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DENVER - Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet trails former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton and is in dead heats with two other Republicans - including Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck - in a poll of Colorado voters released Friday.
The Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of 500 likely Colorado voters shows Norton with a 46 percent to 37 percent edge over Bennet, who was appointed to his seat in January. Norton beats Bennet's primary challenger, former House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, 45 percent to 34 percent in the poll conducted Tuesday.
Norton faces Buck and former state lawmaker Tom Wiens in the GOP primary in August.
The poll shows those men with leads against both Democrats that are within its 4.5 percent margin of error. Buck leads Bennet 42 to 38 percent, and Romanoff 41 to 39 percent. Wiens led Bennet 42 percent to
41 percent, and Romanoff 41 percent to 40 percent.
Buck campaign spokesman Owen Loftus said the results from the poll were encouraging.
"I think it shows what Ken has been hearing throughout the state and that is the people of Colorado are tired of the reckless leadership that Michael Bennet, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have been giving this country," he said. "They're also looking for a true conservative and I think that's one thing this poll shows is that Ken's message is resonating with base here in Colorado."
Tribune reporter Nate A. Miller contributed to this report
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With nobody giving much love to WBO middleweight champion Peter Quillin lately, Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya took to twitter today to name drop WBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin's name in order to get Quillin some badly needed publicity.
De La Hoya said he'd like to see Quillin face Golovkin. The interesting part about that is Golovkin and his promoter have been after a fight against the 31-year-old Quillin for ages, but have had no such luck in getting him in the ring. So for De La Hoya to mention wanting to match Quillin against Golovkin today of all days, it suggests that he's trying to name drop in order to get fans interested in Quillin on a day that Golovkin is being celebrated following his 3rd round TKO win over Daniel Geale last Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York.
De La Hoya said on his twitter "Would love to see @KIDCHOCOLATE vs GGG, my Latino brother would do a number on the G man."
A fight between Quillin and Golovkin isn't a possibility without help from Showtime or HBO. Quillin fights on Showtime, while Golovkin fights on HBO. Quillin, the B-side, would have to be willing to fight on HBO in order for their fight to take place, because you're not going to get the more popular Golovkin moving over to Showtime to fight a guy like Quillin, who doesn't bring in huge ratings for Showtime. For Quillin to fight Golovkin on HBO, he'd likely have to get permission by Showtime before he could fight Golovkin on HBO.
Quillin is supposed to be fighting his mandatory challenger Matt Korobov soon, and that's a fight that he's going to need to get permission from the World Boxing Organization for him to bypass in order for him to fight Golovkin, if Showtime agrees to let him fight on HBO. The WBO would likely let Quillin bypass Korobov in order to fight Golovkin given that it's a unification fight. These things are possible if Quillin and Golden Boy Promotions are serious about wanting to take this fight.
If De La Hoya is serious about wanting to match Quillin against Golovkin, then he's going to need to realize that Quillin's chances of success will be minimal. He's not looked good even against the guys he's been fighting lately, and he's never been put in with anyone good. Quillin has been more or less fighting beatable guys his entire career and never was matched against the real top guys in the division for some reason.


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Most Cited Intermetallics Articles
The most cited articles published since 2011, extracted from Scopus.
Modeling hardness of polycrystalline materials and bulk metallic glassesXing Qiu Chen | Haiyang Niu | Dianzhong Li | Yiyi Li
Volume 19, Issue 9, September 2011, Pages 1275-1281
Though extensively studied, hardness, defined as the resistance of a material to deformation, still remains a challenging issue for a formal theoretical description due to its inherent mechanical complexity. The widely applied Teter's empirical correlation between hardness and shear modulus has been considered to be not always valid for a large variety of materials. The main reason is that shear modulus only responses to elastic deformation whereas the hardness links both elastic and permanent plastic properties. We found that the intrinsic correlation between hardness and elasticity of materials correctly predicts Vickers hardness for a wide variety of crystalline materials as well as bulk metallic glasses (BMGs). Our results suggest that, if a material is intrinsically brittle (such as BMGs that fail in the elastic regime), its Vickers hardness linearly correlates with the shear modulus (Hv = 0.151G). This correlation also provides a robust theoretical evidence on the famous empirical correlation observed by Teter in 1998. On the other hand, our results demonstrate that the hardness of polycrystalline materials can be correlated with the product of the squared Pugh's modulus ratio and the shear modulus (Hv=2(k2G)0.585-3 where k = G/B is Pugh's modulus ratio). Our work combines those aspects that were previously argued strongly, and, most importantly, is capable to correctly predict the hardness of all hard compounds known included in several pervious models. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Mechanical properties of Nb 25Mo 25Ta 25W 25 and V 20Nb 20Mo 20Ta 20W 20 refractory high entropy alloysO. N. Senkov | G. B. Wilks | J. M. Scott | D. B. Miracle
Volume 19, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 698-706
Two refractory high entropy alloys with compositions near Nb 25Mo 25Ta 25W 25 and V 20Nb 20Mo 20Ta 20W 20, were produced by vacuum arc-melting. Despite containing many constituents, both alloys had a single-phase body-centered cubic (BCC) structure that remained not only stable after exposure to 1400 °C, but also disordered, as confirmed by the absence of superlattice reflections in neutron diffraction data. Compressive flow properties and microstructure development of these alloys were determined from room temperature up to 1600 °C. Limited compressive plasticity and quasi-cleavage fracture at room temperature suggest that the ductile-to-brittle transition for these alloys occurs above room temperature. At 600 °C and above, both alloys showed extensive compressive plastic strain. The yield stress of both alloys dropped by 30-40% between room temperature and 600 °C, but was relatively insensitive to temperature above 600 °C, comparing favorably with conventional superalloys. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Effects of Al addition on the microstructure and mechanical property of AlWoei Ren Wang | Wei Lin Wang | Shang Chih Wang | Yi Chia Tsai | Chun Hui Lai | Jien Wei Yeh
xCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloys
Volume 26, Issue , July 2012, Pages 44-51
A five-component Al xCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy (HEA) system with finely-divided Al contents (x in molar ratio, x = 0-2.0) was prepared by vacuum arc melting and casting method. The effects of Al addition on the crystal structure, microstructure and mechanical property were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Vickers hardness tester. The as-cast Al xCoCrFeNi alloys can possess face-centered cubic (FCC), body-centered cubic (BCC) or mixed crystal structure, depending on the aluminum content. The increase of aluminum content results in the formation of BCC structure which is a dominant factor of hardening. All the BCC phases in the as-cast alloys have a nano-scale two-phase structure formed by spinodal decomposition mechanism. The Al 0.9CoCrFeNi alloy exhibits a finest spinodal structure consisting of alternating interconnected two-phase microstructure which explains its maximum hardness of Hv 527 among the alloys. The chemical composition analysis of FCC and BCC crystal structures, their lattice constants, overall hardness demonstrate that the formation of a single FCC solid solution should have Al addition <11 at.% and the formation of a single BCC solid solution requires Al addition at least 18.4 at.% in the Al xCoCrFeNi system. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Recovery, recrystallization, grain growth and phase stability of a family of FCC-structured multi-component equiatomic solid solution alloysZ. Wu | H. Bei | F. Otto | G. M. Pharr | E. P. George
Volume 46, Issue , March 2014, Pages 131-140
The equiatomic high-entropy alloy FeNiCoCrMn is known to crystallize as a single phase with the face-centered cubic (FCC) crystal structure. To better understand this quinary solid solution alloy, we investigate various binary, ternary and quaternary alloys made from its constituent elements. Our goals are twofold: (i) to investigate which of these lower order systems also form solid solution alloys consisting of a single FCC phase, and (ii) to characterize their phase stability and recovery, recrystallization, and grain growth behaviors. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy with backscattered electron images showed that three of the five possible quaternaries (FeNiCoCr, FeNiCoMn and NiCoCrMn), five of the ten possible ternaries (FeNiCo, FeNiCr, FeNiMn, NiCoCr, and NiCoMn), and two of the ten possible binaries (FeNi and NiCo) were single-phase FCC solid solutions in the cast and homogenized condition, whereas the others either had different crystal structures or were multi-phase. The single-phase FCC quaternary, FeNiCoCr, along with its equiatomic ternary and binary subsidiaries, were selected for further investigations of phase stability and the thermomechanical processing needed to obtain equiaxed grain structures. Only four of these subsidiary alloys - two binaries (FeNi and NiCo) and two ternaries (FeNiCo and NiCoCr) - were found to be single-phase FCC after rolling at room temperature followed by annealing for 1 h at temperatures of 300-1100 C. Pure Ni, which is FCC and one of the constituents of the quinary high-entropy alloy (FeNiCoCrMn), was also investigated for comparison with the higher order alloys. Among the materials investigated after thermomechanical processing (FeNiCoCr, FeNiCo, NiCoCr, FeNi, NiCo, and Ni), FeNiCo and Ni showed abnormal grain growth at relatively low annealing temperatures, while the other four showed normal grain growth behavior. The grain growth exponents for all five of the equiatomic alloys were found to be ∼0.25 (compared to ∼0.5 for unalloyed Ni), suggesting that solute drag may control grain growth in the alloys. For all five alloys, as well as for pure Ni, microhardness increases as the grain size decreases in a Hall-Petch type way. The ternary alloy NiCoCr was the hardest of the alloys investigated in this study, even when compared to the quaternary FeNiCoCr alloy. This suggests that solute hardening in equiatomic alloys depends not just on the number of alloying elements but also their type. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Tensile properties of high- and medium-entropy alloysA. Gali | E. P. George
Volume 39, Issue , April 2013, Pages 74-78
Equiatomic, face-centered-cubic, high- and medium-entropy alloys were arc melted, hot-rolled to produce recrystallized sheets, and tensile tested. The alloys having the compositions CrMnFeCoNi and CrFeCoNi exhibited a strong temperature-dependent decrease in strength with increasing temperature from -196 °C to 1000 °C, and a relatively weak strain-rate dependence (at 10 -3 and 10-1 s-1). Ductility did not vary inversely with yield strength; rather, when strength doubled as the test temperature was decreased from room temperature to -196 °C, elongation to fracture increased by a factor of 1.5 to >60%. A high degree of work hardening, possibly due to deformation-induced nanotwinning, postpones the onset of necking and may be the reason for the ductility increase. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Electron beam melting of Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb alloy: Microstructure and mechanical properties investigationS. Biamino | A. Penna | U. Ackelid | S. Sabbadini | O. Tassa | P. Fino | M. Pavese | P. Gennaro | C. Badini
Volume 19, Issue 6, June 2011, Pages 776-781
Gas atomized Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb powders have been used as precursor material in order to evaluate additive manufacturing for the production of near-net-shape γ-TiAl specimens to be employed in the field of aero-engines. In particular electron beam melting (EBM) is used to realize a selective densification of metal powder by melting it in a layerwise manner following a CAD design. The microstructure, the residual porosity and the chemical composition of the samples have been investigated both immediately after EBM and after heat treatments. High homogeneity of the samples, very low pickup of impurities (oxygen and nitrogen) with respect to the starting powders have been observed and due to an extremely low level of internal defects, intrinsic to EBM process, the tensile properties of the EBM γ-TiAl appear very consistent with a small scatter. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Effect of Nb on oxidation behavior of high Nb containing TiAl alloysJ. P. Lin | L. L. Zhao | G. Y. Li | L. Q. Zhang | X. P. Song | F. Ye | G. L. Chen
Volume 19, Issue 2, February 2011, Pages 131-136
The isothermal oxidation behavior of Ti-45Al-8Nb and Ti-52Al-8Nb alloys at 900 °C in air was investigated. The early oxidation behaviors were studied by using XPS and AES. And the microstructure and the composition of the oxidation scale were studied by using XRD and SEM. The results show that the oxidation behavior of TiAl alloy is significantly improved by Nb addition. Nb substitutes for Ti in TiO2 as a cation with valence 5, and thus to suppress TiO2 growth. The (Ti,Nb)O2-rich layer is a dense and chemically uniform which is more protective than the TiO2 layer. Nb addition also lowers the critical Al content to form an external alumina. Nb2Al phase is formed in the metallic matrix at the oxide-metal interface on the high Nb containing TiAl alloys. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
More than entropy in high-entropy alloys: Forming solid solutions or amorphous phaseSheng Guo | Qiang Hu | Chun Ng | C. T. Liu
Volume 41, Issue , June 2013, Pages 96-103
Metastable solid solutions can form preferably over intermetallic compounds, in cast high-entropy alloys or multi-component alloys with equi- or nearly equi-atomic compositions, due to the entropy contribution at elevated temperatures. Meanwhile, the high mixing entropy also favors the amorphous phase formation. The phase selection between solid solutions and the amorphous phase upon alloying in high-entropy alloys is intriguing. A two-parameter physical scheme, utilizing the atomic size polydispersity and mixing enthalpy, is found to be capable of capturing this phase selection mechanism. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Microstructural design and mechanical properties of a cast and heat-treated intermetallic multi-phase γ-TiAl based alloyEmanuel Schwaighofer | Helmut Clemens | Svea Mayer | Janny Lindemann | Joachim Klose | Wilfried Smarsly | Volker Güther
Volume 44, Issue , January 2014, Pages 128-140
Advanced intermetallic multi-phase γ-TiAl based alloys, such as TNM alloys with a nominal composition of Ti-43.5Al-4Nb-1Mo-0.1B (in at.%), are potential candidates to replace heavy Ni-base superalloys in the next generation of aircraft and automotive combustion engines. Aimed components are turbine blades and turbocharger turbine wheels. Concerning the cost factor arising during processing, which - additionally to material costs - significantly influences the final price of the desired components, new processing solutions regarding low-cost and highly reliable production processes are needed. This fundamental study targets the replacement of hot-working, i.e. forging, for the production of turbine blades. But without forging no grain refinement takes place by means of a recrystallization process because of the lack of stored lattice defects. Therefore, new heat treatment concepts have to be considered for obtaining final microstructures with balanced mechanical properties in respect to sufficient tensile ductility at room temperature as well as high creep strength at elevated temperatures. This work deals with the adjustment of microstructures in a cast and heat-treated TNM alloy solely by exploiting effects of phase transformations and chemical driving forces due to phase imbalances between different heat treatment steps and compares the mechanical properties to those obtained for forged and heat-treated material. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Entropy-driven phase stability and slow diffusion kinetics in an Al 0.5CoCrCuFeNi high entropy alloyChun Ng | Sheng Guo | Junhua Luan | Sanqiang Shi | C. T. Liu
Volume 31, Issue , December 2012, Pages 165-172
Previous work on the stability of the solid solution phases in the high entropy alloys is inconclusive. We used a series of thermo-mechanical treatments to study the stability of the solid solution phases in a high-entropy Al 0.5CoCrCuFeNi alloy. The solid solution phases were found to be stable, against the intermetallic compounds, at high temperatures >850 °C and at low temperatures <300 °C. At intermediate temperatures, however, the intermetallic σ-phase co-existed with the solid solution phases. The experimental observations were verified by the thermodynamic calculation results. The mechanisms for the phase stability, both at equilibrium and after quenching-equivalent annealing treatments, were discussed, and the roles of high entropy and slow diffusion kinetics were highlighted. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Evolution of microstructure, hardness, and corrosion properties of high-entropy Al0.5CoCrFeNi alloyChun Ming Lin | Hsien Lung Tsai
Volume 19, Issue 3, March 2011, Pages 288-294
In this study, we investigate the microstructure, hardness, and corrosion properties of as-cast Al0.5CoCrFeNi alloy as well as Al 0.5CoCrFeNi alloys aged at temperatures of 350 °C, 500 °C, 650 °C, 800 °C, and 950 °C for 24 h. The microstructures of the various specimens are investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and electron probe X-ray microanalysis (EPMA). The results show that the microstructure of as-cast Al0.5CoCrFeNi comprises an FCC solid solution matrix and droplet-shaped phases (Al-Ni rich phases). At aging temperatures of between 350 and 950 °C, the alloy microstructure comprises an FCC + BCC solid solution with a matrix, droplet-shaped phases (Al-Ni rich phase), wall-shaped phases, and needle-shaped phases (Al-(Ni, Co, Cr, Fe) phase). The aging process induces a spinodal decomposition reaction which reduces the amount of the Al-Ni rich phase in the aged microstructure and increases the amount of the Al-(Ni, Co, Cr, Fe) phase. The hardness of the Al0.5CoCrFeNi alloy increases after aging. The optimal hardness is obtained at aging temperatures in the range 350-800 °C, and the hardening effect decreases at higher temperatures. Both the as-cast and aged specimens are considerably corroded when immersed in a 3.5% NaCl solution because of the segregation of the Al-Ni rich phase precipitate formed in the FCC matrix. Cl- ions preferentially attack the Al-Ni rich phase, which is a sensitive zone exhibiting an appreciable potential difference, with consequent galvanic action. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A new generation of p-type didymium skutterudites with high ZTG. Rogl | A. Grytsiv | P. Rogl | E. Bauer | M. Zehetbauer
Volume 19, Issue 4, April 2011, Pages 546-555
This work evaluates the influence of single, double and triple filling of didymium, Ca and Ba in Fe4Sb12 as well as in Fe 3CoSb12 on the thermoelectric performance. Various filling levels, as well as various preparation methods and nanostructuring were used to improve the thermoelectric performance. It is shown that samples prepared via ball milling have a higher ZT (ZT = 1.1) than their hand milled counterparts (ZT ≈ 0.8). Co/Fe-substituted samples have ZT > 1.2 i.e. 25% higher than samples without Co, an average ZT up to 0.93 and an efficiency up to 14% for the temperature gradient of 300-800 K. With this good thermoelectric performance in such a wide temperature range these materials are hitherto the best p-type skutterudites for thermoelectric devices. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Rapid synthesis of high thermoelectric performance higher manganese silicide with in-situ formed nano-phase of MnSiWenhui Luo | Han Li | Yonggao Yan | Zebing Lin | Xinfeng Tang | Qinjie Zhang | Ctirad Uher
Volume 19, Issue 3, March 2011, Pages 404-408
P-type higher manganese silicides with in-situ formed nano-MnSi phase were prepared by a rapid melt-spinning process combined with a spark plasma sintering method (MS-SPS). Because of the in-situ formed multi-scale nano-MnSi phase, the electrical conductivity of the samples increases dramatically while the Seebeck coefficient maintains relatively high values owing possibly to an energy filtering effect. The thermal conductivity of the samples is reduced significantly with respect to that of the samples prepared by the traditional method. The MS-SPS-prepared MnSi1.75 shows a much improved ZT of 0.62 at 800 K, which represents an enhancement of 100% compared with the samples synthesized by the traditional method. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Solidification behaviour of TiAl-based alloys studied by directional solidification techniqueJ. Lapin | Z. Gabalcová
Volume 19, Issue 6, June 2011, Pages 797-804
Solidification behaviour of TiAl-based alloys with the nominal chemical composition Ti-46Al-8Ta and Ti-46Al-8Nb (at.%) was studied at steady- and unsteady-state conditions in Y2O3 moulds using Bridgman solidification technique. The effect of growth parameters (growth rate V and temperature gradient GL) on primary solidification phase, solidification path and microstructure parameters were determined. Directional solidification at unsteady-state conditions was applied to determine columnar to equiaxed transition (CET) in the studied systems. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Enhanced performances of melt spun Bi2(Te,Se)3 for n-type thermoelectric legsShanyu Wang | Wenjie Xie | Han Li | Xinfeng Tang
Volume 19, Issue 7, July 2011, Pages 1024-1031
In this article, a rapid and cost-effective melt spinning (MS) subsequently combined with a spark plasma sintering (SPS) process was utilized to prepared n-type Bi2(Te1-xSex)3 (x = 0.0-1.0) solid solutions from high purity single elemental chunks. The substitution of tellurium by selenium has significant impacts on the electrical and thermal transport properties of the Bi2(SexTe1-x) 3 compounds in a manner which can be well understood using a valence bond rule and the corresponding change in band gap. Furthermore, the selenium substitution effectively adjusts the carrier density allowing an optimum value of ∼5 × 10-19 cm-3. As a result, a maximum ZT of 1.05 at 420 K was achieved for the Bi2(Se0.2Te 0.8)3 sample which also shows an improved average ZT of ∼0.97 in the entire measurement temperature range. By adopting the same p-type legs, the module fabricated by the MS-SPS Bi2(Se 0.2Te0.8)3 material which acts as n-type legs shows ∼10% enhancement in thermoelectric conversion efficiency compared with the module fabricated by n-type zone melted ingots. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PdA. Takeuchi | N. Chen | T. Wada | Y. Yokoyama | H. Kato | A. Inoue | J. W. Yeh
20Pt 20Cu 20Ni 20P 20 high-entropy alloy as a bulk metallic glass in the centimeter
Volume 19, Issue 10, October 2011, Pages 1546-1554
A Pd20Pt20Cu20Ni20P 20 bulk metallic glass (BMG) with a high-entropy (HE) alloy composition and a maximum diameter of 10 mm was fabricated by fluxed water quenching. The system and composition of the Pd20Pt 20Cu20Ni20P20 alloy were determined from a prototype ternary Pd40Ni40P20 BMG in accordance with two strategic alloy designs of (1) HE alloy defined by an equi-atomic alloy with five or more elements and (2) exchangeability of the constituent elements with a similar chemical nature in the periodic table. Pd20Pt20Cu20Ni20P20 HE-BMG had a supercooled liquid range of 65 K and a reduced glass transition temperature of 0.71. Successful formation of Pd20Pt 20Cu20Ni20P20 HE-BMG is significant to develop new alloys for HE alloys and BMGs. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Investment casting technology for production of TiAl low pressure turbine blades - Process engineering and parameter analysisJulio Aguilar | Andre Schievenbusch | Oliver Kättlitz
Volume 19, Issue 6, June 2011, Pages 757-761
Low pressure turbine blades (LPT) made by investment casting from intermetallic titanium aluminide alloys for aero-engine applications in lengths between 200 and 400 mm require very demanding and sophisticated process for their manufacturing. Middle line shrinkage porosity along the airfoil and dimensional tolerances by near-net-shape casting are especially sensitive issues concerning Quality assurance. Nevertheless the urgency to manufacture safer environmental-friendly high performance aero-engines requires the introduction of new high performance components like LPT blades made of TiAl, which are about 50% lighter than their nickel-based counterparts. The present work is based on process engineering taking into account different melting and casting technologies in order to develop a dependable and reproducible series production route for TiAl LPT blades including the corresponding process parameter window. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
P-type skutterudites RxMyFe3CoSb 12 (R, M = Ba, Ce, Nd, and Yb): Effectiveness of double-filling for the lattice thermal conductivity reductionRuiheng Liu | Jiong Yang | Xihong Chen | Xun Shi | Lidong Chen | Ctirad Uher
Volume 19, Issue 11, November 2011, Pages 1747-1751
Ab-initio calculations of the resonant modes and frequencies for a number of possible fillers in p-type RFe3CoSb12 and RFe 4Sb12 were carried out. The results indicate that, although the exact values of fillers' resonant frequencies in p-type skutterudites are somewhat different from those in n-type Co-based skutterudites, the Einstein-like resonant modes of the fillers are similar to those in n-type materials. Experimentally, several pairs of the fillers were selected and double-filled p-type skutterudite compounds RxM yFe3CoSb12 (R, M = Ba, Ce, Nd, and Yb) were successfully synthesized. The reduction in the lattice thermal conductivity was realized by extending the range of resonant frequencies. As a result, enhanced ZT values above unity were achieved in these double-filled p-type skutterudites. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Effects of annealing treatment on phase composition and microstructure of CoCrFeNiTiAl x high-entropy alloysKuibao Zhang | Zhengyi Fu
Volume 22, Issue , March 2012, Pages 24-32
CoCrFeNiTiAl x (x: molar ratio) high-entropy alloys with different Al content were prepared by vacuum arc-melt casting and the as-synthesized alloys were subsequently heat treated at 1000 °C for 2 h. Effects of Al content and annealing treatment on phase composition and microstructure of these alloys were investigated by intensive characterization and analysis of the crystal structure, morphology and elemental segregation. Al addition promotes the formation of BCC structured phases in both as-cast and as-annealed alloys. The alloy without Al addition is mainly composed of face-centered cubic (FCC) solid-solution while the main phase transforms to stabilized (α-Fe,Cr)-based body-centered cubic (BCC) solid-solution as Al is introduced. Annealing demonstrates no obvious influence on the main phase and elemental segregation of CoCrFeNiTiAl x alloys except for alloys with low Al content (x = 0, 0.5 and 1.0) contain more intermetallic compounds after annealing. The phase formation rules of high-entropy alloys is explored in this study as the empirical formation rules of simple solid-solutions are proposed as: mixing entropy (S mix) ≥ 13.38 J/K·mol, -10 kJ/mol ≤ mixing enthalpy (H mix) ≤ 5 kJ/mol and atom-size difference (δ) ≤ 4. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Formation of intermetallic compounds in Al and Mg alloy interface during friction stir spot weldingDon Hyun Choi | Byung Wook Ahn | Chang Yong Lee | Yun Mo Yeon | Keun Song | Seung Boo Jung
Volume 19, Issue 2, February 2011, Pages 125-130
The spot welding of Al plate to Mg plate was produced by friction stir spot welding using various tool rotation speed and duration time of the tool to investigate the effects of the welding parameters on the reaction of Al and Mg alloy. The interface microstructure and phase were investigated using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The mechanical properties of the joints are evaluated using tensile test. Experimental results show that intermetallic compounds were formed in the interface of the Al and Mg alloys. The thickness of intermetallic compounds layer increases with increasing tool rotation speed and duration time, and has a significant effect on the strengths of the joints. Heavy thickness of intermetallic compounds layer seriously deteriorates the mechanical properties of the joints. The intermetallic compounds layer mainly contains Al3Mg2 and Al12Mg17© 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Effects of Co nanoparticle addition to Sn-3.8Ag-0.7Cu solder on interfacial structure after reflow and ageingA. S M A Haseeb | Tay See Leng
Volume 19, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 707-712
Effects of Co nanoparticle additions to Sn-3.8Ag-0.7Cu on the structure of solder/copper interface have been studied after reflow and high temperature ageing (150 °C, up to 1008 h). Results show that the Co nanoparticles substantially suppress the growth of Cu3Sn but enhance Cu 6Sn5 growth. Cobalt nanoparticles reduce interdiffusion coefficient in Cu3Sn. It is suggested that the Co nanoparticles undergo surface dissolution during reflow and exert their influence, at least partially, through alloying effect. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Microstructure development and hardness of a powder metallurgical multi phase γ-TiAl based alloyMartin Schloffer | Farasat Iqbal | Heike Gabrisch | Emanuel Schwaighofer | Frank Peter Schimansky | Svea Mayer | Andreas Stark | Thomas Lippmann | Mathias Göken | Florian Pyczak | Helmut Clemens
Volume 22, Issue , March 2012, Pages 231-240
A β-solidifying TiAl alloy with a nominal composition of Ti-43.5Al-4Nb-1Mo-0.1B (in at.%), termed TNM™ alloy, was produced by a powder metallurgical approach. After hot-isostatic pressing the microstructure is comprised of fine equiaxed γ-TiAl, α 2-Ti 3Al and β o-TiAl grains. By means of two-step heat-treatments different fine-grained nearly lamellar microstructures were adjusted. The evolution of the microstructure after each individual heat-treatment step was examined by light-optical, scanning and transmission electron microscopy as well as by conventional X-ray and in-situ high-energy X-ray diffraction. The experimentally evaluated phase fractions as a function of temperature were compared with the results of a thermodynamical calculation using a commercial TiAl database. Nano-hardness measurements have been conducted on the three constituting phases α 2, γ and β o after hot-isostatic pressing, whereas the hardness modification during heat-treatment was studied by macro-hardness measurements. A nano-hardness for the β o-phase is reported for the first time. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Effect of Y2O3 crucible on contamination of directionally solidified intermetallic Ti-46Al-8Nb alloyJ. Lapin | Z. Gabalcová | T. Pelachová
Volume 19, Issue 3, March 2011, Pages 396-403
The effect of Y2O3 crucible on contamination of Ti-46Al-8Nb (at.%) alloy directionally solidified (DS) in a Bridgman-type apparatus was studied. Directional solidification experiments were performed in dense Y2O3 crucibles using different growth rates, melt temperatures and various reaction time between the melt and the crucible. The main mechanism responsible for the contamination of the DS samples is diffusion controlled dissolution of the Y2O3 crucible in the melt which leads to an increase of oxygen and yttrium content in γ(TiAl) + α2(Ti3Al) matrix and precipitation of non-metallic particles in interdendritic region. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) showed that these particles are Y2O3 phase. The oxygen content and volume fraction of Y2O3 particles increase with increasing melt temperature and reaction time. The activation energy for increase of oxygen content is calculated to be QO = 412.1 kJ/mol and the kinetics of this process is suggested to be controlled by long-range diffusion with the oxygen content exponent of 3. The activation energy for Y2O3 particle formation is calculated to be QY = 421.8 kJ/mol and the time exponent is determined to be m = 0.55. Vickers microhardness measurements in lamellar γ + α2 matrix without Y2O3 particles can be used as an indirect evidence of the level of contamination of DS samples with statistically identical α2-α2 interlamellar spacing. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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They developed a test they call "MACRO," which stands for: multiplex amplification on a chip with readout on an oligo microarray. It combines two well-known genetic methods to flag about 97 percent of the known commercialized modifications, almost twice as many as other tests. It also can be easily expanded to include future genetically modified crops.
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how do you know something is bad if you dont taste, play, watch, or listen to it?
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From: Evel138 | Posted: 1/21/2013 6:31:09 PM | #015
PAAGGpewpew posted...crazyman32 posted...Evel138 posted...PhaseBlack posted...And still, DMC4 opened with three times as many copies sold in the UK. You know.... the thing that really matters?
No to sound like I'm siding with anyone. But Capcom said this game needed to sell 5m in order for DmC to be considered a success. They've since lowered it to 2m.
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I'm pretty open-minded when it comes to games. DmC is many steps backwards compared to other DMC games and abandons what the franchise build so far. The controls are needlessly complex, less weapons & moves, clunkier gameplay with less variety in combat, much easier, etc.
Everything you said is either skewed, out of context, or just plain wrong.
The controls are not needlessly complex. In fact, they're quite comparable to DMC4's. They're slightly different. If people took the time to learn them and not complain, there wouldn't be a problem.
There are a total of TWO less weapons than DMC3. It features the second most in the series.
There are less moves available, but it isn't by much.
The gameplay isn't at all clunky, and theres only less variety in combat compared to DMC4. It trumps every other game. Yes, even DMC3, as you had to choose styles, which severely limits variety.
It's easier, but only because it has a rather forgiving checkpoint system(more-so than 4), and we're all rather skilled in DMC3 and DMC4. DMC3 was only hard because it took most by surprise, and we weren't quite used to that kind of game(it was quite different from DMC and 4 years later with nothing inbetween) So these kind of games aren't much of a challenge anymore. I breezed through DMC4 and Bayonetta.
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This is not factual. They said (and a link would have been nice as I had to track the information.....the correct information......down myself) that they "expect to sell 2 million". Or in other words, sales projections / forecast which are subject to a number of different factors such as pre-sales (probably the reason this projection dropped so dramatically), past titles, etc etc and don't necessarily translate into profit margins.......No where did I read anything about the game having to sell X amount to be considered a "success" or what the hard margin is for the game to be profitable.
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PhaseBlack posted...nonexistinghero posted...It's still the #1 for each version though.
So.... this generation of gaming, with majority of people who knew title from its original inception, who loved and enjoyed the game using facts to back up their opinion of what they enjoyed that have been broken for "wider audience" is pathetic?
So... for a gamer/ fan who understands the game industry economy for the sake of the series' longevity to use facts in helping them make a point of how a new entry strayed from the original too far and is blatantly obvious in the figures something pathetic?
As much as I want to agree to you gamer's soul thing, gaming is as much about business as it is your enjoyment. Game development cost tons and individual unit prices steep so for a realist to make a point on how a game's enjoyability is relative to the sales figure isn't too far off and in by no means makes someone pathetic for being a realist.
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Sun Co. Inc., in an effort to shore up its sagging profits, has put its 16-vessel oil transport fleet up for sale. About 210 employees will be let go, Sun spokesman Bud Davis said yesterday. The Philadelphia oil company has not yet found a buyer, but Davis said, "We're talking to people now, and we expect the sale to be sooner rather than later - we would hope by the end of the year. " The fleet consists of five tugs, seven barges, one self-propelled barge, one coastal tanker and two ocean-going tankers.
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The world is awash in oil, and Congress has decided to do something about it. With the Saudis pumping like crazy, the Iranians returning to the market, and U.S. production near record highs, oil prices are the lowest in more than a decade, and gasoline prices are back to their Great Recession lows. In the midst of all this, Congress ended the ban on exporting oil. Though the decision may not make much of a difference right now, when the oil markets return to normal there could be some real impacts, and they might not all be positive.
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A RECENT National Public Radio report made much of financial troubles in the Philadelphia schools, and shortfalls of a few hundred million dollars. This is an economic problem that could be solved with a fraction of the money taken from the pockets of Philadelphia citizens by the high price of oil. The U.S. currently pays $94 each for 19 million barrels of crude oil every day. Under President Clinton, the price averaged $26 per barrel in today's dollars and the oil companies made good profits at that price.
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Rawleigh Warner, 92, the Mobil Oil Corp. chairman and chief executive officer who took corporate-image management to a new level through company sponsorship of public TV's Masterpiece Theater and paid opinion pieces that appeared in U.S. newspapers, died Wednesday in Hobe Sound, Fla., of complications from a progressive muscle disease, a New York Times obituary said. As chairman and CEO from 1969 to 1986, and president from 1965 to 1969, the finance-minded Mr. Warner led Mobil, then based in New York, as it overtook rivals to become second in sales behind Exxon Corp., years before the two companies merged.
Don't delay pipeline over one accident
June 7, 2013
By Robert L. Bradley Jr. Several of the country's most powerful environmental groups have latched onto the recent 10,000-barrel Arkansas oil spill to fight against a federal permit for Keystone XL, a proposed transnational pipeline project. New subway ads in Washington from SumOfUs.org claim that this spill is just a "preview" of what will come by connecting Canadian oil deposits with refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast. This now-standard tactic among green groups - opposing new energy projects by highlighting dissimilar accidents - is obstructionist thinking.
Walter Lufkin Jr., 95, manager and engineer with oil company
December 31, 2012
By Bonnie L. Cook, Inquirer Staff Writer
Walter Joseph Lufkin Jr., 95, a longtime Abington resident and an Atlantic Richfield Co. employee for three decades, died Wednesday, Dec. 19, of cerebrovascular disease at Rydal Park in Jenkintown. Mr. Lufkin joined the Atlantic Refining Co. in 1945. His responsibilities included the field of industrial engineering, which was new at the time, and later, implementation of information technology. In the 1970s, he retired from Atlantic Richfield Co., now part of British Petroleum, with the title systems implementation manager.
New Jersey Senate president Sweeney sues West Deptford over oil companies
November 15, 2012
By Joelle Farrell, Inquirer Trenton Bureau
New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D., Gloucester) is suing officials in West Deptford, his hometown, alleging that they let two oil companies skirt an environmental cleanup law in exchange for money to buy two fire trucks. The lawsuit, filed in Superior Court in Gloucester County, argues that the mayor and township council "willfully ignored" a law designed to prevent companies from leaving a polluted site without first paying the state for environmental cleanup. In a June e-mail exchange, a lawyer for Sunoco pledged that the oil company would pay $1 million toward West Deptford's purchase of two fire engines if the township awarded it $13.9 million for a property tax settlement and withheld nothing for cleanup in accordance with the pending law, according to the lawsuit.
Archbishop of Canterbury to be named
November 9, 2012
By Robert Barr, Associated Press
LONDON - The next archbishop of Canterbury will be officially introduced Friday, the British government says, and the expectation is that the new leader of the world's 77 million Anglicans will be former oil company executive Justin Welby. Welby, 56, made an unusual midcareer shift from the oil industry to the clergy. He has said he faced conflicts between his beliefs and how companies acted - and has made business ethics and standards part of his work. "I don't believe in good human beings," Welby said in an interview with the Guardian in July.
The Week in Words: Selling a refinery; selling an oil company; monetizing 900 million users
May 6, 2012
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"My first reaction was, 'Wow, they're thinking outside the box.'?" — C. Alan Walker, an aide to Gov. Corbett, on Delta Air Lines' purchase of the ConocoPhillips refinery in Trainer, where the carrier intends to make its own jet fuel. "Acquiring the Trainer refinery is an innovative approach to managing our largest expense. " — Delta chief executive Richard Anderson, on the $150 million purchase. "They're really going to have to prove that they can start to monetize these 900 million users, not just in a desktop environment, but more importantly in a mobile environment, which is even more questionable.
Refinery closings could affect 15,000 jobs, study says
February 16, 2012
By Anthony R. Wood, Inquirer Staff Writer
More than 15,000 jobs could be affected - in some instances eliminated - by the closings of oil refineries in Marcus Hook and Trainer, Delaware County officials warned Wednesday. "This is a real devastating situation," said Frank Carey of the county's Office of Employment and Training. Citing a state analysis it had requested, the county said that for every job lost at the refinery, 18 nonrefinery employees would either lose jobs, have hours reduced, or have their jobs changed in some way. Those who would be out of work included more than 1,100 union members employed by refinery contractors, according to the study.
Small handful of potential refinery buyers
December 20, 2011
By Andrew Maykuth, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Sunoco Inc. and ConocoPhillips are shopping their Delaware River refineries to a small group of potential buyers who might keep them open, saving about a thousand threatened jobs. But elected officials and labor leaders who met Monday with representatives of the oil companies expressed frustration that they know little more about the seriousness or intentions of the buyers. "They're precluded from telling us what may be going on at this time," U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan (R., Pa.)
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StarmanJunior 4 years ago#1
I loved how in Metroid Prime and Zero Mission you could unlock the original metroid. That was an amazing bonus content. Same with Donkey Kong 64 and being able to play jetpac and the original donkey kong arcade, that was just huge for me. I think games like Kid Icarus Uprising could've benefited from having unlockable original Kid Icarus games, especially for newcomers. Or Mario Kart games not just having retro levels, but unlockable older games, much like Super Circuit did.
Then there's other bonus content. Super Mario Bros. DX is one of the rare cases where I've been wowed by a port, because of all the additional content and the small touches, like each toad giving out artwork and whatnot. Similarly with A Boy and His Blob for Wii, getting a bonus level with each three treasure boxes rescued, and unlocking artwork and sketches from production, and even videos of motion capturing. I love when a game brings you into its creation like that, really makes the experience feel worthwhile.
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Did Super Circuit really have unlockable games? I don't remember that at all.
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poopfeasts420 4 years ago#3
I like the type of bonus content where you have to beat the game on a certain difficulty to unlock a new character or something. The only ones I can think of right now are the Mega Man games on the PSP.
Mariofan15 4 years ago#4
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Did Super Circuit really have unlockable games? I don't remember that at all.
No. All it had was unlockable tracks from Super Mario Kart.
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WrestlinFan 4 years ago#5
They can't put old games in as bonus content anymore, because publishers have to make a buck on the VC. *sigh* Tis the price of gaming this gen.
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From: Ghetsis | #002Did Super Circuit really have unlockable games? I don't remember that at all.
You say that as if it was a small thing... It WAS five extra cups, (albeit with slightly watered down content; the MKSC retro tracks lacked hazards like the rainbow road thwomps and were much shorter than the nitro tracks) after all.
40 tracks was quite a lot when you think about it. Probably why I think SC holds up in comparison to 64 and SMK.
Good bonus content, for me, constitutes one or more of the following:
-The ability to do what you want after the game ends in a state like free roaming
-- A new game + option allowing you keep most/all of your stuff if the above cannot be done
-Extra story content unlocks after the story has finished
-A super difficult extra dungeon(s) with a nice extra boss
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Mariofan15 posted...From: Ghetsis | #002Did Super Circuit really have unlockable games? I don't remember that at all.
Those tracks sucked,though. They took out every obstacle that made them challenging.
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An old-school turn-based party-based RPG set in a huge open fantasy world.
This project's funding goal was not reached on November 17, 2012.
Antharion can best be described as a fusion of various elements from classic series like The Elder Scrolls, Baldur's Gate, and Ultima into a single player old-school RPG experience. We wanted to combine an immense open-ended living-breathing world where the player is free to go anywhere and do anything, with a deep tactical turn-based combat system, a rich skill set and character creation system, and the distinctive feel of old-school classic RPGs.
Antharion's world isn't just huge ...it's massive! Over 100 dungeons, 20+ cities, 50+ unique monster types, this thing is enormous! It's important to us that everything in the game feels unique - you should never say to yourself, "Where have I seen that monster before?" or, "Wow, those NPCs looks really familiar." As you can see from the video, Antharion is crammed with tons of unique environments and we'll keep adding even more until it's finished. It's important to us that Antharion feels alive. NPCs don't just mindlessly sit there all day waiting like cardboard cutouts for you to enter their shops, they have lives of their own: going to their jobs during the day and then home at night. Steal in front of someone and you may be in for a fight, or they may just flee to find the nearest guard depending on their individual temperament. Get reported for committing a crime and you'll have a bounty on your head - if a guard spots you he'll throw you in the nearest prison (probably taking a bit of your coin for himself).
Antharion is stats heavy and gives you complete control over character customization. You choose each character's race, class (or create your own custom class), and appearance. You can either select from a set of existing classes (where your skill and attribute points are assigned automaticall) or you may choose to create your own class (and assign skill and attribute points however you like). Currently there are 9 skills including: Black Magic, White Magic, Ranged Weapons, Defense, Lock Picking, Stealth, Mercantile, Gray Magic, and Melee Weapons; 5 attributes: Strength, Dexterity, Wisdom, Intelligence, and Constitution; and 5 races: Human, Orc, Necrophil, Lynx, and Elf.
Combat is the heart and soul of Antharion. We set out to create the sharpest, crispest and most responsive combat system possible and we're very happy with the results. Combat begins when either a player or an enemy initiates it. At the beginning of a new round all players and enemies are assigned a certain amount of action points (AP) as determined by their individual stats. Movements cost 1 AP while attacks and spell casts cost all of it (unless you're hasted). If the player initiates combat then all of the player's characters move one by one until none have any AP left. Then the enemies would move one by one until they're all out of AP. Then a new round starts and everything repeats until one side is dead. What sets Antharion's combat apart from other games is the snappiness and transparency of it's combat system. What you see is what you get.
There are three schools of magic (Black, White, and Gray). Each school has a corresponding skill which determines the spells you can learn plus how powerful those spells are. Below is just a small sampling from the 45 spells we already have implemented:
Ever since the murder of the beloved King Mallory (uniter of the Kingdom) at the hands of his own debauched son (and now King) Zeverith, the Kingdom of Antharion has been ravaged by political turmoil. Zeverith's first act as King was to dissolve the Senate; his second was to sell off large chunks of the Kingdom to rich noblemen who promptly enslaved many of their inhabitants. The Order was a collective of adept magical enthusiasts who for centuries collaborated in secret to tame and refine their arcane magical knowledge. Zeverith quickly became aware of the Order's existence through his network of spies and immediately swore to neutralize them. Many of its members were killed by Zeverith's forces but others fled deep into the depths of long forgotten caverns - some of the more masterful wizards even managed to magically construct artificial planes of existence to escape off into. In response, Zeverith began what would come to be known as The Great Purge, sending his men from city to city and town to town to hunt down every last wizard. As part of a poor group of peasants from a small quiet town on the outskirts of the Kingdom, you suddenly found yourself swept up in The Purge when a group of Zeverith's men stormed your town, murdered the townsfolk, and burned every last house to the ground. Taken deep into an underground dungeon for a torturing and execution, you somehow manage to overpower your captors. What happens next will be up to you...
So far Antharion has been entirely self-funded. Our small two-person full-time operation has been working slavishly for over a year trying to make Antharion a reality while living off of a modest savings. We recently hired a fantastic artist to work full-time on hand-made pixel art and while the project is shaping up into something very special, our savings accounts are dwindling fast. Soon we're going to need to hire a composer to score an original soundtrack for the game. We'd also like to port Antharion over to the iPad which will cost even more money. By reaching our goal, we can ensure not only that Antharion will get completed, but that its development time will be cut down dramatically. Exceeding our goal will allow us to create even more and better quality pixel art, animations, and music in addition to enabling us to craft an even larger world stuffed with more unique dungeons, monsters, items, NPCs, and quests.
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A little over a year ago Antharion was just a dream. Today the game's engine and development tools are complete and the challenges from here on out will consist mainly of: (1) polishing core gameplay mechanics (such as combat and magic); (2) producing content (such as more pixel art, animations, and an original soundtrack) to fill up Antharion's massive open-ended world; and (3) porting Antharion over to the iPad without compromising core gameplay. We're confident that reaching our goal will allow us to overcome these as well as any future challenges.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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