Traditionally used by academic researchers, neutron facilities also provide commercial advantages to those companies which are aware of the unique benefits of neutron scattering techniques for their research and innovation. The advanced techniques provided by neutron sources are powerful tools for multi-scale material and process characterisation down to atomic detail. As such, they are useful...
In view of efficiency and resource scarcity, lightweight construction is an important issue for automotive industry. Here, the use of high- and ultra-high-strength steels offer enormous weight reducing potential in car body construction. However, a manufacturing disadvantage of these materials is the strong elastic springback due to the high yield strength and the associated difficulties with...
Increasing demands on modern turbines require (α2+γ) lamellar-structured TiAl alloys with fine colony size and properly aligned lamellae. As the lamellar structure is formed by the α→α2+γ phase transformation obeying Blackburn OR, the characteristics of lamellar structure depends directly on the high-temperature α phase. Thus, the lamellar structure optimization could be realized by the...
Nafion membranes are frequently used as membranes in fuel cells and electrolyzers due to their chemical resistivity. In this study, we used Nafion membranes before and after the application. We investigated the structure of Nafion membranes in different humidity conditions using small angle neutron scattering (SANS) and prompt gamma activation analysis (PGAA). The SANS measurements reveal the...
The magnetic flux guidance in an electric engine is usually achieved by introducing cutouts in the electrical steel (ES) sheets that make up its core. However, these cutouts create thin structures, reducing the mechanical strength of the ES sheets and limiting the achievable maximum rotational speed and therefore the energy efficiency of the engine.
Residual stress in ES sheets reduces the...
