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It is reported in literature that carbon steel is generally satisfactory for storage tank for sulfuric acid at or above 98%. Which grade of carbon steel is promising for this purpose?

06 July 2018 5,035 1 View

Why grade A36 carbon steel is not recommended for storage of concentrated sulfuric acid(above 98%)?

Literature recommends that carbon steel is the appropriate material for storage of concentrated sulfuric acid (above 98%) at ambient temperature. But usage of grade A36 as material of construction...

06 July 2018 5,878 4 View

What is the possibility and amount of formation of matrensite during cold working at 27 0C, If Md30 temperature for AISI 321 is calculated as 9 0C.

03 April 2016 5,874 1 View

What is the maximum permissible limit of Zinc, Cu, Al, & Sn in AISI 304, & 321 Austenitic stainless steel?

03 April 2016 9,820 3 View

What is a good etchant for AISI 321 stainless steel?

which etchant gives good results in order to reveal the microstructure of AISI 321 stainless steel?

03 April 2016 3,106 8 View

What is the Relationship between misorientation angles/axis & angle/axis for coincidence site lattices.Can these be related to deformation mechanism?

31 December 2014 1,028 3 View

What could be the reasons of grain coarsening during tensile testing of Mg alloys?

Grain coarsening of a specific magnesium alloy during tensile testing has been observed which not only increased the hardness of the material but very surprisingly the texture got weaker. Please...

31 December 2013 8,861 6 View

Under what conditions during processing of magnesium alloys does the Hall-Petch relation reflect in reverse?

Does the Hall-Petch relation of finer the grain size higher the hardness hold to all Mg alloys? If some Mg alloys show reverse Hall-Petch relation, what could be the reasons?

08 September 2013 6,519 6 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

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

Thermal and mechanical properties of concrete and steel after cooling?

How do the thermal conductivity, specific heat capacity, plastic strain, critical compressive displacement, and thermal expansion of both hot-rolled steel and concrete change after cooling based...

15 February 2021 1,385 5 View