Sintered products Powder metallurgy is a method of producing machine parts and tools by sintering metal powders in a solid state, and the resulting components…
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Designing stainless steel structures Stainless steel is increasingly used in construction, not only as cladding or architectural details, but also as a fully-fledged load-bearing material….
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Other non-ferrous metal alloys
Other non-ferrous metal alloys Although materials science most often refers to steels and alloys of aluminum and copper, many key technical applications are based on…
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Magnesium and its alloys
Magnesium and its alloys Magnesium is a silvery-grey metal and, most importantly from an engineering point of view, has the lowest specific weight of any…
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Steels and alloys with special properties
Steels and alloys with special properties Steels and alloys with special properties are designed when the durability of a component is no longer determined solely…
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Structural alloy steels
Structural alloy steels Structural alloy steels are steels intended for machine and equipment components that operate in conditions considered typical for structural mechanics, i.e., at…
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Alloying elements in iron-carbon alloys
Alloying elements in iron-carbon alloys Carbon steel can achieve a very wide range of properties through heat treatment, but in many applications this is still…
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Basics of heat treatment of steel and cast iron
Basics of heat treatment of steel and cast iron Heat treatment is a set of activities aimed at changing the structure of an alloy in…
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Phase equilibrium systems of alloys
Phase equilibrium systems of alloys In pure metals, the course of transformations is usually easy to grasp: melting and solidification occur at a single, precisely…
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Polymer biomaterials
Polymer biomaterials Synthetic polymers have become one of the most important groups of biomaterials today, alongside metals and ceramics. In medicine, they are used in…
