Catalysis Letters - Hematite (α-Fe2O3) is a potential photoanode material for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting, but its short hole diffusion length and low water oxidation kinetics... 相似文献
Comparative experiments are performed in friction stir welding (FSW) of dissimilar Al/Mg alloys with and without assistance of ultrasonic vibration. Metallographic characterization of the welds at transverse cross sections reveals that ultrasonic vibration induces differences in plastic material flow in two conditions. In FSW, the plastic material in the peripheral area of shoulder-affected zone (SAZ) tends to flow downward because of the weakening of the driving force of the shoulder, and a plastic material insulation layer is formed at the SAZ edge. When ultrasonic vibration is exerted, the stirred zone is divided into the inner and outer shear layers, the downward material flow trend of the inner shear layer disappears and tends to flow upward, and the onion-ring structure caused by the swirl motion is avoided in the pin-affected zone. By improving the flow behavior of plastic materials in the stirred zone, ultrasonic vibration reduces the heat generation, accelerates the heat dissipation in nugget zone and changes the thermal cycles, thus inhibiting the formation of intermetallic compound layers.
Distortion as a result of the quenching process is predominantly due to the thermal gradient and phase transformations within
the component. Compared with traditional liquid quenching, the thermal boundary conditions during gas quenching are relatively
simple to control. By adjusting the gas-quenching furnace pressure, the flow speed, or the spray nozzle configuration, the
heat-transfer coefficients can be designed in terms of both the component geometry and the quenching time. The purpose of
this research is to apply the optimization methodology to design the gas-quenching process. The design objective is to minimize
the distortion caused by quenching. Constraints on the average surface hardness, and its distribution and residual stress
are imposed. The heat-transfer coefficients are used as design variables. DEFORM-HT is used to predict material response during
quenching. The response surface method is used to obtain the analytical models of the objective function and constraints in
terms of the design variables. Once the response surfaces of the objective and constraints are obtained, they are used to
search for the optimum heat-transfer coefficients. This process is then used instead of the finite-element analysis. A one-gear
blank case study is used to demonstrate the optimization scheme. 相似文献
Organofunctional silanes recently have emerged as outstanding, environmentally friendly corrosion protectors for metal substrates,
compared with conventional chromate treatments. A simple immersion technique is typically used to coat the metal surface with
silane films. However, the thickness and uniformity of the films are uncontrolled in this process. This paper proposes a new
deposition technique for the silane films on the metal surface, i.e., by electrodeposition. Hydrolyzed silanes are water-soluble,
ionized molecules, so they can be deposited on metals by electrodeposition. Various combinations of silane mixtures were tested
at different voltages, pH values, bath concentrations, and exposure times on panels of alloy aluminum and mirror-polished
ferro-plate. The surface structure was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and ellipsometry. The resistance
of the film to corrosion was investigated by direct current (DC) polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)
techniques. Electrodeposition results in a more organized and uniform film with fewer pores, compared with immersed or dipped
films.
This paper was presented at the 2nd International Surface Engineering Congress sponsored by ASM International, on September
15–17, 2003, in Indianapolis, Indiana, and appears on pp. 320–26 of the Proceedings. 相似文献
The synthesis and characterization of Ti–xMg (x=4, 9, 12, 15, 21, 24 at%) alloys using mechanical alloying was investigated. A nanometer-sized Ti–24Mg alloy was produced. During mechanical alloying, the height of the XRD peaks of the Mg in the Ti–9Mg alloy decreased, and then disappeared, whereas the Ti XRD peaks broadened, and the grain size decreased with increasing milling time. The Mg firstly dissolved in the grain boundaries of the Ti, and then diffused into the Ti grain interiors. The grain boundaries played an important role in enhancing the solid solubility of Mg in Ti. With increasing Mg content the volume fraction of grain boundaries increased, and a decrease in grain size occurred after mechanical alloying for 48 h. 相似文献
During the last ten years, techniques have been developed to measure the distribution of grain boundaries in polycrystals
as a function of both lattice misorientation and grain boundary plane orientation. This paper presents a brief overview of
the techniques used for these measurements and the principle findings of studies implementing these techniques. The most significant
findings are that grain boundary plane distributions are anisotropic, that they are scale invariant during normal grain growth,
that the most common grain boundary planes are those with low surface energies, that the grain boundary populations are inversely
correlated with the grain boundary energy, and that the coincident site lattice number is a poor predictor of the grain boundary
energy and population. 相似文献