The Bonding Properties of Solid Steel to Liquid Aluminum

The bonding of solid steel plate to liquid aluminum was studied using rapid solidification. The relationship models of interfacial shear strength and thickness of interfacial layer of bonding plate vs bonding parameters ( such as preheat temperature of steel plate, temperature of aluminum liquid and bonding time ) were respectively established by artificial neural networks perfectly. The bonding parameters for the largest interfacial shear strength were optimized with genetic algorithm successfully. They are 226℃ for preheating temperature of steel plate, 723℃ for temperature of aluminum liquid and 15.8s for bonding time, and the largest interfacial shear strength of bonding plate is 71.6MPa. Under these conditions, the corresponding reasonable thickness of interfacial layer (10.8μm) is gotten using the relationship model established by artificial neural networks.     

The Influence of Preheat Temperature of Steel Plate on Steel-mushy Cu-graphite Bonding

The pressing bonding of steel plate to QTi3.5-3.5 graphite slurry was conducted. Under the conditions of 530 ℃ for the preheat temperature of dies, 45% for the solid fraction of QTi3.5- 3.5 graphite slurry, 50 MPa for the pressure and 2 min for the pressing time, the relationship between the preheat temperature of steel plate and interfacial mechanical property of bonding plate was studied. The results show that when the preheat temperature of steel plate is lower titan 618 ℃ , the interfacial shear strength of bonding plate increases with the increasing of the preheat temperature of steel plate. When the preheat temperature of steel plate is higher than 618 ℃ , the interfacial shear strength decreases with the increasing of the preheat temperature of steel plate. When the preheat temperature of steel plate is 618 ℃ , the highest interfacial shear strength of bonding plate of 127.8 MPa can be got.     

Thermal deformation behavior and microstructure of nuclear austenitic stainless steel

Gleeble-1500D thermal simulation tester was employed in the hot-compression investigation of as-cast nuclear 304 austenitic stainless steel under conditions: deformation temperature 950―1200℃; deformations 30% and 50%; deformation rates 0.01 and 0.1 s?1. The results show that the flow stress decreases with temperature rise under the same strain rate and deformation, that the flow stress increases with deformation under the same temperature and strain rate, and that the flow stress increases with strain rate...     

Low temperature synthesis of SiCN nanostructures

Silicon carbon nitride (SiCN) nanowires, nanorods and nanotubes have gained much attention due to their excellent field emission and photoluminescence properties. These nanostructures were usually grown using catalysts at high temperature (800―1000℃). In this paper, synthesis of SiCN nanostruc-tures at a temperature less than 500℃ is reported. Various kinds of SiCN nanostructures were synthe-sized using microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition method. Gas mixtures of CH4, H2 and N2 were used as precursors and Si chips were inserted in the sample holder at symmetrical positions around the specimen as additional Si sources. Metallic gallium was used as the liquid medium in a mechanism similar to vapor-liquid-solid. Morphologies of the resultant were characterized by field emission scan-ning electron microscopy. Energy dispersive spectrometry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy were used to characterize their compositions and bonding states.     

Microstructural Characteristic of Montmorillonite and Its Thermal Treatment Products

The montmorillonite was studied by different methods, such as chemical analysis, DAT, TG, XRD, IR, AFM and MAS NMR. The experimental results show that the hydroxyl in octahedra sheets beans dehydrating when the thermal treatment temperature reaches 659℃, but the layer structure remavins the same, and the corresponding Al ( Ⅳ ) is turned into Al ( Ⅳ ) in octahedra sheets. When the temperature reaches 900℃ , the layer structure of montmorillontite is destrtoyed, and the new mineral phase μ-cordierite is found. When the temperature reaches 1200℃, the μ-cordierite phase loses its stability, and decomposes into cristobalite phase and mullite phase. Meanwhile, the recrystallization phenomenon in thermal treatment products is obvious. There is a small quantity of Al Ⅳ signal in MAS NMR spectrum, corresponding to Al of mullite. When the temperature reaches 1350℃ , the cristobalite and mullite phases reduce sligluly, and more Fe-cordierite phase appears, corresponding to Fe-cordierite spectrum in XRD and MAS NMR.     

Thermal-stress simulation of direct-chill casting of AZ31 magnesium alloy billets

Two-dimensional (2D) transient coupled finite element model was developed to compute the temperature and stress field in cast billets, so as to predict the defects of the I-type billets made from AZ31 magnesium alloy and find the causes and solutions for surface cracks and shrinkages during direct-chill (DC) casting process. Method of equivalent specific heat was used in the heat conduction equation. The boundary and initial conditions used for primary and secondary cooling were elucidated on the basis of the heat transfer during the solidification of the billet. The temperature and the thermal-stress fields were simulated with the thermal-structural coupled module of ANSYS software. The influences of casting parameters on the distributions of temperature and stress were studied, which helped optimize the parameters (at pouring temperature of 680 °C, casting speed of 2 mm/s, heat-transfer coefficient of the second cooling equals to 5 000 W/m²·°C⁻¹). The simulation results of thermal stress and strain fields reveal the formation mechanism of some casting defects, which is favourable for optimizing the casting parameters and obtain high quality billets. Some measures of controlling processes were taken to prevent the defects for direct-chill casting billets. Funded by the 973 National Grand Theoretical Research Program(No. 2007CB613700), the National Sci&Tech Support Program(No. 2007BAG06B04), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50725413), and the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing(No. CST, 2007bb4413)     

Mierostrueture and Properties of Coating from Cemented Carbide on Surface of H13 Steel

The microstructures and properties of coating from cemented carbide on the substrate of H 13 by vacuum powder sintering were studied. The effect of sintering temperature on the microstructures of coating was discussed. The interface characteristics between coating and H 13 steel substrate, microhardness distribution and wear resistance in the coating were analyzed. The coating from cemented carbide with thickness of 1-3 mm by vacuum powder sintering at temperature ranging from 1280℃to 1300 ℃ was obtained. The experimental results indicated that the coating with microhardness of HV 1600 favorable to wear resistance is strongly bonded with the H 13 steel substrate by mutual diffusion and penetration of Fe,Cr, Mo,V in substrate towards the coating and W, Co,Ni in coating towards the substrate.     

Study on mechanical properties of warm compacted iron-base materials

Mechanical properties of the warm compacted iron-base powder metallurgy materials were compared with those of conventional cold compacted materials. Factors such as compaction temperature, lubricant concentration and lubricant′s property were studied. A lubricant for warm compaction powder metallurgy was developed. An iron-based powder metallurgy material with a green density of 7.31 g/cm3 (a relative density of 92.5%) can be obtained by pressing the powder at 700 MPa and 175 ℃. The sintered materials have a density of 7.2 g/cm3, an elongation of 2.1% and a tensile strength of 751 MPa compared to 546 MPa using conventional cold compaction with the same lubricant and 655 MPa using warm compaction with other lubricant. Compact density and mechanical properties were influenced strongly by the compacting temperature. Although the best quality compacts can be obtained at 175 ℃, warm compaction within 165 to 185 ℃ can give high density compacts. Evidence shows that compact density depends on the friction coefficient of the lubricant.     

Effect of Annealing on Ferroelectric Properties of Bi3.25La0.75Ti3O12 Thin Films Prepared by the Sol-gel Method

Bi_3.25La_0.75Ti₃O₁₂(BLT) thin films were prepared on Pt/Ti/SiO₂/Si substrate by the sol-gel method. The effect of annealing on their structures and ferroelectric properties was investigated. The XRD patterns indicate that the BLT films annealed at different temperatures are randomly orientated and the single perovskite phase is obtained at 550°C. The remnant polarization increases and the coercive field decreases with the annealing temperature increasing. The leakage current density of the BLT films annealed at 700°C is about 5.8×10⁻⁸ Al cm² at the electric field of 250 kV/cm. Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 90407023)     

Effect of Particle Density on the Aligned Growth of Carbon Nanotubes

Aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) wre prepared on Ni-coated Ni substrate by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition (MWPCV D) with a mixture of methane and hydrogen gases at temperature of 550℃ . The experimentul results show a direct correlation between the alignment of CNTs and the density of the catalyst particles at low, temperature, When the particle density is high enough, among CNTs there are strong interactions that can inhibit CNTs from growing randomly. The crowding effect among dense CNTs results in the aligned growth of CNTs at low temperature.     

Microwave Synthesis of Cathode Material LixMn2O4 for Lithium-ion Battery

LixMn2O4 was synthesized rapidly by microwa heaing,the product phases of the microwave synthesis and comventional solid-solid-state synthesis were comparatively inesitigated,The capacity of microwave synthesis product decreases relatively slow,The lithium ion can be inserted into and extracted from the spinel framework structure fluently after cycling .But the capacity of the conventional solid-state synthesis product is more remarkably lowered.The spinel framework structure was destroyed which hindered the lithium ion from inserting and extracting,Tehe influential factors of the process parameters are discussed such as heat preservation time,pre-heating at 400℃ for 24 h and coupled agent.     

Fabrication of Fe-6 .Swt%Si Bulk by Spark Plasma Sintering

Fe-6.5 wt % Si composite compact was fobricated by spark plasma sintering (SPS) . Mechanical alloying( MA )was used to prepare Fe-Si composite powders. The composite powders were sintered by SPS at elevsated temperature from 500℃ to 700℃ . The experimental results indicate that the non-equilibrium state of composite Fe-Si is preserved in the compact. The density of the bulk rises with the increasing temperature and there is no diffusion of silicon and iron in the interface.     

The corrosion behavior of nano-meter embedded phase in Ti implanted H13 steel

On the SEM micrographs of Ti implanted H13 steel, a tree-branch-like structure can be observed. Further investigation with TEM shows that the newly tormed composition is a formation of nann-meter FeTi_2 phase in Ti implanted layer. The layer with a relatively high corrosion resistance has been formed in Ti implanted H13 steel with this structure.The results of electrochemical measurement show that the corrosion current density decreases obviously with an increase of ion dose. The corrosion current density in Ti implanted steel with a dose of 1.3×10~(18)/cm~2 is 8-20 times less than that of Ti implanted steel with a dose of 6×10~(17)/cm~2. The corrosion behavior of Ti implanted steel with a dose of 6×10~(17)/cm~2 could be further improved as the sample was annealed at 500℃ for 20 min and the corrosion current density decreases by 48-80 times compared to that of non-implanted samples. The corrosion trace was not observed on the annealing sample by SEM, after multi-sweep cyclic voltammetry of 40 cycles     

Effects of Phosphorus Additions on Microwave Sintering Properties of UltrafineWC-lOCo Cemented Carbides

Using the microwave sintering technology, the effects of phosphorus （P） additions on the microstructure and properties of the ultrafine WC-10Co alloys were investigated. The experimental results show that with only 0.3wt% P additions, full density WC-10Co cermets were obtained at temperature of 1250℃, which is 70 ℃ lower than that of the undoped counterparts. Lower sintering temperature can result in finer WC grain growth; therefore, the P-doped WC-10Co alloys exhibited higher hardness than the undoped ones. But at the same time, P doping could lead to sacrifice of fracture toughness ofWC-10Co cemented carbides.     

Preparation and characterization of nanocomposite MgFe<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>4</Subscript>/SiO<Subscript>2</Subscript>

Nanocomposites MgFe₂O₄/SiO₂ were successfully synthesized by the sol-gel method in the presence of N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF). The formation of pure MgFe₂O₄ was confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) and electron diffraction. The structural evolution of MgFe₂O₄ nanocrystals was followed by powder X-ray diffraction and IR absorption spectroscopy. The formation of spinel structure of MgFe₂O₄ started at 800 °C, and completed at 900 °C. The transmission electron microscopy (TEM) measurements suggest that the particle sizes increase with the increasing annealing temperature, and the mean particle sizes of the spherical samples annealed at 800 °C, 900 °C and 1 050 °C are ca. 3 nm, 8 nm and 11 nm, respectively. Magnetization measurements at room temperature and 78 K indicate superparamagnetic nature of these MgFe₂O₄ nanocrystals. Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 30771676), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20081842), and the Foundation of Nanjing Bureau of Personal for the Returned Overseas Chinese Excellent Scholars     

Structure transition of nano-titania during calcination

1　INTRODUCTIONTitaniahasthreecrystallines :brookite ,anataseandrutile .Theirbasicstructuralunitisthesame[TiO6 ]octahedron ,buttheirlatticestructuresaredifferent .Forexample ,brookitebelongstorhombiccrystallo series ,whilerutileandanatasebelongtosquarecrystallo series .Thoughrutileandanatasearethesamecrystallo series ,theirsymmetricalelementsandunit cellparametersaredifferent[1] .Inrecentyears ,muchattentionhasbeenpaidtophasetransformationoftitaniaparticle ,especiallytothetemperatureofph…     

In-situ TEM Study on Mierostruetural Evolution of Nanostruetured TiO2

The effect of electron beam on the microstructures and phase transformation of nanostructured TiO2 heat treated at various temperatures for different time was studied by in-situ TEM and SAED. Anatase ex-situ heated at 250℃ and 360℃ transformed to rutile while irradiated by the electron beam. With the increasing sizes and distribution of the powders on the amorphous carbon, the process of phase transformation by the electron beam was encumbered. These evolutions may be due to the changes of vacuum atmosphere and the properties of powders.     

Thermo-analytical study on stainless steelmaking dust

1　INTRODUCTIONStainlesssteelmakingdustisaby productwastegeneratedfromsteelmakingindustry .Itcontainssig nificantamountsofiron ,lead ,nickel,chromium ,etc .Heavymetalmaybeleachedintotheenviron mentbyrainorundergroundwater ,soitisclassifiedashazardouswastesandbannedbeingdisposedinreg ularlandfill[1] .Thevaluablemetalsinthedustcanberecoveredinthewayofdirectrecycling[2 6 ] andtheworthlessdustshouldbetreatedinthewayofvitrifi cation[7] .But,itisnecessarytocommandthether malbehaviorofthedustbe…     

Effect of the Cool System on Internal Stress of CaO-Al203-SiO2 Glass-ceramic System

The samples were attained through altering the cooling system of producing glass-ceramics. The X-ray diffraction was used to test the stress value of different samples. The relation of the cooling system and internal stress were also investigated. The experimental results show that the stress of glass-ceramic had a close relation with starting cool temperature. Above 800 ~C, glass-ceramic could be accelerated cooling and did not bring stress. Temperature between 500 ℃ and 800℃ was an important temperature range of the formation of stress in glass-ceramic, in which the glass-ceramic stress would change obviously. Cool system was the key on how to control and eliminate internal stress in order to reduce the destroy of materials crated by internal stress. In addition, glass particles size increase, glass-ceramic stress increase in consequent.     

2D finite element analysis of thermal balance for drained aluminum reduction cells

Based on the principle of energy conservation,the applicable technique for drained cell retrofitted from conventional one was analyzed with 2D finite element model. The model employed a 1D heat transfer scheme to compute iteratively the freeze profile until the thickness variable reached the terminating requirement. The calculated 2D heat dissipation from the cell surfaces was converted into the overall 3D heat loss. The potential drop of the system, freeze profile and heat balance were analyzed to evaluate their variation with technical parameters when designing the 150 kA conventional cell based drained cell. The simulation results show that the retrofitted drained cell is able to keep thermal balance under the conditions that the current is 190 kA, the anodic current density is 0.96 A/cm2, the anode-cathode distance is 2.5 cm, the alumina cover is 16 cm thick with a thermal conductivity of 0.20 W/(m·℃ ) and the electrolysis temperature is 946 ℃ .