The term “critical raw materials”(CRMs) refers to various metals and nonmetals that are
crucial to Europe's economic progress. Modern technologies enabling effective use and …

A variety of cutting tool materials are used for the contact mode mechanical machining of
components under extreme conditions of stress, temperature and/or corrosion, including …

Cermets are widely used in various industrial applications due to their high hardness,
thermal stability, thermal conductivity, exceptional mechanical properties, and oxidation …

The criticality of raw materials has become an important issue in recent years. As the supply
of certain raw materials is essential for technologically-advanced economies, the European …

A growing understanding of wear behavior of various thermally sprayed ceramic–metallic
matrix coatings has occurred over recent years. This has resulted from the continuous …

Several applications, where extreme conditions occur, require the use of alloys often
containing many critical elements. Due to the ever increasing prices of critical raw materials …

This editorial reports on a thorough analysis of the abundance and scarcity distribution of
chemical elements and the minerals they form in the Earth, Sun, and Universe in connection …

To be able to better predict future demand for critical raw materials, to better negotiate trade
agreements or to better stimulate the extraction of such raw materials, we investigate how …

This paper describes the effect of silicon on the manufacturing process, structure, phase
composition, and selected properties of titanium aluminide alloys. The experimental …

Imidazolium salts were prepared which possess 2-ethoxyethyl pivalate or 2-(2-
ethoxyethoxy) ethyl pivalate groups as amphiphilic side chains with oxygen donors as well …