Microcompression testing is used to probe the uniaxial stress–strain response of a nanocrystalline alloy, with an emphasis on exploring how grain size and grain boundary relaxation state impact the complete flow curve and failure behavior. The yield strength, strain hardening, strain-to-failure and failure mode of nanocrystalline Ni–W films with mean grain sizes of 5, 15 and 90 nm are studied u...

Plastic deformation of nanocrystalline Fe was investigated by nanoindentation. Samples, synthesized by mechanical attrition, consisted of powder particles with diameters greater than 30 mm. The average grain diameters within the particles of different samples ranged from 10 nm to 10 mm. To avoid potential artifacts, samples were prepared without use of heat treatment, and measurements were cond...

In order to investigate the effect of pruning and potassium nutrition on pumpkin grain yield and quality, a factorial experiment based on complete block design with four replications was carried out in nooshar village of ardabil province, Ardabil, Iran, in 2007. Experimental factors include potassium nutrition in three level (0, 75 and 150 kg/ha from potassium sulfate) and stem pruning (without...

A field experiment was conducted at the Experimental Farm of the Faculty of Agriculture, South Valley University at Qena on sandy soil to study the effect of integrated nutrient management (INM) on productivity and grain protein content of wheat. Seven different treatments with three replications each were carried out in the plot in RCB design. The recommended NPK, FYM and biofertilizer (Azotob...

In order to evaluate the relationship between morphological characters in rice lines two populations at F3 generation were grown in research field of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resource University, Sari, Iran, during 2012. Statistical analysis on important agronomic traits showed that maximum standard deviation belonged to total grain number followed by filled grains per panicle and grai...

In order to evaluate the relationship between morphological characters in rice lines two populations at F3 generation were grown in research field of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resource University, Sari, Iran, during 2012. Statistical analysis on important agronomic traits showed that maximum standard deviation belonged to total grain number followed by filled grains per panicle and grai...

Besides the ‘‘intrinsic’’ colossal magnetoresistance effect observed in single crystals, the polycrystalline manganate compounds also exhibit an ‘‘extrinsic’’ magnetoresistance related to the presence of grain boundaries. We report electrical transport and magnetic measurements carried out on a bigrain sample extracted from a floating zone method-grown rod of calcium doped lanthanum manganate. ...

A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the different brands of zinc fertilizer produced and marketed in different areas of Bangladesh and their effect on nutrients content in rice (BRRI dhan 32). Among the nutrients; the content of N, S and Ca in grains and straw did not vary significantly, but the contents of P, K, Na, Mg, Zn, Cu, Fe and Mn in grain and straw varied significantly due to ...

for an Invited Paper for the MAR11 Meeting of The American Physical Society Influence of edge structure, substrate structure and grain boundaries on the electronic properties of graphene quantum dots and transferred graphene1 JOSEPH LYDING, University of Illinois We have used UHV STM to study the quantum size effect gap and the effects of edge electronic structure on graphene quantum dots (GQDs...