Structural Degradation of a Lithium Lubricating Grease after Thermal Ageing

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (7) ◽  
pp. 579-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiabao Pan ◽  
Yanhai Cheng ◽  
Jinyong Yang
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Ageing ◽  
Structural Degradation ◽  
Lubricating Grease

Study of the structural degradation of steel 15Kh5M upon continuous duty

2020 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
Vladimir A. Kim ◽  
Valeriya V. Lysenko ◽  
Anna A. Afanaseva ◽  
Khasan I. Turkmenov
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Structural Transformations ◽  
Structural Degradation ◽  
Structural Arrangement ◽  
Dispersed Particles ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Multifractal Spectra ◽  
Steel 15Kh5m ◽  
Complex Indicators

Structural degradation of the material upon long-term thermal and force impacts is a complex process which includes migration of the grain boundaries, diffusion of the active elements of the external and technological environment, hydrogen embrittlement, aging, grain boundary corrosion and other mechanisms. Application of the fractal and multifractal formalism to the description of microstructures opens up wide opportunities for quantitative assessment of the structural arrangement of the material, clarifies and reveals new aspects of the known mechanisms of structural transformations. Multifractal parameterization allows us to study the processes of structural degradation from the images of microstructures and identify structural changes that are hardly distinguishable visually. Any quantitative structural indicator can be used to calculate the multifractal spectra of the microstructure, but the most preferable is that provides the maximum range of variation in the numerical values of the multifractal components. The results of studying structural degradation of steel 15Kh5M upon continuous duty are presented. It is shown that structural degradation of steel during operation under high temperatures and stresses is accompanied by enlargement of the microstructural objects, broadening of the grain boundaries and allocation of the dispersed particles which are represented as point objects in the images. The processes of structural degradation lead to an increase in the range of changes in the components of the multifractal spectra. High values of complex indicators of structural arrangement indicate to an increase in heterogeneity and randomness at the micro-scale level, but at the same time, to manifestation of the ordered combinations of individual submicrostructures. Those structural transformations adapt the material to external impacts and provide the highest reliability and fracture resistance of the material.

Copper to Aluminum Bonding: IMC Characterization through New Mechanical Sectioning Methods

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas Copeland ◽  
Mukul Saran
Keyword(s):  
Intermetallic Compound ◽  
Imaging Study ◽  
Thermal Ageing ◽  
Initial Model ◽  
Growth Morphology ◽  
Intermetallic Formation ◽  
Imaging Parameters ◽  
Bonded Interface ◽  
Bond Interface ◽  
Sem Imaging

Abstract This paper presents a mechanical cross-sectioning approach that produces an image clarity not yet demonstrated in published literature. It demonstrates how a critical sequence of polishing, basic slurry optimization and staining, in conjunction with correct imaging parameters can be used to highlight the growth morphology of the intermetallic compound (IMCs). Utilizing this approach, the paper describes the results of a SEM imaging study of the intermetallic formation and growth at the Cu-Al bond interface during thermal ageing for up to 4000hrs at 150 deg C. The paper uses direct SEM imaging to catalog observations which are used to create an initial model for IMC and void growth at the wire bonded interface. It examines the effect of aluminum splash and concludes that growth of intermetallics at the Cu-Al interface is rapid into the bond-pad aluminum than into the Cu-ball, but the growth thickness uniformity is much higher into the Cu-ball.

Influence of thermal ageing conditions on the properties of cross-linked polyethylene

2006 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 571-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yacine Mecheri ◽  
Abdellah Medjoub ◽  
Ahmed Boubakeur ◽  
Mahmoud Boumerzoug
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Ageing

Thermal Ageing of Some Insulating Fluids in Contact with Insulation Paper and Copper

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (12) ◽  
pp. 2881-2885
Author(s):  
Iosif Lingvay ◽  
Gabriela Oprina ◽  
Livia Carmen Ungureanu ◽  
Alexandra Pica ◽  
Valerica Stanoi
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Dissolved Oxygen ◽  
Copper Foil ◽  
Atmospheric Oxygen ◽  
Thermal Ageing ◽  
Dissolved Oxygen Concentration ◽  
Mineral Oils ◽  
Synthetic Ester ◽  
Cu2o Film ◽  
Transformer Oils

The behaviour of copper and insulation paper in various electrical insulating fluids (transformer oils) exposed to thermal ageing at 110�30C for 1000 hours in closed vessels (without access to atmospheric oxygen) has been studied. The processing of the comparative experimental data revealed in all cases that the concentration of dissolved oxygen in the investigated oils decreases exponentially during the heat treatment. In the presence of the copper foil, the oxygen is almost depleted (the dissolved oxygen concentration is approaching zero), indicating a higher affinity of the copper to oxygen than the affinity to oxygen of the investigated oils. In the presence of the copper foil and / or of the insulation paper, the degradation processes of the mineral oils have a pronounced character, explained by the catalytic activity of the Cu2O film that has been formed and by the paper degradation, respectively. A high thermo-oxidative stability was noticed in the case of natural triglyceride oils, particularly for the synthetic ester-based oil.

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