In this research, tribological behavior of Ti-Ni-P intermetallic coatings on titanium substrates have been investigated under dry reciprocating conditions. Hardness profile testing results exhibit that high surface hardness has been attained and static indentation result shows that the intermetallic coating has better adhesion strength than the conventional ceramic coatings. In this respect, th...

the aim of this project is to fabricated an aluminium-copper bimetal through the fusion method and examine its performance. an aluminium-copper-aluminium bimetal was built by the laser cladding method. the laser power as well as the annealing time effects on its interfacial properties of the bonding’s formed through the laser cladding were investigated. to fabricate the multilayer bimetal, the ...

• Solidification of Al-5wt%Fe alloys was monitored via high-speed synchrotron tomography. Formation dynamics Al 13 Fe 4 intermetallics were revealed. Hole-like defects filled with aluminium melt observed within the intermetallics. Oriented particle attachment as a potential growth hypothesis proposed. High-speed tomography used to investigate nucleation and intermetallic during solidification a...

A powder metallurgy route combining high-energy ball-milling (HEBM) of elemental powders and reactive spark-plasma sintering (SPS) is proposed for the controlled fabrication novel composites based on a Zr–Al intermetallic matrix hardened with ceramic second-phase. As proof-of-concept, its suitability demonstrated ZrB2–hardened Zr3Al2. Specifically, commercially available ZrH2, Al, B were first ...

The need of a concerted multi-disciplinary approach in the investigation of intermetallic systems and the role of thermochemistry are underlined. The activity carried out in the Author’s laboratory in the alloy thermodynamics is summarized. The different instruments (calorimeters) built in laboratory are briefly presented and their performance discussed. The results obtained in the measurement ...

The composition dependence of the emission intensities was investigated in Cu-Ni as well as Ni-Zn binary alloy samples when a low-pressure argon laser-induced plasma was employed as the excitation source. The calibration curve in the Cu-Ni alloy system gave a linear relationship, implying that the selective evaporation of Cu or Ni atoms was caused less in those alloys having several chemical co...

Solid-state direct diffusion bonding of commercially pure Titanium (Cp-Ti) and precipitation hardening stainless steel (PHSS) has been carried out in the temperature range of 800°C to 1000°C with an interval of 50°C for 3.6 ks under 3.5 Mpa uniaxial load in (4 to 6)×10 Pa vacuum. The effects of temperatures have been investigated with reference to bond strength. The examination revealed that th...

First principles calculations have been used to predict the optical properties for a range of intermetallic compounds for which little or no experimental optical data are currently available. Density functional theory combined with the random phase approximation is used to calculate the dielectric functions for these compounds. The aim of this work is to investigate how the band edge and plasma...

Lattice strain is generated in crystal structures as a result of atomic size differences between host atom and solute elements during substitutional alloying. Extensive work has been performed to study lattice parameter variation with alloying elements, primarily using diffraction methods. The global information provided by reciprocal space analysis, however, limits access to local structural d...