New research is helping scientists better understand how microstructures change, or undergo grain growth, at high temperatures, thus determining properties such as hardness. A team of materials scientists and applied mathematicians developed a mathematical model that more accurately describes such microstructures by integrating data that can be identified from highly magnified images taken during experiments.
To shield steel from the corrosive threats posed by sea air, Sandia National Laboratories researchers tested a variety of nickel mixtures as protective coatings on stainless steel. The researchers found that the specific material applied, and the specific application process used, impacted the properties of the coating, including how protective it was against corrosion.
The May/June issue of Advanced Materials & Processes magazine has an editorial focus on Materials Testing and Characterization.
In this video from Vox see how advances in AI research have produced a plethora of deep-learning models capable of generating original images from simple text prompts, and DALL-E 2, Midjourney, and Imagen, are explained.
This video from Doug Napier explains the role of work hardening and annealing in jewelry making.
