Output Predictions for Iron Castings and Aluminum Castings in 2006 and 2008 in China

China will continue expanding its in the castings market all over the world.According to statistics,the global castings of     

Observation and theoretic analysis of gas-bubble formation and growth in water-model

The behavior of bubbles is observed with high-speed digital camera in water-model. It is found that each bubble has three processes： bubble formation, bubble coalescence and bubble division. Bubble shape is spherical firstly, then elliptical and spherical crown after coalescence, and spherical again after division. These phenomena are explained theoretically. And the bubble size is defined newly. The so-defined bubble size is measured through digital camera and LECO graphical analyzer. And the measured results are compared with those in literatures.     

Macro—and microstructural changes in hydrogenated TiMn2 and Ta

Binary TiMn2 alloys with various compositions were arc melted in an Ar atmosphere.These alloys consist of TiMn2 and a small amount of TiMn depending on alloy composition.Annealed Ti-59.4%Mn exhibits the greatest capacity for hydrogen absorption and the smallest degradation of capacity during repeated hydrogen absorption and desorption.No apparent macro-and microstructural chanes are observed in Ti-59.4%Mn by repeated hydrogenation of 30cycles.At Mn content higher than 59.4%Mn,the formation of nano-sized Ti-hydride and the lattice expansion due to retained interstitial hydrogen were confirmed in repeatedly hydrogenated alloys.Pulverized powders were refined in all the alloys with increasing the number of repeated hydrogenation cycles.Many onion-like cracks are introduced in annealed pure Ta with 100℃m equi-axed grains by holding at 1473K followed by furnace cooling to room temperature in a hydrogen atmosphere,but no crack is observed after holding at 1473K in a hydrogen atmosphere followed by furnace cooling in an Ar atmosphere.It is concluded that the surface activation is attained in a hydrogen atmosphere at 1473K and multiple cracking occurs by absorbing a large amount of hydrogen at lower temperature.Volume expansion and dislocations generated by hydrogenation and hydride formation are responsible for multiple cracking.Hydrogen-induced multiple cracking in Ta occurs in the following sequence:hydrogen absorption,lattice expansion,hydride formation,and crack nucleation and propagation.Powder fabrication of Ta by hydrogenation is discussed in comparison with the hydrogen pulverization of intermetallic alloys.     

Development of welding technique in architectural and construction industry in China

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Timescales and contribution of heating and helicity effect in helicity-dependent all-optical switching

The heating and helicity effects induced by circularly polarized laser excitation are entangled in the helicity-dependent all-optical switching(HD-AOS),which hinders understanding the magnetization dynamics involved.Here,applying a dual-pump laser excitation,first with a linearly polarized(LP) laser pulse followed by a circularly polarized(CP) laser pulse,the timescales and contribution from heating and helicity effects in HD-AOS were identified with a Pt/Co/Pt triple-layer.When the LP laser pul...     

Corrosion and fatigue in micro-sized Ni cantilever beams

The Ni microcantilevers were fabricated by femtosecond laser. The corrosion behavior of the micro-sized Ni cantilever beams was studied by electrochemical noise and a newly developed fatigue testing method. The results show that the micro-sized specimens exhibit general corrosion behavior under the studied corrosion condition, whereas the ordinary-sized plates exhibit the localized corrosion behavior. The critical load amplitude of the micro-sized Ni specimens under corrosion fatigue status was determined to be 15 mN. The maximum bending loads, which were measured by fatigue tests, decrease gradually prior to final fracture. Corrosion fracture first occurs in the range of notch with a higher tensile bending stress, and exhibits clear evidence of trans-columnar fracture. The variation of maximum bending loads with time agrees with that creep deformation of the micro-sized Ni specimens can easily occur at room temperature, which implies that the micro-sized Ni specimens appear to have an improved resistance towards total crack as compared with the ordinary-sized Ni specimens.     

Anomalous scattering in structural chemistry and biology¶

The uses of X-ray anomalous scattering in crystal structure analysis have undergone a major expansion due to the refinement and ease of availability of the necessary X-ray instrumentation and methods. The structural chemistry and biology fields span a similar suite of technical needs but with widely differing molecular systems. The innate synergies between the two research fields brought two of the authors (JRH and VK) together at an Erice Summer School on Synchrotron Radiation in Crystallography in 1985 and took them into a collaboration spanning already 20 years. The authors’ wide perspectives are therefore, if not unique, perhaps rather rare. Thus the breadth of coverage of this review is unusual. However, there are two excellent books on anomalous scattering and its uses that have been published covering the periods up to 1975 and 1994 [S. Ramaseshan, S.C. Abrahams (Eds). Anomalous Scattering, Munksgaard, Copenhagen (1975); G. Materlik, C.J. Sparks, K. Fischer (Eds). Resonant Anomalous X-ray Scattering: Theory and Applications, North Holland, Amsterdam (1994)]. As the number of examples of applications in structural biology are now so many it has only been possible to select some illustrative examples but with surveys of trends. In addition though, the development of the methodologies is described in more detail. The structural chemistry applications in, for example, microporous materials, superconductors and magnetic materials is expanding fast but still at a stage where we could attempt to provide a detailed coverage of results, which we have done. Anomalous scattering results on locating metal atoms can also be compared with other technique results and so sections on X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS), Diffraction Anomalous Fine Structure (DAFS), neutron diffraction and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) applications are described where they relate to metal atom location and local structure. Finally anomalous scattering has also been very useful to help develop the modern synchrotron Laue method for quantitative crystal structure analysis, which is also briefly described.

Anomalous scattering in structural chemistry and biology¶ ¶Dedicated to Professor Durward W. J. Cruickshank, FRS, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, on the occasion of his 82nd Birthday, 7 March 2006. Durward is an inspiration to us all as a scientist with many fine contributions spanning nearly 60 years, as well as a friend, mentor and colleague to several of us for many years.

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M. Cianci, J. R. Helliwell, M. Helliwell, V. Kaucic, N. Z. Logar, G. Mali & N. N. Tusar

https://doi.org/10.1080/08893110500421268

Published online:

25 January 2007

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Development of electroslag metallurgy and casting in China

The electroslag metallurgy has been developed since 1958. At present, all special steel plants have constructed electroslag metallurgical workshops. There are 86 Electroslag Remetting (ESR) furnaces in these steel plants with annual capacity of 100 000 tons. The products by ESR include 243 designations of steel and superalloy. The Chinese metallurgists have made significant achievements in the type and structure of electroslag remelting furnaces, eletroslag remelting technology, shaped castings by Electroslag Remelting Casting (ESRC), the manufacture of large-size ingots by ESR and the study of ESR mechanism. These achievements have already been recognized by foreign metallurgists.     

Electrical and thermal conductivities in quenched and aged high-purity Cu–Ti alloys

Electrical resistivity and thermal diffusivity at room temperature have been measured in quenched and aged high-purity copper–titanium alloys. The results show that the electrical and thermal conductivities increase as aging time at 720 K increases, which indicates that precipitation takes place in these alloys.     

Microstructural evolution in adiabatic shear bands in Ta and Ta–W alloys

Microstructural evolution of adiabatic shear bands originated due to high strain, high strain rate deformation in Ta and Ta–W alloys has been examined. Tests were performed using a specially designed stepped specimen in a Hopkinson bar. Upon completion of the deformation, the region is cooled to below one half of the temperature achieved during adiabatic heating in less than one millisecond. Microstructural characterization of the shear bands was performed using optical microscopy as well as scanning and transmission electron microscopy. No evidence of recrystallization within the shear bands could be found. This is in contradiction with several recent reports, which claim that recrystallization may take place at these stringent time and temperature conditions. These studies, however, do not take into account the kinetics of boundary refinement processes, which are a distinctive characteristic of a recrystallized microstructure. It will be shown that the absence of recrystallization in Ta and Ta–W adiabatic shear bands can be predicted by a progressive subgrain misorientation (PriSM) recrystallization model, applied successfully in previous studies to predict the microstructure evolution in copper adiabatic shear bands.     

The transformation of narrow dislocation dipoles in selected fcc metals and in γ-TiAl

Transformations of vacancy dipoles of dissociated edge dislocations are analyzed in Cu, Ni and γ-TiAl by molecular dynamics. Dipole heights up to 20 {1 1 1} interplanar distances are investigated at temperatures ranging from 0 K to near the melting points of Cu and Ni and slightly below the upper boundary of the single phase γ-TiAl domain. Three model configurations, hollows, vertical compact and inclined dipoles, are considered and their relative stabilities compared. Except for dipoles one interplanar distance high, hollows are either metastable or unstable and they are never formed by mutually approaching dipolar dislocations. The three configurations transform into a variety of height- and temperature-dependent layouts including cores containing ordered free volumes, zigzagged faulted dipoles and agglomerated stacking-fault tetrahedra (SFT). At the highest temperatures, small individual SFTs are formed by short-range pipe-diffusion along the dipole cores. There is no critical height below which small-height dipoles or their debris would just simply disappear.     

Adsorption difference of Pb2＋ and Zn2＋ in sandstone and breccia

The adsorption difference of Pb2 and Zn2 in sandstone and breccia of Pb-Zn Mine of Yunnan Province was studied by using modem instrument analysis method and fractal geometry theory. The results show that the adsorption capacity (Q) of Pb2 in this two rocks is bigger than that of Zn2 , and Q in various initial concentration solutions obeysv Freundlich experiential formula. The value of l/n on the adsorption Pb2 and Zn2 in sandstone hardly has any difference, but the value ofk differs observably. The adsorption process ofZn2 or Pb2 in sandstone or breccia from solution is fractal-like. The kinetic equation of adsorption is lgp = k - alg t or Q = abt( 1 bt)-1, and the values oflg k, a, and D of brecciaare bigger than those of sandstone at 30 and 50 ℃. These parameters decrease basically with the increase of temperature.The adsorption capacity of Pb2 is almost equal in sandstone and breccia, but the adsorption ability of Zn2 in breccia is stronger than that in sandstone.     

Microstructural and Textural Differences Induced by Water and Furnace Cooling in Commercially Pure Zr Annealed in the α + β Region

In this work, a commercially pure Zr sheet with a typical bimodal basal texture was annealed in an α?+?β region and then subjected to different coolings (in water and furnace). Microstructures and textures of both the as-received and the heat-treated specimens were investigated by electron channeling contrast imaging and electron backscatter diffraction techniques. Results show that a duplex microstructure consisting of untransformed bulk α grains and twinned martensitic plates is produced in the water-cooled specimen, which possesses a weakened texture compared to the initial one. For the specimen cooled in furnace, however, a uniform microstructure fully comprised of coarser equiaxed grains with a strengthened texture is obtained. Analyses reveal that the rapid cooling in water could suppress variant selection behaviors during β?→?α transformation and allow α plates with scattered orientations to be nucleated inside β phases, contributing to the weakened texture. In contrast, during slow cooling in furnace, β boundaries would act as preferred nucleation sites of α embryos, resulting in a strong variant selection that accounts for the intensified texture.     

Density and thermal expansion coefficients of liquid and austenite phase in lamellar cast iron

Volume change related defects formation mechanisms are an important detracting phenomenon in production of complex shaped cast components.Among different technical alloys,cast iron behaves in a complex manner due to the combined volume change of the formed phases.The liquid and the austenitic phase are contracting while the graphite phase is expanding during the solidification.The complex volume change in combination with complex casting shapes causes a considerable deviation from isotropy in the solidification domain.The mentioned difficulties are considered the main reason why an extensive research work is condensed in the literature within this topic.The multitude of reported experimental set up and the various efforts to interpret the volume change phenomena in terms of density and thermal expansion coefficients makes the results difficult to compare from different sources.With these difficulties in mind,the present paper presents a broad experimental series and measures unidirectional linear deformation of an industrially spread lamellar cast iron alloy system(Fe-C-2Si)using the push-rod based dilatometer technique.The measurements are divided into two major groups with respect to the liquid iron deformation over the liquidus temperature line,and the austenite deformation below the solidus temperature line.The obtained results are interpreted as thermal expansion coefficients,density variation slopes,and density data at the liquids and solidus temperature.The obtained results are compared with literature data and with calculated values by the Thermo Calc software.     

Damping capacity and compressive characteristic in some aluminum foams

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Be Diffusion and Suppression in HBT StructureMaterials Grown by

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Liquid Ni–Fe penetration and recrystallisation in tungsten

Melt penetration in grain boundaries of solid tungsten has been investigated.Solid tungsten rods have been exposed to a nickel–iron melt saturated with tungsten and the penetration depth and the shape of the liquid channels have been examined. The solid tungsten samples have been treated in different ways like cold working, annealing and recrystallisation, before melt exposure. Important parameters for the penetration process are stresses, surface tensions, solution and kinetic effects. A new theoretical model for the penetration mechanism in cold worked samples is proposed.Rapid recovery of the grains in the penetrated areas of the cold worked samples was observed. This is discussed, as well.     

Acicular ferrite and bainite in C–Mn and low-alloy steel arc weld metals

Acicular ferrite is recognised as a desirable microstructural constituent in C–Mn and low-alloy steel weld metals. It is Widmanstätten ferrite that nucleates on the spheroidal non-metallic inclusions and grows by a reconstructive (diffusion-controlled) mechanism that proceeds substantially to completion. With increasing alloy content and/or cooling rate, the transformation to acicular ferrite may not be completed before the formation of bainite begins, the efficacy of inclusions in modern weld metal being such that colonies of bainite can nucleate on inclusions, forming by a displacive (shear) transformation mechanism, and producing colonies of similar size to acicular ferrite laths. Hence, in arc welds deposited with modern welding consumables, both acicular ferrite and intragranular bainite may form. As a consequence of the similarity in appearance of these two microstructural constituents in the optical microscope, some confusion in terminology has been introduced into the literature. This review seeks to eradicate this confusion.     

Local atomic arrangements and their topology in Ni–Zr and Cu–Zr glassy and crystalline alloys

Different experimental techniques (X-ray diffraction, neutron diffraction with isotopic substitution, extended X-ray absorption spectroscopy) and theoretical methods (reverse Monte-Carlo simulation, molecular dynamics modelling, Voronoi analysis) were applied to elucidate the atomic structure of Ni–Zr and Cu–Zr alloys in glassy and crystalline states and to explain differences in the glass-forming abilities of the Ni₆₄Zr₃₆ and Cu₆₅Zr₃₅ compositions. Both glasses show similar strong topological ordering, but it is established that the degree of chemical ordering is much more pronounced in Ni₆₄Zr₃₆ glass than in Cu₆₅Zr₃₅ glass. The short-range atomic order and topology in the glassy and crystalline structures are remarkably different, and these differences are presumed to hinder crystal nucleation and growth, hence promoting glass formation upon fast cooling of the Ni₆₄Zr₃₆ and Cu₆₅Zr₃₅ liquid alloys. The larger differences observed for the Cu₆₅Zr₃₅ alloy in glassy and crystalline states are suggested to play a decisive role in increasing its bulk-glass-forming ability.