Cerium Addition Enhances Impact Energy Stability in S355NL Steel by Tailoring Microstructure and Inclusions by Jiandong Yang, Bijun Xie, Mingyue Sun

“…These findings establish an optimal Ce window (0.0011–0.0049 wt.%) for microstructural and inclusion engineering to enhance the low-temperature impact toughness of S355NL steel.…”
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Synergistic effects of Ti–N–B additions on microstructure refinement and toughness enhancement in high-heat-input welded CGHAZ by Junjie Hao, Chao Wang, Hua Duan, Zhu Yan, Guo Yuan, Guo-dong Wang

“…High-heat-input welding enhances construction efficiency but deteriorates toughness in the coarse-grained heat-affected zone due to austenite grain coarsening and brittle microstructures. This study investigates Ti–N–B synergy to mitigate these issues under 400 kJ/cm electrogas arc welding. …”
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Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Inconel 718 Alloy Fabricated Using Wire Feeding Oscillated Double-Pulsed GTA-AM by Gang Zhang, Cheng Zhang, Yu Shi, Ding Fan

“…The results indicate that the microstructure changes from dendrites and cellular crystals in the bottom to equiaxed grains in the midsection and entirely equiaxed crystals in the top, resulting in notable grain refinement. …”
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A strategy for adjusting the microstructure configuration and high temperature mechanical properties of Al–Cu alloys by Xueting Li, Yuan Sun, Jie Li, Xiaoming Ren, Mengxia Han, Guiliang Liu, Weiyi Wang, Sida Liu, Xiangfa Liu

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Microstructural evolution and oxidation in α/β titanium alloy under fretting fatigue loading by Hanqing Liu, Xiaohong Shao, Kai Tan, Zhenjie Teng, Yaohan Du, Lang Li, Qingyuan Wang, Qiang Chen

“…Here, fretting wear studies were performed to understand the microstructural evolution and oxidation behavior of an α/β titanium alloy up to 108 cycles. …”
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Effect of process parameters on microstructure and properties of superalloy turbine guide castings by a novel electromagnetic oscillation method by Zong-sheng Xie, Xin Hao, Guo-huai Liu, Hang Zheng, Chi Zhang, Chu-shan Yi, Zhao-dong Wang

“…The difficulty in grain refinement during the casting of superalloy turbine guides is the primary factor of their low percent of pass. …”
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Microstructural transition from ZrO₂ to Zr–Al intermetallics and property evolution in AA5051 composites by G. Anbuchezhiyan, G. Ananth, Vignesh M, K. Logesh, Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak, Elango Natarajan

“…In the current scenario, ZrO2-reinforced AA5051 alloy composites were synthesised by the squeeze casting process, and its microstructure and mechanical characteristics were analysed for high-performance components. …”
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Influence of Molybdenum Addition on the Microstructure and the Subcritical Treatment Hardening Effect of High - Chromium Cast Iron by SI Song - hua, FANG Ji - ming, ZHANG Chi, XU Xiao - long, XU Ting, ZHANG Ao

“…However, the dendritic microstructure of Mo - containing high - chromium cast iron was apparently refined. …”
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Effect of Friction Stir Processing on Microstructure and Hardness of Cast Hypo-Eutectic and Hyper-Eutectic Al-Si Alloys by J. Hrabia-Wiśnios, M. Mitka, S. Boczkal, L. Najder, Ł. Grzebinoga

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Severe plastic cold rolling effects in nickel–vanadium alloy: Microstructure, texture evolution and mechanical properties by Hongyan Wang, Zhiqiang Yang, Qingbiao Zhang, Meiyu Hou, Linqing Yang, Han Xiao, Ming Wen

“…The process of severe plastic cold rolling leads to a continuous elongation and refinement of the grains. The changes in microstructure and texture of the cold-rolled sheets were analyzed using electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technology. …”
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Electromagnetic Stirring versus ECAP: Morphological Comparison of Al-Si-Cu Alloys to Make the Microstructural Refinement for Use in SSM Processing by Luis Vanderlei Torres, Luis Fernando Torres, Eugênio José Zoqui

“…Comparing the two cases, we have the presented ECAP process that had an excellent response to the recovery and recrystallization mechanisms, and refined microstructures ideal for thixoforming were produced. …”
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Grain refinement and β phase dispersion of AZ91D magnesium alloy by accumulative back extrusion: microstructure and mechanical properties by Chen Chen, Yan Xu, Hongyun Zhang, Min Zhang, Jianbo Jia, Jingwei Li, Shoudong Chen, Fan Wang

“…The results reveal that the deformation temperature and solid solution time exerted significant influences on the microstructure. In a 24h sample (solution treatment), the average grain size of the 280 °C/3 passes sample was refined to 2.93 μm, which was associated with the deformation accumulation during the alternating loading process and the dispersion of the β-Mg17Al12 phase. …”
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Effects of micron-sized Cr3Si particles on microstructure and properties of CuNiSiCr alloy by Zhongyue Yang, Yake Wu, Liang Zhou, Bai Li, Feng Jiang, Junyong Lu

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Molten pool morphology and microstructure evolution of WAAM Ti6Al4V under in-situ electropulsing by Hao Chen, Huagui Huang, Xuemeng Kong, Shibo Men, Chaoran Guo, Ce Ji, Junan Chen, Jingyao Li, Jiayao He, Xu Wang, Haotong Song, Luhan Hao, Shuyang Qin

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Enriching grain refinement on improving mechanical and corrosion properties of graphene reinforced magnesium composites by Elango Natarajan, Manickam Ramasamy, G Anbuchezhiyan, Santhosh Mozhuguan Sekar, M Vignesh

“…Microstructural observation shows that Mg intermetallic phases interact with intermixture to form a refined grain size and enhance interface bonding between the blends, strengthening the composite by inhibiting dislocation movement. …”
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Microstructural, Mechanical, Thermal, and Magnetic Properties of the Mechanically Alloyed and Consolidated Al–16 wt. % Mn–7 wt. % Cu Alloy by Ahlem Saad Bekhouche, Safia Alleg, Abdelaziz Bouasla, Hacene Hachache, Joan José Sunol

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Comparative study of microstructure and mechanical properties of 2195-xSc Al–Li alloys with ultrasonic treatment by Anqing Li, Ripeng Jiang, Ruiqing Li, Aolei Fu, Li Zhang

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Microstructural and Tensile Property Differences between Ni-16Mo and ODS alloys Fabricated by the Powder Metallurgy Processes by Jaeyoon Bae, Sumin Lee, Kunok Chang, Djamel Kaoumi, Sanghoon Noh

“…Ni-16Mo-7Cr and Ni-16Mo-7Cr-0.3Ti-0.35Y2O3 (in wt.%) alloys were prepared by mechanical alloying, uniaxial hot pressing, and heat treatment processes. Microstructural observations of these alloys revealed that the Ti and Y2O3 additions to a Ni-16Mo alloy were significantly effective to refine the grain size and form nano-sized Y-Ti-O oxide particles. …”
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Effect of Extrusion Ratio on Microstructure and Properties of Al-1.5Fe-0.4Cr Alloy Obtained by Continuous Rheo-Extrusion by Yunhe Ning, Li Yang, Minqiang Gao, Renguo Guan

“…The effect of the extrusion ratio on the microstructure and properties of the continuous rheo-extrusion was investigated. …”
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Study on dynamic recrystallization kinetics and microstructural refinement of high-strength 36CrNi3MoV steel during hot deformation by Anzu Guo, Feng Mao, Ruxing Shi, Yichou Lin, Litao Yin, Baoning Yu, Liujie Xu, Chong Chen, Hua Yu, Ke Gao, Shizhong Wei

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