Hot tearing behavior and mechanism of AXJ530 alloy under rotating magnetic field by Xudong Du, Zhenyao Xu, Feng Wang, Shengwei Bai, Le Zhou, Xiaoqi Kang, Zhi Wang, Jinwei Li

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Pulse electrodeposition of nickel-nitride composite coating and its oxidation under heating treatment by Esmar Budi, Teguh Budi Prayitno, Afrizal, Hadi Nasbey, Riser Fahdiran, Md Nizam Abd Rahman

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Investigation into tribocorrosion behaviors of CoCrFeNiNb laser-clad coatings with Y2O3 by Yashan Li, Jun Li, Ruoliu Li, Junxiang Mo, Soowohn Lee

“…The results showed the significant enhancement in microhardness with the introduction of Y _2 O _3 due to the microstructural refinement and the formation of Laves phase Cr _2 Nb in the coatings. …”
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Additively manufactured ultrafine grained Aermet100 with superior mechanical property by Yanwen Liang, Jie Liu, Xiaotian Zhang, Yonghao Weng, Sheng Zhong, Tiannan Li, Peng Zhang, Chunpan Yang, Ying Xing, Jiazhe Fu, Kehong Wang

“…Additionally, the effects of the heat treatment process on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the material was investigated. …”
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Exceptional mechanical properties of wire arc additive manufactured Mg-9Gd-3Y-0.5Zr alloy induced by promoted precipitation behavior by Junmin Zhan, Guohua Wu, Xin Tong, Fangzhou Qi, Qiman Wang, Rui Jiang, Youjie Guo, Zhanyong Zhao, Peikang Bai

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Achieving high strength and good laser welding performance by adding Sc to T8-aged Al-Cu-Li alloys with different Cu/Li ratios by Changlin Li, Xiwu Li, Yongan Zhang, Kai Wen, Lizhen Yan, Ying Li, Yanan Li, Mingyang Yu, Guanjun Gao, Hongwei Yan, Zhihui Li, Baiqing Xiong

“…In this work, the effects of Sc addition and variations in the Cu/Li ratio on the microstructure, precipitation behavior, laser welding performance, and mechanical properties of Al-Cu-Li alloys were systematically investigated. …”
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Combined nanoindentation and SEM imaging for phase quantification and creep prediction of cementitious materials by Imane Bekrine, Benoit Hilloulin, Ahmed Loukili

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Enhanced red hardness through fine carbides in M2 high-speed steel fabricated via electron beam powder bed fusion by Yingkang Wei, Yufeng Zhang, Xin Chu, Shufeng Yang, Jianyong Wang, Wenpeng Jia, Jilei Zhu, Shifeng Liu

“…This study investigated the microstructural evolution and hardness variation of EB-PBF fabricated M2 HSS under simulated tool service conditions (500–600 °C, 1–3 cycles, 1 h per cycle). …”
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Current Trends and Emerging Strategies in Friction Stir Spot Welding for Lightweight Structures: Innovations in Tool Design, Robotics, and Composite Reinforcement—A Review by Suresh Subramanian, Elango Natarajan, Ali Khalfallah, Gopal Pudhupalayam Muthukutti, Reza Beygi, Borhen Louhichi, Ramesh Sengottuvel, Chun Kit Ang

“…This review examines the current advancements in FSSW, focusing on the relationships between microstructure, properties, and performance under load. …”
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Utilization of modified corn stover powder as sustainable binder into eco-friendly mortar by Zhi-hai He, Di-ping Hong, Yuan-yuan Jiang, Wen-qiang Zhai, Rui-qian Wu, Wei Tang, Bao-ju Liu

“…The effects of MCSP as a supplementary cementitious material on the fluidity, setting time, compressive strength, shrinkage and microstructure of cement-based materials are investigated, and the corresponding ecological evaluation is conducted. …”
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Mechanical Properties and Tribological Behavior of Grain Refined WE43 Magnesium Alloy by V.S.S.H. Vardhan, A. Sharma

“…The results suggest the promising role of modifying surface microstructure by FSP to improve the mechanical performance and tribological characteristics of WE43 alloy.…”
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Synergistic strengthening and toughening in β titanium alloy via enhanced micron-sized primary α with the fiber-like β grains by Leliang Liu, Qiaoyan Sun, Jixiong Liu, Xiaoxiang Wang, Jun Sun

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Ultralight biomedical TC4-Cu alloy achieveing superior mechanical properties and osseointegration by Zonghao Li, Xuanyi Shen, Hongyan Hu, Chengguo Mei, Zhitong Kui, Zhengyuan He, Zhenhua Li, Yehua Jiang

“…Here, honeycomb-structured porous TC4-5Cu alloys (pore size: 500 ∼ 800 μm, lateral through pores: 250 μm) are fabricated via laser powder bed fusion to overcome this challenge, and their microstructure, mechanical properties and in vivo biocompatibility are evaluated. …”
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Multi laser beams directed energy deposition of a high-strength and high-toughness TC11 titanium alloy with coaxial wire feeding by J.Q. Yao, Y.S. Wang, X.W. Liu, X.F. Chen, S.M. Chen, L. Hu, H.T. Liu, Y.H. Qian, Y. Cheng, B. Song, C.Z. Yan, Y.S. Shi

“…The combined effects of a lower thermal gradient and heterogeneous nucleation, resulting from coaxial wire feeding, are essential in refining the microstructure of materials used in coaxial WLDED. …”
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Synergistic A-site co-doping of (Na1/2Bi1/2)xBa1−xZn1/3Nb2/3O3 perovskites: doping mechanisms, microstructure and impedance studies by Y. Feng, A.T.Z. Lim, M. Lu, J. Sun, K.Y. Chan, S. Ghotekar, D. Zhou, D.C. Sinclair, K.B. Tan

“…Polycrystalline (Na1/2Bi1/2)xBa1−xZn1/3Nb2/3O3 ceramics (x = 0.1–0.4) were synthesised via solid-state reaction, achieving dense microstructures with relative densities exceeding 92 %. …”
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Modifying microstructure and mechanical properties of twin-wire directed energy deposition-arc (TW-DED-arc) fabricated Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb alloy via ultra-high frequency pulsed (UHFP)... by Jianwen Xin, Fang Li, Chen Shen, Lin Wang, Wenlu Zhou, Danqi Zhang, Yuelong Zhang, Dongsheng Wu, Xueming Hua

“…In general, the UHFP current has proved its necessity being integrated into the TW-DED-arc system for TiAl-4822 alloy fabrication by suppressing element segregation, refining microstructure, and improving mechanical properties.…”
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Evading strength-ductility trade-off in a metastability engineered layered metallic composite by Roopam Jain, Ravi Sankar Haridas, Prithvi Awasthi, Abhijeet Dhal, Rajiv S. Mishra

“…Enhanced transformation and twinning led to the greater dynamic refinement of the microstructure providing higher strain hardening enabling greater ductility while benefitting from the dynamic Hall-Petch strengthening. …”
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Enhancement of the Thermal Stability of Engine Block Alloy Al-10Si-1Cu-0.5Mg-0.5Ni-0.5Fe with Trace Additions of Ti and Zr by Mohammad Salim KAISER

“…Microstructural analysis of the alloys indicated that trace additions facilitated the formation of more finely distributed grains, contributing to grain refinement and preventing recrystallization in the  over-aged state. …”
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Achieving excellent strength-ductility synergy of wire-arc additive manufactured Mg-Gd-Y-Zr alloy via friction stir processing by Wenzhe Yang, Kuitong Yang, Haiou Yang, Zihong Wang, Chenghui Hu, Xin Lin

“…Friction stir processing (FSP) was applied to wire-arc additively manufactured (WAAM) Mg-9.54Gd-1.82Y-0.44Zr (GW92K) alloy to address coarse microstructure and porosity defects inherent to layer-by-layer deposition. …”
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Equal channel angular pressing technique for the formation of ultra-fine grained structures by Kazeem Sanusi, Oluwole Makinde, Graeme Oliver

“…We also experimented on a copper alloy using the equal channel angular pressing technique to examine the microstructural, mechanical and hardness properties of the ultra-fine grained and nanocrystalline materials produced. …”
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