Y. P. Reddy, K. L. Narayana, M. K. Mallik, C. Paul, C. Singh
{"title":"Experimental evaluation of additively deposited functionally graded material samples-microscopic and spectroscopic analysis of SS-316L/Co-Cr-Mo alloy","authors":"Y. P. Reddy, K. L. Narayana, M. K. Mallik, C. Paul, C. Singh","doi":"10.3934/matersci.2022040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3934/matersci.2022040","url":null,"abstract":"The gradual and uniform variation in the composition of the material, generally two, is called functionally graded materials (FGM). These FGM are used in practical applications to advantage both material properties. Several methods are used to fabricate the FGM components. The current article is research on the direct energy dispersive technique of 3D Printing employed for depositing the SS316L and Co-Cr-Mo alloy FGM samples. L9 orthogonal array of Taguchi method is used. Process parameters like laser power, powder feed rate and scan speed have been used for deposition. Their structural properties are analysed using scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, element dispersive technique, and Fourier transform impedance spectroscopy. The results reveal that defect-free samples were deposited, and all the samples have Body Centered Cubic structure except one. Good elemental bonding was observed between SS316L and Co-Cr-Mo alloy.","PeriodicalId":7670,"journal":{"name":"AIMS Materials Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70089239","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}
E. Suhendi, A. E. Putri, Muhamad Taufik Ulhakim, A. Setiawan, Syarif Dani Gustaman
{"title":"Investigation of ZnO doping on LaFeO3/Fe2O3 prepared from yarosite mineral extraction for ethanol gas sensor applications","authors":"E. Suhendi, A. E. Putri, Muhamad Taufik Ulhakim, A. Setiawan, Syarif Dani Gustaman","doi":"10.3934/matersci.2022007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3934/matersci.2022007","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we used a natural resource, yarosite minerals, as a Fe2O3 precursor. Yarosite minerals were used for the synthesis of LaFeO3/Fe2O3 doped with ZnO via a co-precipitation method using ammonium hydroxide, which produced a light brown powder. Then, an ethanol gas sensor was prepared using a screen-printing technique and characterized using gas chamber tools at 100,200, and 300 ppm of ethanol gas to investigate the sensor's performance. Several factors that substantiate electrical properties such as crystal and morphological structures were also studied using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), respectively. The crystallite size decreased from about 61.4 nm to 28.8 nm after 0.5 mol% ZnO was added. The SEM characterization images informed that the modified LaFeO3 was relatively the same but not uniform. Lastly, the sensor's electrical properties exhibited a high response of about 257% to 309% at an operating temperature that decreased from 205 ℃ to 180 ℃. This finding showed that these natural resources have the potential to be applied in the development of ethanol gas sensors in the future. Hence, yarosite minerals can be considered a good natural resource that can be further explored to produce an ethanol gas sensor with more sensitive response. In addition, this method reduces the cost of material purchase.","PeriodicalId":7670,"journal":{"name":"AIMS Materials Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70087708","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}
M. Ozdemir, S. Oterkus, E. Oterkus, I. Amin, A. El-Aassar, H. Shawky
{"title":"Mechanical analyses of flat sheet water treatment membranes","authors":"M. Ozdemir, S. Oterkus, E. Oterkus, I. Amin, A. El-Aassar, H. Shawky","doi":"10.3934/matersci.2022052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3934/matersci.2022052","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, we address the mechanical response of the flat sheet polymeric water treatment membranes under the assumed operational loading conditions. Firstly, we perform quasi-static analyses of the membranes under normal pressure loads, which is the condition that resembles the actual loading for flat sheet membranes in the submerged membrane bioreactors. Then, the long-term deformation of the membranes is studied under the assumed filtration durations for the same loading conditions by utilizing the viscoelastic material models. The quasi-static and viscoelastic membrane simulations are performed by a commercial finite element code ANSYS. Finally, the mechanical fatigue life predictions are carried out based on the stress distributions from the quasi-static analyses and the long-term effects from the viscoelastic analyses.","PeriodicalId":7670,"journal":{"name":"AIMS Materials Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70089247","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}
S. Habibunnisa, Ruben Nerella, Sri Rama Chand Madduru, R. S
{"title":"Physicochemical characterization of lignocellulose fibers obtained from seedpods of Wrightia tinctoria plant","authors":"S. Habibunnisa, Ruben Nerella, Sri Rama Chand Madduru, R. S","doi":"10.3934/matersci.2022009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3934/matersci.2022009","url":null,"abstract":"Characterization of new innovative natural seed fibers from seedpods or fruits of various plants has increased popularly in textile, automotive, and construction industries due to various aspects, availability, and biodegradability. In addition, these fibers provide sustainable solutions to support technological innovation in numerous industrial applications. The current research aims to investigate the new lignocellulose fibers extracted from Wrightia tinctoria seedpods. The obtained Wrightia tinctoria seed fibers (WTSFs) were characterized via Scanning electron microscope (SEM), Fourier Transform Infrared-ray (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) to understand the fibers physicochemical properties. Complete experimental study of natural seed fibers of Wrightia tinctoria found to be a lignocellulose fiber and contains unique characteristics. Surface morphological studies reveal that, WTSFs contain smoother surface which is beneficial to develop a good bond with matrix while making composites. It does not get wet quickly with water due to fatty, wax, mineral matters, and higher lignin content on the fiber surface which means the fiber is soft compared with other natural seed fibers. These unique properties of WTSFs ascertain as a suitable material for polymer fabrication process, which would be favourable to develop good bonding with the matrix for making composites and also useful for insulating composite materials.","PeriodicalId":7670,"journal":{"name":"AIMS Materials Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70087852","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":"Propagation of corrosion induced fatigue crack in aluminum alloy","authors":"Pawan Kumar, B. Verma","doi":"10.3934/matersci.2022030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3934/matersci.2022030","url":null,"abstract":"Aluminium is considered a green metal due to its environmental responsive characteristics. The 7475-T7351 aluminum alloy is extensively used in automotive and aerospace applications due to its light weight and high strength. In the present work, the effects of the corrosive environment on the high cycle fatigue (HCF) behaviors of the 7475-T7351 aluminum alloy was investigated. The aqueous solution of sodium chloride was used for solution treatment. The HCF test was performed on pre-cracked specimens using a servo-hydraulic universal testing machine, Instron 8800. The fractured specimens were characterized using a scanning electron microscope. It was observed that the crack propagation occurred through anodic dissolution at high stress and a significant crack tip blunting and crack extension occurred. However, no appreciable change in crack growth was noticed over the lower frequency range of 0.1 to 0.9 Hz. The slower growth rate envisages oxide debris formation between the cracked faces. When the alloy was treated under corrosive environments, the HCF tests depicted that the fatigue life reduces up to two orders of magnitude. The corrosion pits induced the crack initiation in stage-I at lower alternating stress; however, the fatigue crack growth rate (FCGR) was increased in the corrosive environment. The transition from stage-I to stage-II occurred at a lower stress intensity range (∆K) level; it was due to the combined effects of corrosion, hydrogen embrittlement, active path dissolution, and stress concentration. The corrosion fatigue test at low frequency also depicted a slower FCGR as compared to its moderate frequency counterpart and showed an irregular crack growth behavior.","PeriodicalId":7670,"journal":{"name":"AIMS Materials Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70088849","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":"Materials for Additive Manufacturing","authors":"John (Ioannis) D. Kechagias","doi":"10.3934/matersci.2022048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3934/matersci.2022048","url":null,"abstract":"This Special Issue of AIMS Materials Science was devoted to the topic \"Materials for Additive Manufacturing\". It attracted significant attention from scholars and practitioners from ten different countries (Spain, Greece, France, Portugal, Italy, Finland, Ethiopia, Canada, Vietnam, and Iraq) and published five manuscripts of a total of ten submissions between April 2021 and March 2022. In addition, new materials, methodologies, and analysis approaches are presented in materials for additive manufacturing.","PeriodicalId":7670,"journal":{"name":"AIMS Materials Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70089117","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}
Helbert Guillaume, Dieng Lamine, Chirani Shabnam Arbab, Pilvin Philippe
{"title":"Influence of the thermomechanical behavior of NiTi wires embedded in a damper on its damping capacity: Application to a bridge cable","authors":"Helbert Guillaume, Dieng Lamine, Chirani Shabnam Arbab, Pilvin Philippe","doi":"10.3934/matersci.2023001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3934/matersci.2023001","url":null,"abstract":"Thanks to high dissipation properties, embedding NiTi Shape Memory Alloys in passive damping devices is effective to mitigate vibrations in building and cable structures. These devices can inconceivably be tested directly on full-scale experimental structures or on structures in service. To predict their effectiveness and optimize the set-up parameters, numerical tools are more and more developed. Most of them consist of Finite Element models representing the structure equipped with the damping device, embedding parts associated with a superelastic behavior. Generally, the implemented behavior laws do not include all the phenomena at the origin of strain energy dissipation, but stress-induced martensitic transformation only. This article presents a thermomechanical behavior law including the following phenomena: (i) intermediate R-phase transformation, (ii) thermal effects and (iii) strain localization. This law was implemented in a commercial Finite Element code to study the dynamic response of a bridge cable equipped with a NiTi wire-based damping device. The numerical results were compared to full-scale experimental ones, by considering the above-mentioned phenomena taken coupled or isolated: it has been shown that it is necessary to take all of these phenomena into account in order to successfully predict the damping capacity of the device.","PeriodicalId":7670,"journal":{"name":"AIMS Materials Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70089390","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}
A. Santoso, Novita Agustin, S. Sumari, Siti Marfuah, R. Retnosari, I. B. Rachman, A. Wijaya, Muhammad Roy Asrori
{"title":"Synthesis of methyl esters from palm oil, candlenut oil, and sunflower seed oil and their corrosion phenomena on iron nail","authors":"A. Santoso, Novita Agustin, S. Sumari, Siti Marfuah, R. Retnosari, I. B. Rachman, A. Wijaya, Muhammad Roy Asrori","doi":"10.3934/matersci.2022044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3934/matersci.2022044","url":null,"abstract":"Biodiesel products show corrosive properties. Biodiesel contains components of saturated and unsaturated esters which tend to be unstable, sensitive to light, temperature, and metal ions. Thus, the study aims to synthesize biodiesel from various vegetable oils (palm oil, sunflower seed oil, and candlenut oil), and to analyze its corrosiveness to ferrous nails and characterization of biodiesel. The research stages were: synthesis of methyl ester and its characterization, and corrosion test. The results showed that the methyl ester characteristics of the samples meet requirements with SNI7182 : 2015. In GC-MS results, the largest components of methyl esters from candlenut oil and sunflower seed oil were 35.04% methyl oleate and 46.79% methyl oleate respectively, while in palm oil, the largest components were 41.60% methyl oleate and 41.16%. methyl palmitate. Corrosion test showed that the corrosion rate of ferrous nail in biodiesel at room temperature was lower than 70 ℃. Based on GC-MS and SEM results, biodiesel contained high unsaturated fatty acids and had a corrosion rate, i.e., at room temperature, the methyl ester of palm oil, candlenut oil, and sunflower seed oil were 0.006 mpy, 0.011 mpy, and 0.011 mpy respectively, while at 70 ℃, they were 0.011 mpy, 0.016 mpy, and 0.017 mpy, respectively. The results corresponded to SEM results at high temperature and significantly high content of unsaturated fatty acids. It was indicated by the formation of pits.","PeriodicalId":7670,"journal":{"name":"AIMS Materials Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70089462","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}
N.F.B.W. Anuar, M. S. Salleh, M. Z. Omar, Saifudin Hafiz Yahaya
{"title":"Mechanical properties and dry sliding wear behaviour of Al–Si–Mg alloy by equal channel angular pressing","authors":"N.F.B.W. Anuar, M. S. Salleh, M. Z. Omar, Saifudin Hafiz Yahaya","doi":"10.3934/matersci.2022045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3934/matersci.2022045","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated the microstructure, hardness, tensile and tribological behaviour of a cooling slope Al–Si–Mg alloy following ECAP and T6 heat treatment. The optical and scanning electron microscopes were applied to investigate the microstructure of the as-cast material and heat-treated ECAPed Al–Si–Mg alloy. The dry sliding wear test was tested with three different loads of 10 N, 50 N, and 100 N with constant sliding speed and sliding distance at 1.0 m/s and 9000 m, respectively, using the pin-on-disc tribometer. The hardness and tensile properties were evaluated through microhardness, UTS, and YS measurement for the as-cast Al–Si–Mg alloy, both heat-treated with and without ECAPed alloys. Moreover, wear rate and COF in the Al–Si–Mg alloy with different loads were analysed and linked with microstructural and strength behaviour after the ECAP process. Meanwhile, these analyses of results were correlated with the behaviour of the as-cast Al–Si–Mg aluminium alloy and heat-treated non-ECAPed alloy. Results demonstrated that a combination of ECAP processing and T6 heat treatment improves the mechanical behaviour, while the COF and wear rate are improved at a load of 100 N.","PeriodicalId":7670,"journal":{"name":"AIMS Materials Science","volume":"2018 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70089468","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. Cahyanti, S. Sumari, F. Fajaroh, Muhammad Roy Asrori, Yana Fajar Prakasa
{"title":"Fe-TiO2/zeolite H-A photocatalyst for degradation of waste dye (methylene blue) under UV irradiation","authors":"R. Cahyanti, S. Sumari, F. Fajaroh, Muhammad Roy Asrori, Yana Fajar Prakasa","doi":"10.3934/matersci.2023003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3934/matersci.2023003","url":null,"abstract":"Industrial wastewater contains non-biodegradable dyes that are highly toxic to humans and aquatic life. As solution from photocatalytic degradation, TiO2 is one of the effective photocatalysts for wastewater degradation, but it has low adsorption power. To overcome this deficiency, this study synthesized a new photocatalyst by Fe-TiO2/zeolite H-A. The photocatalyst was successfully synthesized by the impregnation method and was systematically characterized by XRD, XRF, SEM, FT-IR and UV-Vis DRS. XRD diffractogram at 2θ = 25.3° showed anatase phase of the photocatalyst. SEM results showed a rough and soft surface with a size of 491.49 nm. FT-IR analysis obtained the zeolite-A characteristic band, vibration of Ti-O-Ti groups and the vibration of the Fe-O group. The bandwidth of the band gap was 3.16 eV. The photocatalytic efficiency of methylene blue degradation reached 89.58% yield with optimum conditions: irradiation time of 50 min, pH 9 and concentration of methylene blue about 20 mg/L. Fe-TiO2/zeolite H-A as a new photocatalyst can be an alternative photocatalyst to purify methylene blue.","PeriodicalId":7670,"journal":{"name":"AIMS Materials Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70089488","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}