Effect of carbon addition on carbide morphology of single crystal Ni-based superalloy

Single crystal superalloys of AM3 with different carbon levels were prepared at withdraw rate of 50μm/s. The effect of carbon addition on the carbide morphology was investigated. It was found that there were four types of MC-type carbides, acicular, nodular, blocky, and Chinese script-type in the crystals. With an increase in carbon level, the volume fraction of carbide increased significantly while the volume fraction of eutectic decreased significantly. Furthermore, the size of carbide in high level carbon alloy became much larger.

Computational Investigation on the Surface Electronic Density, Morphology and Detonation Property of 1,1-Diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene (FOX-7) Crystal

The present study constructed and optimized FOX-7 crystal using a novel technique including grand canonical monte carlo （GCMC）, density functional theory （DFT） and molecular dynamics （MD） methods. Therein, the crystal density, atomic and electronic actions were considered. The results showed that the 1.96 g.cm-3 FOX-7 crystal has the highest stability and detonation properties, such as the total crystal energy, surface electronic density, friction sensitivity, detonation pressure, and so on. These results are close to the experimental data.

Effects of catalyst height on diamond crystal morphology under high pressure and high temperature

The effect of the catalyst height on the morphology of diamond crystal is investigated by means of temperature gradient growth （TGG） under high pressure and high temperature （HPHT） conditions with using a Ni-based catalyst in this article. The experimental results show that the morphology of diamond changes from an octahedral shape to a cub- octahedral shape as the catalyst height rises. Moreover, the finite element method （FEM） is used to simulate the temperature field of the melted catalyst/solvent. The results show that the temperature at the location of the seed diamond continues to decrease with the increase of catalyst height, which is conducive to changing the morphology of diamond. This work provides a new way to change the diamond crystal morphology.

Crystal Growth,Structure and Morphology of Rifapentine Methanol Solvate

Rifapentine, an important antibiotic, was crystallized from methanol solvent in the form of its methanol solvate. The crystal structure of rifapentine methanol solvate belongs to monoclinic, space group P21, with the unit cell parameters of a = 1.2278（3） nm, b = 1.9768（4） rim, c = 1.2473（3） nm, Z= 2, and β = 112.35（3）. The parallelepiped.morphology was also predicted by Materials Studio simulation program.. The influence of intermolecular in-teraction was taken into account in the attachment energy model. The crystal shape fits the calculated morphology well, which was performed on the potential energy minimized model using a generic DREIDING 2.21 force fieldand developed minimization protocol with derived＇partial charges.

Effect of solidification rate on MC-type carbide morphology in single crystal Ni-base superalloy AM3

In order to study the effect of the withdrawing rate on carbide morphology,MC-type carbide in single crystal superalloy AM3 was systematically investigated with sample growth rates from 3.5 μm/s to 500 μm/s.The carbide morphologies were investigated by scanning electron microscopy(SEM),and the electron probe microanalysis(EPMA) was used to characterize the carbide composition.The results indicate that the solidification rate is the important factor governing MC carbide growth morphology,size and distribution,composition and growth mechanism.With the increase of withdrawing rate,nodular,rod-like,Chinese script types of carbide morphology are observed.For the low withdrawing rate,with the increase of withdrawing rate,the carbide size becomes larger.For the case of dendritic interface,the carbide size becomes smaller with refinement of dendrites as withdrawing rate increases.The volume fraction of carbides increases with the withdrawing rate increasing.

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY OF NASCENT SAMPLES OF SYMMETRIC AROMATIC POLYESTERS——Ⅰ.POLY(P-PHENYLENE TEREPHTHALATE)

The morphology and crytal structure of poly(p-phenylene terephthalate) (PPT), prepared by confined thin filmmelt (CTFMP) and solution (CTFSP) and bulk solution polymerization, were characterized by transmission electronmicroscopy, electron dimaction and molecular modeling. The unit cell is monoclinic (P2_1/a space group) with parameters a =7.89, b = 5.49, c = 12.65 A, α=γ= 90°, β=100.33°, density = 1.48 g/cm^3, the a, b and β values differing slightly from thosereported previously in the literature. A degree of variation in relative intensities of hk0 reflections in, apparently, untilted[001] ED patterns was observed from a given sample, suggesting some variation in molecular packing. ED evidence wasfound for a second phase, with [001] appearing the same as for phase Ⅱ of the related poly(p-oxybenzoate) (PpOBA)polymer. CTFMP crystals polymerized above 220℃ (up to 370℃) and CTFSP crystals polymerized at 300℃ consisted oflamellae 100-200 A thick.

Morphology, crystal structure and hydration of calcined and modified anhydrite

The effects of calcination and modification on the morphology （shapes and textures） and crystal structure of anhydrite powders were studied. The results show that, calcination at 100℃ causes anhydrite to disintegrate into smaller crystals, accompanied by a slight in- crease in d-spacing. Without calcination and modification, the solidification time and curing time of anhydrite are 15 and 77 h, respectively. After the treatment, however, the solidification time and curing time are shortened significantly to 9.5 and 14 rain, respectively. The com- pressive and flexural strengths of hydration products made from the treated anhydrite reach 10.2 and 2.0 MPa, respectively. The much shorter solidification and curing time make it possible to use anhydrite as a building and construction material.

Influence of pH on Morphology and Formation Mechanism of CeO_2 Nanocrystalline

Nanoparticles of cerium oxide were prepared by common precipitation method using cerium nitrate solution and ammonia reagent. Cerium oxide particles with different morphologies were synthesized through adjusting pH values of the solution. TEM and BET results showed that spherical crystal was gained in acid solution, with the specific surface of 148. 1944 m2·g^-1. The cerium oxide appeared in the form of spherical and rod-like grains under neutral condition, and the specific surface changed to 114.7975 m^2·g^-1. Moreover, in alkaline solution, cerium oxide powders were exhibited in rod-like form with the specific surface of 106.2465 m^2·g^-1. Precipitation formation mechanism of different morphologies was also discussed, which followed decomposition precipitation mechanism and topology reaction mechanism in acid and alkaline solution, respectively.

Crystalline Morphology and Crystallization Characteristics of In-situ Blends of Anionic Polyamide 6 with Noncrystallizable Semiaromatic Polyamide Copolymer

A noncrystallizable semiaromatic polyamide copolymer（NSAP） was dissolved in molten caprolactam, and PA6/ NSAP blends were produced in-situ via the anionic ring-opening polymerization of caprolactam. The presence of a single loss tangent（tanS） peak measured by means of dynamic mechanical analysis（DMA） proves the miscibility between PA6 and NSAP in the blends. It was found that there existed drastic changes in the crystallographic form and crystallization kinetics for the in-situ blends, e.g. , when 20% NSAP was added, nearly all crystallites existed in the ,y form and the crystallization could hardly occur upon cooling even at a rate of 2.5 ℃/min. Moreover, cold crystallization appears during the subsequent heating, and its melting point is 40 ℃ lower than that of the virgin system. On the other hand, the size of the spherulites only decreases modestly. It is suggested that the introduction of irregular stiff segments originated from NSAP into PA6 macromolecule chain, which resulted from transamidation during the polymerization play a dominant role in the drastic change of crystallization kinetics and the resultant morphology of the in-situ blends.

Morphology and crystalline property of an AlN single crystal grown on AlN seed

AlN single crystal grown by physical vapor transport (PVT) using homogeneous seed is considered as the most promising approach to obtain high-quality AlN boule.In this work,the morphology of AlN single crystals grown under different modes (3D islands and single spiral center) were investigated.It is proved that,within an optimized thermal distribution chamber system,the surface temperature of AlN seed plays an important role in crystal growth,revealing a direct relationship between growth mode and growth condition.Notably,a high-quality AlN crystal,with (002) and (102) reflection peaks of 65and 36 arcsec at full width at half maximum (FWHM),was obtained grown under a single spiral center mode.And on which,a high-quality Al_x Ga_(1–x) N epitaxial layer with high Al content (x=0.54) was also obtained.The FWHMs of (002) and (102) reflection of Al_x Ga_(1–x) N were 202 and 496 arcsec,respectively,which shows superiority over their counterpart grown on SiC or a sapphire substrate.

Effect of solvent on the crystal morphology of royal demolition explosive

Important crystal faces that dominate the crystal morphology of royal demolition explosive （RDX） in vacuum were analyzed with the attachment energy （AE） method. Molecular dynamics （MD） simulations were used to calculate the interaction energies between these crystal faces and different solvent molecules for an attachment energy correction. Growth habits in the presence of different solvents were generated. The results showed that some crystal faces in solutions became morphologically more important than that in vacuum while others became less important. Thus, crystal shape and surface property changed a lot with the variation of crystal faces. The results from calcula- tion were in agreement with those from the re-crystallization experiment, which indicated that cyclohexanone （CH） was a promising solvent to modify the crystal morphology of RDX for obtaining products with regular shape and high purity, while butyrolactone （BL） played a great role in improving the surface electrostatic property of RDX.

Crystals of suspended marine barite in the eastern equatorial Pacific:processes of dissolution and effects on crystal morphology

Suspended particulate substances were sampled in the eastem equatorial Pacific in water column from surface to near bottom in five stations in 2005, from which 868 barite crystals were recovered. The barite crystals were examined under scanning electron microscopy. About 61% of the total barites crystals contained detectable Sr by energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry. Barite crystals could be classified into four groups based on their morphology： 1） bladed; 2） ovoid or rounded; 3） arrow-like; and 4） irregularly shaped. The arrow-like barite crystals in natural environment has never been reported before. In addition, about a half of the studied crystals showed features of dissolution as cavities or holes inside of the crystals or around their edges. We found that differential dissolution of barite crystals is consequence of heterogeneous Sr distribution in barite crystals. Our results would help in understanding the biogeochemical processes of marine barite formation and preservation in seawater and marine sediments.

Influence of Different Surfactants on Morphology of Single Crystal Ce2O（CO3）2·H2O and Formation Mechanism

Three kinds of ultra-fine Ce2O（CO3）2·H2O powders with different morphologies were prepared by adding CTAB, PEG19000 and OP-10 to a solution of Ce2O（NO3）3·6H2O and urea according to the principle and the characteristics of the homogeneous precipitation method. The products were characterized by TEM and XRD. The results showed that the precursor was a single crystal, and that different surfactants had different influences on the morphology of the products. The cationic surfactant CTAB had little effect on crystal morphology merely reducing its size. Nonionic surfactants PEG19000 and OP-10 are both able to change the crystal morphology to a much greater extent. Adding PEG19000 produces an array of rod-like particles with ordered formation and uniform dimension. Meanwhile, in the system of OP-10, a sort of flower-like pattern with a dispersed center can be prepared. The formations of ultra-fine Ce2O（CO3）2·H2O powders with different morphologies occured because of the mechanism of formation and grain growth.

Study on Morphology and Non-isothermal Crystallization Behavior of Poly(phenylene sulfide)/Poly(ethylene-co-cyclo-hexane 1,4-dimethanol terephthalate) Blend

A binary alloy consisting of poly（phenylene-sulfide） （PPS）/poly（ethylene terephthalate-co-l,4- cyclohexanedimethanol） （PETG） was prepared by the melt blending technology using a twin-screw extruder. The morphology and crystallization behavior of the alloy material were investigated by means of SEM, POM and DSC. The SEM study of the alloy samples revealed that PPS and PETG comprised an incompatible system and the interface structure of two phases could be observed distinctly when the composition of the binary alloy was being changed. The POM results had revealed that incorporation of PETG into PPS could lead to formation of larger spherulite crystals in the course of PPS crystallization, but small and grainy spherulite crystals appeared with further increase in the PETG concentration. The DSC analyses revealed that addition of PETG to the alloy composition could shift the PPS crystallization temperature towards the high-temperature region.

Hydrogen-bond mediated and concentrate-dependent NaHCO_(3) crystal morphology in NaHCO3–Na2CO3 aqueous solution: Experiments and computer simulations

Adding Na_(2)CO_(3) to the NaHCO_(3) cooling crystallizer, using the common ion effect to promote crystallization and improve product morphology, is a new process recently proposed in the literature. However, the mechanism of the impact of Na_(2)CO_(3)on the crystal morphology is still indeterminate. In this work, the crystallization of NaHCO_(3)in water and Na_(2)CO_(3)–NaHCO_(3) aqueous solution was investigated by experiments and molecular dynamics simulations(MD). The crystallization results demonstrate that the morphology of NaHCO_(3) crystal changed gradually from needle-like to flake structure with the addition of Na_(2)CO_(3). The simulation results indicate that the layer docking model and the modified attachment energy formula without considering the roughness of crystal surface can obtain the crystal morphology in agreement with the experimental results, but the lower molecules of the crystal layer have to be fixed during MD. Thermodynamic calculation of the NaHCO_(3) crystallization process verifies that the common ion effect from Na^(+)and the ionization equilibrium transformation from CO_(3)^(2-) jointly promote the precipitation of NaHCO_(3) crystal. The radial distribution function analysis indicates that the oxygen atoms of Na_(2)CO_(3) formed strong hydrogen bonds with the hydrogen atoms of the(0 1 1) face, which weakened the hydration of water molecules at the crystal surface, resulting in a significant change in the attachment energy of this crystal surface. In addition, Na+and CO_(3)^(2-) are more likely to accumulate on the(011) face,resulting in the fastest growth rate on this crystal surface, which eventually leads to a change in crystal morphology from needle-like to flake-like.

Morphology prediction of dihydroxylammonium 5,5'-bistetrazole-1,1'-diolate (TKX-50) crystal in different solvent systems using modified attachment energy model

In order to theoretically study the growth morphology of dihydroxylammonium 5,5’-bistetrazole-1,1’-dio late(TKX-50)crystal in different solvent systems,crystal–solvent models were established,and then molecular dynamics(MD)methods were adopted as a means to simulate particle motion.Modified attachment energy(MAE)model was employed to calculate the growth morphology of TKX-50.The simulation results demonstrate that COMPASS force field and RESP charge are suitable for molecular dynamics simulation of TKX-50.The morphologically dominant growth surfaces of TKX-50 in vacuum are(020),(011),(11–1),(100)and(120),respectively.In water(H_(2)O)and N,N-dimethylformamide(DMF)solvents,the(11–1)face is the largest in the habit face,the growth rate of(020)face becomes faster.With the increase of temperature,the aspect ratios of TKX-50 crystal in DMF solvent increase,and the areas of the(120)faces decrease.In ethylene glycol/H_(2)O mixed solvent system with volume ratio of 1/1,aspect ratio of TKX-50 is relatively small.In formic acid/H_(2)O mixed solvents with different volume ratios(1/4,1/3,1/2,1/1 and 2/1),aspect ratio of TKX-50 is relatively small when volume ratio is 1/2.

Crystallization, morphology and luminescent properties of YAG:Ce^(3+) phosphor powder prepared by polyacrylamide gel method

A novel synthesis process, based on the polyacrylamide gel method, was used to prepare Ce-doped YAG phosphor powders. Effects of heat treatment parameters, temperature and holding time, the fluxes, and atmosphere on microstructure and particle morphology as well as luminescent properties of YAG:Ce3+ phosphor powders were studied by X-ray powder diffractometry, scanning electron microscopy, and fluorescence spectrophotometry. The results show that the formation temperature (1 000 ℃) of pure YAG phase is significant low when being synthesized by the polyacrylamide gel method, compared with solid-state reaction. For luminescent properties, the intensity of emission of YAG:Ce3+ phosphor increases steadily with increasing temperature from 900 ℃ to 1 300 ℃ and prolonging holding time from 100 min to 400 min. But blue shift phenomenon is observed for 400 min calcination. Fluxes as BaF2 and H3BO3 can enhance the intensity of emission of phosphor due to the improvement of crystallization of YAG and the stabilization of trivalence cerium ion in YAG host lattice at high temperature. Weak reduction atmosphere can contribute to improvement of the emission intensity of YAG:Ce3+ phosphor powders.

THE EFFECT OF CLAY DISPERSION ON THE CRYSTALLIZATION AND MORPHOLOGY OF POLYPROPYLENE/CLAY COMPOSITES

PP/clay composites with different dispersions, namely, exfoliated dispersion, intercalated dispersion and agglomerates and particle-like dispersion, were prepared by direct melt intercalation or compounding. The effect of clay dispersion on the crystallization and morphology of PP was investigated via PLM, SAXS and DSC. Experimental results show that exfoliated clay layers are much more efficient than intercalated clay and agglomerates of clay in serving as nucleation agent due to the nano-scale dispersion of clay, resulting in a dramatic decrease in crystal size (lamellar thickness and spherulites) and an increase of crystallization temperature and crystallization rate. On the other hand, a decrease of melting temperature and crystallinity was also observed in PP/clay composites with exfoliated dispersion, due to the strong interaction between PP and clay. Compared with exfoliated clay layers, the intercalated clay layers have a less important effect on the crystallization and crystal morphology. No effect is seen for samples with agglomerates and particle-like dispersion, in regard to melting temperature, crystallization temperature, crystal thickness and crystallinity.

MORPHOLOGY OF(Mn,Fe)S SINGLE CRYSTAL GROWTH IN CAST STEEL

The step pattern of single crystal growth and the morphology at equilibrium state of(Mn, Fe)S on the wall of micro-voids in ZG25 cast steel have been observed using scanning electron microscope.The face-centred cubic(Mn,Fe)S single crystal at equilibrium state is shown to be tetrakaidecahedron consisted of eight{111}planes and six{100}planes,and is a typical example of the O_h—m3m cubic crystal system.

MORPHOLOGY OF HEAD-TO-TAIL POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE) SINGLE CRYSTALS FROM SOLUTION CRYSTALLIZATION

Single crystals of head-to-tail poly（3-hexylthiophene）s have been grown through the method of isothermal solution crystallization. Electron diffraction in combination with powder X-ray diffraction revealed the crystal structure, a= 1.52 nm, b = 3.36nm, c = 1.56 nm and α = β= γ= 90°.