Soft magnetic composite (SMC) materials and their application in electrical machines have undergone significant development in the past decade. The major advantages of the materials include isotropic magnetic and thermal properties, very low eddy current loss and relatively low total core loss at medium and higher frequencies, and nearly net-shape low cost fabrication process with good toleranc...

In recent years, improving the mechanical properties of metals has become the main challenge in the modern materials and metallurgical industry. An alloying process is usually used to achieve advanced performance of metals. This paper, however, describes an alternative approach. Modification with ceramic nanoparticles, gas-dynamic treatment (GDT) and a combined treatment were investigated on a ...

The archaeometallurgy of copper have been pioneer technologies in ancient Iran and goes back to about ten thousand years ago in Iranian Plateau [1, 2]. The Haft Tappeh Middle Elamite Site is located in Southwest Iran and have been an important city belonging to early phase of Middle Elamite period (14th century BCE) [3, 4]. Based on various metallurgical evidences found in archaeological excava...