Abstract In this paper,the influence of different Zr addition amounts on the microstructure and tensile properties A356 alloy modified by 0.3wt%Yb in cast state T6 heat-treated were systematically investigated. The results show that adding basis can further refine α-Al eutectic Si branches. When content is 0.25wt%, has smallest grain size 133µm, aspect ratio 1.6. However, excessive will weaken ...

The article studies the tribological properties of multicomponent nanostructured coatings Zr-ZrN-(Zr,Cr,Al)N and Zr-ZrN-(Zr,Mo,Al)N, as well wear resistance fracture behaviour cutting tools with mentioned during turning Inconel 718 alloy. Ti–TiN-(Ti,Cr,Al)N coating was also considered a reference coating. While is characterized by high hardness, it demonstrated coefficients friction (COF) at te...

The transformation of Al3Zr (L12) and Al3(Zr1 xTix) (L12) precipitates to their respective equilibrium D023 structures is investigated in conventionally solidified Al–0.1Zr and Al–0.1Zr–0.1Ti (at.%) alloys aged isothermally at 500 C or aged isochronally in the range 300– 600 C. Titanium additions delay neither coarsening of the metastable L12 precipitates nor their transformation to the D023 st...

Formation of Al3Zr or Al3(Zr1 x Tix) precipitates with a metastable L12 structure was investigated in conventionally solidified A1–0.1 Zr, Al–0.2 Zr, Al–0.1 Zr–0.1 Ti, and Al–0.2 Zr–0.2 Ti (at.%) alloys aged isothermally at 375, 400, or 425 C. Pronounced hardening results from nanometer-scale, spheroidal Al3Zr or Al3(Zr1 xTix) (L12) precipitates within solute-enriched dendrites. Interdendritic ...

A novel method for the rapid extraction and determination of a ppt level of Pb2+ and Cu2+ ions using partial silylated MCM-41 modified by a new salophen and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) is introduced. The preconcentration factor of the method is 500, and the detection limits of Pb2+ and Cu2+ are 335 and 34 ng L(-1), respectively. The time and efficiency of e...