TY - GEN A1 - Bouaksa, Fethia A1 - Fellah, Mamoun A1 - Hezil, Naouel A1 - Djellabi, Ridha A1 - Touhami, Mohamed Zine A1 - Iost, Alain A1 - Montagne, Alex A1 - Kosman, Stephania A1 - Weiß, Sabine T1 - Effect of Thermocyclic Treatment with Different Cooling Rates on the Mechanical Characteristics of 42CD4 Low-Alloy Steel T2 - Defect and Diffusion Forum N2 - 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. KW - Austenization KW - Grain Refinement KW - Grain Size KW - Hardness KW - Resilience KW - Thermocyclic Y1 - 2019 UR - https://www.scientific.net/DDF.397.169 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/DDF.397.169 SN - 1662-9507 VL - 397 SP - 169 EP - 178 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Hezil, Naouel A1 - Fellah, Mamoun A1 - Djellabi, Ridha A1 - Touhami, Mohamed Zine A1 - Montagne, Alex A1 - Bouaksa, Fethia A1 - Iost, Alain A1 - Mejias, Alberto A1 - Obrosov, Aleksei T1 - Assessment of the Hydrophilic-Hydrophobic Balance of Alumina Oxidized at Different Temperatures via H₂O and C₄H₁₀ Vapor Adsorption T2 - Defect and Diffusion Forum N2 - 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. KW - Adsorption KW - Alumina KW - Heterogeneity KW - Hydrophilic-Hydrophobic Balance KW - Surface Area KW - Thermal Treatment Y1 - 2019 UR - https://www.scientific.net/DDF.397.161 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/DDF.397.161 SN - 1662-9507 VL - 397 SP - 161 EP - 168 ER -