A special form of laser spot welding is introduced to overlap dissimilar welding of titanium (G2) to 3105-O aluminum alloy. A welding tactile seam tracking design using following pulses that result to a circular seam leads to spot like shape laser welding. This technique was conducted to joint overlapped grad 2 Titanium alloy (Ti G2) to 3105-O Al alloy, with 1, and 0.5 mm thicknesses respective...

In this research, surface composite layers containing nano sized TiB2, Al2O3-TiB2, ZrO2 and CNT particles have been fabricated on Aluminum alloy substrates by friction stir processing. The effects of different processing variables such as number of passes and strengthening particle distribution, hardness, and wear properties of surface nano...

In order to broaden industrial applications of Mg alloys, as lightest-weight metal alloys in practical uses, many efforts have been dedicated to manufacture various clad sheets which can complement inherent shortcomings of Mg alloys. Here, we present a new fabrication method of Mg/Al clad sheets by bonding thin Al alloy sheet on to Mg alloy melt during strip casting. In the as-strip-cast Mg/Al ...

The reduction of unprotected indoles and quinolines is described using water as a hydrogen source. The method is based on the application of a RANEY® type Ni-Al alloy in an aqueous medium. During the reaction the Al content of the alloy, used as reductants, reacts with water in situ providing hydrogen and a RANEY® Ni catalyst, thus the alloy serves as a hydrogen generator as well as a hydrogena...

The effect of the vanadium addition on the microstructure, the precipitation behavior, and the mechanical properties of the Al-5.0Cu-0.4Mn alloy has been studied. The as-cast Al-5.0Cu-0.4Mn alloy was produced by squeeze casting and the heat treatment was carried out following the standard T6 treatment. It is shown that, with the addition of V, grain refinement of aluminum occurred. During heat ...

The purpose of this investigation was to develop a coating technique and to study the characteristics of titanium–aluminum nitride [(Ti,Al)N] films deposited on a base-metal alloy (Wiron88R) substrate. Titanium–aluminum nitride thin films were deposited on the alloy surface using a reactive radiofrequency sputtering method. The electrochemical properties of three specimens with and without coat...

The present study continues the research efforts of recent years on the 1 Faculty of Foundry Engineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, 23 Reymonta Street, 30-059, Kraków, Poland 2 School of Materials, The University of Manchester, Grosvenor Street, Manchester, M1 7HS, UK 3 Polish Academy of Sciences, 25 Reymonta Street, 30-059, Kraków, Poland Crystallisation curves Regarding the cr...

The prospect of extending existing metal-ceramic composites to those with the compositions that are far from thermodynamic equilibrium is examined. A current and pressure-assisted, rapid infiltration is proposed to fabricate composites, consisting of reactive metallic and ceramic phases with controlled microstructure and tunable properties. An aluminum (Al) alloy/Ti2AlC composite is selected as...

Orthodontic mechanotherapy encompasses the use of several archwires during speci c stages of treatment. Metallic orthodontic appliances consist of bands, arch wires, ligature wires, hooks, tubes, brackets, and springs are daily used in orthodontic practices for the correction of malocclusions in patients ( Oh et al. , 2004 ; Verstrynge et al. , 2006 ; Sabane et al. , 2009 ). One of the most im...