X-ray diffraction peak profile analysis was used to identify changes in the lattice distortions during isothermal aging of Fe-10Ni-7Mn (wt. %) maraging steel. Integral peak breadths were analyzed using classical Williamson-Hall equation taking the elastic anisotropy into account. It was found that substantial lattice distortions rise during precipitation hardening which depend strongly on the s...

Ordering process and age-hardening mechanism of CuPd-AuCu pseudo-binary alloys were examined In alloys with electron-atom ratios (e/a)<0.87, short range ordering was observed in the early stage of aging, thereafter, long range ordering occurred from grain boundaries by heterogeneous ordering mecha nism. Age-hardening of these alloys was attained by the increase in volume fractions of CuPd and/o...

The author calls for a more mindful engagement with the analogical imagination, the creative promptings of which have guided the evolution of transpersonal theory from its inception to the present. Having traced, in Part One, the role of spatial and temporal image schemata in the models of such transpersonal precursors as Fechner, James, Myers, and Jung, this second part considers the further e...

In present global scenario, aluminum alloys are coining the attention of many innovators as competing structural materials for automotive and space applications. Comparing to other challenging alloys, especially, 7xxx series aluminum alloys have been studied seriously because of benefits such as moderate strength; better deforming characteristics and affordable cost. It is expected that substit...

The age-hardening response at 300 C of Al–0.06Sc–0.02RE (at.%, with RE = Tb, Ho, Tm or Lu) is found to be similar to that of binary Al–0.08Sc (at.%), except that a shorter incubation period for hardening is observed, which is associated with nanoscale RE-rich Al3(RE1 xScx) precipitates. In addition, Al–0.06Sc–0.02Tb (at.%) has a much lower peak microhardness than that of Al–0.08Sc (at.%) due to...

Nine Al-(1-3)Mg-(0-0.4)Cu-0.15Si-0.25Mn (in wt%) alloys with potential applications in both packaging and automotive industries have been investigated. Tensile testing showed that solution strengthening is in good approximation linearly proportional to the Mg content. Mechanical testing and microstructural examinations of aged samples indicate that Mg2Si phase precipitates contribute to age har...