Industries that work with acidic chemicals in their processes need to make choices on how to
properly contain the substances and avoid rapid corrosion of equipment. Certain organic …

Laser-clad AlCrFeCoNi high entropy alloy (HEA) coatings, produced on the surface of AISI
316 L stainless steel, were pack-borided at 1000° C for 4 h in open air, high-purity Ar and …

High-entropy alloys (HEAs) with face-centered cubic (FCC) structures exhibit high
toughness and corrosion resistance, but their average strengths and relatively low wear …

Boride layers were grown on the surface of a Co 1.19 Cr 1.86 Fe 1.30 Mn 1.39 Ni 1.05 Al
0.17 B 0.04 high-entropy alloy (HEA) by boronizing at temperatures of 900, 950 and 1000° C …

Engineering components with location specific properties are being designed and fabricated
successfully using functionally graded materials (FGM). The present investigation aims at …

For engineering applications, hardness must be complimented with high toughness for
applications where high contact loads are there. A good combination of hardness …

The acrylic polymer composites in this study are made up of various weight ratios of cement
or silica nanoparticles (1, 3, 5, and 10 wt%) using the casting method. The effects of doping …

Bamboo fibers (BF) treated in 1.3 Molar NaOH and particulate coconut shell (PCS) sieved
to− 45 µm were incorporated into polyvinyl chloride (PVC) matrix towards improving the …

Modern automotive systems strictly demands increased mechanical and thermal loads, a
longer service life and the weight reduction. Low friction hard coatings are extensively used …

Alternating multilayer diamond-like carbon (DLC) films [(Cr, N)-DLC/DLC] with different sp 3
contents in DLC layer have been prepared on YG8 (WC-Co) substrates by FCVA combined …