Aging precipitation behavior and properties of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu-Zr-Er alloy at different quenching rates

The effect of quenching rate on the aging precipitation behavior and properties of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu-Zr-Er alloy was investigated.The scanning electron microscopy,transmission electron microscopy,and atom probe tomography were used to study the characteristics of clusters and precipitates in the alloy.The quench-inducedηphase and a large number of clusters are formed in the air-cooled alloy with the slowest cooling rate,which contributes to an increment of hardness by 24%(HV 26)compared with that of the water-quenched one.However,the aging hardening response speed and peak-aged hardness of the alloy increase with the increase of quenching rate.Meanwhile,the water-quenched alloy after peak aging also has the highest strength,elongation,and corrosion resistance,which is due to the high driving force and increased number density of aging precipitates,and the narrowed precipitate free zones.

Residual stress and precipitation of Mg-5Zn-3.5Sn-1Mn-0.5Ca-0.5Cu alloy with different quenching rates

The effect of the quenching rate after solution treatment on the residual stress and precipitation behavior of a high strength Mg-5 Zn-3.5 Sn-1 Mn-0.5 Ca-0.5 Cu plate is studied.The simulation results show decreasing temperature gradient in the plate with decreasing quenching rate,which leads to weakened inhomogeneous plastic deformation and decreased residual stress.No dynamic precipitation on the grain boundary happens after either cold water cooling or air cooling,however,air cooling leads to dynamic precipitation of Mg-Zn phase on Mn particles around which a low-density precipitate zone develops after aging treatment.Moreover,the fine and densely distributed Mg-Zn precipitates observed after aging treatment of the cold water cooled alloy are replaced by coarse precipitates with low density for the air cooled alloy.Both the low-density precipitate zone near Mn particles and the coarsening of precipitates are the source of the decrease in hardness and tensile properties of the air cooled alloy.The residual stress drops faster than the hardness with decreasing quenching rate,which makes it possible to lower the residual stress without sacrificing too much age-hardening ability of the alloy.

Sensitivity of the Impact Toughness and Microstructure of 15CrNi3MoV Steel Under Different Quenching Rates

The sensitivities of the mechanical properties and microstructure of 15CrNi3MoV alloy steel under different quenching rates were investigated in the present study.After subjection to quenching with four different cooling rates(water cooling,forced air cooling,static air cooling and furnace cooling)followed by tempering,the microstructure was characterized by scanning electron microscopy(SEM),electron back-scattered diffraction(EBSD),and transmission electron microscopy(TEM);and the low-temperature(−20°C)impact toughness was evaluated.The results showed that the tempered microstructure and mechanical properties had high sensitivity to the quenching rate.With a decrease in the quenching rate,the low-temperature impact energy of tempered specimens decreased with increasing fluctuation.Correspondingly,the fracture morphology changed from completely ductile to brittle.In addition,as the quenching cooling rate decreased,the as-quenched matrix changed from a lathy to a polygonal structure with the presence of carbides and martensite-austenite(M-A)constituents,and the effective grain size increased.Tempered martensite with dispersed fine carbides was found in the tempered water cooling specimen,and tempered bainite with a polygonal structure containing large carbides and rare incomplete undecomposed M-A constituents was found in the tempered forced air cooling,static air cooling and furnace cooling specimens.The small effective grain size and fine carbides contributed to the good temperature impact toughness of the tempered water cooling specimens.

Quenching rates for heat equations with coupled singular nonlinear boundary flux

We study finite time quenching for heat equations coupled via singular nonlinear boundary flux. A criterion is proposed to identify the simultaneous and non-simultaneous quenchings. In particular, three kinds of simultaneous quenching rates are obtained for different nonlinear exponent regions and appropriate initial data. This extends an original work by Pablo, Quirós and Rossi for a heat system with coupled inner absorption terms subject to homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions.

Characterization of γ′ precipitates in a nickel base superalloy quenching from aging temperature at different rates

The characteristics of γ′ precipitates in a superalloy quenched from 1050°C at different rates were investigated using field emission scanning electron microscope（FESEM）.When quenched from 1050°C, the size of primary aging γ′ precipitates has a small increase in the specimens that experienced iced-brine-quenching, oil-quenching, and air-cooling-quenching conditions and a drastic increase in the specimen that experienced a furnace-cooling-quenching condition.The cooling γ′ precipitates have unimodal distributions after quenching at the air-cooling rate and bimodal distributions after quenching at the furnace-cooling rate, but there are not these distributions in the specimens that experienced iced-brine-quenching and oil-quenching conditions.When aging at 760°C, the size of primary aging γ′ precipitates appears unaffected in the specimens that experienced iced-brine-quenching, oil-quenching, and air-cooling-quenching conditions.However, it has a drastic increase in the specimen that experienced a furnace-cooling-quenching condition, and it is interesting that the bigger cooling γ′ precipitates have a coalescence and octodendritic shape.The microhardness study indicates that the hardness has no variation in the specimens that experienced iced-brine-quenching, oil-quenching, and air-cooling-quenching conditions and has a drastic decrease in the specimens that experienced a furnace-cooling-quenching condition and obtains the minimum microhardness value 390.8 HV.

Effect of quenching rate on microstructure and stress corrosion cracking of 7085 aluminum alloy

The influence of quenching rate on microstructure and stress corrosion cracking （SCC） of 7085 aluminum alloy was investigated by tensile test, slow strain rate test （SSRT）, combined with scanning electron microscopy （SEM）, transmission electron microscopy （TEM） and electrochemical test. The results show that with decreasing the quenching rate, the size and inter-particle distance of the grain boundary precipitates as well as precipitation free zone width increase, but the copper content of grain boundary precipitates decreases. The SCC resistance of the samples increases first and then decreases, which is attributed to the copper content, size and distribution of grain boundary precipitates.

Optimization of Quenching Process for ZTAP/ High Chromium Cast Iron Composites

In order to solve the problem of cracking of ZTAP(Zirconia toughened alumina ceramic particles)reinforced HCCI(high chromium cast iron)matrix composites,the quenching process was optimized.ZTAP reinforced HCCI matrix composites were prepared by infiltration method with gravity sand casting.The thermal expansion curves of HCCI and the composites were measured at different cooling rates by Glebble-3500.The microstructure of the HCCI matrix and the composites were characterized by X-ray diffraction,light microscopy,SEM,ESD,and EPMA.The tested mechanical properties include Rockwell hardness and impact toughness.The deformation differences of HCCI and the composite at different cooling rates were obtained according to the test results of thermal expansion coefficient curve and changes in microstructure and mechanical properties,and air cooling was the most favorable for the composites to have good hardness and not easy to crack.The cooling rate during air cooling is approximately equal to 21℃/s in this work.When the quenching process was air cooling,the impact toughness and hardness of the composites are 3.7 J/cm^(2) and 61.8 HRC,respectively,and the deformation difference between the composites and HCCI was 20μm at 300℃.

Quenching Estimates for Reaction-diffusion Equations with Nonstandard Growth Conditions

This paper deals with reaction-diffusion equations involving nonstandard growth conditions, subject to homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions. The complete clas- sification is established for simultaneous and non-simultaneous quenching under suitable assumptions on initial data. Moreover, quenching sets and quenching rates are obtained.

ON THE CAUCHY PROBLEM FOR A REACTION-DIFFUSION SYSTEM WITH SINGULAR NONLINEARITY

We consider the growth rate and quenching rate of the following problem with singular nonlinearityfor some positive constants b：, b2 （see Theorem 3.3 for the parametersfor some constantsHence, the solution （u, v） quenches at the originx = 0 at the same time ＇1＇ （see Theorem 4.3）. We also tind various other conditions tor the solution to quench in a finite time and obtain the corresponding decay rate of the solution near the quenching time.

Mechanical behavior of Cu-Zr bulk metallic glasses (BMGs): A molecular dynamics approach

In the present work, three-dimensional molecular dynamics simulation is carried out to elucidate the nanoinden- tation behaviors of CuZr Bulk metallic glasses （BMGs）. The substrate indenter system is modeled using hybrid interatomic potentials including both many-body Finnis Sinclair （FS） and two-body Morse potentials. A spherical rigid indenter （diameter= 60 A（1 A = 10 ^-10 m）） is employed to simulate the indentation process. Three samples of BMGs including Cu25Zr75, CusoZr50, and Cu75Zr25 are designed and the metallic glasses are formed by rapid cooling from the melt state at about 2000 K. The radial distribution functions are analyzed to reveal the dynamical evolution of the structure of the atoms with different compositions and different cooling rates. The mechanical behavior can be well understood in terms of load-depth curves and Hardness-depth curves during the nanoindentation process. Our results indicate a positive linear relationship between the hardness and the Cu concentration of the BMG sample. To reveal the importance of cooling rate provided during the processing of BMGs, we investigate the indentation behaviors of CusoZr50 at three different quenching rates. Nanoindentation results and radial distribution function （RDF） curves at room temperature indicate that a sample can be made harder and more stable by slowing down the quenching rate.

PIPBQ Effect Aware SER Analysis for Combinational Logic Circuits

Technology scaling results in the propagation-induced pulse broadening and quenching（PIPBQ） effect become more noticeable.In order to effectively evaluate the soft error rate for combinational logic circuits,a soft error rate analysis approach considering the PIPBQ effect is proposed.As different original pulse propagating through logic gate cells,pulse broadening and quenching are measured by HSPICE.After that,electrical effect look-up tables（EELUTs） for logic gate cells are created to evaluate the PIPBQ effect.Sensitized paths are accurately retrieved by the proposed re-convergence aware sensitized path search algorithm.Further,by propagating pulses on these paths to simulate fault injection,the PIPBQ effect on these paths can be quantified by EELUTs.As a result,the soft error rate of circuits can be effectively computed by the proposed technique.Simulation results verify the soft error rate improvement comparing with the PIPBQ-not-aware method.

A study of the quenching of PCl(b1∑+) by the E-V model

Using the reaction of Ar(3Po,2) + PCl3 as a source of PCl(b1 +), we have measured the quenching rate constants of PCl(b,v'=0) for more than 20 quenchers. The E-V model is used to calculate the rate constants. The comparison of the calculated values with the experimental ones shows that the quenching of PCl(b) by the reagent molecules results from the electronic to vi-brational energy near resonance transfer and has been related to the Franck-Condon factors for the PCl(b,v'=0-a,v'=m) transition and to the anharmonicities of the terminal bonds of the quenchers. In addition, the influence of the polarizability of the reagent molecule on the quenching rate constant is discussed.

Effect of rapid solidification treatment on structure and electrochemical performance of low-Co AB5-type hydrogen storage alloy

The effect of rapid solidification on structure and electrochemical performance of the LaNi4.5Co0.25Al0.25 hydrogen storage alloy was investigated by X-ray powder diffraction and a simulated battery test, including maximum capacity, cycling stability, self-discharge, and high-rate discharge ability （HRD）. All the melt-spun alloys were single-phase with the CaCu5-type structure （space groupP6/mmm）. In comparison to the as-cast alloy, the rapidly quenched alloys manifested an improved homogeneity of com-position and expanded lattice parameters. The electrochemical measurements showed that the activation property, cycling stability and self-discharge of the alloy electrodes were also improved for the rapid solidified alloys. The HRDof the as-cast alloy was better than those of all the rapidly solidified alloys. As the quenching rate increased, the HRD and exchange current density first decreased and then increased.

Crystallographic alignment and magnetic anisotropy in melt-spun Nd-Fe-B/α-Fe composite ribbons with different neodymium contents

Crystallographic alignment and magnetic anisotropy were studied for NdxFe94–xB6 （x=8,9,10,11） ribbons prepared via melt-spinning. Effect of Nd content and wheel speed on the crystal structure and magnetic properties of the ribbons was investigated. Both the free and wheel side of the ribbons could obtain strong c-axis crystal texture of Nd2Fe14B phase perpendicular to the ribbons surface at low wheel speed,but the texture weakened gradually with the increase of the wheel speed. Increase of Nd content led to better formation of crystal texture in the ribbons,indicating that the α-Fe phase might undermine the formation of crystal texture. Magnetic measurement results showed that the magnetic anisotropy of the ribbons exhibited corresponding behavior with the invariance of the c-axis crystal texture of Nd2Fe14B phase in the ribbons,and the coercivity of the ribbons rose with the increase of both Nd content and wheel speed during melt-spun process.