scholarly journals Impact of Morphology and Microstructure on the Mechanical Properties of Ge-As-Pb-Se Glass Ceramics

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 2836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rashi Sharma ◽  
Rebecca Welch ◽  
Myungkoo Kang ◽  
Claudia Goncalves ◽  
Cesar Blanco ◽  
...  

The impact of base glass morphology and post heat-treatment protocol on the mechanical properties (Vickers hardness and Young’s modulus) of a multi-component glass-ceramic was examined. Two parent chalcogenide glasses with identical composition but varying morphology (homogeneous and phase separated) were evaluated for their mechanical properties following identical thermal processing to induce crystallization. The nucleation and growth rates of the starting materials were compared for the two glasses, and the resulting crystal phases and phase fractions formed through heat treatment were quantified and related to measured mechanical properties of the glass ceramics. The presence of a Pb-rich amorphous phase with a higher crystal formation tendency in the phase-separated parent glass significantly impacted the volume fraction of the crystal phases formed after heat-treatment. Pb-rich cubic crystal phases were found to be dominant in the resulting glass ceramic, yielding a minor enhancement of the material’s mechanical properties. This was found to be less than a more moderate enhancement of mechanical properties due to the formation of the dominant needle-like As2Se3 crystallites resulting from heat treatment of the homogeneous, commercially melted parent glass. The greater enhancement of both Vickers hardness and modulus in this glass ceramic attributable to the high-volume fraction of anisotropic As2Se3 crystallites in the post heat-treated commercial melt highlights the important role base glass morphology can play on post heat-treatment microstructure.

MRS Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (60) ◽  
pp. 3525-3533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mrinmoy Garai ◽  
Anoop K. Maurya ◽  
Shibayan Roy

Abstract Text:The crystallization of (9-X) K2O-1Li2O-12MgO-10B2O3-40SiO2-16Al2O3-12MgF2-X PbO/BaO/ZnO (X =0/5) composition (wt.%) were studied by means of dilatometry, DSC, XRD, SEM and microhardness analysis. Density of base K-Li-Mg-B-Si-Al-F glass (2.59 g.cm–3) is found to be increased on addition of the network modifier oxides PbO, BaO and ZnO content. Addition of Pb2+, Ba2+ and Zn2+ furthermore increased the glass transition temperature (Tg.). A characteristic exothermic hump is found to be appeared in DSC thermograph at the temperature range 800-950°C; and that is ascribed to the formation of crystalline phase fluorophlogopite mica, KMg3(AlSi3O10)F2. Opaque glass-ceramics were prepared from K-Li-Mg-B-Si-Al-F glasses (with and without containing PbO, BaO and ZnO content) by controlled heat-treatment at 1000°C. Interlocked type microstructure combined of flake like fluorophlogopite mica crystals is obtained in ZnO-containing K-Li-Mg-B-Si-Al-F glass-ceramic; and such microstructural pattern is ascribed to cause large thermal-expansion (>11.5×10-6/K, 50-800°C).Vickers Microhardness of base glass-ceramic (5.12 GPa) is increased when contains ZnO (5.26 GPa). ZnO-containing boroaluminosilicate glass-ceramic is, hence, considered with potential interest as they can exhibit the microcrack resistivity in high temperature recycling operation (like SOFC).


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan Javed ◽  
Antonio Sabato ◽  
Ivo Dlouhy ◽  
Martina Halasova ◽  
Enrico Bernardo ◽  
...  

To provide a reliable integration of components within a solid oxide electrolysis cell stack, it is fundamental to evaluate the mechanical properties of the glass–ceramic sealing materials, as well as the stability of the metal–glass–ceramic interface. In this work, the mechanical behavior of two previously developed glass–ceramic sealants joined to Crofer22APU steel is investigated at room temperature, 650 °C, and 850 °C under shear load. The mechanical properties of both the glass–ceramics showed temperature dependence. The shear strength of Crofer22APU/glass–ceramic/Crofer22APU joints ranged from 14.1 MPa (20 °C) to 1.8 MPa (850 °C). The elastic modulus of both glass–ceramics also reduced with temperature. The volume fraction of the crystalline phases in the glass–ceramics was the key factor for controlling the mechanical properties and fracture, especially above the glass-transition temperature.


2018 ◽  
Vol 766 ◽  
pp. 164-169
Author(s):  
Manlika Kamnoy ◽  
Uraiwan Intatha ◽  
Anocha Munpakdee ◽  
Sukum Eitssayeam ◽  
Tawee Tunkasiri

In this study, the mechanical properties and microstructure of lithium disilicate glass–ceramics in the Li2O-SiO2-Al2O3-K2O-P2O5-ZrO2-CaO glass system were investigated. The glass-ceramics were prepared from the glass melt by casting into mold on hotplate. After that the glass was heat treated at 650-800 °C for 2 h. The heat treatment temperatures were determined from the differential thermal analysis (DTA). The phase formation and microstructure of the glass–ceramics were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique and the scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Moreover, the mechanical properties was investigated by Vickers hardness testing. The results indicated that the samples confirmed the occurrence of Li2SiO3, Li2Si2O5, Li3PO4, and LiAlSi2O6 phases in the prepared glass ceramics. The optimum heat treatment temperature results in the physical properties with a high Vickers hardness values in the range of 5.4-5.8 GPa.


2014 ◽  
Vol 788 ◽  
pp. 580-587
Author(s):  
Yuan Lu ◽  
Jing Long Li ◽  
Jian Feng Yang ◽  
Qiang Zheng Jing ◽  
Jing Jing Li ◽  
...  

The co-continuous AlN composites with different Al contents were fabricated through the squeeze casting of porous AlN preform with varied porosities obtained by carbothermal reduction. The effects of volume fraction of Al phase and the heat treatment temperature on the mechanical properties of composites were investigated. The change of the mechanical properties of composites with the Al content was in line with the mixed rule. With an increase in the Al content, the fracture toughness increased, the Vickers hardness and the flexural strength decreased. The toughen mechanism of composites included ductile rupture and microcrack toughening. The avoiding of excessive interface reaction between AlN and Al was beneficial to the mechanical properties of composites. With an increase in the heat treatment temperature, the stress and the dislocation due to mismatch in the coefficients of thermal expansion increased, the fracture toughness decreased, the vickers hardness and the flexural strength increased.


2021 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 620-632
Author(s):  
Alexander Malikov ◽  
Anatoly Orishich ◽  
Igor Vitoshkin ◽  
Evgeniy Karpov ◽  
Alexei Ancharov

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1036
Author(s):  
Eduardo Colin García ◽  
Alejandro Cruz Ramírez ◽  
Guillermo Reyes Castellanos ◽  
José Federico Chávez Alcalá ◽  
Jaime Téllez Ramírez ◽  
...  

Ductile iron camshafts low alloyed with 0.2 and 0.3 wt % vanadium were produced by one of the largest manufacturers of the ductile iron camshafts in México “ARBOMEX S.A de C.V” by a phenolic urethane no-bake sand mold casting method. During functioning, camshafts are subject to bending and torsional stresses, and the lobe surfaces are highly loaded. Thus, high toughness and wear resistance are essential for this component. In this work, two austempering ductile iron heat treatments were evaluated to increase the mechanical properties of tensile strength, hardness, and toughness of the ductile iron camshaft low alloyed with vanadium. The austempering process was held at 265 and 305 °C and austempering times of 30, 60, 90, and 120 min. The volume fraction of high-carbon austenite was determined for the heat treatment conditions by XRD measurements. The ausferritic matrix was determined in 90 min for both austempering temperatures, having a good agreement with the microstructural and hardness evolution as the austempering time increased. The mechanical properties of tensile strength, hardness, and toughness were evaluated from samples obtained from the camshaft and the standard Keel block. The highest mechanical properties were obtained for the austempering heat treatment of 265 °C for 90 min for the ADI containing 0.3 wt % V. The tensile and yield strength were 1200 and 1051 MPa, respectively, while the hardness and the energy impact values were of 47 HRC and 26 J; these values are in the range expected for an ADI grade 3.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 1556
Author(s):  
Zhao Li ◽  
Run Wu ◽  
Mingwei Li ◽  
Song-Sheng Zeng ◽  
Yu Wang ◽  
...  

High boron steel is prone to brittle failure due to the boride distributed in it with net-like or fishbone morphology, which limit its applications. The Quenching and Partitioning (Q&P) heat treatment is a promising process to produce martensitic steel with excellent mechanical properties, especially high toughness by increasing the volume fraction of retained austensite (RA) in the martensitic matrix. In this work, the Q&P heat treatment is used to improve the inherent defect of insufficient toughness of high boron steel, and the effect mechanism of this process on microstructure transformation and the change of mechanical properties of the steel has also been investigated. The high boron steel as-casted is composed of martensite, retained austensite (RA) and eutectic borides. A proper quenching and partitioning heat treatment leads to a significant change of the microstructure and mechanical properties of the steel. The net-like and fishbone-like boride is partially broken and spheroidized. The volume fraction of RA increases from 10% in the as-cast condition to 19%, and its morphology also changes from blocky to film-like. Although the macro-hardness has slightly reduced, the toughness is significantly increased up to 7.5 J·cm−2, and the wear resistance is also improved.


2014 ◽  
Vol 989-994 ◽  
pp. 212-215
Author(s):  
J. Liu ◽  
G. Zhu ◽  
W. Mao

The effect of volume fraction of ferrite on the mechanical properties including strength, plasticity and wok hardening was systematically investigated in X80 pipeline steel in order to improve the plasticity. The microstructures with different volume fraction of ferrite and bainite were obtained by heat-treatment processing and the mechanical properties were tested. The work hardening behavior was analyzed by C-J method. The results show that the small amount of ferrite could effectively improve the plasticity. The work hardening ability and the ratio of yield/tensile strength with two phases of ferrite/bainite would be obviously better than that with single phase of bainite. The improvement of plasticity could be attributed to the ferrite in which more plastic deformation was afforded.


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