Experimental Study of Dynamic Mechanics Characteristics of Saturated Marble under Low Temperature by Yang Yang, Jianguo Wang

“…At −20°C, there is a great difference in the shrinkage rate of the marble matrix and the ice medium, and the internal microstructure increases. Meanwhile, the impact amplifies the brittleness of the rock at low temperatures, leading to a sharp decrease in the dynamic strength of the marble.…”
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Property Characterization of Anti-Aging Additives and Modified Asphalt Based on Long-Term Aging Behavior by Junlong Liu, Lijing Chu, Tianyuan Zhao, Yunchu Zhu, Zhi Cang, Qian Chen, Junshen Yuan

“…In order to achieve the good application of hindered amine light stabilizer (HALS) in the long-term aging control of asphalt pavement material, Tinuvin770 and Tinuvin622 light stabilizers were selected as modifiers for asphalt. The microstructure and characteristics of hindered amine light stabilizers were characterized by FIB-SEM. …”
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Influence of cobalt substitution in CoFe2O4 nanoparticles on structural, morphological, cation distribution, optical and magnetic properties by Z. Mosleh, M. Beygmohammadvand, A. Ghotbi Varzaneh, P. Kameli

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Effects of Treated Cow Dung Addition on the Strength of Carbon-Bearing Iron Ore Pellets by Qing-min Meng, Jia-xin Li, Tie-jun Chun, Xiao-feng He, Ru-fei Wei, Ping Wang, Hong-ming Long

“…The influence of cow dung addition on the strength of carbon-bearing iron ore pellets composed of cow dung, iron ore, anthracite, and bentonite was investigated, the quality of green and dry pellet was evaluated based on FTIR analysis, and the mechanism of strength variation of the reduced pellets was investigated by analysing the phase composition and microstructure using XRD and SEM. The results show that cow dung addition decreased the green pellet strength due to expansion of the amorphous region of the cellulose in the cow dung; however, the dry pellet strength increased substantially. …”
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Effect of Pore-Water Salinity on the Electrical Resistivity of Partially Saturated Compacted Clay Liners by Yi Lu, Hossam Abuel-Naga, Qais Al Rashid, Md Farhad Hasan

“…This behaviour could be explained in terms of the expected aggregated microstructure of bentonite in the saltwater environment that could reduce the number and area of interparticle contacts, and consequently, increase the ER of CCL specimens.…”
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Experimental Investigation on Carbonation Behavior in Lime-Stabilized Expansive Soil by Long Xu, Fusheng Zha, Congmin Liu, Bo Kang, Jingjing Liu, Chuang Yu

“…The obtained linear relationships between the free swell ratio and pH value were adopted to describe the evolution of expansive behavior with carbonation time and depth. In microstructural analysis, the conversion of portlandite into calcium carbonate was significant, which resulted in changes in microstructure and controlled the carbonation behavior.…”
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High temperature corrosion of commercial FeCrAl alloys (Kanthal AF) in nitrogen gas by Veskovič-Bukudura S., Kovač J., Karpe B., Umek P., Nagode A., Cerc-Korošec R., Bizjak M.

“…Oxidation test in air and nitrogen gas were carried out by thermogravimetric analysis. The microstructure is characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM-EDX), Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), and focused ion beam (FIB-EDX) analysis. …”
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Brittle crack propagation acceleration in a single crystal of a 3% silicon-Fe alloy by Tomoya Kawabata, Noritaka Nakamura, Shuji Aihara

“…To evaluate the most fundamental element of the arresting toughness, the authors have studied the crack propagation resistance inside a single crystal and across a grain boundary by using a 3% silicon steel with a microstructure of single phase ferrite and a very large grain size of 4-5 mm. …”
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Study of the Protection of Aluminum Alloy Surfaces by a Graphene-Modified Fluorocarbon Anticorrosive Coating by Peng Wang, Dayong Cai

“…It was found, by using a scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the microstructure of the coating made by the Raman Spectroscopy Institute, that the addition of rGO could effectively improve the porosity of the epoxy primer, and the electrochemical workstation was able to resist the graphene-modified anticorrosive coating. …”
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Damage Mechanism of Mineral Admixture Concrete under Marine Corrosion and Freezing-Thawing Environment by Yan Li, Lianying Zhang, Chao Ma, Bing Li, Jiong Zhu

“…In this study, the uniaxial compressive strength (UCS), chloride ion concentration (CIC), microstructure, and pore structure of admixture concretes were tested to study the mechanical properties and microscopic characteristics under the single marine corrosion, the single freezing-thawing, and the coupled marine corrosion and freezing-thawing conditions. …”
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Effect of binary basicity on chromium occurrence in stainless steel slag by Zeng Q., Li J.-L., Ma G.-J., Zhu H.-Y.

“…Based on the studying the microstructure of synthetic slag (SS) containing Cr2O3 with XRD, SEM-EDS, and Image pro, the effect of binary basicity on the chromium occurrence in SSS was investigated. …”
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Effect of Ti addition and cast part size on solidification structure and mechanical properties of medium carbon, low alloy cast steel by Nicolás Emanuel Tenaglia, Diego Fernandino, Alejandro Daniel Basso

“…Then, the solidification macrostructure (dendritic pattern and grain size) and microstructure were characterized by using conventional and specific metallographic techniques. …”
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Atomistic investigation of effect of twin boundary on machinability in diamond cutting of nanocrystalline 3C-SiC by Liang Zhao, Weimian Guan, Jiwen Xu, Zhiyuan Sun, Maoda Zhang, Junjie Zhang

“…The machinability of hard brittle nanocrystalline cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC) is strongly dependent on internal microstructure and its adapted machining response. Here, we conducted molecular dynamic simulations to explore the machinability of nanotwinned 3C-SiC with a large number of twin boundaries in diamond cutting. …”
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Studying the fracture surface of brass CuZn37 and aluminum 1100 and their relationship with formability in Single Point Incremental Forming by Marwa K. Qate'a, Muhsin J. Jweeg, Adnan I. Mohammed

“…In each specimen's fracture surface, the identification of the voids shape, calculation of the void volume fraction (VVF) and void size, and the classification of the voids have been performed to allow for the identification of the relationship between formability and the microstructure of both materials. Also, the effect of the input parameters on this relationship has been identified. …”
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Copolymer SJ-1 as a Fluid Loss Additive for Drilling Fluid with High Content of Salt and Calcium by Hongping Quan, Huan Li, Zhiyu Huang, Tailiang Zhang, Shanshan Dai

“…Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis showed the microstructure of the surface of the filter cake obtained from the drilling fluid modified by SJ-1.…”
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Preparation and Evaluation of Gelatin-Chitosan-Nanobioglass 3D Porous Scaffold for Bone Tissue Engineering by Kanchan Maji, Sudip Dasgupta, Krishna Pramanik, Akalabya Bissoyi

“…Samples were cross-linked with glutaraldehyde to obtain interconnected porous 3D microstructure with improved mechanical strength. The prepared scaffolds exhibited >80% porosity with a mean pore size range between 100 and 300 microns. …”
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An unconstrained four pool model analysis of proton relaxation and magnetization transfer in ex vivo white matter by Niklas Wallstein, André Pampel, Roland Müller, Carsten Jäger, Markus Morawski, Harald E. Möller

“…Models of varying complexity have been proposed to link measurements to tissue composition/microstructure, in particular myelination. Although the presence of multiple aqueous and nonaqueous proton pools is well established experimentally, so-called “quantitative MRI” is usually based on simpler models due to the large number of model parameters. …”
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Modelling of Time-Dependent Wellbore Collapse in Hard Brittle Shale Formation under Underbalanced Drilling Condition by Shanpo Jia, Zhiqiang Xiao, Bisheng Wu, Caoxuan Wen, Lufeng Jia

“…Through the analysis of laboratory tests and field test results of physical and chemical properties and microstructure and mechanical properties of hard brittle shale, the instability mechanism is discussed for the wellbore in the shale formation. …”
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Enhanced Corrosion Resistance of Recycled Aluminum Alloy 6061 Chips Using Hot Extrusion Followed by ECAP by Mohamed A. Taha, Adel T. Abbas, Faycal Benyahia, Hamad F. Alharbi, B. Guitián, X. Ramón Nóvoa

“…Therefore, in recent work, chips of aluminum alloy (AA6061) were recycled by compaction and then extrusion conducted at 500°C, followed by equal channel pressing (ECAP) to study the resultant material properties and its microstructure. Moreover, the present investigation explores the influence of ECAP after hot extrusion on the corrosive behaviour of the recycled samples in saline solution (NaCl) by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and linear polarization (LP). …”
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Short review: Potential impact of delamination cracks on fracture toughness of structural materials by X.C. Arnoult, M. Růžičková, K. Kunzová, A. Materna

“…In general, the delamination cracks are present in metal alloys having a high texture and microstructure anisotropy. Three types of delamination cracks have been observed and are classified as crack arrester delamination, crack divider delamination and crack splitting delamination. …”
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