Sintering behaviors of porous 316L stainless steel fiber felt

Isothermal sintering experiments were performed on the 316 L stainless steel fiber felts with fiber diameters of 8 μm and20 μm. Surface morphologies of the sintered specimens were investigated by using scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and optical microscopy. The results show that the amount of the sintering necks and the relative densities of the fiber felt increase with the increasing of both the sintering temperature and the sintering time. And the activation energies estimated present a decline at high relative densities for both 8 μm and 20 μm fiber felts. Moreover, the sintering densification of the fiber felts is dominated by volume diffusion mechanism at low temperature and relative densities. As more grain boundaries are formed at higher temperature and relative density, grain boundary diffusion will also contribute to the densification of the specimen.

Morphology and Crystallinity-controlled Synthesis of Manganese Cobalt Oxide/Manganese Dioxides Hierarchical Nanostructures for High-Performance Supercapacitors

We demonstrate a novel preparative strategy for the well-controlled MnCo_2O_(4.5)@MnO_2 hierarchical nanostructures.Bothδ-MnO_2 nanosheets andα-MnO_2 nanorods can uniformly decorate the surface of MnCo_2O_(4.5)nanowires to form core-shell heterostructures.Detailed electrochemical characterization reveals that MnCo_2O_(4.5)@δ-MnO_2 pattern exhibits not only high specific capacitance of 357.5 F g^(-1)at a scan rate of 0.5 A g^(-1),but also good cycle stability(97%capacitance retention after 1000 cycles at a scan rate of 5 A g^(-1)),which make it have a promising application as a supercapacitor electrode material.

Three-dimensional simulation of sintering crunodes of metal powders or fibers by level set method

The difference of sintering crunodes of metal powders and fibers is discussed. The mathematical model of the surface diffusion described by the difference in mean curvature is defined as a Hamilton-Jacobi-type equation, and the model is numerically solved by the level set method. The three-dimensional numerical simulations of two metal powders and fibers(the fiber angle is 0° or 90°) are implemented by this mathematical model, respectively. The numerical simulation results accord with the experimental ones. The sintering neck growth trends of metal powders and metal fibers are similar. The sintering neck radius of metal fibers is larger than that of metal powders. The difference of the neck radius is caused by the difference of geometric structure which makes an important influence on the curvature affecting the migration rate of atoms.

Fracture toughness of multiphase TiAl-Nb alloy in situ consolidated by spark plasma sintering

A fine-grained TiAl alloy with a composition of Ti-45Al-5Nb-1.5Cr-0.2W (mole fraction, %) with multiphases was prepared by spark plasma sintering (SPS) and heat-treating at 1 100 °C for 48 h. The relationship among sintering temperature, microstructure and fracture toughness were investigated by X-ray diffractometry (XRD), optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and mechanical testing. The results show that microstructure of the bulk alloy depends on the sintering temperature strongly, and the main phase TiAl and few phases Ti3Al and niobium solid solution (Nbss) are observed in the SPS bulk samples. In the heat-treatment condition, the lamellar and Nbss phase can provide significant toughening by plastic strengthening, interface decohension, crack branch and crack bridge mechanisms. The fracture mode of the SPS TiAl composite samples is intergranular rupture and cleavage fracture.

Oxidation behaviors of Ni-Cr-Al superalloy foams at 1 000 °C in air

The oxidation behaviors of Ni-16Cr-xAl(x=4.5%, 9.0%, mass fraction) superalloy foams in air at 1 000 °C were investigated. The effects of Al content on the resistance to high temperature oxidation were examined. The oxidation mechanisms of the foams were discussed. The results show that the resistance to the oxidation of the Ni-16Cr-xAl based alloy at 1 000 °C increases with the content of Al increasing from 4.5% to 9.0%. Complex oxide products are formed on the surface of the superalloy foams after the oxidation. Cr2O3 and Al2O3 are the predominant oxides for the scales of the foams with 4.5% Al and 9% Al, respectively. Excellent high temperature oxidation resistance and superior pore conformation stability for the Ni-16Cr-xAl based superalloy foam with 9% Al can be mainly attributed to the formation of relatively continuous and protective Al2O3 oxides on the surface of the foam.

Superplastic Behavior of Alumina Composites Mediated by Carbon Nanotubes

The high temperature creep behavior of carbon nanotube(CNT)/alumina was mediated by the surface chemical functionalization used for synthesis of composite powders. Non-covalent functionalized carbon nanotubes make composites ductile, but covalent approach leads composites that are creep-resistant. Oxygen vacancy mechanism is proposed to account for this mediation effect in this communication.

Compressive Behavior of Porous Titanium Fiber Materials

Porous titanium fiber materials with the fiber sizes of 70--120 μm in diameter were prepared by vacuum sintering technology. The morphology and compressive properties of porous titanium fiber materials were investigated by using a scanning electron microscope （SEM） and an MST 858 compression testing machine in quasi-static condition. The results show that porous titanium fibers form complex micro-networks. The stress-strain curves of por- ous titanium fiber materials exhibit elastic region, platform region and densification region and no collapse during platform region. The yield strength of porous titanium fiber materials decreases with increasing the porosity and increasing the fiber diameter.

Sintering Behavior of Porous Titanium Fiber Materials

The porous titanium fiber materials with open porosity were successfully prepared by the vacuum sintering technology. The morphology characteristics of sintering neck of porous titanium fiber materials were investigated by scanning electron microscopy （SEM）. The results show that the formation and growth of sintering neck of porous ti- tanium fiber material approximately follow the rule that the primary mechanism is grain boundary diffusion and sub- sidiary mechanisms are other diffusion mechanisms during the sintering process. The formation and growth of the sintering neck depend mainly on the sintering temperature and slightly on the soaking time. The sintering system of porous titanium fiber material was determined and the equation of the sintering neck＇s length was established.

A yttrium-containing high-temperature titanium alloy additively manufactured by selective electron beam melting

A yttrium-containing high-temperature titanium alloy(Ti-6Al-2.7Sn-4Zr-0.4Mo-0.45Si-0.1Y, mass fraction, %) has been additively manufactured using selective electron beam melting(SEBM). The resulting microstructure and textures were studied using scanning electron microscopy(SEM), transmission electron microscopy(TEM), X-ray diffraction(XRD) and electron backscattered diffraction(EBSD) and compared with the conventionally manufactured form. A notable distinct difference of microstructures is that additive manufacturing by SEBM enables homogeneous precipitation of fine Y2O3 dispersoids in the size range of 50-250 nm throughout the as-fabricated alloy, despite the presence of just trace levels of oxygen(7×10-4, mass fraction) and yttrium(10-3, mass fraction) in the alloy. In contrast, the conventionally manufactured alloy shows inhomogeneously distributed coarse Y2O3 precipitates, including cracked or debonded Y2O3 particles.

Dynamic flow resistivity based model for sound absorption of multi-layer sintered fibrous metals

The sound absorbing performance of the sintered fibrous metallic materials is investigated by employing a dynamic flow resistivity based model,in which the porous material is modeled as randomly distributed parallel fibers specified by two basic physical parameters:fiber diameter and porosity.A self-consistent Brinkman approach is applied to the calculation of the dynamic resistivity of flow perpendicular to the cylindrical fibers.Based on the solved flow resistivity,the sound absorption of single layer fibrous material can be obtained by adopting the available empirical equations.Moreover,the recursion formulas of surface impedance are applied to the calculation of the sound absorption coefficient of multi-layer fibrous materials.Experimental measurements are conducted to validate the proposed model,with good agreement achieved between model predictions and tested data.Numerical calculations with the proposed model are subsequently performed to quantify the influences of fiber diameter,porosity and backed air gap on sound absorption of uniform(single-layer)fibrous materials.Results show that the sound absorption increases with porosity at higher frequencies but decreases with porosity at lower frequencies.The sound absorption also decreases with fiber diameter at higher frequencies but increases at lower frequencies.The sound absorption resonance is shifted to lower frequencies with air gap.For multi-layer fibrous materials,gradient distributions of both fiber diameter and porosity are introduced and their effects on sound absorption are assessed.It is found that increasing the porosity and fiber diameter variation improves sound absorption in the low frequency range.The model provides the possibility to tailor the sound absorption capability of the sintered fibrous materials by optimizing the gradient distributions of key physical parameters.

粉床电子束增材制造生物医用Ti-35Nb-5Ta-7Zr-xSi合金的性能研究

由不含毒性的合金元素组成的β钛合金具有低模量和优异的生物相容性,被认为是具有广泛应用前景的下一代生物医用材料。但强度和耐磨性的不足,限制了医用β钛合金在骨科临床上的应用。因此,本文在经典的β钛合金Ti-35Nb-5Ta-7Zr基础上,通过0~5 at%的硅元素添加,同时为了迎合临床医学对骨科植入材料定制化的发展趋势,采用粉床电子束增材制造技术进行高强、耐磨医用β钛合金的制备,并研究了硅元素的添加对合金微观组织、力学性能和摩擦磨损性能的影响规律。结果表明,硅的添加显著细化了合金的晶粒,大幅度提高了合金的强度,并且保持了相对较低的弹性模量。5 at%Si合金表现出了最优异的强度、弹性模量和耐磨性,有望作为临床应用的下一代骨科植入材料。

氢还原钒酸钠纳米线阵列作为锂离子电池的电极（英文）

钒酸盐和氧化钒是潜在的锂离子电池电极材料,具有易于制备和高容量的特点。本文报道了VO2和NaV2O5复合纳米线阵列的电化学锂储存性能。首先,采用水热法制备Na5V12O32纳米线阵列,然后将Na5V12O32纳米线阵列在500℃的氢气氛中还原反应制备VO2和NaV2O5复合纳米线阵列。对制备样品的晶体结构,化学组成和形态特征进行了表征。结果表明,所得复合纳米线阵列用作锂离子电池的电极,具有高可逆容量和良好的循环稳定性。在电流密度为30 mA/g时经过50次循环后,500℃下获得的复合物具有高达345.1 mA·h/g的放电比容量。

Fabrication of multilayer Nb_2O_5 nanoporous film by anodization of niobium foils

Multilayer Nb2O5 nanoporous films were successfully synthesized on Nb surfaces by the control anodization process in ethylene glycol containing 4 vol% HF and 2 vol% H2O2 electrolyte. The nanoporous films are characterized in detail by field-emission scanning electron microscopy（FESEM）, transmission electron microscopy（TEM）, and X-ray diffraction（XRD）. The Nb_2O_5 nanoporous films have a multilayer morphology with the side wall thickness of ～5 nm, irregular pores with a diameter of ～25 nm, and a length of up to 7.39 lm, depending on the anodization time. A mechanism for the multilayer Nb2O5 nanoporous formation was also discussed. These nanoporous materials can be very useful in the fields of solar cells, gas sensors, catalysts, optical filters, and capacitors.

Efficient high-order immersed interface methods for heat equations with interfaces

An efficient high-order immersed interface method （IIM） is proposed to solve two-dimensional （2D） heat problems with fixed interfaces on Cartesian grids, which has the fourth-order accuracy in the maximum norm in both time and space directions. The space variable is discretized by a high-order compact （HOC） difference scheme with correction terms added at the irregular points. The time derivative is integrated by a Crank-Nicolson and alternative direction implicit （ADI） scheme. In this case, the time accuracy is just second-order. The Richardson extrapolation method is used to improve the time accuracy to fourth-order. The numerical results confirm the convergence order and the efficiency of the method.

Effect of Sintering Time on the Mechanical and Corrosion Behavior of Zn-Mg Composites with a Core-Shell Structure Prepared by SPS

Zn-10 Mg composite with a core-shell structure was prepared by spark plasma sintering(SPS)technology,and a systematic study of the microstructure and properties has been conducted for different sintering times.The shell layer dominated by the hard MgZn2 phase thickens with the increase in sintering time,which has a positive effect on the mechanical and degradation properties of the material.The sample sintered for 20 min(T-20)has the best mechanical properties,with a compressive strength of 226 MPa and a compression rate of 6.5%.The corrosion resistance of samples increases as the sintering time prolongs,while the hydrogen evolution volume and pH value decrease in the immersion experiment.Furthermore,the increase in the shell thickness significantly reduces the corrosion rate,which is attributed to the weakening of the galvanic corrosion reaction between the Mg core and the MgZn2 shell.Therefore,composite with unique core-shell structure provides an advanced design idea for degradable biomaterials,and a reasonable control of sintering time can provide the optimal design strategy.

Additive manufacturing of Ti-6Al-4V lattice structures with high structural integrity under large compressive deformation

Additively manufactured Ti-6 Al-4 V lattice structures have found important niche applications. However, they often show insufficient compressive ductility or insufficient structural integrity. In this study,a batch of 45 octahedral Ti-6 Al-4 V lattice structures was manufactured in three different strut diameters(0.5, 1.0, 1.5 mm) by selective electron beam melting(SEBM). The influence of post-SEBM annealing on the compressive deformation characteristics of the lattice structure was investigated. The as-built Ti-6 Al-4 V lattices fragmented when the compressive strain reached 13%–23% depending on strut diameter.Annealing at 950?C(β transus temperature: 995?C) only slightly improved the compressive ductility of the lattice structures. However, annealing at 1050?C(β-annealing) fundamentally changed the compressive deformation mode of the lattice structures. The resultant compressive stress-strain curve was featured by a long smooth plateau and no facture occurred even after significant densification of the lattice structure had taken place(>50% of compressive strain).

Hot deformation behavior and constitutive model of TC18 alloy during compression

The hot deformation behavior of TC18 alloy at strain rates ranging from 1 × 10-4 to 1 x 10-2 s-1 and temperatures ranging from 25 to 800 ℃ was studied using a WDW-300 electronic universal testing machine. The relationships between true flow stress decreases with stress and true strain show that the increase of temperature and increases as strain rate increases. The effect of strain rate on the flow stress becomes pronounced at higher temper- atures. At room temperature, the river pattern characteristic of brittle fracture and the dimple pattern typical of ductile fracture are found to exist in different regions of fracture surfaces of the samples. An improved constitutive rela- tionship is proposed to accurately describe the flow stress of TC18 by considering the effect of strain. And a micro- scopic model is also deduced which can link the physical mechanisms to the macroscopic experimental results. A good agreement is obtained between the predictions of the microscopic model and the results of the macroscopic experiment.

Microstructure and mechanical properties of WMoTaNbTi refractory high-entropy alloys fabricated by selective electron beam melting

WMoTaNbTi RHEAs formed by SEBM with negative defocus distance were investigated.Four scanning speeds were applied,an electron beam with scanning speed at 2.5 m/s completely fused the premixed WMoTaNb alloyed powder and pure Ti powder.Significant vaporization of Nb and Ti elements happened during the formation of WMoTaNbTi RHEAs,however,the single BCC phase remains stable.Weakened solid-solute strengthening caused by elemental vaporization,dropping percentage of Nb and Ti solutes in the matrix as well as improved ductilizing effects with decreasing scanning speeds leads to falling microhardness and better local ductility.Microhardness of scanning speed at 4.0 m/s,3.5 m/s,3.0 m/s and 2.5 m/s is 578±17 HV,576±12 HV,573±10 HV and 511±2 HV,respectively.The as-deposited WMoTaNbTi RHEA formed at a scanning speed of 2.5 m/s displays ultimate strength of 1312 MPa.

Subgrain microstructures and tensile properties of 316L stainless steel manufactured by selective laser melting

316L stainless steel samples were manufactured by selective laser melting(SLM).The microstructure of SLM-made 316L stainless steel and the room temperature tensile properties both perpendicular and along the building direction were studied and characterized.The static temperature field during the molten pool formation was simulated by finite element simulation.It indicates that the nonlinear asymmetrical inclined temperature gradient in SLM process produces a large surface tension gradient.The melt forms a Marangoni flow with different convection modes under the action of surface tension as well as a micro-molten pool morphology with subgrain structures such as strip,hexagonal and elongated cellular structures.In addition,there are also epitaxially grown columnar grains.The growth of columnar crystals is not affected by the boundary of the molten pool.Subgrain structures and low-angle grain boundaries make the tensile strength and the elongation of SLM-made 316L sample higher as compared to those of the cast and wrought samples.The room temperature tensile strength of the sample perpendicular to the building direction is higher than that of the sample along the building direction,while the elongation is lower than that of the sample along the building direction.

Modeling sintering behavior of metal fibers with different fiber angles

The formation of sintering necks between two metal fibers was investigated using the oval-oval model with respect to the fiber angle range of 0°-90°. Surface diffusion was assumed to be the predominant mechanism in every section of the junction of two metal fibers in this model, which was addressed numerically using the level- set method. The growth rates of the sintering necks in the direction of the bisector of obtuse angle, the bisector of acute angle and the fiber axis were discussed in detail. It is found that the growth rate of the sintering necks decreases with fiber angle increasing in the direction of the fiber axis and the bisector of acute angle. However, an opposite variation in growth rate of sintering necks can be found in the direction of the bisector of obtuse angle. The numerical simulation results show that the growth rate of the sintering necks is significantly affected by the initial local geomet- rical structure which is determined by the fiber angle.