“We asked ourselves: can we produce an alloy with near-optimized microstructure-property combination directly from ores or oxides with zero CO 2 emission?” says Shaolou Wei, Humboldt research fellow ...

Another form of silicon steel, fabricated by ... Research at the school includes the microstructure refinement and composition homogeneity of oversized aluminium alloy and magnesium alloy ingots ...

(AISI 1080) were selected for the alloy compositions. Steel samples (10×10×10 mm ... Higher energy input shifted the microstructure from martensitic to bainitic, reducing the YS and UTS ...

The microstructure is now a ploycrystalline pearlite with the hard-brittle proeutectoid cementite on the grain boundaries. This structure makes the alloy more brittle than the eutectoid pearlite ...