Which boundary has higher free energy: annealing or deformation twin?

Which boundary in fcc has higher free energy: annealing or deformation twin? Any literature reference is highly appreciated.

01 February 2018 3,568 3 View

Grain boundary misorientation close to 60 degrees: is that necessarily a twin boundary?

Steel grain boundary misorientation close to 60 degrees: is that necessarily a twin boundary? Can it be just a high-angle grain boundary?

31 December 2017 3,562 6 View

Heat-treatment for 316L austenitic steel in order to reduce/remove the defects after plastic deformation without recrystallization

Which heat-treatment should be applied to 316L austenitic stainless steel in order to reduce or remove the defects after plastic deformation without recrystallization?

01 February 2017 5,596 6 View

How to increase the grain size in 316L steel?

Which heat treatment should be applied in order to increase the grain size in solution-annealed 316L steel?

10 November 2016 5,650 5 View

Which process leads to higher work-hardening rate of austenitic stainless steel: cross slip or planar slip?

Which process leads to higher work-hardening rate of austenitic stainless steel: cross slip or planar slip?

07 August 2016 3,187 12 View

What is the exact reason of the occurrence of the banded structure in austenitic stainless steel?

03 April 2016 266 11 View

Which technique is more reliable for quantification of the phases in steel: EBSD or XRD?

I need to define the amount of ferrite in austenitic stainless steel. Which technique is better: EBSD or XRD?

10 November 2015 755 57 View

What is the production process of CaFe ferroalloys?

I looking for ferro calcium production process

03 March 2021 1,755 4 View

12% ledeburitic cold work tool steel, etched for revealing retained austenite, any help for clarifying?

Hello everyone. Given microstructure image belongs to a 12% ledeburitic cold work tool steel (annealed and tempered). The sample was etched with picral (100 mL ethanol and 4 g picric acid). I...

02 March 2021 4,119 3 View

Why Austenite grains in steel show much more twinning than ferrite grains?

It is oftentimes said to be a distinctive metallographic trait that differentiates a fully austenitic and a fully felly ferritic steel without etching that might distinguish between two. Why...

02 March 2021 728 2 View

How Can I bring as much common elements in steel as possible to calculate stable phase(s) in OpenCalphad?

As I was tweaking step-by-step OpenCalphad6 Macros step1.ocm involving phase and thermal property calculation of a High-speed steel, I could not incorporate more than 6 elements in the steel...

01 March 2021 8,840 1 View

I need to accelerate corrosion in steel parts that are used in a salt-water environment. Is there a technique for doing so?

I have a structure that employs d-ring swiveling tie-downs that corrode during use and become "frozen". I have sample swivel assemblies that I wish to corrode to see if I can free them using one...

01 March 2021 3,739 3 View

Why is my platinum counter electrode getting dirty during electrodeposition?

I am conducting anodic electrodeposition of MnO2 onto a stainless steel substrate, using a platinum strip as a counter electrode. This is done galvanostatically, with the current held between 5...

27 February 2021 1,829 3 View

Best excel chart to compare algorithms' running time?

Hi I want to compare the running time of robotic path planning algorithms. The grid size is 8X8. I have 100 scenarios of start and goal positions.. Each scenario is run in three obstacles ratio...

22 February 2021 621 1 View

What kind of steel moulds are used for hot pressing metal powders?

My main concern is that the metal powders should not weld to the mold surface and I should easily be able to eject out the pressed samples. I am looking for alternative for graphite moulds. The...

22 February 2021 2,965 4 View

What are effects of steel jacketing on flexural strength?

Dear all, If steel jacketing is used to retrofit a reinforced-concrete (RC) column, can we use it to improve flexural strength? I understand that we leave gaps between the ends of the jacket and...

22 February 2021 1,906 5 View

How to model steel jackets using SeismoStruct?

Hi all, Does SeismoStruct support modeling rectangular RC columns retrofitted with steel jackets (e.g. rectangular, elliptical) ? Any suggestions for other software (apart from...

20 February 2021 4,521 1 View