R. M. Babaheydari, S. O. Mirabootalebi, Gholam-Hosein Akbari Fakhrabadi
{"title":"Effect of Alloying Elements on Hardness and Electrical Conductivity of CU Nanocomposites Prepared by Mechanical Alloying","authors":"R. M. Babaheydari, S. O. Mirabootalebi, Gholam-Hosein Akbari Fakhrabadi","doi":"10.22068/IJMSE.18.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22068/IJMSE.18.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"Cu-based alloys have a wide range of applications in the electronics industry, communications, welding industries, etc. Regarding the type and percentage of the second phase, changing in the alloying elements has a significant effect on the mechanical and electrical properties of copper composites. The aim of the present work is to synthesize, investigate, and compare the micro-structure, micro-hardness, and electrical properties of different Cu-based nanocomposites. For this purpose, Cu-Al, Cu-Al2O3, Cu-Cr, and Cu-Ti were fabricated via ball milling of copper with 1, 3, and 6 weight percentages. The vial speed was 350 rpm and the ball-to-powder weight ratio was kept at 15:1. The milling process was performed at different times in Argon. Next, the prepared composites were studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and dynamic light scattering (DLS). Based on XRD patterns, crystallite size, lattice strain, and lattice constant were calculated by Rietveld refinement using Maud software. The results show a decrease of crystallite size, and an increase of the internal strain and lattice constant by rising the alloying elements in all composites. The produced powders compressed via the cold press and annealed at 650 ̊C. Finally; the micro-hardness and the electrical resistance of the manufactured tablets were measured. The results of these analyses show that the micro-hardness is increased by enhancement of the reinforcement material, due to the rising of the work hardening. Cu-6wt%Ti with 312 Vickers and Cu-1wt%Al2O3 with 78 Vickers had the highest and lowest micro-hardness, respectively. Moreover, the results of the electrical resistance indicate a dramatic rise in the electrical resistance by increasing the amount of alloying material, where Cu-1wt%Al with 0.26 Ω had the highest electrical conductivity.","PeriodicalId":14603,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Materials Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48533510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synthesis and Characterization of CoFe2O4 and CuFe2O4 Composited with Hematite by Impregnation Method for Removing Organic Pollutants","authors":"H. Gholami, H. Koohestani, M. Ahmadi","doi":"10.22068/IJMSE.18.1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22068/IJMSE.18.1.2","url":null,"abstract":"In this research, using impregnation method, spinel cobalt and copper ferrites nanoparticles are synthesized on the surface of hematite. Synthesized powders were characterized and examined by FTIR, XRF, XRD, FESEM, BET and EDS analysis and the dye degradation was investigated by UV-vis and AAS methods. Specific surface area increased especially in the sample containing cobalt, which indicates the precise of synthesis and the creation of high surface nanoparticles at hematite surface. The size of particles was in the nano scale and a good uniformity observed in the structure. The results indicated a significant increase in the catalytic ability of hematite nanocomposite. Their catalytic capability investigated by the Fenton reaction with complete removal of methylene blue from the solution via UV-vis irradiation. The samples stability discovered to be excellent by the AAS method.","PeriodicalId":14603,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Materials Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47931068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Tavakoli, M. Aboutalebi, S. H. Seyedein, S. N. Ashrafizadeh
{"title":"Optimization of Solvent Extraction Parameters for Separation of Samarium and Lutetium from Acidic Media Using Response Surface Methodology (RSM)","authors":"H. Tavakoli, M. Aboutalebi, S. H. Seyedein, S. N. Ashrafizadeh","doi":"10.22068/IJMSE.18.1.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22068/IJMSE.18.1.6","url":null,"abstract":"Separation of samarium and lutetium was investigated through solvent extraction from their mixed aqueous species using commercial extractants of D2EHPA and PC88A. The Response Surface Method (RSM) was utilized to design the solvent extraction experiments. Where, a Central Composite Design (CCD) was applied to set the optimum conditions for highest separation factors between Sm and Lu. Design of Experiments (DOE) was conducted by making use of four operating variables, namely initial pH of the aqueous solutions (A: 0.2–2.6), extractant concentration (B: 0.01-0.09 molar), mole fraction of D2EHPA in the extractant mixture (C: 0 0.8) and a type of acidic solution (D: sulfuric and nitric acid) at three levels. The results indicated that the initial pH was the most paramount variable in solvent extraction of samarium and lutetium, while in the case of lutetium, the molar fraction of D2EHPA in the mixed extractants was non-influential. The statistical model predictions were confirmed by experiments for both samarium and lutetium extraction with high validity parameter of 97 and 98%, respectively. The optimum conditions for samarium and lutetium separation were identified as: A=0.8, B= 0.05, C= 0.2 and D= sulfuric acid. According to the findings of the model, the desirability value at the optimum conditions was evaluated as about 0.93, in which 71% of lutetium was extracted while the amount of extracted samarium was only less than 1%.","PeriodicalId":14603,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Materials Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47093194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mortar Properties Improvement by Using Fine Portland Cement Clinker as Reactive Aggregate","authors":"Jafar Shafaghat, A. Allahverdi","doi":"10.22068/IJMSE.18.1.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22068/IJMSE.18.1.5","url":null,"abstract":": Microscopic studies has shown that adjacent to the interface between cement paste and aggregate, there exists an area with high porosity and low binding compounds that is referred to as interfacial transition zone (ITZ). ITZ in concrete and mortar imposes a number of negative effects, including flexural and compressive strengths reduction and permeability enhancement. That’s why many research attempts have been devoted to limit ITZ and its negative effects. The present study investigates the possibility of utilizing fine Portland cement (PC) clinker as a reactive aggregate in mortar for the same purpose. For this, natural quartz sand in normal mortar (NM) was totally replaced with PC clinker of the same particle size distribution and the most important engineering properties of the new mortar referred to as Reactive Aggregate Mortar (RAM) were measured and compared with NM as control. The results of compressive strengths measurements represented 65 and 21% increase after curing age of 7 and 90 days, respectively, for RAM compared to NM. Chloride penetration depth in RAM displayed reductions by about 33 and 26% after 14 and 28 days of exposure, respectively. The effect of PC clinker reactivity on the microstructure and size of ITZ was studied by using scanning electron microscopy.","PeriodicalId":14603,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Materials Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44254668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Process Parameters on Thermo-mechanical Behavior of Direct Extrusion of Aluminum Alloy","authors":"Y. Dewang, V. Sharma","doi":"10.22068/IJMSE.18.1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22068/IJMSE.18.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14603,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Materials Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43031407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of Erbium Addition on the Microstructural Evolution and Tensile Properties of Al/Mg2Si in-situ Metal Matrix Composites","authors":"Z. Rousta, E. Tohidlou, H. Khosravi","doi":"10.22068/IJMSE.18.1.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22068/IJMSE.18.1.8","url":null,"abstract":"This study deals with the effects of Erbium (Er) addition on the microstructural evolution and tensile properties of Al-Mg2Si in-situ metal matrix composites. The morphology of primary Mg2Si and eutectic phases were observed in detail using an optical microscope and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results showed that the increase of Er content has a slight effect on the size and morphology of primary Mg2Si phases, but the eutectic structure evolves from the coarse structure into the fine one. Also, with Er addition, the eutectic mixtures of Al and Mg2Si with fibrous morphology have been developed instead of the flake-like Al-Mg2Si eutectic microstructure. Meanwhile, the Al3Er phase was observed in the samples containing Er. The ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of the composite changes under the various contents of Er. The maximum strength was found at 0.6 wt.% Er with the fine eutectic microstructure. The study of SEM micrographs from the fracture surface of composites revealed that Er addition changes the fracture mode from brittle to ductile one with fine dimples. The mechanism of microstructural evolution was discussed in detail.","PeriodicalId":14603,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Materials Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46184643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Krishna, J. Mishra, A. Adeniji, Shaswata Das, S. Mustakim
{"title":"Green Synthesis of High-performance Graphene Geopolymer Composites: A Review on Environment-friendly Extraction of Nanomaterials","authors":"R. Krishna, J. Mishra, A. Adeniji, Shaswata Das, S. Mustakim","doi":"10.22068/IJMSE.17.4.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22068/IJMSE.17.4.10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14603,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Materials Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45652353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Austempering Kinetics, Microstructural Development and Processing Window in the Austempered, FE-3.2C-4.8AL Compacted Graphite Cast Iron","authors":"A. Kazazi, S. M. Montazeri, S. Boutorabi","doi":"10.22068/IJMSE.17.4.46","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22068/IJMSE.17.4.46","url":null,"abstract":"In the present study, austempering heat treatment was performed on compacted graphite aluminum cast iron with the chemical composition of 4.8 wt% Al, 3.2 wt% C, 0.81 wt% Ni, 0.37 wt% Mn, and 0.02 wt% Mg. This study aims to investigate the effect of aluminum additions and removal of silicon on the kinetics of austempering transformation of Fe-3.2%C alloy. The cast samples were austenitized at 900 ̊C for 120 min and the isothermal austempering heat treatment was performed at 200 ̊C, 300 ̊C, and 400 ̊C for 5, 30, 60, 120, and 180 minutes, respectively. The kinetics of this transformation was studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. The effect of temperature and time on the microstructure and hardness of the austempered samples was investigated and discussed. The presence of Al was seen to the prolonged form of the carbides from high carbon austenite, and that expanded the process window in the austempering transformation. Besides, the lower bainitic ferrite phase was observed in the austempered samples at 200 ̊C and 300 ̊C. Increasing austempering temperature to 400 ̊C changed the lower bainite to the upper bainite structure. The volume fraction of austenite reached its maximum level (34.6 %) after austempering the samples at 400 ̊C for 30 minutes.","PeriodicalId":14603,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Materials Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45934771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Plasma Nitriding Behavior of DIN 1.2344 Hot Work Tool Steel","authors":"S. Karimzadeh, F. Mahboubi, G. Daviran","doi":"10.22068/IJMSE.17.4.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22068/IJMSE.17.4.1","url":null,"abstract":"In the present investigation the effect of time and temperature on plasma nitriding behavior of DIN 1.2344 (AISI H13) steel is studied. Pulsed plasma nitriding process with a gas mixture of N2 = 25% + H2 = 75% and duty cycle of 70% is applied to cylindrical samples of DIN 1.2344 hot worked tool steel. X-ray diffraction, surface roughness, microhardness and ball on disc wear tests are performed and the behavior of plasma nitrided samples are compared. Scanning electron microscopy and optical microscopy are used in order to observe the microstructure of samples after nitriding. XRD results showed that the compound layer consists of dual phase. Hardness near the surface dropped by rising the process temperature and it increased with longer process duration. The comparison of μ results showed that, frictional properties at longer duration and lower temperature is similar to higher temperature and shorter duration.","PeriodicalId":14603,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Materials Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49237367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soham Das, R. Ghadai, A. Krishna, A. Trivedi, R. Bhujel, S. Rai, Sh. Ishwer, K. Kalita
{"title":"A Comparative Analysis of Structural and Electrochemical Properties of Graphene Oxide (GO) and Reduced Graphene Oxide (rGO) Synthesized by Using Hummer’s and Modified Hummer’s Method.","authors":"Soham Das, R. Ghadai, A. Krishna, A. Trivedi, R. Bhujel, S. Rai, Sh. Ishwer, K. Kalita","doi":"10.22068/IJMSE.17.4.25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22068/IJMSE.17.4.25","url":null,"abstract":"Graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) is a semiconductor device which finds many applications in the various electronic devices. In the present study GO and rGO thin sheets have been grown over Si wafers using Hummer’s and modified Hummer’s methods and a comparison in the properties of the coatings have been carried out. The morphology of the sheets characterized by SEM revealed similar transparent sheet like structure for both methods of synthesis. The diffraction patterns of GO and rGO prepared with modified Hummer’s method showed peak shift to lower diffraction angle from 9.96 ̊ to 9.63 ̊ and 26.4 ̊ to 26.3 ̊ respectively. The diffraction peaks were observed at diffraction phase of 001 and 002 crystal plane. FTIR spectra revealed presence of oxygen functional groups in GO thin sheets whereas peaks for oxygen functionalities were absent in rGO. The polarization curve indicated similar corrosion resistance of GO and rGO thin sheets grown under Hummer’s and modified Hummer’s. Capacitive property of rGO is better than GO as observed by the electrochemical analysis of GO and rGO.","PeriodicalId":14603,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Materials Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48881116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}