{"title":"Effects of Alloying Elements (Ti and Cr) on the Microstructures, Mechanical and Wear Properties of Manganese Brasses","authors":"Xiangguang Kong, Jiangmin Wu, Qing Liu, Xiao Zhang, Fugong Qi, Jiyu Zhou, Pengjie Wang, Haimin Ding","doi":"10.1007/s11665-024-09957-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-024-09957-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study investigated the synergistic effects of Ti and Cr alloying elements on the microstructure, mechanical and wear properties of Cu-Zn manganese brasses. The simultaneous addition of Ni and Pb elements decreases the size of silicides and thus increases the yield strength of brass. The addition of Ti on the basis of Ni and Pb increases the content of silicides, and the generation of massive small-sized silicides increases the hardness and the wear resistance of brass. Cr element has refining effect on the size of silicides, and the smallest-sized and most uniformly distributed silicides induce the largest ultimate tensile strength and elongation. However, the simultaneous addition of Cr and Ti elements causes the agglomeration of silicides, and this results in poor ductility and wear resistance of brass.</p>","PeriodicalId":644,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142188423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigating the Impact of Heat Treatment on the Mechanical, Corrosion, and Heat-Transfer Characteristics of Thermal Oxide Layers on SS304","authors":"Yongseon Choi, JeongEun Yoo, Kiyoung Lee","doi":"10.1007/s11665-024-10053-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-024-10053-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Despite inherent chemical and physical stability of stainless steel, the significantly lower productivity of energy compared to energy usage still necessitates research in harsh environments that demand high material performance under challenging condition. This study explores the formation and characterization of mechanical properties, corrosion, and heat-transfer behaviors for thermal oxide layers on SS304 through various heat treatment conditions. The heat treatment at low temperature (500 °C) formed thin oxide layers with few tens of nanometers (S-500), delivering to superior mechanical properties, measured by nanoindenter. However, the thin layers of S-500 show rapid corrosion behaviors in NaCl solution, investigated by linear sweep voltammetry polarization curves. In contrast, the thick oxide layers of S-700 with the thickness of 2.5-3.5 µm grown at high temperature (above 600 °C) showed low mechanical properties but superior corrosion resistance. The difference between heat treatment conditions derive to diverse oxide compositions from SS304 substrate, particularly, Cr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> at 700 °C. The Cr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> provided high corrosion resistance, but it reduced thermal conductivity due to its intrinsic properties.</p>","PeriodicalId":644,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142188387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Muñoz-Arroyo, H. M. Hdz-García, F. A. Hernández-García, M. Alvarez-Vera, A. Bahrami, M. Naeem, Isidro Guzman Flores, J. J. Ruíz-Mondragón
{"title":"A380 Aluminum Molten Processing Using Silica-Nanoparticle Enriched Zeolite with Thermal Aging Treatment","authors":"R. Muñoz-Arroyo, H. M. Hdz-García, F. A. Hernández-García, M. Alvarez-Vera, A. Bahrami, M. Naeem, Isidro Guzman Flores, J. J. Ruíz-Mondragón","doi":"10.1007/s11665-024-10025-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-024-10025-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this study, Mg was removed from an A332 molten alloy using mixtures of mineral zeolites enriched with 1, 2, and 3 wt.% of amorphous silica nanoparticles (SiO<sub>2NP</sub>) to obtain an A380 aluminum alloy. Mineral zeolite with 3 wt.% SiO<sub>2NP</sub> was found to be the most efficient mixture, removing Mg from an initial content of 2 wt.% to a final content of 0.046 wt.% 70 min after injection. The results indicated that a decrease in the Mg content, followed by thermal aging treatment (T6) at 150 °C for 10 h, resulted in a reduction of the volumetric fraction percentage (<i>V</i><sub>f</sub>%) of needle-like β-Al<sub>5</sub>FeSi intermetallics from 1.123 to 0.181. Similarly, T6 treatment modified the lamellar Si-eutectic to cell-eutectics, as revealed by microstructure analysis. Consequently, the mechanical properties of the alloy, such as fracture strength (<i>σ</i><sub>f</sub>), yield-stress (<i>σ</i><sub>o</sub>), and strain (<i>ε</i>), were improved. The microstructural modification postulated in this study can enhance the contact stiffness under load cycles of 100 Hz at 400 mN, owing to the high storage elastic modulus of 57 GPa, estimated by dynamic mechanical analysis nanoindentation.</p>","PeriodicalId":644,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142188419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hao Liu, Chang Liu, Hua Feng, Zhongxing Tian, Xiangdong Liu
{"title":"Strength and Fracture Characteristics of Silica Sol Shell Reinforced with Abaca Fibers Impregnated with Aluminum Dihydrogen Phosphate","authors":"Hao Liu, Chang Liu, Hua Feng, Zhongxing Tian, Xiangdong Liu","doi":"10.1007/s11665-024-10020-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-024-10020-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Abaca fibers were alkaline boiling treated with sodium hydroxide aqueous solution combined with impregnating in aluminum dihydrogen phosphate solution to improve the thermal shock resistance and reinforce shells for investment casting. The microstructure and thermal shock resistance of the treated fibers were analyzed, and their influence on the properties of reinforced shells was investigated. It is found that the hemicellulose and lignin at the surfaces of the fibers undergoing alkaline boiling were removed. A dense protective film was formed on the boiled fibers surfaces through impregnating in a solution of 15.0 wt.% aluminum dihydrogen phosphate. Moreover, the results demonstrated that the weight loss of the boiled-impregnated fibers reduces by 44.61%, compared to the raw fibers, indicating significantly improving the thermal shock resistance. Furthermore, the high-temperature strength of specimens reinforced with boiled-impregnated fibers of 1.29 wt.% reached a peak of 20.11 MPa, increasing by 68.12% compared to the unreinforced. And the alkaline boiled-immersed fibers reinforced shell occurred at elevated temperature a low deformation underweight of only 0.49%. Especially, the impregnated fibers with thermal shock resistance not only ensured good permeability of reinforced shells, but also enhanced the high-temperature cracking resistance capacity. This fully demonstrates the effectiveness of impregnating treatment in improving thermal shock resistance of fibers, and it is very promising to be applied in practical shell-making.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Graphical Abstract</h3>\u0000","PeriodicalId":644,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance","volume":"393 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142188464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preparation of Low-Cost and Low-Density Silicone Rubber-Based Thermal Interface Materials by Boron Nitride Oriented Synergistically with Alumina","authors":"Jiachen Sun, Fei Huang, Wen Yue, Wenbo Qin, Dengfeng Shu, Jiansheng Li, Dezhong Meng, Chengbiao Wang","doi":"10.1007/s11665-024-10055-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-024-10055-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Electronic devices such as smart portable devices, drones and electric vehicles are in the process of rapid performance development, which puts higher demands on the thermal conductivity and density of thermal interface materials. These fields hope that under the premise of improving the thermal conductivity of thermal interface materials, the density can be kept unchanged or even reduced, so as to avoid the substantial increase in equipment quality caused by the use of more thermal interface materials. In this context, hexagonal boron nitride was used in conjunction with spherical alumina, and the hexagonal boron nitride was oriented in the through-plane direction through the traditional preparation process of a silicone rubber-based TIMs combined with clever post-processing. When the filling amount of hexagonal boron nitride is 7.2 wt.%, the composite has a through-plane thermal conductivity of 3.257 W m<sup>-1</sup> K<sup>-1</sup> and a specific gravity of 2.45 which is 86.1% of the traditional thermal interface material (DQL-TP300). At the same time, samples with hexagonal boron nitride oriented exhibited better performance of compression rate, breaking elongation and tensile strength. It provides a feasible solution for preparing the silicone rubber-based thermal interface materials with high thermal conductivity, low density and low cost.</p>","PeriodicalId":644,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142188460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Huai Zhang, Chengbin Shi, Shizhou Wang, Peng Lan, Jing Li
{"title":"Effect of Al/Ti Ratio on Hot Deformation Characteristics and Microstructure Evolution of 15Cr-30Ni-Fe Heat-Resistant Alloy","authors":"Huai Zhang, Chengbin Shi, Shizhou Wang, Peng Lan, Jing Li","doi":"10.1007/s11665-024-10023-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-024-10023-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The hot deformation behavior, microstructure evolution and dynamic recrystallization mechanism of the newly designed 15Cr-30Ni-Fe heat-resistant alloy were studied. The flow curves of the alloy exhibit obvious dynamic recrystallization characteristics of a single stress peak, and the increase in Al/Ti ratio enhances the deformation resistance of the alloy during hot working. The constitutive equation corrected by strain compensation was established. The processing map of the alloy was constructed based on the dynamic material model, and the accuracy of the processing map was confirmed by checking the evolution of the microstructure. With the increase in Al/Ti ratio, the optimum hot working window of the alloys at a strain of 0.9 is broadened from 1050-1150 °C/0.01-0.1 s<sup>−1</sup> to 1015-1150 °C/0.01-0.57 s<sup>−1</sup>. The strain-induced precipitation of nano-sized Laves phase, (Ti,Nb)C and <i>γ</i>'-Ni<sub>3</sub>(Ti, Al, Nb) pinning the movement of dislocations and grain boundaries in the alloy with a high Al/Ti ratio hinders the growth of DRX grains. The dynamic recrystallization mechanism in 15Cr-30Ni-Fe heat-resistant alloy is mainly discontinuous dynamic recrystallization (DDRX) with grain boundary bulge, supplemented by continuous dynamic recrystallization (CDRX) with sub-grain nucleation.</p>","PeriodicalId":644,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance","volume":"87 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142188461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guowei Li, Xinyu Liu, Yahong Liang, Yinshuang Wang, Dawei Yang, Jie Li
{"title":"Effects of Heat Treatment Pulse on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of 7075 Aluminum Alloy Resistance Spot Welding Joints","authors":"Guowei Li, Xinyu Liu, Yahong Liang, Yinshuang Wang, Dawei Yang, Jie Li","doi":"10.1007/s11665-024-10056-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-024-10056-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In response to the presence of joint defects and occurrence of softening in aluminum alloys resulting from resistance spot welding (RSW), heat treatment pulse has been used to improve welded joints. The effects of applying a heat treatment current on the microstructure, mechanical properties, precipitated phase, and fracture characteristic of the resistance spot welding joints were studied. The microstructures of the welded joints were analyzed by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and electron backscatter diffraction. Moreover, the mechanical properties of the welded joints were analyzed by tensile and microhardness tests. The results showed that the heat treatment pulse increased the uniformity of the element distributions and grain sizes of the welded joints and eliminated the intergranular crack in the columnar crystal zones of these joints. Compared with the single pulse, the mechanical properties of the welded joint improved by applying a heat treatment pulse. The tensile shear force of the welded joint increased by 11.2% after applying an appropriate heat treatment current. The hardness of the joints decreased slightly, the toughness increased, and the fracture modes changed from ductile-brittle fracture to ductile fracture. This method improved the easy softening of the joint during aluminum alloy RSW and avoided the formation of defects.</p>","PeriodicalId":644,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance","volume":"2019 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142188462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Silver Paste Sintering on Copper-Alloy Slip Rings","authors":"Zhongjia Huang, Zhineng Li, Minglang Liu, Mengmeng Wang, Dawei Shao, Fupeng Xu, Xinying Shi","doi":"10.1007/s11665-024-10058-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-024-10058-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In response to the claim of environmental protection, silver paste sintering emerges to be an alternative to traditional electroplating to prepare silver coatings on electrical components. The sintering process is straightforward, low-cost, and typically carried out in a furnace, making it more suitable for mass production compared to magnetron sputtering. In this work, silver coatings were fabricated on copper slip rings which are widely used for sliding electrical conduction. By investigating the morphologies, bonding strength and contact resistance, we found that the as-prepared silver coatings own satisfying mechanical and electrical properties, e.g., enhanced wear resistance, low contact resistance and resistance fluctuation. The influence of sintering time and temperatures on coating porosity and electrical performance was also elucidated.</p>","PeriodicalId":644,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142188463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of Cr Content on the Mechanical, Oxidation, and Electrical Properties of Powder Metallurgy Ferritic Stainless Steel for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Interconnect","authors":"Ziqi Liu, Ruoxi Song, Shuangfei Yan, Di Chen, Chen Ou, Chenyu Wang, Qingqing Pan, Jingguang Peng","doi":"10.1007/s11665-024-10016-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-024-10016-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study aims to investigate the influence of Cr content on the high-temperature mechanical, oxidation, and electrical properties of powder metallurgy ferritic stainless steel for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) interconnect. To achieve this objective, ferritic stainless steel water-atomized powders with different Cr content were first compacted and then sintered at 1380 °C for 2 h under hydrogen atmosphere. The properties were evaluated through high-temperature tensile tests at 800 °C, oxidation tests, and area-specific resistance (ASR) measurements. Microstructural characterization was conducted using x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM) with energy-dispersive spectroscope (EDS). The results indicated that with an increase in Cr content, the strength of the powder metallurgy ferritic stainless steel specimens increased, while the elongation decreased at 800°C. Additionally, oxidation mass gain decreased, and ASR decreased. Commercially available ZMG232 ferritic stainless steel was employed for high-temperature mechanical, oxidation, and electrical properties comparison. Compared to ZMG232, the high-temperature yield strength and tensile strength of powder metallurgy ferritic stainless steel specimens were higher with 22 wt.% and 26 wt.% Cr content. And with 17 wt.% Cr content, there was a significant difference in oxidation mass gain and ASR. However, with 22 wt.% and 26 wt.% Cr content, oxidation mass gain and ASR were relatively close, indicated that the high Cr content powder metallurgy ferritic stainless steel in this study can be an alternative to the commercially available ZMG232 ferritic stainless steel.</p>","PeriodicalId":644,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142188473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis and Prediction of Morphology and Properties of Laser-Directed Energy Deposition CoCrFeNi High-Entropy Alloy Using Response Surface Methodology and Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II","authors":"Ying Chen, Chuang Guan, Juncai Li, Fanwei Meng, Chao Zhang, Xin Wang, Tianbiao Yu","doi":"10.1007/s11665-024-09985-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-024-09985-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The laser-directed energy deposition (LDED) technique exhibits unique advantages in the production of high-entropy alloy (HEA), offering a novel approach for repairing and fabricating HEA coatings. However, the quality of deposited tracks is significantly influenced by multiple process parameters. To achieve well-formed and high-quality deposited tracks, this study employs response surface methodology (RSM) to investigate the underlying reasons and patterns governing the impacts of pivotal parameters on various assessment criteria of tracks. Based on the mathematical model of parameter-response correlation developed by RSM, the optimization was carried out by executing the second generation multi-objective optimization non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II (NSGA-II) using Matlab code. The outcomes illustrate the Pareto frontiers of optimal coupling of multiple process parameters and multiple-objective matching of deposited tracks evaluation indicators. When employing the optimal process parameters, the microstructure gradually refines into non-directional equiaxed grains along the deposition direction, accompanied by a three-step stable increase in micro-hardness, yielding a single track with excellent morphology and microstructure. These findings provide theoretical support for the deposition of HEA with excellent morphology and performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":644,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142188430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}