven reserves. Nevertheless, one major issue is the curtailment of costs incurred in producing synthesis gas from natural gas, which account for approximately 60% of the costs use...

Rapid semiquantitative elemental screening of pharmaceutical samples is described using the Agilent 7500ce ICP-MS with helium as collision gas. Polyatomic interferences are eliminated in the He pressurized cell, enabling rapid elemental profiling of pharmaceutical tablets for screening purposes. Elements which normally suffer from polyatomic interferences have been included in the semiquantitat...