The focus of this project was the characterization and growth of 3C-silicon carbide (b-SiC) nanowires using the vapor-liquid-solid method. Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) occurred at temperatures ranging from 1050oC to 1100oC using silane and propane as precursor gases. Experimentation with various surface preparations, including metal catalysts such as nickel (Ni) and aluminum (Al) deposited b...

The focused ion beam (FIB)/scanning electron microscope (SEM) is a scanning microscope with an electron column and an ion column embedded in the same specimen chamber; both beams are aiming at the same point on the specimen surface. The FIB, generated by a Ga Liquid Metal Ion Source (LMIS), impacts the sample normal to the surface and can be focused to a spot as small as few nanometres. The FIB...

The dulling of cemented carbide cutting tools after milling five African wood species was studied. The wood specimens investigated varied in high temperature corrosivity (HTC), hard mineral contamination (HMC), and density (D). Attempts to replace the combustion method of evaluating the content of natural HMC in wood with spectral mass analysis methods, such as energy dissipative spectrum (EDAX...

Dispersed particle gel (DPG) has been first successfully prepared using cross-linked gel systems through a simple high speed shearing method with the aid of a colloid mill at room temperature. The gel microstructure and particle size were investigated by scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), and dynamic light scattering (DLS) measurements. The results clea...

synthesis, identification and thermal behavior studies of nanoparticles cobalt (ii) bromide has been studied in this research. cobalt (ii) bromide was synthesized by planetary high-energy ball mill. the general formula of this compound is cobr2.6h2o. the synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and also size and structure of synthesized nanoparticl...

nanoparticles of mn0.5zn0.5-xcdxfe2o4 with x varying from x = 0.0 to 0.3 were prepared by wet chemical co-precipitation method. the structural and magnetic properties were studied by using x-ray diffraction (xrd), scanning electron microscope (sem), transmission electron microscopy (tem) and electron paramagnetic resonance (epr) technique. the lattice constant increases with increase in cd cont...

The Ni-based coatings with different content of spherical tungsten carbide were deposited by plasma transfer arc welding (PTAW) method on 304 austenitic stainless steel sheets in this study. The microstructure and wear property of spherical tungsten carbide particle reinforced composite coatings were investigated by means of optical microscope, scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffract...