Abstract The Drassburg Bronze Age hoard find (approx. 25 kg) also comprises some sickles and sickle fragments. One of these fragments was provided for metallographic examinations. A XRF analysis revealed 94.5 wt.% Cu, 4.31 Sn, 0.61 Pb, 0.12 S in the alloy. It can therefore be attributed to tin bronzes. material has a uniform dendritic microstructure. Higher concentrations S, Pb were measured in...

Microscopy analyzes are very important for metallography, they serve to reveal the microstructural constituents, distribution of present phases and other properties characterize materials. It is that specimens follow a rigorous preparation process ensure free from defects could compromise results characterization. The work presents stages optical microscopy. Works related research proposal were...

Micro-friction stir spot welding (µFSSW) is one type of that suitable for joining lightweight materials. One the challenges in materials with µFSSW material easily perforated, or join not strong enough, so it necessary to select right parameters. In this article discusses about investigates micro-Friction Stir Spot Welding parameters on weld geometry, mechanical properties, and metallography di...

Impact toughness of a gas tungsten arc welded Ti /6Al /4V alloy butt-joint was evaluated at room temperature using standard Charpy V-notch specimens. The Charpy specimens were prepared with notch roots located either in the parent metal, in the heataffected zone (HAZ), or in the weld metal. Optical metallography and Vickers microhardness test showed that the weld metal has the coarsest grains a...

An experimental study is presented on the effect of microstructural change on the Portevin-Le Chatelier effect behaviour of Al-2.5%Mg alloy. Tensile tests are performed on the as received and heat treated (at 400 oC for 16 hours) samples for a wide range of strain rates. The serrations observed in the stress-time curve are investigated from statistical analysis point of view. Microstructures of...

In this appendix we provide a brief overview of some quantitative aspects of recrystallization, including the experimental techniques used to measure recrystallization, the determination of some of the parameters associated with the annealing processes, and the quantification of some important features of the associated microstructures. We do not attempt to cover the subject matter in detail, b...

The effect of heat treatment at 850 o Con the microstructure and mechanical properties of SAE 1025 carbon steel has been studied. Annealing, normalizing and age-hardening heat-treatments at 850 o C were used for the experimental work. Hardness tests, tensile tests and metallography were carried out on the heat-treated and control samples. The results were further analyzed using the one-way ANOV...

The paper by Karma and Tourret (this volume) in this special issue focuses on multiscale modeling approaches ranging from atoms to microstructure. In the present one, the most recent and significant modeling contributions dealing with the scale of solidification from microstructure to grain structure are briefly reviewed. The paper also covers modeling of defect formation during the last stage ...

This paper deals with the possibility of reducing carbon content by heat treatment in reactive atmospheres in order to improve plastic deformations properties of steel sheets. The heat treatment involves a decarburation annealing after a cold rolling, as opposed to the traditional process that performs the heat treatment in non-reactive atmospheres. Some of the most relevant variables were stud...