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| 1 |  | Magnetostriction and Ordering in Fe-16.4 AT.% Al Single Crystals | Willhard, Travis Paul | Physics; Engineering; Materials science | Fe-Al alloys are of interest as high strength, ductile and low cost magnetostrictive alloys. This work examines how the nature of short range ordering and possible presence of B2 and DO3 ordered domains change with thermal history in Fe-16.4 at.% Al single crystal and how this influences magnetostri... | 2018 |
| 2 |  | Plasma-assisted chemical vapor synthesis of transparent conducting oxides and their applications as transparent conducting films | Murali, Arun | Nanoscience; Nanotechnology; Materials science | Transparent conducting indium tin oxide (ITO), aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO), tin-doped zinc oxide (TZO) nanoparticles were synthesized by plasma-assisted chemical vapor synthesis. The injected precursors were vaporized in the plasma flame followed by vapor-phase reaction and subsequent quenching ... | 2018 |
| 3 |  | The effect of ultrafine-grain size and titanium hydride addition on mechanical properties of tungsten | Zhang, Huan | Mechanical engineering; Materials science | The relationship between the grain size and mechanical properties of tungsten alloys was studied for potential improvement in ductility through minimization of grain size and for possible modification to the ductile-to-brittle transition temperature (DBTT) in powder metallurgy-produced alloys. In th... | 2018 |
| 4 |  | Mechanical properties investigation of additive manufactured Ti-6Al-4V cellular structure | Alnaser, Husain | Materials science | Ti-6Al-4V is an alloy that has been developed to be used in medical implants due to its compatibility with the human body. Additive manufacturing technology has also become useful in constructing human bone design (marrow) from Ti-6Al-4V, imitating bone function. This research focuses on studying me... | 2018 |
| 5 |  | Studies on impurity removal in alternative titanium extraction | Roy, Syamantak | Engineering; Mining; Materials science | Titanium is often referred to as "wonder metal" due to its superior properties. At present, titanium is predominantly produced through Kroll's process which is complex, expensive, and needs much higher specific energy than the thermodynamic requirement and that restricts titanium's widespread use. ... | 2017 |
| 6 |  | Hydrolysis of titanic acid in hydrochloric acid solution for synthesis of tio2 powder with controlled particle size: processes, morphology, and kinetics study | Huang, Zhe | Materials science | A method for producing pure titanium dioxide with controlled particle size and morphology has been developed. The TiO2 powder produced by this method can be used as the starting material to produce pure Ti metal powder. In this method, the upgraded Ti-slag (UGS) is used as the starting material. Up... | 2017 |
| 7 |  | Sulfur and phosphorus distribution between liquid iron and magnesia-saturated slag in molecular hydrogen/water atmosphere relevant to a novel green ironmaking technology | Ahmed, Mohassab Yousef Mohassab | Materials science | As an integral part of a research project which aimed to develop a novel green ironmaking process, an experimental determination of the sulfur and phosphorus distribution ratios, LS and LP, respectively, between molten iron and CaO-MgO(Saturated)-SiO2-Al 3O3-FeO slag was determined in the temperatur... | 2011 |
| 8 |  | Lithium1.3Aluminum0.3Titanium1.7Phosphate as a solid state Li-ion conductor: Issues with microcracking and stability in aqueous solutions | Jackman, Spencer D. | Inorganic chemistry; Materials science | Lithium aluminum titanium phosphate (LATP) with formula Li1.3Al0.3Ti1.7(PO4)3 was analyzed and tested to better understand its applicability as a solid state ion conducting ceramic material for electrochemical applications. Sintered samples were obtained from Ceramatec, Inc. in Salt Lake City and ch... | 2012 |
| 9 |  | Increasing the stability and efficiency of bio-solar cell electrodes using reactivbe oxygen species scavengers and redox polymer immobilization | Stephanz, Megan E. | Engineering; Materials science | Global energy requirements are increasing with time. While fossil fuels can be relied upon for several more centuries, they would produce vast amounts of carbon dioxide. This undesirable fact makes renewable options like bio-solar cells, which are clean, inexpensive, and take advantage of abundant ... | 2017 |
| 10 |  | Effect of particle size on oxygen content and porosity of sintered ti-6al-4v | Yang, Lu | metallurgy; oxygen; particle; porosity; powder; titanium; Engineering; Materials science | Powder metallurgy (PM) has been considered to potentially be the ideal method to produce titanium alloy components, primarily due to cost savings. However, in terms of traditional PM approaches, using vacuum sintering, it is difficult to simultaneously obtain fine microstructure, low porosity and lo... | 2015 |
| 11 |  | Dielectric breakdown of polycrystalline alumina: a weakest-link failure analysis | Block, Benjamin | Alumina; Dielectric; Extreme value; Laplace; Weakest-Link; Weibull; Materials science | The effects of varying electrode geometry (ball and ring) and size (radius), dielectric media (castor oil and Diala® oil), specimen thickness, and concentration of defects on the dielectric breakdown strength of commercial-grade alumina and high-purity fine-grained (HPFG) alumina were investigated.... | 2013-08 |
| 12 |  | Effects of antimony surfactanton indium gallium nitride grown by organometallic vapor phase epitaxy | Merrell, Jason Lawrence | Antimony; Indium Gallium Nitride; Organometallic vapor phase epitaxy; Surfactant; Materials science | This work reviews the fundamentals of InGaN materials and of surfactant effects in surfactant-mediated heteroepitaxial growth. The basic surface processes and possible surfactant mechanisms are presented. These principles are then applied to a study of the effects of Sb surfactant on InGaN grown by ... | 2012-12 |
| 13 |  | Evaluation of coated titanium anodes | Bagri, Prashant | Coated titanium anodes; Effect of coating thickness; Effect of metal substrat; Materials science | Coated Titanium Anodes (CTAs) first invented by H. Beer in the 1950s have become standard technology for many electrolysis industries. They consist of precious metal and other oxides coated on a valve metal substrate. As the name suggests, these anodes use titanium as the metal substrate. IrO2 - Ta2... | 2012-08 |
| 14 |  | Energy partitioning in ballistic impact fragmentation of titanium boride | Jagannathan, Madhusudan | Ballistic impact; Energy partitioning; Fragmentation; Titanium boride; Materials science | The study focuses on setting up a laboratory-scale ballistic testing apparatus in order to investigate the mechanisms through which the ballistic energy of a projectile is dissipated by a nearly monolithic nanostructured ceramic (titanium boride or TiB) and to determine the partitioning of the ball... | 2010-08 |
| 15 |  | Evaluation of ternary blended cements for use in transportation concrete structures | Gilliland, Amanda Louise | Blended cement; Cement; Concrete; Fly ash; Slag; Ternary; Transportation structures; Concrete structures; Civil engineering; Materials science | This thesis investigates the use of ternary blended cement concrete mixtures for transportation structures. The study documents technical properties of three concrete mixtures used in federally funded transportation projects in Utah, Kansas, and Michigan that used ternary blended cement concrete mi... | 2011-05 |
| 16 |  | The effect of electrode surface topography on the structure and differential capacitance of the electric double layer capacitor | Cao, Liulei | Capacitor; Differential capacitance; Electric double layer; Surface topography; Physical chemistry; Energy; Materials science | Molecular dynamics simulations were conducted to study the structure and differential capacitance of the electric double layer capacitor by varying electrode topography. Studying the dependence of structure and differential capacitance (DC) on electrode potential is a central point of electric doubl... | 2011-08 |
| 17 |  | Electrodynamic separation of metallic granules from mixed waste stream | Naidu, Harini | Electrodynamic; Metal separation; Mixed waste stream; Materials science | Metals are essential, reusable resources. The reusable nature of metal contributes to the sustainability of its use through recycling, which will reduce landfill disposal and encourage recovery of valuable materials and reuse of components. Legislation and high cost of disposal also encourage recycl... | 2010-05 |
| 18 |  | Energy balance in solid-oxide fuel assisted electrolyzer cell modules | Butler, Bruce Jacob | Electrolyzer; Fuel assisted; Hydrogen; Hydrogen generation; Hydrogen production; Solid oxide; Chemical engineering; Mechanical engineering; Materials science | High temperature electrolysis of water is a well-known method of extracting hydrogen, and has reduced electrical potential requirements when compared to low temperature electrolysis. The reduction in electrical energy cost is useful when a source of high temperature steam (or sufficient waste heat) ... | 2010-08 |
| 19 |  | Effects of angled stitch reinforcement on foam core sandwich structures | Sok, Thien | Aerospace engineering; Mechanical engineering; Materials science | TThe mechanical effects of varying stitch angles in stitched sandwich structures were investigated. A repeatable fabrication method was developed for stitching Kevlar yarn through sandwich panels of polyurethane foam and dry woven carbon fiber facesheets. Unstitched, 30°, 45°, 60°, and 90° stitc... | 2010-12 |
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