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A concern in the production sour oil and gas is the corrosion caused by the acid gas H2S. Even though corrosion resistant alloys (CRA) have long been available as a material selection option that mitigates H2S corrosion, the carbon steel is in general more cost-effective for oil and gas facilities. The aim of this study is to investigate the mechanical properties of 410NiMo cladding on a low alloy steel substrate. In this investigation, two successive layers of ER410NiMo were clad on low alloy steel substrates. To reduce the likelihood of Hydrogen Induced Cracking (HIC) and producing stable hydrogen traps, Post Weld Heat Treatment (PWHT) was used. To characterize the mechanical properties of... 

By using electrophoaphating treatment in the metal coating process, the operating temperature of chemical phosphating bath is decrease and also difficulties with the use of high temperature bath is eliminated. The aim of this study is investigate the effect of operating parameter on coating properties and also investigation the deposition mechanism of Zn-Ni electrophosphate coating. Coating properties such as morphology, corrosion resistance and porosity of the coating characterized using SEM, polarization test and electrochemical method respectively. The values used for pH effect was 1.6,1.8,2 and 2.2 results indicated that by increasing the pH value from 1.6 to 1.8 the icorr decrease from... 

In this research,Graphene Oxide nanoplatelets (GO) were synthesized by chemically modified Hummer's method.After the GO nanosheets electrochemically reduced to graphene, nanoparticles imposed to this thin film.This optimized nanostructure coating was utilized for investigating the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) over the copper substrate. In order to optimize the kinetic of electrodeposition and reduction, diverse electrochemical approaches such as cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometic and potentiometric as well as pulse electrodeposition methods were employed. Electrochemical procedures were aligned by Design of Experiment (DOE) ... 

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 the present study, it has been tried out to increase the hardness and wear resistance of anodized aluminum coating byadding Si3N4 nanoparticles to the anodizing bath and making a composite coating. In order to investigate the influence of other effective parameters on the properties of anodized coating before the compositing process, hardness and thickness were optimized in the Sulphoric/oxalic bath using design of experimental method (central composite design). The properties of these coatings are dependent on various parameters among which time, temperature and pulse current parameters (current density limit, frequency and duty cycle) were considered in the present study. Analysis of... 

TLP diffusion bonding method refers to a method in which two metal pieces can be bonded by putting an interlayer between two pieces and heating to a temperature lower than base metal melting point. Theoretically, this process shows that the bonding line disappears completely at the end of the process and it is not possible to recognize it. However, these assumptions were not accomplished in practice. Therefore, various parameters such as material of interlayer, thickness of interlayer, temperature and time of bonding, temperature and time of homogenizing and applied pressure on metal pieces should be controlled to achieve the best shearing strength results. Aluminum based composites have... 

Plants and aquatic creatures growth on the surface of human made structures is a typical phenomena. One of the approaches to prevent algae and moss to grow is using paint coatings including biocides. In this research project, anti-moss paints containing Copper Oxide as the major biocide and Zinc Oxide as the minor biocide have been synthesized. The effects of different parameters like the type of resin, biocide concentration, biocide grain sizes, dip time, and the coating layer thickness on the release rate which is the most important factor to prevent moss growth, have been investigated. Then, the experiment has been conducted on the specimens in algae growth and flustered sea water... 

In this study anodized none composite and composite film containing ZrO2 nanoparticles were prepared on 1050 Al Alloy using hard anodizing method in sulfuric and oxalic acid mixed solution by pulse Currents. The microstructure and properties of the film were studied by field emission scanning electron microscopy with EDS analyzer and XRD diffraction and friction wear test were performed to evaluate the mechanical properties of coating . Results indicate that the composite film with ZrO2 nanoparticles have reduced friction coefficient with high micro hardness friction coefficient of composite film can be small as 0.16 which is much smaller than that 0.39 of none composite film. Micro hardness... 

Chromium oxide coatings (Cr2O3) have been widely used due to their remarkable properties in corrosion, wear, optical and mechanical applications. So far, several methods have been used to prepare Cr2O3 thin films. In this study, the chromium oxide was produced by the sol-gel method and dip coated on the low carbon steel and glass substrates. In this context, we encountered with the problem of incoherency of the Cr2O3 ceramic coating to the steel substrates. It is highly likely that this problem be due to causes such as: a) thermal stresses due to the difference between the thermal expansion coefficients of the substrate and the coating, b) incoherent substrate/coating interface due to their... 

The present work has been planned to elaborately investigate the key parameters which affect the formation of shrinkage porosities during centrifugal casting of ductile cast iron pipes. The porosity defects can be mostly found in the Hot Mould centrifugal casting products and adversely affect the final mechanical properties of ductile iron pipes namely Ultimate Tensile Strength and Elongation.
In the first point of view, the created defects were detected through microstructural observations and the corresponding responsible mechanisms were also discussed. The results showed that the inner porosity is produced because solidification occurs from both the inner and outer surfaces... 

NiTi intermetallic is well known for its unique physical and mechanical properties, such as superelasticity, shape memory effect, good tribological properties, excellent corrosion resistance and biocompatibility. It is widely used in several areas including aerospace and medical applications and surface engineering. Several approaches, such as casting, powder metallurgy, self-propagating high-temperature synthesis, mechanical alloying and explosive shock-wave compression have been used to produce NiTi alloys. However the formation of the undesirable phases such as NiTi2 and Ni3Ti still is the biggest concern. According to Ni-Ti phase diagram, stability region of NiTi compound is at... 

Ni-SiC nanocomposite coatings are considered as corrosion resistant coatings with better tribological properties. In order to get superior properties, the amount of added particles should be increased. But high concentration of particles has some drawbacks such as low adhesion to substrate, probability of cracking in coating due to heat expansion coefficient difference between substrate and coating and also embrittlement of coating and low elasticity. In this study, the possibility of producing Ni-SiC nanocomposite coatings with FGM structure was investigated. SiC particles concentration was 5 to 80 g/l and the current density was between 3 to 5 A/dm¬2. The pH of bath and temperature was... 

Transparent coatings with self-cleaning property in visible light spectrum, UV radiation resistance and antimicrobial are highly desirable. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is used in this research has been widely studied as an efficient photocatalyst by researchers. In this research enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity is gained with N and Ag co-doped titania. All samples were annealed at 450℃. Finally AgI was loaded TiO2 coating and the results were investigated. Peaks of XRD pattern wereattributed to different diffraction planes of anatase TiO2. Morphology of coatings were analyzed with using FE-SEM. Nano granis size of TiO2 and AgI loaded TiO2 were observed in FE-SEMimages. Nitrogen... 

Nitinol alloy is important and increasingly used in medicine and industry due to its unique properties such as shape memory and superelasticity. Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) is a relatively new method which in electrical discharge occurrence and formation of small plasma arcs on the anode surface and the electrochemical and thermochemical reactions in plasma environment prepare ceramic coating on the substrate. This method is taken into consideration because of its simplicity and effectiveness in the preparation of oxide ceramic coatings with porous structure on the surface of certain metals and alloys to improve their corrosion and wear properties. In this study, to improve the... 

Recently, Aluminum alloys have been the materials of choice for both military aircraft and automotive industries due to their high strength-to-weight ratio, high electrical and thermal conductivities and excellent corrosive resistance. However, their applications have been limited due to the low yield stress and wear resistance. In order to improve the surface wear resistance, structural and chemical surface modifications such as producing composite coatings could be applied. Gas Tungsten Arc welding (GTAW) process can be used to produce alloy and composite surface layers on different substrates. In this research, GTAW process and aluminum cored wires were used for coating of Al/Al3Ti... 

Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) of concrete sewer ptpes and wastewater collection systems has been reported in many places of the world. Recently, numerous copper compounds have been used for bacterial growth control in sewer pipes. In this thesis, bath parameterswere optimized in order to maximize copper osmosis to the porous concrete matrix.Concrete pipes were electrochemically coated inCopper Lactate bath in a constant current mode (1=0.6 A), while temperature was set to 25, 50, 75 and 95
°Cand pH to 9,10 and 11. Specimens were then characterized by scanning electron

microscopy, optical microscopy, XRD andAAS. Copper Osmosis was highest in pH=9 and... 

In order to prevent deterioration of metallic interconnects in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), while interacting with glass-ceramic sealant, a nickel electroplated ferritic stainless steel (UNS 430) was used. After applying a layer of powdered glass (SiO2-B2O3-Al2O3-Na2O-BaO-K2O) with thickness around 300-450 μm on the ferritic stainless steel sheets with dimansion of 0.5 × 60 × 60 mm and 0.5 × 10 × 10 mm, samples were heated at temperatures between 770-850 °C and durations of 1 to 15 hours. To evaluate the effect of the Ni layer, two types of sample (only sanded and only electropolished) were also submitted to the same process, and their results were compared with the coated samples. XRF,... 

Dye–sensitized solar cell (DSSC) includes (a) A transparent conductive oxide coated glass substrate, (b) Semi conductive film, (c) Dye adsorbed on this film, (d) Redox couple electrolyte and (e) A counter electrode which can reduce redox couple.In this study, selection of a nanostructured pattern for increasing absorption efficiency of a DSSC based on TiO2 has been considered. For this purpose, using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in fabrication of photoelectrode has been proposed. Therefore, at the first TiO2–CNT nanocomposites contained various percent of carbon nanotube was coated on fluorinated tin oxide (FTO) conductive glasses via sol–gel dip coating method. Then DSSCs were assembled by... 

In this study, the photocatalytic activity and hydrophilicity of coat improved using Nitrogen and Vanadium elements as dopant in TiO2 coating. By using vanadium and nitrogen elements and silica prelayer, a titania coating was deposited on the soda-lime glass substrate by sol-gel dip coating method to produce self-cleaning surface. XRD and FTIR analyses were done on the powders after heat treating at in 450˚C for 30 min. XPS analysis was done for investigation of N replacement in titania structure. The band-gap energy of formed anatase was derived using UV-Vis analysis. The coating morphology and thickness were also investigated by SEM. Hydrophilicity of coatings was determined by measuring... 

Magnesium and its alloys are potentialy biodegradable implant materials due to their attractive biological properties. But their poor corrosion resistance may result in sudden failure of the implants. Recently, many researchers have focused on applications of fluorine-doped hydroxyapatiteCa10(PO4)6(OH)2−xFx (FHA, x is the degree of fluoridation) as a bioactive coating to provide early stability and long-term performance. In comparison with pure HA coating,FHA coating could provide significant dissolution-resistant property, better apatite-like layer deposition, better protein adsorption, better cell attachment and improved alkaline phosphatase activity in cell culture. In this...