The paper investigated nano-crystallization on surface layer of commercial pure titanium by using high-energy shot peening. The grain size and the microstructure in deformed surface layer by high-energy shot peening are analyzed with X-ray diffraction and TEM etc. In addition, the variations of surface microhardness are examined after high-energy shot peening. The results described that the nano-crystalline surface layer have been formed in commercial pure titanium with a structure of hexagonal closet packet, by high-energy shot peening. The surface microhardness increases and the grain size in nano-crystalline surface layer diminishes, with increasing the time in high-energy shot peening. The minimum nano-crystalline grain size is approximately 40 nm.
The olivine-type LiFePO 4 powder was prepared by a chemical method using the synthesized FePO 4 1.78H 2 O, LiOH, citric acid and PEG as raw materials. The synthesized FePO 4 1.78H 2 O precursor powder was obtained by co-precipitation method. LiFePO 4 powder was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA)/differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The results showed that the calcined LiFePO 4 was in a single phase when fabricated by using the synthesized FePO 4 1.78H 2 O powder at pH of 3.5 in argon atmosphere.
The supersmooth surface roughness measurement is becoming more and more important with the development of the processing technique. This paper studies an on-line measurement system of the supersmooth surface roughness using optical heterodyne method. The simple structure and strong practicability of this system are researched. The experimental results show that this system has the feature of the good stability and high measured accuracy.
The linear friction welding (LFW) performance of hydrogenated Ti-6Al-4V alloy was investigated. The effects of hydrogen on macro-features and axial shortening as well as microstructure of Ti-6Al-4V alloy joints welded by LFW were analyzed. The mechanical properties of joints after dehydrogenation were also examined by tensile test at room temperature. The results indicated that the hydrogenated Ti-6Al-4V specimens containing 0.3~0.4 wt% hydrogen had a better microstructure and plastic deformation ability, which resulted in the optimum welding performance improvement of LFW. The critical power input of LFW could be lowered by addition of hydrogen to Ti-6Al-4V alloy. The results of tensile test showed that joints which experienced thermohydrogen processing possessed the same tensile strength and plasticity as original joints.
The composite die steel was prepared by vacuum diffusion welding with the cold work die steel Cr12MoV and the alloy steel 40Cr. The composition, microstructure and property changes of the welded joints were studied experimentally, and the relationship between the microstructure and the property after the final heat treatment was analyzed. Based on the experiment results, the suitable welding and heat treatment process were approached. The results show that the good metallurgical bonding is obtained via welding at 1100oC for 30 minutes with a pressure of 20 MP and not more than 0.01 Pa in vacuum. A number of voids are found in the tensile fracture surfaces when the welding temperature is below 1100oC. The grains of 40Cr steel grow obviously when the welding temperature is higher than 1100oC. After quenching at 1050oC and tempering at 200oC, the better mechanical properties are obtained in Cr12MoV because fine carbides distribute evenly. At the same time, the mechanical properties of 40Cr do not decrease dramatically because even though high temperature quenching brings coarse grain size, the amount of lamellar martensite, which is hard and brittle, decreases a lot and the amount of lath matensite increases. After quenching and tempering treatment, the bending strength of the composite die steel reaches 73% of that of Cr12MoV when treated by conventional processing. In the course of welding, carbon migrates from 40Cr to Cr12MoV, which results in a decrease in hardness at the interface of 40Cr.
Abstract The polyester‐based transition layers were first synthesized with poly (diethylene glycol adipate), glycerin, and toluene diisocyanate. Then they were coated between the propellant and the liner to improve the bonding performance of the charge and inhibit the migration of the energetic plasticizer in the propellant. The effects of R value (the ratio of the quantity of isocyanate functions NCO with respect to the quantity of hydroxyl functions OH) on migration resistance and bonding performance were also studied. The overall performance was optimized at R = 1.5: after the transition layer was applied, the binding strength was greatly increased from 0.14 to 0.64 MPa, which had good application prospects. Meanwhile, due to the strong interactions between the polar ester groups and N‐butyl‐N‐nitratoethyl nitramine (NENA) in the transition layers, the portion of NENA migrating into liners were reduced from 7.6% to 6.0% (reduced by 21%), indicating that the introduction of polyester transition layers could significantly improve the anti‐migration effect. The activation energies of migration for NENA in the transition layers were about 66.3 ~ 94.3 kJ/mol, which were equivalent to the value of strong hydrogen bonding.
For enhancing the cetane number (CN) of diesel fraction, the selective oxidative ring opening method was applied to upgrade ring hydrocarbons. Organic acids, one of the main products from this oxidative reaction, being esterified by the phase transfer catalysis (PTC) approach were studied. Adipic acid, benzoic acid, and phthalic acid were used as model compounds. Reaction time, reaction temperature, the amount of water, and the amount of catalyst in the esterification process were investigated and optimized using orthogonal experimental design method. The kinetics of esterification process was then conducted under the optimal condition. The types of catalysts and organic acids, the amount of catalyst and water were also investigated. The PTC esterification was one rate controlling reaction on the interface between the aqueous phase and the oil phase. Hydrophobicity is a key factor for converting benzoic acid, adipic acid, and phthalic acid to the corresponding esters. It was found that around 5–8% water is the optimal quantity for the given reaction system. Two cases of esterification processes of PTC were proposed.
The effect of the strain rate on the surface nanocrystallization of titanium is investigated both theoretically and experimentally in this paper. The strain rate variation and stress distribution from surface to the interior of titanium during shot peening are estimated firstly using finite element method. Then shot peening experiment is carried out on a commercially pure titanium (CP-Ti) plate, and the obtained surface microstructures is characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Combining theoretical simulations and experimental observations, the effect of strain rate on the strain accommodation mechanism and plastic deformation mode are discussed. It is concluded that the strain rate and stress achieve the highest at the top surface layer of CP-Ti, and the strain rate decrease dramatically from the surface to the interior. The strain rate at the top surface layer is up to 104 s-1, which leads to superplastic deformation of Ti. There is no mechanical twin in the surface layer, instead, deformation lamella and adiabatic shear bands are the dominating microstructures. By means of rotation recrystallization, those deformation bands evolve to nanocrystallines.