Is there any improvement of toughness of P20 steel, by cryo-treatment?

I have done annealing of P20 steel at 1000 degree C. Again we follow cryo-treatment at different temperature. we found the result are: decrease in hardness and increase in impact resistant. What...

31 December 2016 3,599 3 View

How can we modify the surface of the Graphite block?

There is a complex structured braphite block. We want to modify the surface properties with higher mechanical strength. Your suggestion is highly appreciable. Thank You.

01 February 2016 4,897 7 View

Can you suggest about the non-destructive testing equipment? Can you give me the list of all 'non-destructive testing m/c'?

Hello everyone, I am trying to set up a "nondestructive testing lab" for casting metal. Please suggest any nondestructive testing equipment. If possible, then send me the supplier address. Thank You.

31 December 2014 6,636 10 View

What is the crystal structure of Bainite in steel?

What is the crystal structure of Bainite in steel?.

11 December 2014 1,894 14 View

In which case does dendrite formation occur during cooling?

Equilibrium cooling or non-equilibrium cooling? What are the conditions for formation of dendritic structure?

10 November 2014 1,779 12 View

Is there anything wrong in XRD Indexing in following figure ?

10 November 2014 986 15 View

What are the nondestructive methods used for "thin film" for characterization ?

09 October 2014 8,261 15 View

NiTi Thin film in naval applications - any thoughts?

Please suggest me the application of Ni-Ti thin film in naval industries. Thank You.

08 September 2014 5,791 2 View

Does anyone have experience with resistivity measurement of Thin Film?

07 August 2014 8,095 11 View

Co-Deposition/Multi-Layer Deposition

Can anyone tell which one can give better properties; co-deposition or multi-layer deposition, of any type of materials.

06 July 2014 6,615 2 View

How to remove the residual PDMS on the silicon mold?

Incompletely cross-linked pdms are difficult to remove.

01 March 2021 798 3 View

1 nm thick MgO thin-film to be deposited on Si wafer using thermal evaporation. What will be the optimum deposition conditions?

Favourable conditions of base pressure, rate of deposition. Also, by which characterisation technique to be used to verify the thickness of the deposited film.

28 February 2021 3,640 3 View

How to prepare a thin polymer film by post-polymerization/crosslinking?

24 February 2021 2,362 5 View

Is is possible to pole with corona poling pellets of the sample material instead of thin films?

As it is highly probable that pellets will have a higher degree of air gaps and voids than thin films, is it possible to pole the samples with corona poling nevertheless? Or is there the...

24 February 2021 1,349 1 View

How to troubleshoot Electrochromic Films and Electrochromic Devices?

I am trying to characterize an electrochromic system. The system uses ITO electrodes on glass, WO3 as the electrochromic film, and NiO as the ion storage layer. When I deposit NiO and WO3 and...

23 February 2021 9,592 2 View

Can't recognize exact phase and PDF card no of Silicon carbide in XRD?

We have deposited silicon carbide on carbon substrate using one PVD technique. Due to amorphous behavior of SiC at low deposition temperature, we performed heat treatment of those films at...

22 February 2021 2,072 3 View

How to improve the adhesion between germanium and silicon monoxide thin film layers using EBEAM evaporation?

I want to deposit multilayer coating of germanium and silicon monoxide on silicon wafer using ebeam evaporation?

21 February 2021 2,141 3 View

How can I measure the thickness of thin layers deposited on textured glass susbtrates?

I want to measure the thickness of aluminum oxide and titanium oxide layers deposited on textured glass substates. The layer thicknesses are typically below 100nm.

21 February 2021 5,465 4 View

Amorphous silica XRD peak at around 10 degree?

21 February 2021 3,417 5 View

How do I calculate absorption coefficient of my thin film if I dont know the thickness? Or how can I calculate the thickness of my sample?

I have done Uv-vis characterisation of my thin film and have received absorbance and transmittance data. Now I want to calculate the absorption coefficient but I dont know the thickness of my...

21 February 2021 7,148 8 View