The electrochemical studies of pitting corrosion of CuFe alloy (70% Cu30%Fe) were carried out in sodium chloride solutions. The techniques of measurements were: open circuit potential, potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The effect of different concentrations of the inorganic additives (WO4 , PO4 , NO2 , B4O7 , CrO4 ) on the pitting corrosion of the alloy in...

Gold alloys with Cu contents of 10 mass%, 20%, and 30% were used for morphological observation of porous surface structures after heating at 800 degrees C in air followed by pickling with acid solution. With increasing Cu content in the gold alloy, the internal oxidation zone became well-developed in the alloy matrix. The mechanism by which a porous structure was formed on the surface of a gold...

The effect of substituting 0.01 or 0.02 at.% Er for Sc in an Al–0.06 Zr–0.06 Sc at.% alloy was studied to develop cost-effective high-temperature aluminum alloys for aerospace and automotive applications. Spheroidal, coherent, L12-ordered Al3(Sc, Zr, Er) precipitates with a structure consisting of an Er-enriched core surrounded by a Sc-enriched inner shell and a Zr-enriched outer shell (core/do...

A program has been conducted on the effects of Mg in cast alloy 718. The results show that small amounts of Mg improves impact toughness and decreases Nb segregation by decreasing secondary dendrite arm spacing which results in less and smaller interdendritic Laves and MC eutectics. Small amounts of Mg produce a more spheroidal as well as a more dispersive MC phase. Impact toughness was found t...

Surface nanocrystallization using a surface mechanical attrition treatment effectively activates the surface of magnesium alloys due to the increase in grain boundary diffusion channels. As a result, the temperature of subsequent surface alloying treatment of pure Mg and AZ91 alloy can be reduced from 430 degrees C to 380 degrees C. Thus, it is possible to combine the surface alloying process w...

Electronic, structural and thermodynamic properties of the equiatomic alloy TiZr are calculated within the electron density functional theory and the Debye-Grüneisen model. The calculated values of the lattice parameters a and c/a agree well with the experimental data for the α, ω and β phases. The ω phase is shown to be stable at atmospheric pressure and low temperatures; it remains energetica...