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Titanium alloys are used in many fields including military, aerospace, and biomedical because of their excellent specific strength, corrosion resistance, and biocompatibility. Recently, much research has been focused on addressing the disadvantages of conventional manufacturing methods, including reducing material and energy waste when manufacturing titanium alloy parts by additive manufacturing..... More

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A cold roll-bonding (CRB) process is applied to study the effects of stacking number on the microstructure and mechanical properties of roll-bonded and age-treated Al sheets. Commercial AA1050 and AA6061 sheets with a thickness of 2 mm were stacked alternately on each other to two and four layers, and roll-bonded..... More

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The combination of severe plastic deformation, deformational heat, and frictional heat generated during the high-pressure torsion process has a great effect on microstructural evolutions, including grain refinement, dynamic recrystallization and recovery. In particular, the low melting temperature metallic alloys (e.g., aluminum and magnesium) also induce nano-precipitations in the matrix during..... More

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The effects of Mg content and cooling rate on the T5 treatment of Al-Si-Mg alloys have been investigated using Avrami kinetics and transmission electron microscopy. The alloys were super-heated at 800 ^oC for 1 hr followed by degassing treatment at 720 ^oC for 15 min, and poured into a metallic..... More

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Wearable strain sensors with high and broad sensitivity, high stretchability and excellent mechanical endurance will be widely useful in smart wearable electronics. In this work, we developed a stretchable strain sensor fabricated with a simple stencil printing technique. The stretchable strain sensor was fabricated using a multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)-Ecoflex..... More

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In this study, AISI 316L stainless steels were manufactured by the L-DED process with various laser scanning speeds and laser powers, in order to analyze how volumetric energy density (VED) can affect their final shape, microstructure and mechanical properties. Under various VED conditions, it was found that a higher VED..... More

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Dihydrogen sulfide (H₂S) gas has a flammable nature and is one of the most toxic and dangerous gases. Even small concentrations can be fatal to humans. Herein, we investigated the H₂S gas-sensing features of commercial pristine cerium oxide (CeO₂ ) and gadolinium (Gd)-doped CeO₂ (GDC) nanoparticles. First, the sensing materials..... More

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Beta-type titanium alloys have a low elastic modulus, excellent cold workability, and are widely used as implant materials. High strength is possible by forming a precipitation in the β-matrix via solution treatment and aging treatment. However, beta titanium alloys require a large amount of beta-stabilizing elements (Fe, Nb, Mo, Ta,..... More

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Magnesium (Mg) has good physical properties including light weight, excellent specific strength and high stiffness, and Mg is used in many fields. But current production methods of Mg have disadvantages, such as the generation of sulfur oxide and chlorine gas. In this situation, The Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral..... More

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Stainless steel-based composites (SMCs) mixed with 316L stainless steel powder and Fe-Cr-B based M alloys powder ed M) powder were manufactured using the powder injection molding (PIM) process, and their microstructure and mechanical properties were investigated. To examine the effect of M content on the properties of SMCs, the M..... More

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The efficiency of gas turbines depends on the gas turbine working temperature. Single crystal blades are being applied more often than equiaxed blades in gas turbine engines, to increase the turbine inlet temperature, resulting in enhanced turbine engine efficiency. Single crystal blades endure creep conditions at high temperature better than..... More

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Green hydrogen has attracted significant attention as one of the future energy sources because no greenhouse gases are emitted during production and its energy density is much higher than fossil fuels. Precious metals such as platinum (Pt) and iridium (Ir)-based catalysts are commonly used for water splitting catalysts. However, because..... More

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The solidification and phase transformation behaviors of IN625 with low C and Fe were investigated through directional solidification and quenching experiments. The primary and secondary dendrite arm spacing decreased exponentially as the solidification rate increased, demonstrating good agreement with theoretical equations. The MC carbide formed at a constant temperature gradient..... More

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With the increasing numbers of electric vehicles and the prevalence of high heat generating devices, recent studies have attempted to address the limitations of conventional solder materials, including their low durability at temperatures exceeding 200 ℃, insufficient mechanical properties in a joint, and low thermal conductivity. Transient liquid-phase (TLP) partial..... More

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Macrostructural features in continuously-cast stainless steel slabs such as the distribution of equiaxed and columnar grains, and microporosity, are crucial to the post-processes, and the mechanical properties of the final steel products. Among the methods for controlling grain structure during the continuous casting process, the application of electromagnetic stirring (EMS)..... More

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There is substantial concern about the phase change to artificial ferrite or martensite in commercial austenitic stainless steels during intense focused-ion-beam milling. In this work, severe Ga ion milling to prepare microscale samples was found to produce thin transformed layers on the surface of austenitic stainless steel. The surface BCC..... More

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Carbon-based thin film tool coatings, such as diamond-like carbon (DLC), have excellent lowfriction and anti-sticking properties. These thin films are widely used for the cutting and machining of increasingly widely-used lightweight non-metallic and non-ferrous metal materials, as a part of countermeasures against global warming. However, non-metallic and non-ferrous metal materials..... More

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Perovskite manganese La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃ (LSMO) powders were prepared by sol-gel synthesis and calcination in the temperature (T ) range of 500~1200 o C and their structures and electromagnetic (EM) wave absorption properties were investigated. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis revealed that the crystalline perovskite phase can be formed at T ≥ 600 ^oC...... More

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YbCd₂Sb₂ is a promising Zintl compound for waste heat recovery applications due to its low thermal conductivity, originating from its complex crystal structure. Many strategies such as alloying or doping have been suggested to further reduce the thermal conductivity of YbCd₂Sb₂ to improve its thermoelectric performance. However, the..... More

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Bi₂Te₃-based alloys have been extensively studied as thermoelectric materials near room temperature. In this study, the electrical, thermal, and thermoelectric transport properties of a series of Co-doped n-type Cu_0.008Bi₂Te_2.6Se_0.4 polycrystalline alloys (Cu_0.008Bi_2−xCo_xTe_2.6Se_0.4, x = 0, 0.03, 0.06, 0.09 and 0.12) are investigated. The electrical conductivity of the Cu_0.008Bi_1.97Co_0.03Te_2.6Se_0.4 (x =..... More