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Electrical steel is a soft magnetic steel material used in electric devices such as transformers and motors. The performance of these electric devices is primarily related to the magnetic properties of electrical steel, and the assessment of the magnetic properties of electrical steel has been considered an important topic. We..... More

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This study investigated the microstructure and compressive properties (at room & high temperatures) of Fe-Cr-Ni based AISI 316L alloy, manufactured by selective laser melting process. The effect of stress relieving heat treatment on the microstructure and mechanical properties also examined. Regardless of the stress relieving heat treatment, the SLMed AISI..... More

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We have developed an encapsulation technology for OLED devices using an LMPA sealing line to enhance barrier characteristics against moisture and oxygen penetration. To verify the potential of this technology for flexible OLED devices, three experimental factors were investigated in this study. First, the stability of the sealing line on..... More

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The additive manufacturing (AM) process is a production technology process that has recently attracted attention. Among AM processes, the binder jetting (BJ) method is advantageous because it allows both wide material selection and design freedom. However, the output arrangement, which determines the direction in which the binder is injected during..... More

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The hot stamping process is beneficial for fabricating high strength automotive parts without spring back. To suppress high temperature oxidation and decarburization, it is necessary to coat the hot stamping steel. In the present work, the performance of galvannealed coated (GA) hot stamped steel was evaluated. During cyclic corrosion tests,..... More

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This study investigated and compared the tensile and high-cycle fatigue properties of AISI 1045 steel and Cr electroplated AISI 1045 steel. First, tensile and fatigue specimens were machined from AISI 1045 steel (substrate), and two kinds of Cr electroplating layers with different layer thickness were applied. The substrate, AISI 1045..... More

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Alloys containing the β/B2 phases of Ti-45Al-3Mo, Ti-45Al-3Mo-2Nb and Ti-45Al-5Mo were prepared using an vacuum arc-melting machine. Heat-treatments were carried out at 1250 oC in an Ar atmosphere. The temperature of 1250 oC is the temperature region of phase α + γ + (β/B2), and the heat treatment condition which..... More

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Zn-Al-Mg alloy galvanized steel sheets have excellent corrosion resistance and improved cut-edge corrosion resistance. Most of the galvanized steel sheets used for outdoor applications are coated again on the galvanizing layer, or after a plastic film is laminated. As the corrosion products formed by the corrosion of Zn accumulate over..... More

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The hot crack resistance and mechanical properties of flux cored arc (FCA) welds were investigated with three kinds of welding consumables having different boron (B) and manganese (Mn) contents for high strength carbon steel. The hot crack resistance, measured from self-restraint testing, strongly depended on the amount of B in..... More

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Since catalyst technology is one of the promising technologies to improve the working performance of next generation energy and electronic devices, many efforts have been made to develop various catalysts with high efficiency at a low cost. However, there are remaining challenges to be resolved in order to use the..... More

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In this work, we report a delta rosette strain sensor based on highly stretchable silver nanowire (AgNW) percolation piezoresistors. The proposed rosette strain sensors were easily prepared by a facile twostep fabrication route. First, three identical AgNW piezoresistive electrodes were patterned in a simple and precise manner on a donor..... More

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High pressure die casting is one of the precision casting methods. It is highly productivity and suitable for manufacturing components with complex shapes and accurate dimensions. Recently, there has been increasing demand for efficient heat dissipation components, to control the heat generated by devices, which directly affects the efficiency and..... More

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Titanium nitride (TiN) has been used extensively in coating materials and cutting tools because of its attractive properties, which include low density, high melting point, high hardness and thermodynamic stability. However, like many ceramic materials, its low fracture toughness limits wide industrial application. The methods generally utilized to improve its..... More

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In the present study, a choline chloride(ChCl)-based ionic liquid(IL) was used as an electrolyte to confirm the characteristics of electroless tin plating. The effect of the type of additive and reducing agent, as well as the addition of complexing agent and water, on the properties of the ChCl-based IL, including..... More

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The behaviour and performance of complex metallic materials (e.g., advanced high strength steel and dual phase Ti alloys) are acknowledged to be multi-scale in nature and to rely on the details of the threedimensional morphology, chemistry and crystallography at the meso-scale level and on macro-scale level geometry and boundary and..... More

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This study evaluated the relationship between reheat cracking that occurs in the reheated weld zone formed by subsequent multi-pass welding and the preheat/interpass temperature. The multi-pass weldment was YP 690 MPa high-strength steel, which is used in mobile offshore platform units. The welding process was flux-cored arc welding (FCAW), which..... More

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This study investigated the crystal structure and mechanical properties of copper foil electroplated by adjusting gelatin and chloride ions from 0 to 100 ppm. There was increased formation of spherical crystals and surface roughness on the surface of the electroplated layer when the gelatin was added, and the direction of..... More

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Electroplated copper has been used as wiring in electronic circuit boards and as cathode materials for secondary batteries, and its usage has expanded into the construction industry because of its convenient production and high economic value. During the electroplating process, various parameters, such as crystal phase and size, can affect..... More

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In this study, the extrusion behavior of Cu fill material in a through-Si-via (TSV) subjected to thermal loading was investigated. The Cu filling of the TSV was accomplished using pulse periodic reverse (PPR) electroplating. To study the extrusion, TSVs of varying via pitch were filled with Cu by electroplating. Defect-free Cu..... More

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AISI M4 and CPM15V are used as tool steels since they have high hardness and wear resistance. This study is concerned with die and mold hardfacing using laser melting deposition with M4 and CPM15V powders. For this purpose, the two types of metal powders were deposited on SKD11 base metal,..... More

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Industrially meaningful hydrogen production process from mixture or syngas certainly must have a cooling process, which is typically pressure swing adsorption (PSA). However, the PSA process involves an exothermic reaction during adsorption. Recently, hydrogen separation research has been in progress in order to develop a cooling process to minimize or..... More

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Traditional organic binders used by the foundry industry produce problems such as generation of volatile organic compounds(VOCs), smoke and etc. A water glass binder system has been developed to improve the casting strength and to solve the environmental problems. However the water glass binder has a serious problem of sand..... More

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Encapsulation of the flexible OLED devices requires a low temperature process and great barrier characteristics against the permeation of water vapor and oxygen. We suggest a new OLED encapsulation method for the flexible OLED device using a sealing line instead of the TFE encapsulation. For the experiments, polyimide substrate with..... More

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The effects of heat treatment and thermal cycle conditions on the bonding strength and interfacial characteristics of electroplated Cr/electroplated Ni-P coatings were systematically evaluated. With step1 samples, heat treatment was performed at 750 ^oC for 6 hours after successive electroplating of Ni-P and Cr layers. With step2 samples, 1st heat..... More

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To ensure the reliability of high-power light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs, temperature management is very important, including reduction of the junction temperature on the LED chip and enhancing outward thermal dissipation. Simulation can be an effective tool for predicting the temperature distribution over all bulbs, which enables a quantitative analysis. In..... More

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Rhenium coatings were fabricated on a graphite substrate at 1100 and 1250 ^oC and a molybdenum substrate at 1150 and 1250 ^oC by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) using ReCl5 precursor, and the effects of deposition temperatures and substrates on microstructure and crystal orientation were investigated. The rhenium coating on graphite..... More

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WC-Co coatings manufactured by high velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) spraying have a superior hardness and wear resistance. In this study, HVOF-sprayed WC-12Co coatings from three different feedstock powders were evaluated in terms of microstructural features, carbide decomposition and erosion resistance. The fused-crushed and the sintered-crushed WC-12Co powders had an angular shape,..... More

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This research focused on the development of the part unit evaluation for an organic coated automotive lower arm using the electrochemical cyclic corrosion test (E-CCT). The E-CCT accelerates both the coating degradation and the perforation corrosion. The applied potential for the coating degradation was determined to be -500 mV_SCE for..... More

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A bauxite of low quality containing 6.75% reactive silica and 37.4% Al₂O₃ as gibbsite was roasted with additives including NaOH (caustic/total alumina molar ratio of 2-4:1) and CaO (CaO/total SiO₂ molar ratio of 0.5-3:1) at 300-1000 oC, producing calcines containing sodium aluminate (Na2O.Al₂O₃), silicates and hematite. Optimum conditions included roasting..... More

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The boron alkali molybdate glass system was investigated as lead-free low-temperature melting sealing materials, with different boron oxide contents between 0 and 8 mol%. The glasses were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), infrared spectroscopy (IR), and by densities. Their chemical properties were measured by their dissolution..... More