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In the present work the effect of surface roughness on oxidation behavior during the early stages of high temperature exposure of Ni-base superalloy IN 625 is described. The surface roughness was described using standard contact…
In the present paper, the analysis of polishing, grinding and sand-blasting processes on oxidation behavior of nickel, copper and nickel-copper alloy has been investigated. Surface roughness has been measured using two methods: by contact…
Fe based alloys are commonly used in almost every sector of human life. For different reasons, the surfaces of the real parts are prepared using different methods, e.g., mirror-like polishing, grit-blasting, etc. The purpose of the present…
In the present work, it is shown that the surface preparation method used on two Ni-based superalloys prior to aluminizing chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is one of the most important factors determining the oxidation resistance of…
In the present work surface roughness of copper samples after mechanical surface preparation processes (polishing, grinding, sand-blasting) and after exposure in non-oxidizing (high purity argon) and oxidizing (air) conditions at 700 and…
The service lives of nickel superalloys are often limited by environmental degradation. The present study compares oxidation, sulfidation and hot corrosion at 750C of three variants of a polycrystalline superalloy: a baseline alloy, a…
Understanding how protective oxide scales evolve over time is necessary for improving the long term resistance of superalloys. This work investigates the time-dependent oxidation behavior of an ingot-processable Co/Ni-based superalloy…
The effect of temperature in high purity Ar (low oxygen partial pressure) on the oxidation and crystal phase evolution of c-Al0.66Ti0.33N arc-PVD coatings was investigated. High temperature tribology in Ar jet and adhesion behavior of the…
The degradation of the hemi-wicking property of superhydrophilic high-energy surfaces due to contaminant adsorption from the ambient atmosphere is well documented. This degradation compromises the performance of such surfaces, thus…
We demonstrate in this paper the influence of surface finish on the ageing kinetics of biomedical grade zirconia. The critical influence of polishing has been systematically investigated by optical microscopy, atomic force microscopy and…
Our recent modelling works and corresponding numerical simulations realized to describe the UO2 oxidation processes confirm the theory showing that an applied mechanical strain can strongly affect the local oxygen diffusion in a stressed…
The Ni-base superalloy 718 is the most widely used material for turbomachinery in the aerospace industry and land-based turbines. Although the relationship between processing and the resulting properties is well known, an understanding of…
The influence of the interlayer cations, sonication and grinding on surface area of the vermiculite from Santa Olalla has been studied. For untreated samples the surface area increases with the size of the exchanged cation and only the…
Surface alloying can alter surface electronic and magnetic properties, which are key parameters when developing new materials tailored for specific applications. A magnetic surface alloy was formed by depositing Sb on Ni(111) at elevated…
We present an enhancement of spin properties of the shallow (<5nm) NV centers by using ALD to deposit titanium oxide layer on the diamond surface. With the oxide layer of an appropriate thickness, increases about 2 up to 3.5 times of both…
The effect of isothermal pre-oxidation treatments on the \b{eta}-(Ni,Pt)Al + Ren\'e N5 system degradation is here reported. The oxidation treatments were carried out from 900 (mostly {\theta}-Al2O3 growing conditions) to 1200{\deg}C (mainly…
We discuss unreported transitions of oxidized GaAs surfaces between (super)hydrophilic and hydrophobic states when stored in ambient conditions. Contact angles higher than 90deg and high adhesive force were observed for several air-aged…
Aluminum and their alloys, after careful treatments, can develop excellent mechanical, tribological, electrical and chemical (high corrosion resistance) properties. However, 7000 series, with Cu in the alloy, have a poor corrosion…
The electrical transport properties of epitaxial graphene layers are correlated with the SiC surface morphology. In this study we show by atomic force microscopy and Raman measurements that the surface morphology and the structure of the…
A method to treat the surface of Nb is described which potentially can improve the performance of superconducting RF cavities. We present tunneling and x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) measurements at the surface of cavity-grade…