Effect of heat-treatment processing on microstructure and properties of 40Cr3Mn3Ni3Si2Mo ultra-high strength steel by SUN You, CHEN Xiong, HU Jiafeng, ZHAO Zhuo, WANG Lijun, LIU Chunming

“…A medium carbon alloy steel 40Cr3Mn3Ni3Si2Mo is designed and prepared， and tempering is carried out after hot rolling， hot rolling plus refrigerating treatment， as well as quenching plus refrigerating treatment respectively. Microstructural characterization and properties testing are conducted on the heat-treated samples to investigate microstructural evolution. …”
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Effect of Different T6 Heat Treatment Conditions on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Al-7%Si-0.35% Mg (A356) Alloy for Use in Motorcycles by Reinaldo Almeida Rodrigues, João Carlos Martins da Costa, Antonio Claudio Kieling, Nayra Reis do Nascimento, Joaquim Souza de Oliveira, Joziane Silva da Cunha, Samantha Coelho Pinheiro, Gilberto Garcia del Pino, José Luis Valin Rivera, Meylí Valin Fernández, José Costa de Macedo Neto

“…The effects of the reduction of treatment time on mechanical behavior were evaluated in terms of hardness, Charpy and tensile tests, as well as morphological analysis of fractures and microstructural behavior via optical microscopy, SEM-EDS, measurement of eutectic Si evolution, and XRD. …”
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Forming quality, microstructure, and ductility-oriented mechanical performance of laser powder bed fusion processed Ni-based superalloy using different thermal input modes by Jingjia Sun, Dongdong Gu, Guangjing Huang, Jianfeng Sun, Menghuan Yin, Qi Wu

“…These findings underscore the importance of thermal input mode selection in controlling microstructural evolution and ductility-oriented mechanical performance in LPBF-fabricated GH4169 components, offering valuable insights for additive manufacturing of Ni-based superalloys.…”
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Through-Thickness Residual Stresses, Microstructure, and Mechanical Properties of Electron Beam-Welded CA6NM Martensitic Stainless Steel after Postweld Heat Treatment by Sheida Sarafan, Priti Wanjara, Jean-Benoît Lévesque, Javad Gholipour, Henri Champliaud, Louis Mathieu

“…The applied PWHT tempered the “fresh” martensite present in the microstructure after welding, which reduced sufficiently the hardness (<280 HV) and residual stresses (<100 MPa) to meet the requirements for hydroelectric turbine assemblies. …”
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Gray matter microstructure alterations with excess extra-cellular free water contribute to cognitive dysfunction in bipolar disorder: A comparative analysis with white matter patho... by Yasuhito Nagai, Toshimasa Fujimura, Wataru Uchida, Rinako Iseki, Koji Kamagata, Shigeki Aoki, Tadafumi Kato

“…Voxel-wise analysis was performed to evaluate associations between microstructure alterations and cognitive performance measured by WAIS-IV. …”
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Investigation of the impact of process parameters and thermal treatments on mechanical properties and microstructure of ScanCromAl ® manufactured via powder bed fusion laser beam p... by Raúl Gómez, Jon Aranzabe, Fermin Garciandia, Ane Miren Mancisidor, Maria San Sebastian

“…The impact of the volumetric energy density on the melt pool shape, microstructure, and mechanical properties of manufactured parts are evaluated. …”
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Microstructure and elevated temperature mechanical properties of bimetal part fabricated by laser powder bed fusion of AlSi10Mg on rolled AA6061-T651 by Ibrahim H. ZainElabdeen, Rehan Umer, Wesley J. Cantwell, James Weston, Kamran A. Khan

“…This study employed laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) to deposit AlSi10Mg onto rolled AA6061-T651, aiming to evaluate the microstructure and mechanical performance of the resulting bimetallic structure. …”
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Effect of TaC/Ti/Si3N4 Hard Ceramics on Mechanical and Microstructural Behaviour of AA7075 Processed through Stir Casting Process by J. Pradeep Kumar, D. S. Robinson Smart, Stephen Manova, N. Ummal Salmaan

“…A liquid metallurgical stir casting route was utilized for developing aluminium alloy (7075) matrix composites blended with fluctuating wt% of silicon nitride (Si3N4), tantalum carbide (TaC), and titanium (Ti) for sake of generating a profitable composite with enhanced properties. The physical, microstructural, and mechanical characteristics such as density, high temperature tensile, fatigue, and time-dependent creep experiments were conducted and evaluated. …”
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The influence of thermal tempering on the fracture resistance, surface microstructure, elemental surface composition, and phase analysis of four heat-pressed lithia-based glass cer... by Khaled Nasser, Amr EL-Etreby, Soha Osama Nabih

“…Abstract Background This in-vitro study aimed to evaluate the impact of thermal tempering and ceramic type on the fracture resistance, surface microstructure, elemental surface composition and phase analysis of four heat-pressed glass ceramics. …”
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Study of municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash (MSWIBA) and coal fly ash (CFA) applied to concrete pavement bricks: Mechanical properties, microstructure, durability by Yudong Zhang, Yuzhen Li, Huifang Zhang, Zhenwei Jiang, Yuhong Huang, Fan Jia, Ziyang Zong

“…To conserve natural resources and promote resource recycling, this study investigates the use of MSWIBA with a particle size of 1.18–2.36 mm to replace river sand of 0 %, 10 %, 20 %, 30 %, and 40 %,CFA to replace cement of 0 %, 5 %, 10 %, 15 %, and 20 % in concrete pavement bricks to determine the optimal substitution rates. The study evaluates the mechanical properties, microstructure, and durability (freeze-thaw resistance, sulfate resistance, and heavy metal leaching) of concrete pavement bricks samples to identify the optimal replacement levels for maximizing their utility. …”
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Effect of Y2O3 content on microstructure and mechanical properties of ODS Ti–6Al–4V alloys fabricated by in situ atomization and SPS by Hyeon-Tae Im, Ryun-Ho Kwak, Sung-Min Park, Chang-Soo Park, Hyung-Ki Park

“…In this study, the microstructure and mechanical properties of oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) Ti–6Al–4V (Ti64) alloys fabricated via in situ gas atomization and spark plasma sintering (SPS) were investigated. …”
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Hybrid machine learning and regression framework for automated phase classification and quantification in SEM images of commercial steels by Pavan Hiremath, Krishnamurthy D. Ambiger, Shilpa Suresh, Ranjan Kumar Ghadai, Ramakrishna Vikas Sadanand, G. Divya Deepak

“…The approach lays groundwork for scalable microstructure analysis for steel evaluation and supports data-driven microstructure design and analysis.…”
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Low-dose damage evolution in pure magnesium under electron irradiation: Effect of foil orientation and pre-existing dislocations by Hucheng Yu, Xiaoou Yi, Qi Chen, Hao Fang, Sichen Dong, Shulei Li, Wentuo Han, Pingping Liu, Somei Ohnuki, Farong Wan

“…Low-dose damage evolution in commercial purity (99.95 wt%) magnesium has been investigated, under 200 keV electron irradiation at room temperature, up to ∼0.03 displacements per atom. …”
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Investigation into the evolution and failure mechanism of IMCs in Au wire bond interconnections under long-term wet heat conditions by Yaru Wu, Qinsong Bi, Shumeng Lu, Hongfu Yang, Shanju Zheng, Xiaohong Yuan, Jiaheng Zhang, Xiaojing Wang, Mengnie Li

“…This research analyzed the microstructure evolution, defect formation, and mechanical performance degradation mechanism of the bonding wire and Au-/Al interface with long-term exposure to 85 °C/85 %RH thermal-humidity bias (THB). …”
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Le couple interactif texte / phrase dans l'histoire de la langue française by Sabine Lehmann

“…The concept of genre is an important parameter for the analysis of macro- and microstructure of a text. Our study shows that the textual structures evolution is related to the syntactic level and appears in the increasing complexity of thematic structure sets in Middle French. …”
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X-ray tomo-ptychography of single micrometric carbon and basalt fibres by M. Ducousso, J. Rinkel, W. Boutu, F. Jenson, J. Pérez, P. Margerit, N. Quaglia, E. Heriprë, J.P. Marquez Costa, L. Courapied

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Nonreciprocal propagation of spin waves in a bilayer magnonic waveguide based on yttrium-iron garnet films by S. A. Odintsov, E. H. Lock, E. N. Beginin, A. V. Sadovnikov

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Toward an Efficient and Robust Process–Structure Prediction Framework for Filigree L-PBF 316L Stainless Steel Structures by Yu Qiao, Marius Grad, Aida Nonn

“…However, adopting L-PBF for high-performance applications is difficult due to the challenge of predicting microstructure evolution. This is because the process is sensitive to many parameters and has a complex thermal history. …”
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In-situ neutron diffraction revealing microstructure changes during laser powder bed fusion and in-situ laser heat treatments of 316L and 316L-Al1 by Claire Navarre, Shieren Sumarli, Florencia Malamud, Efthymios Polatidis, Markus Strobl, Roland E. Logé

“…In-situ non-destructive bulk characterization with neutron diffraction enables following the evolutionary process on larger scales, confirming the microstructure evolution phenomena within representative materials volume with greater statistics.…”
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The Effects of Pass Number and Die Channel Angle of Equal Channel Angular Pressing on Innovative Magnesium Composite Material by Xin Zhang, Jian Han, Jing Tian, Lisong Zhu, Peng Zhang, Yue Wang, Zhengyi Jiang

“…Meanwhile, the improvement of corrosion resistance by microstructural evolution is more significant than adverse effects originating from the internal defects of the material itself as well as the defects originating from the number of passes. …”
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