Glenn Grant

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Projects

SEM investigation of Thermal Barrier Coatings and ODS alloys

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Glenn Grant

Project type

Exploratory Research

We are interested in compositional and microstructural information on approximately 10 samples of Zirconia coated steel and a ferritic ODS alloy. We are also interested in high resolution SEM images…

FRICTION STIR PROCESSING TiB2 INTO THE SURFACE OF CLASS 40 GREY CAST IRON TO IMPROVE THE WEAR RESISTANCE

Lead Institution

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Principal Investigator

Uma Ramasubramanian

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective of this work is to use Friction Stir Processing (FSP) to improve the wear resistance of class 40 grey cast iron. FSP is used to process TiB2 particulate into the surface of the cast…