Ductile cast irons (DCIs) are characterized by a wide range of mechanical properties, mainly depending on microstructural factors, as matrix microstructure (characterized by phases volume fraction, grains size and grain distribution), graphite nodules (characterized by size, shape, density and distribution) and defects presence (e.g., porosity, inclusions, etc.). Versatility and higher performa...

in this research, effect of the number of nodular graphite particles, as an important characteristic of ductile cast irons, on the distribution of martensite in dual-phase ductile iron has been studied. ductile iron samples were produced by step casting and the samples were then annealed in order to achieve a fully ferritic structure. a special heat treatment was conducted to produce dual matri...

We present new interstellar dust models which have been derived by simultaneously fitting the far–ultraviolet to near–infrared extinction, the diffuse infrared (IR) emission and, unlike previous models, the elemental abundance constraints on the dust for different interstellar medium abundances, including solar, F and G star, and B star abundances. The fitting problem is a typical ill-posed inv...

The electron momentum density ~EMD! of two different modifications of graphite has been measured and the results of the measurements have been compared with theoretical calculations from three different theories: a full potential linear muffin-tin orbital, a modified augmented plane wave, and a pseudopotential calculation. Experimental results have been obtained by two different methods. The co...

The gas temperature of atomospheric gas in a graphite atomizer was measured during an atomization stage in graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GF-AAS), by using a two-line method under the assumption of Boltzmann distribution. Iron and nickel were chosen as the probe elements to compare the gas temperatures obtained with different pairs of spectral lines. The atomic absorptions of ...

We present the electronic structure evolution from graphite oxide to thermally reduced graphite oxide. Most functional groups were removed by thermal reduction as indicated by high resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and the electrical conductivity increased 6 orders compare with the precursor graphite oxide. X-ray absorption spectroscopy reveals that the thermally reduced graphite oxi...

Oxidation is a serious problem for C/C composites above 4OOT, which limits their application at high temperatures. It is experimentally shown that boron (B), when substituting for C atoms in the graphite structure, may significantly improve the oxidation behavior of a C/C composite [l-4]. However, there is very little known about the role of boron in reducing the oxidation rate of graphite alth...

New interlayer intermolecular potential model was proposed and it represented “ABAB” staking of graphite. Hydrogen atom sputtering on graphite surface was investigated usingmolecular dynamics simulation. In the initial short time period, maintaining the flat structure of graphenes, hydrogen atoms brought about the difference interaction process in each incident energy. The first graphene often ...

Specially designed five-electrode cells contained two types of mixed ionic-electronic conductor ~MIEC! lithium-insertion anodes. These were graphite or Sn1.3Al0.3Ti1.7O1.95(PO4)3 tin composite oxide ~TCO! bonded powders sandwiched between nickel mesh current collectors as working lithium-ion anodes, with Li foils on both sides as reference electrodes, outside of which were two further Li foils,...