Nanoparticle-induced unusual melting and solidification behaviours of metals

Chao Ma; Lianyi Chen; Chezheng Cao; Xiaochun Li

doi:10.1038/ncomms14178

Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

Nanoparticle-induced unusual melting and solidification behaviours of metals

Chao Ma,
Lianyi Chen,
Chezheng Cao,
Xiaochun Li

Affiliations

Chao Ma: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles
Lianyi Chen: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles
Chezheng Cao: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles
Xiaochun Li: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14178
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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A material with a deep melted zone (MZ) but small heat-affected zone (HAZ) is ideal for manufacturing, but improving one zone comes at the expense of the other. Here, the authors resolve this contradiction in metals by adding nanoparticles, which change the metals’ properties in such a way that both expands MZ and minimizes HAZ.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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