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During the extraction of metal ions from a weak acidic chloride solution by ionic liquids consisting of an organophosphorus extractant and Aliquat 336, the equilibrium pH is sometimes observed to be higher than the initial pH. To compare the hydrogen ion extraction behavior of tertiary and quaternary amines, Alamine 336,..... More

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The critical role of the thicknesses of the top and bottom oxide layers, as well as Ag layer, in ZnO/Ag/ZnO transparent conductive electrodes were investigated. The Ag forms a nearly continuous layer at the thickness of 8 nm, at which the Ag sheet resistance of 8.0 Ω/Sq. is lower than..... More

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The additive manufacturing (AM) process is a production technology process that has recently attracted attention. Among AM processes, the binder jetting (BJ) method is advantageous because it allows both wide material selection and design freedom. However, the output arrangement, which determines the direction in which the binder is injected during..... More

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Memristors have been extensively investigated as the fourth fundamental circuit element. Titanium oxide is a common material used to fabricate memristors. In this paper, we investigated the influence of the thickness of the oxide active layer on the Al/TiO2-x/TiO2/heavily doped electrode memristor architecture. An insulating TiO2 thin-film was deposited using..... More

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The effects of natural and pre-aging on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Al-8.0Zn-2.5Mg-2.0Cu aluminum alloy sheet fabricated by twin roll casting were investigated. Immediately after solution treatment, the Al-8.0Zn-2.5Mg-2.0Cu alloy sheet had a yield strength of 173 MPa and elongation of 19.5%. The hardness of the Al-8.0Zn-2.5Mg-2.0Cu alloy sheet..... More

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Hydrogen-induced cracking (HIC) behavior was analyzed for gas metal arc (GMA) and laser beam (LB) welds on American Petroleum Institute (API) X65 steel. The GMA welds consisted of acicular ferrite (AF) with some widmanstatten ferrite (WF), while the LB welds had bainitic ferrite (BF) with some AF. The welds and..... More

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There are many ongoing efforts to develop sustainable, clean, efficient, and economical pathways to produce renewable energy sources to satisfy worldwide energy demands. Electrochemical conversion processes, such as water splitting, CO2 conversion and N2 electroreduction, have been considered as successful approaches to solve these energy issues. Over the past decade,..... More

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Cu-Ti alloys were strengthened by Cu4Ti intermetallic compound precipitation in a Cu matrix during aging. The Cu-3.5 wt% Ti(Cu-4.6 at% Ti) alloys without deformation and with uniform and non-uniform deformation were aged at 450 oC for various times after solution treatment at 885 oC. The uniformly and non-uniformly deformed alloys..... More

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The hot stamping process is beneficial for fabricating high strength automotive parts without spring back. To suppress high temperature oxidation and decarburization, it is necessary to coat the hot stamping steel. In the present work, the performance of galvannealed coated (GA) hot stamped steel was evaluated. During cyclic corrosion tests,..... More

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In this study, we analyzed the chemical composition of Al-Si cast alloys from microstructural images, using image recognition and machine learning. Binary Al-Si alloys of Si = 1~10 wt% were cast and prepared as reference images in the dataset used for machine learning. The machine learning procedure was constructed with..... More

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Aluminum nitride (AlN) has several attractive properties including high thermal conductivity, excellent electrical insulation, a thermal expansion coefficient close to that of Si and low density. Accordingly, it is considered a promising packing material and substrate for high power integrated circuits. However, its low fracture toughness at room temperature limits..... More

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In this study, we characterize the viscoelastic behavior of polymers using nanoindentation. We applied the indentation representative stress approach and elastic solution to the Maxwell model and determined that there was a linear relationship between the inverses of the initial unloading stiffness and indentation unloading rate. From nanoindentation tests with..... More

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This paper discusses a molybdenum-added alloy design for normalized pressure vessel steels, to reduce hydrogen induced cracking (HIC) and inhibit crack propagation. The change in microstructure produced by the modified alloy composition was analyzed to determine its effect on HIC characteristics. The microstructural change was observed by optical microscopy, hardness..... More

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In this study, an eco-friendly pretreatment process was developed to recycle titanium turning scraps and ferro-titanium ingots with low gaseous impurities were prepared using recycled titanium turning scraps. The amount of gaseous impurities of titanium scraps before removing the machining oils on the surface was as high as 20000 ppm...... More

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We employed spark plasma sintering (SPS) in the presence of sintering aids to fabricate high-quality Ho³⁺,Yb³⁺-co-doped Y₂O₃ transparent ceramics suitable for use as a laser gain medium, and analyzed their microstructure and optical properties. Ho³⁺,Yb³⁺-co-doped Y₂O₃ transparent ceramics with different contents of Yb³⁺ were fabricated by SPS and exhibited high..... More

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In this study, we investigated the morphological, crystal structural, electronic structural, and electrocatalytic properties of the inverse spinel structured copper cobalt oxide (Cu_0.72Co_2.28O₄) catalysts. The materials were prepared by coprecipitation using various copper and cobalt precursors, and subsequent oxidation treatment. Electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and Brunauer Emmett..... More

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Zn-Al-Mg alloy galvanized steel sheets have excellent corrosion resistance and improved cut-edge corrosion resistance. Most of the galvanized steel sheets used for outdoor applications are coated again on the galvanizing layer, or after a plastic film is laminated. As the corrosion products formed by the corrosion of Zn accumulate over..... More

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In the present work, MgH2 was doped with Zn(BH4)2, Ni, and/or Ti to improve its hydrogen absorption and release features. Samples were prepared by grinding in a planetary ball mill in a hydrogen atmosphere. To increase the hydrogen absorption and release rates without significantly sacrificing hydrogenstorage capacity the additive percentages..... More

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Alloys containing the β/B2 phases of Ti-45Al-3Mo, Ti-45Al-3Mo-2Nb and Ti-45Al-5Mo were prepared using an vacuum arc-melting machine. Heat-treatments were carried out at 1250 oC in an Ar atmosphere. The temperature of 1250 oC is the temperature region of phase α + γ + (β/B2), and the heat treatment condition which..... More

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This study investigated and compared the tensile and high-cycle fatigue properties of AISI 1045 steel and Cr electroplated AISI 1045 steel. First, tensile and fatigue specimens were machined from AISI 1045 steel (substrate), and two kinds of Cr electroplating layers with different layer thickness were applied. The substrate, AISI 1045..... More