scholarly journals 3D Printing of Compositional Gradients Using the Microfluidic Circuit Analogy

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. 1900784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Du T. Nguyen ◽  
Timothy D. Yee ◽  
Nikola A. Dudukovic ◽  
Koroush Sasan ◽  
Adam W. Jaycox ◽  
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Author(s):  
E. L. Hall

Sensitization in stainless steels is caused by the formation of chromium-rich M23C6 carbides at grain boundaries, which depletes the adjacent matrix and boundary region of chromium, and hence leads to rapid intergranular attack. To fully understand the sensitization process, and to test the accuracy of theories proposed to model this process, it is necessary to obtain very accurate measurements of the chromium concentration at grain boundaries in sensitized specimens. Quantitative X-ray spectroscopy in the analytical electron microscope (AEM) enables the chromium concentration profile across these boundaries to be studied directly; however, it has been shown that a strong effect of foil thickness and electron probe size may be present in the analysis of rapidly-changing compositional gradients. The goal of this work is to examine these effects.


Author(s):  
J. Drennan ◽  
R.H.J. Hannink ◽  
D.R. Clarke ◽  
T.M. Shaw

Magnesia partially stabilised zirconia (Mg-PSZ) ceramics are renowned for their excellent nechanical properties. These are effected by processing conditions and purity of starting materials. It has been previously shown that small additions of strontia (SrO) have the effect of removing the major contaminant, silica (SiO2).The mechanism by which this occurs is not fully understood but the strontia appears to form a very mobile liquid phase at the grain boundaries. As the sintering reaches the final stages the liquid phase is expelled to the surface of the ceramic. A series of experiments, to examine the behaviour of the liquid grain boundary phase, were designed to produce compositional gradients across the ceramic bodies. To achieve this, changes in both silica content and furnace atmosphere were implemented. Analytical electron microscope techniques were used to monitor the form and composition of the phases developed. This paper describes the results of our investigation and the presentation will discuss the work with reference to liquid phase sintering of ceramics in general.


Nature ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 494 (7436) ◽  
pp. 174-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Pawlyn
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Nature ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 588 (7839) ◽  
pp. 594-595
Author(s):  
Cameron Darkes-Burkey ◽  
Robert F. Shepherd
Keyword(s):  

Author(s):  
Thomas Birtchnell ◽  
William Hoyle
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2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-90
Author(s):  
Y. M. Dovydenko ◽  
N. A. Ivanova ◽  
S. A. Chizhik ◽  
V. E. Agabekov

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.M. Nesterenkov ◽  
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V.A. Matvejchuk ◽  
M.O. Rusynik ◽  
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