The steady-state creep rate of Ni-base metallic foams, with superalloy composition (in wt. pct) Ni7.8∼9.1Al (relative density, ρ = 2.5-2.6) and Ni-13.5∼16.6Cr-5.1∼8.9Al (ρ = 2.8∼3.0), was measured under a range of temperatures (680∼825°C) and applied stresses (0.1∼0.3 MPa), and compared with that of NiAl intermetallic foams (ρ = 5.3). The stress exponent and activation energy are within the exp...

Sputtered reactive multilayers applied as a heat source in electronic joining processes are 11 an emerging technology. It promises low-stress assembly of components while improving the 12 thermal contact and thus thermal resistance. The use of nanostructures can significantly enhance 13 the adhesion and reliability of joints between different materials. This work presents a 14 phenomenological ...

The catalytic performance of Ni-Al, Mg-Al, and Co-Ni LDHs as novel nanocatalysts was evaluated in the oxidation of toluene. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The XRD and FTIR approved the structure and functional groups of the LDH, respectively. Also, the presence of cations with dif...

Reticulated nickel foams were alloyed with 8–9 wt% Al or 14–18 wt% Cr and 5–9 wt% Al in a three-step method consisting of (i) gas-phase deposition of Cr and/or Al onto the struts of a pure Ni foam by pack-cementation at 1000 C; (ii) homogenization at 1200 C to remove concentration gradients and to solutionize the alloyed struts; (iii) aging at 900 C to form c0 precipitates within the struts. Th...

The question whether a global freeze-out occurs in heavy-ion collisions below and up to energies of a few AGeV and to which extent this phenomenon is embedded into a collective radial expansion has been studied by various experiments [1, 2, 3]. Measurements performed at BEVALAC [1] indicate that the emission of light particles (p, d, t, He, α) around mid-rapidity in Au+Au collisions at 1 AGeV i...