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Description of the capacity degradation mechanism in LaNi5-based alloy electrodes

Philippe Mauron, Mariana Spodaryk, Marco Roman Holzer

The mechanism of the capacity degradation of LaNi5-based alloy electrodes was investigated with a special focus on the influence of the alloy and surface composition, as well as the unique structure obtained by gas atomisation. The electrochemical properti ...

Elsevier Science Sa2015

Producing precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) from steelmaking slags using the slag2pcc concept

Calcium-containing slag material is produced in iron- and steelmaking worldwide, including Finland. One process route utilizing this calcium, being developed towards large-scale application, is the so-called slag2pcc concept. Using ammonium salts, up to 50 ...

Villigen PSI, World Resources Forum, printed by Paul Scherrer Institute2015

In situ X-ray Diffraction during Casting: Study of Hot Tearing in Al-Zn alloys

Jean-Marie Drezet, Güven Kurtuldu, Bastien Gilbert Pierre Mireux

During solidification of metallic alloys, coalescence corresponds to the formation of solid bridges between grains when both solid and liquid phases are percolated. As such, it represents a key transition with respect to the mechanical behaviour of solidif ...

Trans Tech Publications Switzerland2015

Influence of Zinc Anisotropy on Solidification Microstructures: Experimental Results and Phase-Field Simulations

Alexandre Durussel

Due to a distortion of its hexagonal unit cell along the c-axis compared to hexagonal-close-packed metals (c/a = 1.856 instead of 1.633), zinc is characterised by a large anisotropy of its solid-liquid interfacial energy. While previous studies have focuse ...

EPFL2015

Flow microcapillary plasma mass spectrometry-based investigation of new Al–Cr–Fe complex metallic alloy passivation

Christian Ludwig, Noémie Elise Ott, Andrea Ulrich

Al-Cr-Fe complex metallic alloys are new intermetallic phases with low surface energy, low friction, and high corrosion resistance down to very low pH values (0-2). Flow microcapillary plasma mass spectrometry under potentiostatic control was used to chara ...

Elsevier2014

Integrated packaging solutions and hotplates for a miniature atomic clock and other microsystems

Fabrizio Vecchio

This thesis aimed at developing innovative packaging solutions for a miniature atomic clock and other microsystems in the cm-scale, i.e. somewhat larger than what is practical for full "chip-scale" device-package integration using clean-room technologies f ...

EPFL2013

Accelerated bacterial inactivation obtained by HIPIMS sputtering on low cost surfaces with concomitant reduction in the metal/semiconductor content

César Pulgarin, Juan Kiwi, Sami Rtimi, Oualid Baghriche

Novel ultrathin TiO2-Cu nanoparticulate films sputtered by highly ionized pulsed plasma magnetron sputtering (HIPIMS) lead to faster bacterial inactivation compared to more traditional sputtering approaches with an appreciable metal saving. HIPIMS sputteri ...

RSC Publishing2013

Effects of Ni additions, trace elements and solidification kinetics on microstructure formation in Sn-0.7Cu solder

Michel Rappaz, Tina Ventura

Five ternary Sn-0.7Cu-xNi alloys with nickel contents in the range 0-1000 ppm have been directionally solidified at different growth rates. The competition between primary tetragonal Sn cells/dendrites, eutectic and primary Cu6Sn5 is interpreted with phase ...

Elsevier2011

Microstructure Formation in Sn-Cu-Ni Solder Alloys

Michel Rappaz, Milan Felberbaum, Tina Ventura

A systematic study of the solidification mechanisms of binary Sn-Cu and ternary Sn-Cu-Ni alloys has been carried out. It is found that Sn-Cu is a weakly-irregular eutectic system with Cu6Sn5 as the leading phase. Interestingly, two different eutectic morph ...

2011

From green to clean: a promising and sustainable approach to remove toxic metals from contaminated soils

Jean-Paul Schwitzguebel

Phytoextraction is an in situ decontamination technique using metal accumulating plants and appropriate soil amendments to transport and concentrate metals from the soil into the aboveground parts of plants, which are harvested with conventional agricultur ...

2009

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