@misc{BouaksaFellahHeziletal., author = {Bouaksa, Fethia and Fellah, Mamoun and Hezil, Naouel and Djellabi, Ridha and Touhami, Mohamed Zine and Iost, Alain and Montagne, Alex and Kosman, Stephania and Weiß, Sabine}, title = {Effect of Thermocyclic Treatment with Different Cooling Rates on the Mechanical Characteristics of 42CD4 Low-Alloy Steel}, series = {Defect and Diffusion Forum}, volume = {397}, journal = {Defect and Diffusion Forum}, issn = {1662-9507}, doi = {10.4028/www.scientific.net/DDF.397.169}, pages = {169 -- 178}, abstract = {The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of thermo-cyclic treatments on the mechanical characteristics (Hardness and Resilience) of low-alloy 42CD4 steel. Thermocyclic treatment on 42CD4 steel was operated for four cycles at 850 °C for 30 min. After each cycle, the steel sample was cooled in different medium (open air and water) in order to check the effect of the cooling rate on the microstructure characteristics. It was found that the cooling rate can affect the mechanical characteristics of the steel. The hardness values of steel cooled in water were higher than those of steel cooled in air. Additionally, there was an increase in the resilience of steel sample with the increase of thermocyclic number.}, language = {en} } @misc{HezilFellahDjellabietal., author = {Hezil, Naouel and Fellah, Mamoun and Djellabi, Ridha and Touhami, Mohamed Zine and Montagne, Alex and Bouaksa, Fethia and Iost, Alain and Mejias, Alberto and Obrosov, Aleksei}, title = {Assessment of the Hydrophilic-Hydrophobic Balance of Alumina Oxidized at Different Temperatures via H₂O and C₄H₁₀ Vapor Adsorption}, series = {Defect and Diffusion Forum}, volume = {397}, journal = {Defect and Diffusion Forum}, issn = {1662-9507}, doi = {10.4028/www.scientific.net/DDF.397.161}, pages = {161 -- 168}, abstract = {The hydrophilic-hydrophobic surface area of alumina powder (Al₂O₃) oxidized at different temperatures was determined on the base of adsorption of water and butane vapor at 25°C. In the order to study the influence of thermal oxidation upon hydrophilic/hydrophobic character of the surface, samples of Al₂O₃ were characterized using granulometry, SEM and BET surface area measurement. SEM results showed that the thermal treatment does not affect the morphology of the Alunima. However, the increase of treatment temperature from 250 to 900°C results in changing of the hydrophilic-hydrophobic balance of Al₂O₃ surface.}, language = {en} }