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The enhancement of life and the performance of metal engineering components is mainly determined by surface characteristics. The latter has a pivotal role in enhancing the life of products since they control the mechanical, electrical, thermal, and electronic properties. Nevertheless, the surface and near-surface properties are crucial in failure mechanisms since the loss of performance and failures mostly begin from the surface. Research advances in the designing, processing, and characterizing of textured surfaces broadly support innovative industrial applications and products.The performance improvement in engineering components during operation is a challenging issue and surface engineering methods have been attracting considerable interest in both research and industrial fields. Even though many attempts have been made to face the wear of metals by tuning the physical, chemical, mechanical, and metallurgical properties of their surfaces, several important aspects need to be still deepened.The present book collects original research papers and a review that covers the latest development in methods for enhancing the life and functionality of engineering components by tuning the physical, chemical, mechanical, and metallurgical properties of their surfaces. Attention is focused on processing and characterizing methods capable of supporting industrial applications and products to both tackle surface degradation and improve the performance and reliability of components.

Technology: general issues --- HVOF coatings --- sliding wear --- brake systems --- magnesium alloy --- forging --- fatigue --- microstructure --- plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) --- micro arc oxidation (MAO) --- electroplating --- Ni–P coatings --- SiC particles --- heat treatment --- wear --- laser hardening --- ausferrite --- austempered ductile iron --- nodular iron --- hardfacing --- high chromium cast iron --- erosion tests --- wear resistance --- n/a --- Ni-P coatings

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The enhancement of life and the performance of metal engineering components is mainly determined by surface characteristics. The latter has a pivotal role in enhancing the life of products since they control the mechanical, electrical, thermal, and electronic properties. Nevertheless, the surface and near-surface properties are crucial in failure mechanisms since the loss of performance and failures mostly begin from the surface. Research advances in the designing, processing, and characterizing of textured surfaces broadly support innovative industrial applications and products.The performance improvement in engineering components during operation is a challenging issue and surface engineering methods have been attracting considerable interest in both research and industrial fields. Even though many attempts have been made to face the wear of metals by tuning the physical, chemical, mechanical, and metallurgical properties of their surfaces, several important aspects need to be still deepened.The present book collects original research papers and a review that covers the latest development in methods for enhancing the life and functionality of engineering components by tuning the physical, chemical, mechanical, and metallurgical properties of their surfaces. Attention is focused on processing and characterizing methods capable of supporting industrial applications and products to both tackle surface degradation and improve the performance and reliability of components.

HVOF coatings --- sliding wear --- brake systems --- magnesium alloy --- forging --- fatigue --- microstructure --- plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) --- micro arc oxidation (MAO) --- electroplating --- Ni–P coatings --- SiC particles --- heat treatment --- wear --- laser hardening --- ausferrite --- austempered ductile iron --- nodular iron --- hardfacing --- high chromium cast iron --- erosion tests --- wear resistance --- n/a --- Ni-P coatings

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Due to their lightweight and high specific strength, Mg-based alloys are considered as substitutes to their heavier counterparts in applications in which corrosion is non-relevant and weight saving is of importance. Furthermore, due to the biocompatibility of Mg, some alloys with controlled corrosion rates are used as degradable implant materials in the medical sector. The typical processing route of Mg parts incorporates a casting step and, subsequently, a thermo–mechanical treatment. In order to achieve the desired macroscopic properties and thus fulfill the service requirements, thorough knowledge of the relationship between the microstructure, the processing steps, and the resulting property profile is necessary. This Special Issue covers in situ and ex situ experimental and computational investigations of the behavior under thermo–mechanical load of Mg-based alloys utilizing modern characterization and simulation techniques. The papers cover investigations on the effect of rare earth additions on the mechanical properties of different Mg alloys, including the effect of long-period stacking-ordered (LPSO) structures, and the experimental and computational investigation of the effect of different processing routes.

Technology: general issues --- magnesium alloys --- long period stacking ordered structures (LPSO) --- synchrotron radiation diffraction --- magnesium alloy --- low-speed extrusion --- microstructure evolution --- mechanical properties --- thermomechanical processing --- calcium addition --- disintegrated melt deposition --- processing map --- formability --- initial texture --- deformation mechanism --- texture evolution --- ductile damage --- GTN model --- magnesium --- in-situ --- deformation mechanisms --- deformation behaviour --- restoration mechanisms --- electron microscopy --- characterisation --- in-situ diffraction --- Mg-LPSO alloys --- neutron diffraction --- EBSD --- dislocation slip --- twinning --- n/a

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In recent decades, there have been extensive developments in science and technology. These advances provide new techniques to deposit coatings onto various substrates, thus, addressing the ever-increasing performance requirements of various applications. Moreover, as technology itself develops, there are new problems that require new solutions, some of which can be solved through the application of coatings. Thus, the demands from coatings are continually increasing and the field is growing. The collection of articles contained within this volume cover a wide range of different research approaches to coatings reflecting the expanding field of coatings. It covers examples from topics such as a cold spray of magnesium alloys onto steel substrates, mechanical coatings of Ti-based materials onto steel balls, electroless plating of Ni-P coating onto an Mg-based alloy, magnetron sputtering of Ru-Zr coatings onto a Si wafer, a review of ionic liquids that form surface layers, as corrosion inhibitors, nano-composite epoxy coatings containing exfoliated clay (montmorillonite) for steel protection, a coating based on plasma electrolytic oxidation of an aluminum alloy and inhibited epoxy primer for aerospace aluminum alloys. This volume provides a wide-angle snapshot of current coating technologies through the presentation of some specific studies.

Research & information: general --- cyclical gradient concentration --- internal oxidation --- multilayer coating --- nanocomposite coating --- Ti coatings --- steel balls --- mechanical coating --- process analysis --- steel --- corrosion --- protection --- coatings --- epoxy—clay nanocomposites --- primer --- Li-inhibited --- AA2024 --- polyurethane --- SEM --- EDS --- PIXE --- PIGE --- leaching --- pigments --- ionic liquid --- polyionic liquid --- graphene --- hybrid coating --- electroless deposition --- Ni–P coating --- magnesium alloy --- ZE10 --- adhesion --- microhardness --- EDS analysis --- polarization test --- plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) --- aluminum --- three-dimensional structure --- aluminum/coating interface --- growth model --- cold spraying --- coating --- composite coatings --- microstructure

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Due to their lightweight and high specific strength, Mg-based alloys are considered as substitutes to their heavier counterparts in applications in which corrosion is non-relevant and weight saving is of importance. Furthermore, due to the biocompatibility of Mg, some alloys with controlled corrosion rates are used as degradable implant materials in the medical sector. The typical processing route of Mg parts incorporates a casting step and, subsequently, a thermo–mechanical treatment. In order to achieve the desired macroscopic properties and thus fulfill the service requirements, thorough knowledge of the relationship between the microstructure, the processing steps, and the resulting property profile is necessary. This Special Issue covers in situ and ex situ experimental and computational investigations of the behavior under thermo–mechanical load of Mg-based alloys utilizing modern characterization and simulation techniques. The papers cover investigations on the effect of rare earth additions on the mechanical properties of different Mg alloys, including the effect of long-period stacking-ordered (LPSO) structures, and the experimental and computational investigation of the effect of different processing routes.

Technology: general issues --- magnesium alloys --- long period stacking ordered structures (LPSO) --- synchrotron radiation diffraction --- magnesium alloy --- low-speed extrusion --- microstructure evolution --- mechanical properties --- thermomechanical processing --- calcium addition --- disintegrated melt deposition --- processing map --- formability --- initial texture --- deformation mechanism --- texture evolution --- ductile damage --- GTN model --- magnesium --- in-situ --- deformation mechanisms --- deformation behaviour --- restoration mechanisms --- electron microscopy --- characterisation --- in-situ diffraction --- Mg-LPSO alloys --- neutron diffraction --- EBSD --- dislocation slip --- twinning --- n/a