The development of materials which contain the noble metals for use in high temperature strain gauges is reviewed, with particular emphasis being placed upon work done by the Institute of Precious Metals, in China. Three alloy systems displaying excellent resistance to oxidation and good overall properties when used in high temperature straingauges, are singled out for examination. These are pl...

The effects of tungsten addition on the microstructure and corrosion resistance of Fe-3.5B alloys in a liquid zinc bath at 520 °C were investigated by means of scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and electron probe micro-analysis. The microstructure evolution in different alloys is analyzed and discussed using an extrapolated Fe-B-W ternary phase diagram. Experimental results show t...

This paper presents investigations on turning Ti–6Al–4V alloy withmulti-layer coated inserts. Turning of Ti–6Al–4V using uncoated, TiAlN coated, and TiAlN + cBN coated single and multi-layer coated tungsten carbide inserts is conducted, forces and tool wear aremeasured. 3D finite elementmodelling is utilized to predict chip formation, forces, temperatures and tool wear on these inserts. Modifie...

The Mossbauer effect in the 100-keV 2+ ~ 0+ transition in W182 was observed with dilute t~ngsten in iron alloy absorbers with concentrations from 0.5-5.0 at.%W at 4.2°K. From the Zeeman spectra In external longitudinal magnetic fields, the g factor of the first excited 2+ state was found to be O.~2±0.O~, and the hyperfine field at tungsten nuclei in iron was found to be -708±25 kOe. The hyperfi...

High heat flux component manufacture is the critical technology for the current fusion experimental devices and fusion reactors in the future since it will face fusion plasma directly and endure high flux particle irradiation and huge heat deposition from core plasma. Be/CuCuZr/ss, W/CuCrZr and CFC/CuCrZr modules have been selected as the high heat flux components for ITER first wall and divert...

In the present study, the microstructure and mechanical properties of the dissimilar welding between ASTM A335 low alloy steel and ER309L austenitic stainless steel were investigated using the gas tungsten arc welding process. The welding of dissimilar materials between ASTM A335 low alloy steel and ER309L austenitic stainless steel was found to have a significant effect on the microstructure w...

C. Rontescu, T. D. Cicic, C. G. Amza, O. Chivu, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania. D. Dobrotă, Engineering Faculty, University “Constantin Brâncuşi” of Târgu-Jiu, România This paper presents the results obtained following the Finite Element Method (FEM) simulations on a bike frame made of 3 different materials, Al6061, Carbon Fiber and Ti6Al4V, in order to identify the optimum materi...