Advanced Materials Research Vol. 1035

Abstract: The effect of heat treatment process on the microstructure and properties of casting Al-5.5Fe-4Cu-2Zn-0.4Mg-0.5Mn alloy were studied. It has been founded that, the mechanicals properties of casting Al-5.5Fe-4Cu-2Zn-0.4Mg-0.5Mn alloy improved significantly after solid solution and aging treated (T6), the tensile strength increased from 173.4MPa to 218.7 MPa. However the mechanical properties of the alloy after aging treated (T1) get less enhanced and the tensile strength only achieved 194.07MPa. The SEM and TEM analysis shows that solid solution treatment plays a role of dissolving the second phases in casting Al-5.5Fe-4Cu-2Zn-0.4Mg-0.5Mn alloy. After solution treatment the alloy was proceed with low-temperature ageing treatment, a large number of dispersively tiny phases precipitated in the matrix of the alloy, which exhibits strengthening action.

Abstract: Adsorption behaviour of ZnSe, a popular material used in the manufacture of crystals for total internal reflectance techniques was studied for the adsorption of alcohols from dichloromethane solutions using infrared spectrometry. A series of n-alcohols were used in this study. The results show that the integrated area for the hydrogen bonded OH stretchings decrease and suggests that there is a continuous adsorption of alcohol molecules onto the ZnSe crystal by breaking the hydrogen bonds between alcohol molecules in solution.

Abstract: In this paper, a new type of aluminum bronze was used to substitute for the traditional tin bronze as the bonding matrix of the porous diamond wheel. Effects of hot pressing sintering temperature, the amount of Al and Fe on the mechanical properties of aluminum bronze based bond were studied by means of orthogonal test. A new kind of pore inducer with spherical shape was chosen. Effects of pore inducer size and processing parameters on the pore morphology and the mechanical properties of the porous metal bonds and diamond composites were studied. Experimental results revealed that the TRS of the new type porous aluminum bronze based bond and diamond composites increased by 119% and 258% respectively compared to the traditional porous tin bronze based bond and diamond composites. Also, stronger bonding between the metal bond and diamond grits was observed.

Abstract: The ruthenium catalyzed hydroboration of decaborane for the synthesis of low cross-linking poly (organodecaborane) is reported for the first time in one-pot. Based on the ruthenium-catalyzed cascade ring-opening polymerization/hydroboration reaction, the poly (6-norbornenyldecaborane) was obtained with well-defined structure, the final char yield is up to 81%. This method offers a complementary approach for the synthesis of decaborane-containing polymers.

Abstract: In this paper, the properties of TiN, AlTiN, CrN and CrAlN coatings were studied and compared, include physical and mechanical properties and micro morphology. The result showed with addition of Al, ternary AlTiN and CrAlN coatings showed dense structure and high hardness compared with TiN and CrN coatings. Adhesion strength of the Cr-based coatings was obviously higher than Ti-based coatings, but the roughness of Cr-based coatings was less than Ti-based coatings. Concerning microstructures of the coating, better ductile and dense are the remarkable character of the AlTiN and CrAlN coatings because of the disappearation of the “drop-lets” and columnar crystals.

Abstract: The poly (sodium acrylate/acrylic acid) water-absorbing resin was prepared by aqueous solution polymerization with acrylic acid (AA) as the monomer, calcium carbonate as the modified additives, N, N-methylene double acrylamide (NMBA) as cross-linking agent, ammonium persulfate (APS)/sodium sulfite oxidation reduction type initiator. It was found that the adsorption performance of absorbent resin modified by calcium carbonate strengthened obviously. Orthogonal and single factor experiment were used to establish the optimum parameters related to the product preparation. The best process conditions on water-absorbing properties of the modified resin was obtained. Using 150mL acrylic acid as a benchmark, the result show the optimum process conditions: the reaction temperature is 55°C, the mass fraction of monomer is 20%, the neutralization degree is 45%, modified additive dosage is 10 g, the dosage of cross-linking agent is 0.1%, and the initiator dosage is 2.0%, respectively. After made under the optimum process conditions, the water-absorbing rate of the modified resin was 676.6 times the dry weight.

Abstract: The microstructure and mechanical properties of Mg-6Al-1Zn-0.9Y-1.8Gd alloy have been studied by micro-analysis and tensile tests. The results showed that the alloy mainly consists of Mg matrix, Al₂Y, Mg₁₇Al₁₂ and A_l2Gd. The best tensile strength of the alloy was 255 Mpa at room temperature, and the alloy still had the very high mechanical property at high temperature.

Abstract: In this work, the ion exchange resin catalyst named D072 were used in the hydrolysis of a methyl acrylate to acrylic acid and methanol firstlyand chemical equilibrium would be achieved during the process of the reversible reaction system. The influences of parameters such as dosage of catalyst, initial reactants molar ratio and reaction temperature were investigated. Meanwhile, the reusability of cation-exchange resin was studied, and no phenomenon of deactivation was found with using of reused catalyst. Moreover, the experimental data were analyzed by the pseudo-homogeneous (PH) model and the hydrolysis dynamics equation of methyl acrylate was obtained and found that the activation energy of the reaction was 118.37 KJ/mol in the presence of D072. Based on the result, high energy would be needed to the hydrolysis of methyl acrylate in using D072 resin as catalyst.

Abstract: The composition and microstructure of nanocrystalline soft magnetic materials with different components were analyzed and calculated in detail by using the method of micro-structural analysis and thermal magnetic analysis. The results show that the micro-structural parameters of the nanocrystalline soft magnetic materials are closely related to their chemical composition. The internal mechanism of the chemical composition affecting on the micro-structural parameters were explained by the crystallization process of amorphous materials and the phase transition kinetics, respectively.

Abstract: A two-step method was developed for the preparation of CdO nanowires from CdO2 nanoparticles, that is, first, Cd(OH)2 nanowires were synthesized via solvothermal treatment of CdO2 nanoparticles in the mixed solution of deionized water and toluene at 180 °C for 24 h; second, CdO nanowires were obtained by thermolysis of the Cd(OH)2 nanowires in air at 300 °C for 3 h. The obtained products were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy.