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The effects of Misch-Metal (MM) oxide addition on magnetic properties, crystal structure and microstructure of the M-type strontium ferrite have been studied. By MM substitution of Sr a significant increase in intrinsic coercivity and a slight decrease in remanence was observed. The highest value of energy product was obtained at 4 wt.% MM addition. By calculating the lattice constants of 4 and 8 wt.% MM added specimens, it was found that the length of c-axis decreases by 4 wt.% MM addition and then undergoes a considerable increase at 8 wt.%, while the a-axis increases monotonously. The SEM observations revealed that the migration of MM oxides to the grain boundaries could be the major... 

The mechanical properties of the Nd-Fe-B-based alloys are closely related to their microstructures. It was found that the Co and Ni additions to the Nd2Fe14B (Φ) matrix phase and reduction in the amounts of rare earth (RE)-rich (n) and B-rich (η) grain boundary phases are very effective in improving the mechanical properties. The addition of a MM 38.1(MM: Misch Metal)-Co46.4-Ni15.5 alloy to a ternary Nd12.8Fe79.8B7.4-type alloy by a binary powder blending technique resulted in a considerable increase in bending and compressive strength, and a significant decrease in impact strength. The solid solution hardening of the matrix phase by Co and Ni and the presence of intergranular cracks within... 

In this study, structural and magnetic properties of nanocrystalline Fe-Si-Ni powders produced by mechanical alloying (MA) have been investigated. The samples with different chemical compositions and milling times were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The alloy powders with average grain size 8-19 nm were synthesized by milling for 35-100 h. Coercivity (Hc) and crystallite size exhibited a similar decrease by increasing the mechanical alloying time. Maximum saturation magnetization (Ms) and minimum Hc were obtained at the composition of Fe87Si10Ni5 after 70 h milling. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved  

In this work, milled Nd12.8Fe79.8B7.4-type powders with three different oxygen contents were processed into sintered anisotropic magnets via a standard powder metallurgy technique. Minimizing the oxygen content within the powder material, resulted in an almost full densification in the sintered magnets even at the lower end of the sintering temperature limit. Under this condition, the amount of hard magnetic Φ phase (Nd2Fe14B) was maximized in the structure of sintered bodies, which resulted in the highest energy density [BHmax] values. In the sintered magnets made from the powder with a higher oxygen content, full densification could only be obtained at the upper end of the sintering... 

An approach for calculating weld efficiency from the results of a peel test has been developed for 5754-aluminum strips. The method is based on estimating the effective load-bearing area of peel test specimens. A convincing agreement between the results and the theoretical model-earlier developed by Wright et al. (Metals Technol. 5 (1978) 24)-has been found. The influence of surface expansion and rolling pressure on the weld efficiency has been studied by the new approach. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved  

Spontaneous generation of nanobubbles (NBs) was developed by using a controllable platform of superfast microvortices, based on turbulent jet flows in the presence of graphene oxide (GO) sheets. Very high energy dissipation rates through discharging warm water into cold N2 aqueous solutions resulted in creation of micro/submicro-vortices. Shear stresses in these domains generated gas local supersaturations, leading to the formation of high concentration (∼109 mL−1) of stable NBs. Introducing GO sheets into the microvortex system resulted in effective manipulation of NBs by providing energetically favorable sites for prompt heterogeneous nucleation as well as stronger shear rate fluctuations.... 

Alumina nanofluids are one of the most useful nanofluids. In order to evaluate the colloidal behavior of nanoparticles in alumina/water nanofluid, the influence of effective factors such as pH, ionic strength and surfactants, was studied. Zeta potential, particle size and turbidity change of each nanofluid was investigated. According to the results for 0.05, 0.1 and 0.2 mass% nanofluid, point of zero charge was obtained at pH values of 9.5, 10.2 and 10.5, respectively. The highest nanofluid stability occurred at pH 4 and its lowest was at pH 10. The anionic surfactant had a greater effect on the stability in compared with cationic and nonionic surfactants. By increasing in ionic strength,... 

Direct oxidation is a simple and effective method for titanium surface treatment. In this research, a titanium sample was directly oxidized at the high temperature in two different atmospheres, air and pure oxygen, to obtain better atmosphere for titanium surface treatment. The results of the Raman spectroscopy indicated that in both atmospheres, the rutile bioactive phase (TiO2) has been formed on the titanium surface. The results of X-ray diffraction (XRD) also revealed that the surface of oxygen-treated sample was composed of the rutile phase and titanium monoxide (TiO), while at the surface of the air-treated sample, the rutile phase and titanium dioxide had been formed. Further, the... 

Alumina nanofluids are one of the most useful nanofluids, especially for increasing the thermal conductivity. Due to importance of porous media in the improvement of heat transfer, this study investigates the transport and retention of gamma alumina/water nanofluid in the water-saturated porous media. For this purpose, alumina nanofluids were introduced to the porous media consisting of water-saturated glass beads possessing various pH values (4, 7 and 10) and different ionic strengths (0.001 M of KCl, CaCl2, AlCl3, K2SO4, CaSO4, Al2(SO4)3, K2CO3 and CaCO3). Then the break through curve of each experiment was drawn and modeled by combining classical filtration theory with... 

Alumina nanofluids are one of the most useful nanofluids. In order to evaluate the colloidal behavior of nanoparticles in alumina/water nanofluid, the influence of effective factors such as pH, ionic strength and surfactants, was studied. Zeta potential, particle size and turbidity change of each nanofluid was investigated. According to the results for 0.05, 0.1 and 0.2 mass% nanofluid, point of zero charge was obtained at pH values of 9.5, 10.2 and 10.5, respectively. The highest nanofluid stability occurred at pH 4 and its lowest was at pH 10. The anionic surfactant had a greater effect on the stability in compared with cationic and nonionic surfactants. By increasing in ionic strength,... 

In this study, the effects of milling time, chemical composition and heat treatment on microstructure and magnetic properties of nanocrystalline Fe-Si (6.5-25 at.% Si) alloys prepared by mechanical alloying have been investigated. The results show that increasing the milling time or the Si content, decreases the lattice parameter and increases the internal microstrain. The prepared powders mainly consist of micron-sized particles with an average grain size of less than 20 nm. The specific saturation magnetization values are slightly less than those of single crystal or conventional Fe-Si alloys and decrease as Si content increases. The coercive force values of the nanocrystalline as-milled...