Surface nanocrystallization using a surface mechanical attrition treatment effectively activates the surface of magnesium alloys due to the increase in grain boundary diffusion channels. As a result, the temperature of subsequent surface alloying treatment of pure Mg and AZ91 alloy can be reduced from 430 degrees C to 380 degrees C. Thus, it is possible to combine the surface alloying process w...

in this study, as for the re-casting, surface alloying and re-solidification layer of this alloys at the work piece level machining with wire electro discharge machining (wedm), changes of surface micro hardness with changes of operational parameters has been studied. therefore, study shows using surface alloying phenomena with the diffusion of wire material into the machined surface and select...

Gradient nanostructures (GNSs) have been optimized in recent years for desired performance. The diffusion behavior in GNS metals is crucial for understanding the diffusion mechanism and relative characteristics of different interfaces that provide fundamental understanding for advancing the traditional surface alloying processes. In this paper, atomic diffusion, reactive diffusion, and surface ...

A. Śliwa, M. Bonek, Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials, Gliwice, Poland Investigations include FEM simulation model of alloying the PMHSS6-5-3 steel surface layer with the carbides and ceramic powders, especially WC, VC, TiC, SiC, Si3N4 and Al2O3 particles using the high power diode laser (HPDL). The FEM computations were performed using ANSYS...

Surface mechanical attrition treatment (SMAT) is an effective method to accelerate the nitriding process of metallic materials. In this work, a novel technique named surface nano-alloying (SNA) was developed on the basis of surface mechanical attrition treatment, which was employed as a pretreatment for the nitriding of low carbon steel materials. The microstructure and surface properties of tr...

Engineering materials with nanocrystalline structure could be exploited under simultaneous action of mechanical loading and corrosion environments; therefore, their corrosion resistance is important. Surface nanocrystalline structure was generated on middle carbon steels by severe plastic deformation using the method of mechanical pulse friction treatment. This treatment additionally includes h...

The long-range ordered surface alloy Bi/Ag(111) is found to exhibit a giant spin splitting of its surface electronic structure due to spin-orbit coupling, as is determined by angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy. First-principles electronic structure calculations fully confirm the experimental findings. The effect is brought about by a strong in-plane gradient of the crystal potential in t...

Ab initio and kinetic Monte Carlo calculations elucidate the electronic nature of surface Sn alloying on the stability and mobility of a Cu adatom on the Cu-Sn (111) alloy surface. Sn atoms segregate on the surface and introduce forbidden areas around them within which adatom adsorption is strictly prohibited. In addition they reduce dramatically both the binding and the mobility of Cu adatoms ...