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Metal matrix composites (MMCs) have received considerable attention due to their excellent engineering properties, but their poor machinability has been the main deterrent to their substitution for metal parts. The hardness and abrasive nature of reinforcement phase causes rapid tool wear during machining and, consequently, high machining costs. This paper discusses an experimental investigation on the machinability of Al-SiC particulate metal matrix composite produced by powder metallurgical process with , and %SiC. Continuous dry turning of round composite bars using titanium carbide inserts has been selected as the test method. The influence of machining parameters, e.g. cutting speed,... 

Functionally Graded Material (FGM)is attaining more and more interests recently due to its outstanding feature of possessing benefits of physical and mechanical properties of two materials in one part. One of the common processes to fabricate FGM is laser directed energy deposition of pre-mixed powder of two materials. The powder stream and laser attenuation in LDED of FGM is studied in this dissertation by the aid of numerical simulation and experimental investigations. Due to numerical simulation results, which is done in FLUENT software, powder particle size and axial shielding gas flow rate has significant effect on composition of powder mixture falling into the molten pool. Considering... 

The new generation of electronic devices including 5G internet, wearable electronics, LED optoelectronics or cloud computing devices have higher power density as their computing power increases and their sizes reduce. The increase in power density leads to higher heat generation and consequently higher operating temperature which reduces their lifetime and reliability. In recent years development of novel solutions for electronic cooling has been persued. Thermal interface material that inserted between heat source and heat sink is the main component in electronic cooling. These materials consists of a polymeric base that filled with highly thermally conductive solid particles. By emergence... 

Electrochemical deposition of multilayer coatings is one of the surface engineering techniques to create thin surface layers with a controlled structure in order to create desirable surface properties. In this research, the nickel-iron-silicon carbide multilayer coating is deposited from a single bath with a sulfate composition and by changing the current density between two values (10 and 40 mA/cm2). The number of layers in multilayer coating was 4, 8, 16, 32.The effect of current density and the number of layers on chemical composition, surface morphology, phase structure, corrosion resistance, nano hardness measurement, wear resistance of multilayer coatings respectively using electron... 

Titanium carbide MXene (Ti_3 C_2 T_x) has attracted significant research interest because of its extraordinary advantages as advanced electrode material for energy storage. In this study, 4-aminodiphenylamine functionalized Ti_3 C_2 T_x/polyaniline composite synthesized by in situ growth of PANI on 4-aminodiphenylamine functionalized Ti_3 C_2 T_x nanosheets. First, Ti_3 C_2 T_x MXene nanosheets was prepared according to the minimally intensive layer delamination (MILD) method followed by sonication. Ti_3 C_2 T_x nanosheets were modified with 4-aminodiphenylamine diazonium salt. The FTIR، FE-SEM and EDS analysis were used to characterize modified Ti_3 C_2 T_x. Finally, the Ti_3 C_2 T_x... 

Tissue engineering is a science that tries to create new tissues by using cells, growth factors and appropriate biological materials in order to repair damaged organs and replace parts lost due to various reasons. In this research, the effect of adding mxene sheets on the oxidized alginate-gelatin hydrogel scaffold was investigated. For this purpose, mxene nanosheets were first synthesized by Max phase chemical etching and its synthesis was confirmed by X-ray diffraction spectroscoy, field emission scanning electron microscope, X-ray energy diffraction spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, UV-visible spectroscopy. Then, in order to prepare the scaffolds, different amounts of... 

Sometimes, some ceramics and metals cannot be produced in an integrated manner; In addition, ceramics, like metals, do not fully benefit from the properties of melting and casting; Therefore, it is necessary to produce this group of parts with other methods such as joining to each other. By using joining methods and technologies, it is possible to make composite materials; Therefore, in this way, the applications of ceramic or metal composites have been increasingly expanded. In many researches, bonding of oxide ceramics such as aluminum oxide to itself as well as carbide ceramics such as silicon carbide to itself have been investigated. In this research, the bonding mechanisms of two types... 

Capacitive deionization (CDI) is a suitable method for water desalination with low energy consumption and high efficiency, which does not have secondary pollution and is environmentally friendly. The hybrid capacitive deionization uses a faradaic electrode next to the carbonaceous electrode, taking advantage of both electrodes, and high capacities have also been reported. Titanium carbide Mxene is an important candidate in CDI due to its high electrical conductivity and tunable interlayer distance, but Mxene suffers from low oxidation resistance. Therefore, in this research, molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) that is an essential member of the 2D transition metal dichalcogenides family, was used as... 

Nowadays, in many industrial applications, protecting surfaces has become necessary. This research attempted to create a coating resistant to the wear of NiCrBSi with the help of the atmospheric plasma spray and the process of plasma Transferred Arc on the substrate of the simple carbon steel. Also, in order to study the effect of compositing on hardness and abrasive properties of the APS coatings, NiCrBSi powder was strengthened with 25 weight percent of Titanium Carbide particles so that the NiCrBSi-25TiC composite coating could also be created. According to the nature of the APS process, the substructure of this coating always has some porosity and layered structure, and the connection of... 

Nowadays, the tendency to use Al/SiC composites with FGM structure has increased in the automotive and aerospace industries, because in this type of composite, the properties can be gradually changed in the direction of thickness. For example, one composite surface is used as a wear-resistant or high-temperature-resistant coating, and the other surface can be welded, has high thermal conductivity, or has a good toughness. In recent years, methods have been used to make surface composites, most of which are in the molten state and at high temperatures. In this case, the reactions between the compounds can not be easily controlled and the possibility of the formation of undesirable or... 

In this research we developed a superhydrophobic and anti-wear coating on a glass substrate using SiO2 nanoparticles to form a transparent superhydrophobic thin film and SiC nanoparticles to improve the wear resistance of coating.
Silica nanoparticles were produced via a simple sol gel method from Tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) as precursor. Hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) and Tetramethylclourosilane (TMCS) were used as hydrophobic inducing agents and at last SiC nanoparticles were dispersed in the solution in order to provide wear resistance. The final results indicate the contact angle (CA) of water droplet on the surface was about 158° and sliding angle (SA) lower than 9°. Studying the... 

In this research a copper- Tungsten carbided nanocomposite coating prepared by electrodeposition from a sulfate bath in order to increase the hardness and erosion resistance of cooper without loosing cooper's specific physical properties as like as electrical and thermal conductivity. Various parameters were evaluated for finding significant factors in electrodeposition of Cu-Co/WC composite. Current density and concentration of WC and SDS were selected as affective factors. The morphology and structure were characterized by XRD and SEM. The mechanical properties of the coatings, such as hardness, wear resistance and surface roughness were studied with Vickers hardness indentation; pin on... 

In this research Al6061-SiC composite bonding was done by transient liquid phase method using powder copper intermediate layer. In the first stage feasibility of making this junction in ambient condition was studied. In order to find process optimum temperature, experiments were performed in 560°C, 570°C, 580°C and 590°C for 2 hours. Optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and EDS analysis were utilized for this study. Moreover, shear strength determination test was done to assess and compare mechanical properties and also to determine the optimum bonding temperature.
In second stage, base composite and bonded specimens were homogenized in 530°C for 5 and 10 hours. Effect of... 

Ultra-high temperature ceramics (UHTCs) are a class of materials that have melting points above 3000°C and include borides, carbides and nitrides of some transition metals such as ZrB2, ZrC, HfB2, HfC, HfN, TaC. These compounds are of particular interest because of the unique property combination such as high electrical and thermal conductivity, chemical inertness against molten metals or non basic slags, and good thermal shock resistance. Sintering of these compounds is very difficult due to their high melting point and utilization of sintering aids or new consolidation routes is necessary to achieve high density sintered bodies. In this research, phase evolution and kinetics of diffusion... 

For application such as electrical contacts and spot welding electrodes, both high electrical conductivity and wear resistance are required. Additionally, such parts should have structural stability at evaluated temperature. Copper based composites containing carbides or oxides reinforcement can be the good choice for production of such parts. In present work, in-situ Cu/NbC composite via mechanical alloying with homogenous distribution of nano reinforcement particle has been produced. For this purpose, in first stage, copper powder was milled with 5, 8, 10 and 12 wt. % of niobium powder in two types of mills, i. e. vibratory dicky mill and planetary ball mill for 5 and 32 h respectively. At... 

In present study, a CP-Ti surface was coated with cored wire electrodes filled with graphite powder by means of TIG cladding technique. The process was performed under controlled atmosphere with different composition of Argon and Nitrogen. The parameters of the process were changed in order to investigate the resulting effect on the coating microstructure and the wear properties. The microstructure and the composition in the weld and heat affected zone were carefully investigated by optical microscope, SEM, EDS and XRD. As the result, TiC dendrites were produced in-situ with different morphologies which are dependent on variation of the parameters. Moreover, TiN dendrites were in-situ... 

Refractory metals (W,Re,Ta,Mo,Nb) and their alloys can exhibit exceptional properties at elevated temperatures. However, refectory metals tend to be relatively heavy and, in some cases, can be relatively difficult to form in complex shapes at low cost. Light composites of refractory metals with high-melting ceramics, which can be fabricated into dense, near net shapes at low temperatures, would be particularly attractive for advanced aerospace applications. In this project, WC powders have been pressed and shaped to cylindrical preforms. Secondly, these performs have been sintered slightly(presintered) into porous, rigid ones with about 50% open porosity. Finally, in order to reach dense... 

Hadfiled steel was invented by Sir Robert Hadfield in 1882. Different types of this steel have been used widely in cement industry, mining, drilling and railroad ways due to its high toughness, high work hardening capacity and excellent wear resistance. Since the wear life of machineries and parts used in such industries is short and costly, time consuming service of the wear parts, there have been a lot of interest to increase wear resistance of austenitic manganese steels in recent years. In this study a new type of austenitic manganese steels with high carbon-high vanadium and high tungsten content has been introduced and effect of carbon, vanadium and tungsten on microstructure, micro... 

Wear of parts during service is one of the main factors of damage to the industrial parts. From among various kinds of wear, abrasive wear has the most role in damage of industrial parts. Hard surfacing is a useful and cost effective method for improving the surface properties of parts. This method is made through coherent layer sediment from the alloys resistant to abrasion, oxidation and wear by welding or spray. Determining the appropriate alloy for hard surfacing operations need knowing of working conditions of the part and the type of occurred abrasion. Ordinarily, the alloys which are prepared for hard work by welding, are in the form of cored wire or electrodes. In this research die...