scholarly journals Structure-Phase Transformations in the Course of Solid-State Mechanical Alloying of High-Nitrogen Chromium-Manganese Steels

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 301
Author(s):  
Kirill Lyashkov ◽  
Valery Shabashov ◽  
Andrey Zamatovskii ◽  
Kirill Kozlov ◽  
Natalya Kataeva ◽  
...  

The solid-state mechanical alloying (MA) of high-nitrogen chromium-manganese austenite steel—MA in a planetary ball mill, —was studied by methods of Mössbauer spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). In the capacity of a material for the alloying we used mixtures of the binary Fe–Mn and Fe–Cr alloys with the nitrides CrN (Cr2N) and Mn2N. It is shown that ball milling of the mixtures has led to the occurrence of the α → γ transitions being accompanied by the (i) formation of the solid solutions supersaturated with nitrogen and by (ii) their decomposition with the formation of secondary nitrides. The austenite formed by the ball milling and subsequent annealing at 700–800 °C, was a submicrocrystalline one that contained secondary nano-sized crystalline CrN (Cr2N) nitrides. It has been established that using the nitride Mn2N as nitrogen-containing addition is more preferable for the formation and stabilization of austenite—in the course of the MA and subsequent annealing—because of the formation of the concentration-inhomogeneous regions of γ phase enriched with austenite-forming low-mobile manganese.

1993 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 1327-1333 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Corrias ◽  
G. Ennas ◽  
G. Marongiu ◽  
A. Musinu ◽  
G. Paschina

Amorphous cobalt-boron alloy powders have been prepared by a high energetic ball mill at room temperature starting from different Co/B ratios. They were characterized by means of x-ray diffraction, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, and differential scanning calorimetry. Ball milling of Co–B mixtures induces solid-state amorphization which becomes faster with increasing boron content. After maximum amorphization ball milling leads to crystallization of t-Co2B in all the binary samples.


Author(s):  
M. J. Carr ◽  
J. F. Shewbridge ◽  
T. O. Wilford

Strong solid state bonds are routinely produced between physical vapor deposited (PVD) silver coatings deposited on sputter cleaned surfaces of two dissimilar metal parts. The low temperature (200°C) and short time (10 min) used in the bonding cycle are advantageous from the standpoint of productivity and dimensional control. These conditions unfortunately produce no microstructural changes at or near the interface that are detectable by optical, SEM, or microprobe examination. Microstructural problems arising at these interfaces could therefore easily go undetected by these techniques. TEM analysis has not been previously applied to this problem because of the difficulty in specimen preparation. The purpose of this paper is to describe our technique for preparing specimens from solid state bonds and to present our initial observations of the microstructural details of such bonds.


Author(s):  
J. R. Heffelfinger ◽  
C. B. Carter

Transmission-electron microscopy (TEM), scanning-electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS) were used to investigate the solid-state reaction between a thin yttria film and a (0001) α-alumina substrate. Systems containing Y2O3 (yttria) and Al2O3 (alumina) are seen in many technologically relevant applications. For example, yttria is being explored as a coating material for alumina fibers for metal-ceramic composites. The coating serves as a diffusion barrier and protects the alumina fiber from reacting with the metal matrix. With sufficient time and temperature, yttria in contact with alumina will react to form one or a combination of phases shown by the phase diagram in Figure l. Of the reaction phases, yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) is used as a material for lasers and other optical applications. In a different application, YAG is formed as a secondary phase in the sintering of AIN. Yttria is added to AIN as a sintering aid and acts as an oxygen getter by reacting with the alumina in AIN to form YAG.


Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Chelladurai Karuppiah ◽  
Balamurugan Thirumalraj ◽  
Srinivasan Alagar ◽  
Shakkthivel Piraman ◽  
Ying-Jeng Jame Li ◽  
...  

Developing a highly stable and non-precious, low-cost, bifunctional electrocatalyst is essential for energy storage and energy conversion devices due to the increasing demand from the consumers. Therefore, the fabrication of a bifunctional electrocatalyst is an emerging focus for the promotion and dissemination of energy storage/conversion devices. Spinel and perovskite transition metal oxides have been widely explored as efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts to replace the noble metals in fuel cell and metal-air batteries. In this work, we developed a bifunctional catalyst for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reaction (ORR/OER) study using the mechanochemical route coupling of cobalt oxide nano/microspheres and carbon black particles incorporated lanthanum manganite perovskite (LaMnO3@C-Co3O4) composite. It was synthesized through a simple and less-time consuming solid-state ball-milling method. The synthesized LaMnO3@C-Co3O4 composite was characterized by scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) analysis, X-ray diffraction spectroscopy, and micro-Raman spectroscopy techniques. The electrocatalysis results showed excellent electrochemical activity towards ORR/OER kinetics using LaMnO3@C-Co3O4 catalyst, as compared with Pt/C, bare LaMnO3@C, and LaMnO3@C-RuO2 catalysts. The observed results suggested that the newly developed LaMnO3@C-Co3O4 electrocatalyst can be used as a potential candidate for air-cathodes in fuel cell and metal-air batteries.


2008 ◽  
Vol 591-593 ◽  
pp. 147-153
Author(s):  
Gilbert Silva ◽  
Erika Coaglia Trindade Ramos ◽  
N.S. da Silva ◽  
Alfeu Saraiva Ramos

A large amount of the Ti6Si2B compound can be formed by mechanical alloying and subsequent heat treatment from the elemental Ti-22.2at%Si-11.1at%B powder mixture, but the yield powder after ball milling is reduced due to an excessive agglomeration of ductile particles on the balls and vial surfaces. This work reports on the structural evaluation of Ti-22.2at%Si-11.1at%B powders milled with PCA addition, varying its amount between 1 and 2 wt-%. The milling process was carried out in a planetary ball mill under argon atmosphere, and the milled powders were then heated at 1200oC for 1h under Ar atmosphere in order to obtain equilibrium structures. Samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and thermal analysis. Results revealed that the PCA addition reduced the excessive agglomeration during the ball milling of Ti-22.2at-%Si-11.1at-%B powders. After heating at 1200oC for 1h, the Ti5Si3, Ti3O and/or Ti2C phases were preferentially formed in Ti-22.2at%Si-11.1at%B powders milled with PCA addition, and the Ti6Si2B formation was inhibited.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1013 ◽  
pp. 127-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Gromov ◽  
Alexei Yuriev ◽  
Yurii F. Ivanov ◽  
Konstantin Morozov ◽  
Sergey Konovalov ◽  
...  

Using transmission electron microscopy methods the layer by layer analysis of the bulk hardened superior quality rails is carried out and the quantitative parameters of structure, phase state and defect substructure gradients are established. It is shown that the interface boundaries globular cementite particles-matrix are the possible places of microcracks initiation.


1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 3254-3259 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Font ◽  
J. Muntasell ◽  
E. Cesari ◽  
J. Pons

Ball milling has been used as a solid-state mechanical alloying technique in two binary systems of plastic crystals: neopentylglycol/pentaglycerin (NPG/PG), showing a partial solubility in the ordered phase, and 2-amino-2-methyl-1,3-propanediol/tris(hydroxymethyl) (AMP/TRIS) whose immiscibility in this ordered solid phase is almost total. For the AMP/TRIS system the stable state at room temperature was reached by milling. Contrarily, for NPG/PG, DSC measurements reveal that an annealing period is required after milling. These results have been compared with those of the pentaglycerin/pentaerythritol (PG/PE) binary system, previously studied, whose miscibility is total at room temperature.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Chen ◽  
Rui Xie ◽  
Hui Li ◽  
F. Jaber ◽  
F. Musharavati ◽  
...  

Abstract In this work, nickel cobaltite (NiCo2O4) nanosheets with a porous structure were fabricated on nickel foam as a working electrode for supercapacitor applications. The nanosheets were fabricated by electrochemical deposition of nickel–cobalt hydroxide on the nickel foam substrate at ambient temperature in a three-electrode cell followed by annealing at 300 °C to transform the coating into a porous NiCo2O4 nanosheet. Field emission scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy revealed a three-dimensional mesoporous structure, which facilitates ion transport and electronic conduction for fast redox reactions. For one cycle, the NiCo2O4 electrodeposited nickel foam has a high specific capacitance (1734.9 F g−1) at a current density (CD) of 2 A g−1. The electrode capacitance decreased by only approximately 12.7% after 3500 cycles at a CD of 30 A g−1. Moreover, a solid-state asymmetric supercapacitor (ASC) was built utilising the NiCo2O4 nanosheets, carbon nanotubes, and a polyvinyl alcohol-potassium hydroxide gel as the anode, cathode, and solid-state electrolyte, respectively. The ASC displayed great electrochemical properties with a 42.25 W h kg−1 energy density at a power density of 298.79 W kg−1.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (27) ◽  
pp. 13541-13547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ouwei Sheng ◽  
Chengbin Jin ◽  
Mei Chen ◽  
Zhijin Ju ◽  
Yujing Liu ◽  
...  

A sputtered platinum nano-interlayer can react with lithium in situ to form a highly conductive lithium–platinum alloy, creating a stable lithium/electrolyte interface, which was atomically resolved by cryo-transmission electron microscopy.


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