Effects of Sn on microstructure and tensile properties in a binary Mg-1Ca alloy by M.B. Mesbah, H.M.M.A. Rashed

“…The evolution of microstructure and tensile properties of a binary Mg-1Ca alloy with different tin additions (1, 2, and 4 wt%) was investigated under various conditions of temperatures and strain rates. …”
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Effect of La addition on microstructure and mechanical properties of as-cast AZ91 magnesium alloy by Hongwei Zhu, Rui Zhang, Shule Xia, Furen Xiao

“…When the La content reached 1.6 wt.%, hardness achieved its maximum value of 68.1 HV, showing an increase of approximately 26%. The evolution of microstructure and strengthening mechanism of mechanical properties were discussed.…”
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Roles of B and Zr addition on the microstructure and strength in a novel as-cast Ni superalloy by Guonan Zhang, Naiwen Zuo, Yuxi Gao, Jingshun Liu, Yongquan Han, Huaming Wang

“…This paper focuses on the effect of trace alloying elements B and Zr on the transformation of metal carbides morphology, microstructure evolution and mechanical properties during the solidification process. …”
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Compressive strength and microstructural development of cement paste incorporating nanosilica with different particle sizes by Pegah Farjad, Ahmed G. Mehairi, Fereshteh Meshkani, Roozbeh Mowlaei, Rahil Khoshnazar, Nashaat N. Nassar

“…The compressive strength, heat evolution, microstructure, and rheological behaviour of the resultant pastes were investigated. …”
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Effects of electroless nickel plating process on the microstructure and properties of complex shape ceramic capacitors by Yongtao Liu, Xinghua Zheng, Sizheng Hu, Dongqing Cai, Guanghui Li

“…The effects of pre-treatment and plating process such as etching, sensitization, and activation and reducing agent concentration, pH value, plating temperature and plating time have been systemically investigated on the microstructure evolution and performance. The optimal pre-treatment is etching in 30 wt% H2SO4 solution at 70 °C for 1.5 h, sensitization in 15 g L−1 SnCl2 solution and activated in 200 mg L−1 PdCl2 solution for 3 min, respectively. …”
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The Influence of Equal-Channel Angular Pressing on the Microstructure and Properties of a Steel–Aluminum Composite by Yang Liu, Junrui Xu, Bingnan Chen, Yuqi Fan, Wenxin Lv, Hua Sun

“…Under the global initiative for automotive lightweighting to address climate challenges, this study investigates the microstructure evolution of steel–aluminum composites processed by hot equal-channel angular pressing (H-ECAP). …”
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Effect of aging temperatures on the microstructural stability and mechanical properties of Super304H steel by You Li, Xue Wang

“…Aging tests at 650 °C and 700 °C for up to 5000 h were performed on Super304H steel tubes. The microstructural evolution during aging was observed by optical microscopy (OM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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Assessment of bio-colonisation, durability and microstructure of concrete exposed to intertidal and subtidal marine environments by Mohammed Zelloufi, Violeta Ramos, Badreddine El Haddaji, Amel Bourguiba, Sam Broom-Fendley, Gavyn K. Rollinson, Alexandra Guedes, Jens Andersen, Nassim Sebaibi, Mohamed Boutouil

“…This study aims to investigate the impact of intertidal and subtidal marine environments on the bio-colonisation, durability, and microstructural evolution of concrete designed for marine infrastructure, such as dyke modules. …”
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Microstructure formation of rapidly/sub-rapidly solidified Gd-Co-Ti immiscible alloys by Hao Sun, Hongxiang Jiang, Haobo Ma, Binghao Han, Lili Zhang, Jie He, Jiuzhou Zhao

“…The solidification microstructure evolution was simulated. The numerical results are well consistent with the experimental data, which verifies the validity of the developed model. …”
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Evolution of bond structure and surface morphology of nitrogenated diamond-like carbon coatings during annealing by Jihua Peng, Da Peng, Guoge Zhang, Jiacheng Liao

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Comprehensive microstructural evolution analysis of AA5083-H116 alloy welded joints using pulsed GMAW and 80Ar19He1O2 shielding gas by Enrique Esteban Niebles-Nuñez, Jimy Unfried-Silgado, Jaime Elías Torres-Salcedo, Conrado R.M. Afonso, Antonio J. Ramírez

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Influence of continuous annealing on the interfacial compound evolution and mechanical behavior of hot-rolled titanium/steel composite plates by Zhenxiong Wei, Peng Huang, Qiang Gao, Xixi Su, Zhanhao Feng, Lin Peng, Jun Li, Yonghui Sun, Guoyin Zu

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Evolution of Precipitates and Microhardness of L-PBF Inconel 625 Through Relevant Thermal Treatment by Tahmina Keya, Ralf D. Fischer, Mohanish Andurkar, Scott M. Thompson, Valentina O’Donnell, John Gahl, Barton C. Prorok

“…The alloy is prone to precipitation under elevated temperatures, which makes designing suitable heat treatment to tailor the desired microstructure and mechanical properties critical. Traditional heat treatment for wrought IN625 cannot be applied to L-PBF IN625; therefore, it is vital to understand the evolution of precipitates on the way to complete recrystallization. …”
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Synergistic A-site co-doping of (Na1/2Bi1/2)xBa1−xZn1/3Nb2/3O3 perovskites: doping mechanisms, microstructure and impedance studies by Y. Feng, A.T.Z. Lim, M. Lu, J. Sun, K.Y. Chan, S. Ghotekar, D. Zhou, D.C. Sinclair, K.B. Tan

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A Review on Material Dynamics in Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing: Bonding, Stress, and Structural Evolution in Metals by Abishek Kafle, Shengjun Lu, Raman Silwal, Weihang Zhu

“…This review examines the basic CSAM mechanism, including deposition dynamics, bonding mechanism, dynamic recrystallization, residual stress evolution, and post-spray heat treatments which affect microstructural and mechanical properties. …”
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Microstructural evolution and phase transformation behavior of Al-8.1Zn-2.0Mg-1.0Cu-0.2Ag-0.15Zr alloy during isothermal compression by Yukuan Huang, Yongxing Zhao, Yu Liu, Zhengbing Xiao, Lei Yang, Yuanchun Huang

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Mechanical property enhancement of Tip/VW94 composites via the construction of gradient ultrafine-grained structures by Qifeng Li, Xianhua Chen, Yi Ding, Chunquan Liu, Jia She, Fusheng Pan

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Hot Deformation Behavior and Processing Maps of Vapor-Phase-Grown Carbon Nanofiber Reinforced 7075Al Composites by Mengying Zhu, Zhefeng Xu, Junhua Wu, Satoshi Motozuka, Caili Tian, Jianglong Gu, Jinku Yu

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Heterogeneous nucleation of Ni3Ti by Mo-enriched particles enhances strength and fracture toughness of maraging steel by Dongdong Xu, Yang Chen, Zhixiang Qi, Chi Xu, Chunjing He, Hongwei Zeng, Daixiu Wei, Guang Chen

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Research on predicting the thermocompression deformation behavior of Mg–Li matrix composite using machine learning and traditional techniques by Dandan Li, Xiaoyu Hou, Yangfan Liu, Linhao Gu, Jinhui Wang, Jiaxuan Ma, Xiaoqiang Li, Zhi Jia, Qichi Le, Dexue Liu, Xincheng Yin

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