A Hard Skin for Copper

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Episode 165 of the Professor Alex Volinsky podcast. A CuO-Al booster reaction supplied the heat to drive in-situ TiC-Al2O3 synthesis to completion on copper during casting, with infiltrating molten copper densifying the coating. Hardness up 5x (40→195 HB), wear mass loss down 17x (7.98→0.44 g at 40 N), metallurgical bond 293 MPa. Based on the paper: In-situ Synthesis of TiC-Al2O3 Coating on Copper Surface; F. Yang, Q. Qin, T. Shi, X. Lu, C.-G. Chen, Z.-M. Guo, A.A. Volinsky; Surface and Coatings Technology, 2019, Vol. 373, pp. 65–74. Hosts Elena and Marcus. AI-generated voices.

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