concentrations of six heavy metals including cr, mn, ni, pb, v and zn were determined in topsoil (from 47 grid cells), surface water (4 streams) and groundwater (8 wells and 4 qanats) from an agriculturalarea located at south part of the iranian capital, near the tehran oil refinery. concentrations of the elementswere measured using flame and flameless atomic absorption spectrometry. based on t...

Stainless steel interconnect materials used in solid oxide fuel cells and electrolysers need to be coated improve oxidation resistance mitigate Cr-vaporization. This work aimed explore the optimal steel/coating combinations suitable for use reversible stacks evaluated (Co,Mn)3O4 spinel, LaFeO3 perovskite, Ce/Co Y-based coatings, on AISI441 Crofer 22 APU steels. The coatings were based measureme...

Using first-principles theory, we predict ferromagnetism in Cr-doped GaN nanowires irrespective of the sites that the Cr atoms occupy. This is in contrast to Mn-doped GaN nanowires in which the magnetic coupling between the Mn atoms is sensitive to the Mn--Mn and Mn--N distances, although the ground state of Mn-doped GaN nanowires is ferromagnetic. Each Cr atom carries a magnetic moment of abou...

Abstract Duplex stainless steels (DSSs), which consist of ferrite and austenite phases, are widely used owing to their high strength good corrosion resistance. However, the oxidation behavior DSSs is extremely complicated because they have dual phases. In this study, changes in scale metal substrate during were investigated. UNS S32101 (Fe-21.5%Cr–5%Mn–1.5%Ni–0.3%Mo–0.22%N), a typical type DSS,...

The presence of high level of heavy metals involves a human healthy risk that could induce chronic diseases. This work reports on the metal contamination due to heaps of steel-slag accumulated during more than 40 years in allotments and industrial areas in the southern part of Madrid (Spain). Several slag and soil samples were collected in an area of 10 km(2) and characterized by different conv...

A cyclic wet/dry accelerated corrosion test was used to compare the corrosion behavior of medium-Mn steel and Q345 steel. In terms of scanning electron microscope (SEM), using X-ray diffraction (XRD), electron probe microanalysis (EPMA), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and analysis of the corrosion process, the results showed that the medium-Mn steel did not exhibit higher corrosion res...

One of the major challenges in welding aluminium (Al) alloys and steels is growth brittle intermetallic phases, which depends on thermomechanical processing history alloying elements. This work focuses phase layers formed roll bonded composites Al alloy 6082 stainless steel 316L after interdiffusion at temperatures range 400 – 550 °C. Scanning transmission electron microscopy characterisation s...

Purpose: of this paper is the effect of the soft annealing of initial microstructure of the 6Mn16 steel on the kinetics of the austenite formation during next intercritical annealing. Design/methodology/approach: Analytical TEM point analysis with EDAX system attached to Philips CM20 was used to evaluate the concentration of Mn, Ni and Cr in the microstructure constituents of the multiphase ste...