Effect of Annealing on the Properties of Antimony Telluride Thin Films and Their Applications in CdTe Solar Cells by Zhouling Wang, Yu Hu, Wei Li, Guanggen Zeng, Lianghuan Feng, Jingquan Zhang, Lili Wu, Jingjing Gao

“…Antimony telluride alloy thin films were deposited at room temperature by using the vacuum coevaporation method. …”
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Electrochemical and chemical dealloying of nanoporous anode materials for energy storage applications by Muhammad Afiq Irfan Mohd Shumiri, Abdillah Sani Mohd Najib, Andi Erwin Eka Putra, Nor Akmal Fadil

“…Traditionally employed in alloy corrosion studies, dealloying has evolved into a versatile technique for fabricating advanced porous materials. …”
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Effect of molybdenum addition on hardenability of chromium-boron steels used for press hardening applications by Deepa M., Sahoo G., Dhua S.K.

“…Two laboratory heats of low-Carbon low-alloy steels, one with boron and chromium additions and other with boron, chromium and molybdenum additions were made and cast into pencil ingots. …”
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Experimental investigation of effect of specimen thickness on fracture toughness of Al-TiC composites by M. S. Raviraj, C. M. Sharanaprabhu, G. C. Mohankumar

“…In this paper, the macro and micro-mechanical fracture behavior was studied for aluminum (Al6061) alloy matrix, reinforced with various proportions of TiC particles such as 3wt%, 5wt% and 7wt%. …”
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Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Seismic Response of Shield Tunnel Spatial End Structure by Yijing Lu, Yongsheng Song, Yanzhen Wang, Jiale Yuan

“…The nonlinear dynamic behaviors of the seabed soil and concrete, the simulation of the bolt joints between ring segments by using cohesive models and the SMA shape memory alloy flexible joints, and the input ground motions produced by scaling from the high-level earthquake records are considered in detail. …”
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Study on Thixojoining Process Using Partial Remelting Method by M. N. Mohammed, M. Z. Omar, M. S. Salleh, K. S. Alhawari

“…Cold-work tool steel is considered to be a nonweldable metal due to its high percentage content of carbon and alloy elements. The application of a new process of the semisolid joining of two dissimilar metals is proposed. …”
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Impact on Structural and Optical Properties of CZTS Thin Films with Solvents and Ge Incorporation by Abhay Kumar Singh, Tanka R. Rana, JunHo Kim, M. Shkir, Tien-Chien Jen

“…It has noticed that addition of Ge in CZTS alloy affects the grain sizes, crystallographic structure, Raman spectral peak shift toward the higher wave number side. …”
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Using a Combined FE-CA Approach to Investigate Abnormally Large Grains Formed by the Limited Recrystallization Mechanism in a Powder Metallurgy Nickel-Based Superalloy by Yanhui Yang, Boyan Zhang, Xiuquan Chen, Xiaoxuan Wang, Yankai Feng, Lidong Su, Zhengfei Liang, Yifan Liu

“…The results indicate a close relationship between the ALGs formed after the supersolvus treatment of this alloy and the equivalent stress after thermal deformation, and the local dissolution of the γ′ phase in supersolvus heat treatment does not produce ALGs.…”
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Effect of Alternating Magnetic Field Treatment on the Friction/Wear Resistance of 20Cr2Ni4A Under Lubricated Conditions by Sufyan Akram, Mose Bevilacqua, Anatolii Babutskyi, Andreas Chrysanthou

“…The results of pin-on-disc wear testing using a AISI 52100 alloy counter pin revealed a decrease in the specific wear rate of the treated samples by 58% and a reduction in the value of the coefficient of friction by 28%. …”
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Evolving Bioprosthetic Tissue Calcification Can Be Quantified Using Serial Multislice CT Scanning by B. Meuris, H. De Praetere, W. Coudyzer, W. Flameng

“…In stented pericardial valves implanted in mitral position, reliable determination of tissue mineralization is disturbed by scattering caused by the (continuously moving) alloy of the stent material. Pericardial patches in the neck vessels revealed progressive mineralization, with a significant increase in mean HU and calcium volume at 8 weeks after implantation, rising up to a level of 131.1 ± 39.6 mm³ (mean calcium volume score) and a mean calcium content of 19.1 ± 12.3 μg/mg. …”
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Influence of Planetary Ball Mill Parameters on Powder Flowability of AlSi10Mg with Niobium Carbide Using Central Composite Design (CCD) by Raj Mohan R, Venkatraman R, Raghuraman S, Manoj Kumar P, Rajneesh Sharma, null Ankit, Atul Sarojwal, Rajkumar S

“…The hypoeutectic aluminum alloy (AlSi10Mg) is a well-known candidate material used predominantly for its processability and inherent characteristics in metal-based additive manufacturing. …”
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An Approach to Estimate SCC Growing Rate in Slow Strain Rate Tensile Test Based on EPFEM by Shuai Wang, He Xue, Yinghao Cui, Fuqiang Yang, Rui Guo

“…As a supplementary means to obtain the crack growth rate during the test, the SSRT process of nickel-based Alloy 600 CT specimens is investigated by using the elastic-plastic finite element method (EPFEM) in this paper. …”
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Prediction of Cutting Conditions in Turning AZ61 and Parameters Optimization Using Regression Analysis and Artificial Neural Network by Nabeel H. Alharthi, Sedat Bingol, Adel T. Abbas, Adham E. Ragab, Mohamed F. Aly, Hamad F. Alharbi

“…In this paper, an artificial neural network (ANN) modeling is used to estimate and optimize the surface roughness (Ra) value in cutting conditions of AZ61 magnesium alloy. A number of ANN models were developed and evaluated to obtain the most successful one. …”
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Effect of the Boron Powder on Surface AISI W2 Steel: Experiments and Modelling by Marco Antonio Doñu Ruiz, David Sánchez Huitron, Ernesto David Garcia Bustos, Víctor Jorge Cortés Suárez, Noé López Perrusquia

“…The presence of boride was confirmed by optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and the distribution of alloy elements in boride layers with energy-dispersive spectrometry using scanning electron microscopy. …”
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Seismic Sequence Effects on Buried Pipelines Crossing Nonuniform Sites with Ground Settlement by Dynamic Centrifuge Test by Hongtao Zhang, Yufei Zhao, Mingxu Gao

“…This article carried out a dynamic centrifuge experiment to simulate the seismic response of buried pipelines of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and aluminum alloy (AL) horizontally crossing the loose and dense site and study the residual strength of pipelines after an earthquake. …”
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Comparative analysis of different numerical schemes in solute trapping simulations by using the phase-field model with finite interface dissipation by Yang X., Tang Y., Cai D., Zhang L., Du Y., Zhou S.

“…Two different numerical schemes, the standard explicit scheme and the time-elimination relaxation one, in the framework of phase-field model with finite interface dissipation were employed to investigate the solute trapping effect in a Si-4.5 at.% As alloy during rapid solidification. With the equivalent input, a unique solute distribution under the steady state can be obtained by using the two schemes without restriction to numerical length scale and interface velocity. …”
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Electrical and Thermal Anisotropy in Additively Manufactured AlSi10Mg and Fe-Si Samples by Martin Sarap, Hans Tiismus, Ants Kallaste, Mart Saarna, Märt Kolnes, Payam Shams Ghahfarokhi, Toomas Vaimann

“…This research examines the directional thermal and electrical conductivities of aluminum alloy (AlSi10Mg) and silicon steel (Fe-3.7%wt. Si) samples produced via laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), both prior to and following heat treatment. …”
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Optimization of Reinforced Aluminium Scraps from the Automobile Bumpers with Nickel and Magnesium Oxide in Stir Casting by V. Vijayan, A. Parthiban, T. Sathish, L. Ponraj Sankar, S. Dinesh Kumar, S. Saravanakumar, Dawit Tafesse

“…Here, the investigation is spotlighted on the aluminium alloy from the waste materials of the automobile bumpers which is a reinforced metal matrix composite created with 5 percentage of nickel and 5 percentage of magnesium oxide through the stir casting method. …”
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The New Plastic Flow Machining Process for Producing Thin Sheets by Viet Q. Vu, Yan Beygelzimer, Roman Kulagin, Laszlo S. Toth

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Evaluation of MWCNT Particles-Reinforced Magnesium Composite for Mechanical and Catalytic Applications by T. Sathish, Vinayagam Mohanavel, Palanivel Velmurugan, Saleh Alfarraj, Sami Al Obaid, Shanmugam Sureshkumar, J. Isaac Joshua Ramesh Lalvani

“…The hardness value is recorded using 0.2% MWCNTs in the magnesium alloy AZ80.…”
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