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Additive manufacturing Processing and characterization of Fe-Si soft magnetic alloys
2021
Iron silicon (Fe-Si) alloys, also named silicon steels, are the most widely used owing to their excellent soft magnetic properties and economic costs. As electronic devices become diversified and automated, it is urgent to develop high-performance soft magnetic alloys with good reliability. For functional soft magnetic alloys, the SLM technique shown the potential to manufacture soft magnetic components directly from raw materials, such as the rotor and stator of the motor. In order to explore and develop new routes for manufacturing Fe-Si alloys, the investigation into the microstructures and properties of SLMed Fe-Si alloys from pre-alloyed powders was presented in this work. The most imp…
Microstructural evolution and growth of crystallite size of mullite during thermal transformation of kyanite
1997
Abstract The microstructural evolution of mullite during the thermal transformation of kyanite has been studied in the temperature range 1200–1600 °C. The shape and size of the grains were analysed by means of SEM-EDS while crystallite size evolution was studied by X-ray line profile analyses. The results obtained showed that total transformation of kyanite to mullite takes place between 1350 and 1400 °C. At temperatures below 1350 °C needle-like mullite grains are always produced. At higher temperatures the mullite grains reveal rounded end platelet morphology. Evolution from needle-like to platelet shape was correlated with the X-ray data.
Water retention behaviour and microstructural evolution of MX-80 bentonite during wetting and drying cycles
2014
MX-80 bentonite used in engineered barrier systems would be subjected to wetting and drying cycles. To assess the response of the material under such circumstances, a comprehensive experimental characterisation of the water retention behaviour of compacted MX-80 granular bentonite was performed in this study. A new methodology is proposed to investigate this behaviour under a constant volume condition for specimens prepared at different dry densities. The material was subjected to different hydraulic paths, including cyclic variations of the water content. As a result, an irreversible modification of the retention behaviour was observed when the material approached a fully saturated state …