Surface treatments of engineering materials are important for serviceable engineering components. One of the thermo-chemical surface treatments of steel based materials is the boriding process. In this study, low alloy steel substrates were borided by pack boriding process at 900 C. Experimental indentation tests were conducted on Dynamic Ultra-micro Hardness test machine, under applied peak lo...

7 -+ E transformation behavior in a Fe-21Mn alloy with different grain size and a Fe-32Mn-6Si alloy with various degrees of wld rolling is investigated and correlated with damping capacity. Effect of microstructure on damping capacity is discussed on the assumption that the capacity is proportional to volume swept by 7 / e boundaries. 1.INTRODUCTION Fe-Mn based alloys have been well known for s...

Transformation sequences in a NiTi shape memory alloy after deformation and subsequent annealing were studied using various methods. Low temperature annealing of the deformed alloy caused that the R-phase preceeded the martensitic transformation. The R-phase formation during both cooling and heating depends strongly on the deformation degree and temperature of annealing. On DTA curves an additi...

The purpose of present research was production ofZr-based alloy as the nuclear fuel cladding by mechanical alloying (MA) and sintering process. Firstly, Zr and Cr powders were mechanically alloyed to produce the refractory and hard Zr-10 wt% Cr alloy, and then, the powder mixtures were consolidated by press and following sintering at temperature of 800˚C min. The phase evolution, microstructura...

The aim of this work is to probe the helium-induced defect production and accumulation in 40 keV He+ irradiated polycrystalline W its alternative alloy W-5wt.%Ta using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) combined with in-situ helium irradiation at 800°?. A maximum damage level 1 dpa a He-to-dpa ratio 5.5 at%/dpa has been reached for both materials, which corresponds an ion fluence 7.33 × 101...

In this study, Al0.5CoCrFe1.5NiTi0.5 high-entropy alloy was heat-treated from 500 °C to 1200 for 24 h investigate age-hardening phenomena and microstructure evolution. The as-cast alloy, with a hardness of HV430, exhibited dendritic structure comprising an (Fe,Cr)-rich FCC phase (Ni,Al,Ti)-rich B2 phase, the interdendrite spinodal decomposed BCC phase. Age hardening softening occurred at 800 90...

The effect of pre-heating and post-weld heat treatment on microstructure mechanical properties laser-welded joints in a Ti–23Al–23Nb-1.4V-0.8Zr-0.4Mo-0.4Si (at.%) alloy was studied. Laser beam-welding carried out at room temperature as well after up to 800°С. comprised either air quenching from 920°С followed by aging 800°С or only the fusion zone consisted columnar β-grains welding 400 °C both...