A general method for brazing ceramics to metals using a compliant metallic foam as a buffer layer has been developed. Using stainless steel foams, bonds between alumina and 316 stainless steel with shear strengths up to 33 MPa have been achieved. The resultant ductility enhances the resistance of the joint to thermal cycling; AlN-Inconel 600 bonds exhibited good thermal shock resistance. Alumin...

Abstract. Bipolar plate is one of the core components a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), in which microchannels with regular distribution separate and distribute gas at anode oxygen/air cathode, remove reaction products from cell. Dimensional deviations affect assembly accuracy, thereby influencing efficiency performance PEMFC. Ultra-thin stainless steel sheet most commonly used mate...

Stainless steel and graphite electrodes were individually addressed and polarized at −0.60 V vs. Ag/AgCl in reactors filled with a growth medium that contained 25 mM fumarate as the electron acceptor and no electron donor, in order to force the microbial cells to use the electrode as electron source. When the reactor was inoculated with Geobacter sulfurreducens, the current increased and stabil...

The adhesion of the solids presents in food can difficult the process of surface cleaning and promotes the bacterial adhesion process and can trigger health problems. In our study, we used UHT whole milk, chocolate based milk and infant formula to evaluate the adhesion of Enterobacter sakazakii on stainless steel coupons, and we determine the work of adhesion by measuring the contact angle as w...

AIM To evaluate root canal transportation at the major foramen through the use of stainless steel size 08 K-Flex files, size 10 reamers, and XF finger spreaders when used as patency instruments. METHODOLOGY One hundred and two mesiobuccal canals of maxillary and mandibular first molars were randomly divided into three groups (34 canals each). Size 08 stainless steel K-Flex files, size 10 stai...

PURPOSE Vertical root fracture (VRF) is a common complication in endodontically treated teeth. Considering the poor prognosis of VRF, a reliable and valid detection method is necessary. Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) has been reported to be a reliable tool for the detection of VRF; however, the presence of metallic intracanal posts can decrease the diagnostic values of CBCT systems. This ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Gold has often been used in medicine because of its radiopacity and flexibility. To perform stent-supported coil embolization of intracranial aneurysms, we prepared a gold stent and examined its flexibility, radiopacity, and thrombogenic properties in comparison with a stainless steel device implanted in vitro and in vivo. METHODS Gold stents were prepared by plating go...

OBJECTIVE To compare biomechanical stiffness of cadaveric canine cervical spine constructs stabilized with bicortical stainless steel pins and polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), monocortical stainless steel screws with PMMA, or monocortical titanium screws with PMMA. STUDY DESIGN Biomechanical cadaver study. ANIMALS Eighteen canine cervical vertebral columns (C2-C7) were collected from skeletal...

In this paper, we report atomic scale observations and formation mechanisms of a high-density antiphase boundaries (APBs) within an ultra-fine-grained Fe4Al13 intermetallic layer at Al/steel interface after heat treatment 596 °C. The results reveal that the APBs are formed by nucleation glide partial dislocations with Burgers vector b/3[010] (b = 12.47 Å). intensive activation locally transform...