Simulation of the development of deformation textures and residual stresses using the Taylor–Bishop–Hill theory

Cold working processes due to inhomogeneous and strong plastic deformations result in the formation of residual stresses and texture within the components. The texture evolution has a strong influence on the residual microstresses and produces non-linear d vs. sin² ψ-curves. The texture evolution and the resulting non-linear d vs. sin² ψ-curves are calculated here using the Taylor–Bishop–Hill theory and an elastic unloading model. Examples are given for the inverse pole figure and non-linear d vs. sin² ψ-distributions due to cold torsion of an austenitic steel.     

Microwave radiation as heating method in the synthesis of titanium dioxide nanoparticles from hexafluorotitanate-organic salts

Nanocrystalline anatase was obtained from ionic liquid-like precursors containing hexafluorotitanate-organic salts and less than 25 wt.% of water, and using boric acid as fluoride scavenger. Two alternative heating methods were explored using either a conventional oven or a domestic microwave apparatus. A significant reduction in the reaction time from 24 h to only few minutes was obtained using the microwave route. The as-prepared materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, nitrogen sorption analysis, and attenuated total reflectance Fourier transformed infrared, X-ray photoelectronic and Raman spectroscopes. The convenience of using the microwave heating option was a function of the organic cation present in the precursor. Thus, organic ammonium cations containing only hydrocarbon substituents, such as diethylammonium, phenylammonium and benzyltrimethylammonium led to the precipitation of nanocrystalline anatase powder with high specific surface area (up to 120 m² g⁻¹) in a short processing time (1-3 min). Otherwise, alcohol and carboxylate functionalized cations decomposed under microwave treatment. Moreover, the choice of the organic cation allowed tuning several properties of the end material, such as particle size and pore morphology.     

Coating of TiO2 nanoparticles with PbS thin films and preparation of PbS nanoparticles using a one-pot sonochemical reaction under the multibubble sonoluminescence conditions

Preparations of PbS-coated titanium dioxide (TiO₂) and lead sulfide (PbS) nanoparticles under ultrasonic field at the multibubble sonoluminescence (MBSL) conditions were tested in water solutions. Under the optimal MBSL conditions (20 kHz and 220 W power input), PbS nanoparticles (diameter = 40-50 nm) were prepared by treating lead nitrate and thioacetamide for 20 min in water solutions. The size of PbS nanoparticles was found to be easily increased to about 90 nm in diameter by increasing the reactant concentration twice. A similar sonochemical reaction with TiO₂ nanoparticles (about 20-30 nm in diameter) gave rise to PbS-coated TiO₂ nanoparticles with a core/shell structure. The PbS thin film coating was quite uniform and the average coating depth of PbS on the TiO₂ nanoparticles was about 2-3 nm under the described conditions. It is interesting to note that the coating depth was found to be controlled to 2-10 nm range by increasing the amounts of reactants for Pb and S twice with a sonication time of 30 min.     

热暴露对SiC纤维增强Ti基复合材料基体织构的影响

本文利用电子背散射衍射（EBSD）技术,研究了高温热暴露对SiC纤维增强Ti-6A1—4V复合材料基体织构的影响。结果表明,相对于制备态复合材料较为集中的晶粒取向,900℃10h热暴露后的复合材料其晶粒生长的方向既有基面方向,又有棱面方向,同时还存在锥面方向。随着热暴露时间的延长,900℃75h热暴露的复合材料基面方向的生长方式与900℃10h热暴露的复合材料情况恰好相反。另外,无论是基面方向还是棱面方向,随着热暴露时间的延长,晶粒生长的取向均有向单一取向演化的趋势,且锥面方向上的生长会逐渐消失。     

光栅衍射缝间干涉因子次极大强度对称性的菲涅耳半波带法证明

本文用菲涅耳半波带法推导出了一个非常有用的次极大位置公式,将该位置公式和振幅矢量法求出的次极大位置结合起来,方便地求出了缝间干涉因子的次极大的强度,证明了缝向干涉因子的次极大强度具有对称性。避免了对振幅矢量法求次极大位置这个方程的直接求解,因为用该方法求出的次极大强度与理论值完全符合,说明菲涅耳半波带法不但可以用来分析单缝衍射,同时还完全能够用来分析光栅衍射。     

Relationship between microscopic and macroscopic structures of organic thin films for SHG

The experiments described in this paper were undertaken in order to obtain information about the relationship between the structure and non-linear optical properties (second-harmonic generation) of organic thin films. For this purpose, two closely related dyes, diones and tetrones, were compared, both of which are shown to have large hyperpolarisabilities. Their microscopic properties are investigated by conformational analysis and electron diffraction. It could be shown that detailed knowledge about the structure and the adjacent neighbour packing can be obtained from conformational analysis and electron diffraction in order to understand the non-linear optical properties of the two dyes.     

Q235碳素钢超细铁素体在奥氏体内的形核

利用扫描电镜观察了Q235碳素钢形变强化相变过程中超细铁素体在奥氏体内部的形核;使用背散射电子衍射(EBSD)技术分析了析出的铁素体取向.结果表明,随内、外界条件不同,奥氏体内有两类典型的铁素体形核地点:形变带及奥氏体晶界附近的形变不均匀区原始奥氏体晶粒尺寸的增加,形变温度的降低有利于铁素体的形变带形核.在A₃-A_r3的超细铁素体最佳形成温度区间,靠近A₃形变可使铁素体及第2组织均匀分布.形变带形核造成带状分布的铁素体及第2相,不仅形貌上出现方向性,铁素体取向也出现择优.     

Martensitic transformation of Ti50Ni30Cu20 alloy prepared by powder metallurgy

Phase transformation behavior of Ti50Ni30Cu20 shape memory alloys prepared by powder metallurgy is analyzed with respect to the duration of mechanical alloying. The processed blends were studied by differential scanning calorimetry and room temperature X-ray diffraction. The martensitic transformations evidenced by thermal scans are discussed in correlation with the relative phase content obtained from the refinement of the X-ray diffraction patterns.     

Experimental investigation and thermodynamic calculation of the phase equilibria in the Co-Nb-Ta ternary system

The isothermal sections of the Co-Nb-Ta ternary system at 900 °C, 1000 °C, 1100 °C, 1200 °C, 1300 °C have been experimentally determined by electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques on the equilibrated alloys. On the basis of the experimental data investigated in the present work, the phase equilibria in the Co-Nb-Ta system has been thermodynamically assessed by using CALPHAD (CALculation of PHAse Diagrams) method, and a consistent set of the thermodynamic parameters leading to reasonable agreement between the calculated results and experimental data was obtained.     

Effect of C/Ti ratio on self-propagating high-temperature synthesis reaction of Sn-Ti-C system for fabricating Ti2SnC ternary compounds

Ti₂SnC ternary compound was successfully synthesized utilizing laser ignited self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) of Sn-Ti-C system with the different C/Ti molar ratio. When C/Ti ratio is 0.7, Ti₆Sn₅ as the main phase appears, and a small amount of TiC is also found, most of the Ti₆Sn₅ phases synthesized exhibit the polygon-shaped coarse appearance with an obviously sintered morphology, and the distinct transgranular and intergranular microcracks can be observed. When C/Ti ratio increases over the range from 0.8 to 1.0, the relative content of Ti₂SnC increase and the plate-like shape Ti₂SnC appears. Furthermore, the sintered density increases firstly and then decreases with the increasing of C/Ti ratio.