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Hook Crack In Electric Resistance Welding Line Pipe Steel, Sima Aminorroaya-Yamini, Hossein Edris, Mehrdad Fatahi

Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers

One of the production methods for API line pipe steel is electric resistance welding (ERW). This kind of pipes is encountered with hook crack which is one of the defects that is observed in the upset zone of ERW pipes, detecting by ultrasonic inspection. Hook crack is a small crack following the weld flow lines and if severe enough, opened up at the pipe surface. These defects were commonly associated with sulphide stringers and non metallic oxide inclusions.

In this research, welds containing hook cracks were obtained from Ahvaz pipe making factory. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) examination showed that all …

N-Benzoylthiourea, Pawel Wagner, Sabina Niemczyk-Baltoro, Maciej Kubicki

Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers

In the title compound, C₈H₈N₂OS, strong intramolecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds [N⋯O = 2.669 (3) and 2.618 (3) Å] form almost planar six-membered rings and enforce the conformation of the mol­ecule. Two kinds of intermolecular N—H⋯S hydrogen bonds [N⋯S = 3.309 (3)–3.456 (2) Å] between two symmetry-independent mol­ecules form consecutive dimers that expand in ribbons along the [100] direction.

2,5-Di-2-Thienylthiazolo[4,5-D]Thiazole, Pawel Wagner, Maciej Kubicki

Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers

The mol­ecules of the title compound, C₁₂H₆N₂S₄, lie on centres of symmetry. The thio­phene and thia­zole rings are almost planar and their planes make a dihedral angle of 1.68 (8)°. In the crystal structure, there is a relatively short intermolecular S⋯S contact distance of 3.5786 (9) Å.

Improving The Mechanical Properties Of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Sheets By Intercalation Of Polymeric Adhesives, Jonathan N. Coleman, Werner J. Blau, Alan B. Dalton, Edgar Munoz, Steve Collins, Bog G. Kim, Joselito M. Razal, Miles Selvidge, Guillermo Vieiro, Ray Baughman

Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers

Organic polymers, such as poly(vinyl alcohol), poly(vinyl pyrrolidone), and poly(styrene), were intercalated into single-walled carbon nanotube sheets by soaking the sheets in polymer solutions. Even for short soak times, significant polymer intercalation into existing free volume was observed. Tensile tests on intercalated sheets showed that the Young's modulus, strength, and toughness increased by factors of 3, 9, and 28, respectively, indicating that the intercalated polymer enhances load transmission between nanotubes.

Zinc Doping Effects On The Structure, Transport And Magnetic Properties Of La0.7sr0.3mn1-Xznxo3 Manganite Oxide, E V. Sotirova-Haralambeva, Xiaolin Wang, Hua-Kun Liu, Tania M. Silver, Konstantin Konstantinov, Josip Horvat

Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers

The processing, microstructures and properties of La_0.7Sr_0.3Mn_1−xZn_xO₃ perovskite manganite, with x=0, 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 have been investigated. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and other characterisation methods were used to study the relations of microstructure and properties. The X-ray powder diffraction results show a single phase for the 0<x<0.3 region that confirms the zinc incorporation into the Mn site. The SEM images with magnification 1500× indicate that the studied system is a single phase. The transport measurements show decreasing of insulator to metal transition temperature, T_t, with increasing the zinc concentration on the Mn site, while the resistivity increases with …