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Evolution Of Non-Metallic Inclusions In Foundry Steel Casting Processes, Marc Harris, Von Richards, Ronald J. O'Malley, Semen Naumovich Lekakh Dec 2015

Evolution Of Non-Metallic Inclusions In Foundry Steel Casting Processes, Marc Harris, Von Richards, Ronald J. O'Malley, Semen Naumovich Lekakh

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The evolution of nonmetallic inclusions was examined for 4320 steel at an industrial steel foundry. The steel was followed from electric arc furnace melting through ladle refining to final casting. Timed sampling was performed at all stages of the process. Samples were analyzed using an automated SEM/EDS system. The overall evolution of oxide inclusions in terms of nucleation, growth, and flotation during liquid processing was studied using area fraction and average diameter. Chemical composition evolution was observed using a joint ternary plotting tool developed under this program. It was found that the use of zirconium as an addition for nitrogen/oxygen …


Laser Metal Deposition Of Functionally Gradient Materials From Elemental Copper And Nickel Powders, Sreekar Karnati, Todd E. Sparks, Frank W. Liou, Joseph William Newkirk, Karen M. Brown Taminger, William J. Seufzer Aug 2015

Laser Metal Deposition Of Functionally Gradient Materials From Elemental Copper And Nickel Powders, Sreekar Karnati, Todd E. Sparks, Frank W. Liou, Joseph William Newkirk, Karen M. Brown Taminger, William J. Seufzer

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This work deals with the planning and fabrication of a functionally gradient copper-nickel composition via Laser Metal Deposition (LMD). Various compositions of copper and nickel were made by blending different weight percentages which were then sequentially deposited to fabricate functionally gradient copper-nickel thin-wall structures. Analyses were performed by sectioning the thin-wall samples for metallographic, hardness, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS) studies. The fabrication was studied for identifying and corroborating the deposited compositions and their corresponding gradients. XRD analyses were performed to identify the crystal structure of the deposit. EDS analysis was instrumental in identifying the variation …


Enhancing Grain Refinement Of Austenitic Steel With Ti Additions By Melt Treatment Sequence Optimization, Gun Ge, Semen Naumovich Lekakh, Ronald J. O'Malley May 2015

Enhancing Grain Refinement Of Austenitic Steel With Ti Additions By Melt Treatment Sequence Optimization, Gun Ge, Semen Naumovich Lekakh, Ronald J. O'Malley

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

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