A powerful, simple and fast technique for non-destructive multi-element analysis of materials is energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) technique. This method is based on radioisotope excited energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) spectrometry and does not require any type-standards. For these reasons, the EDXRF method was chosen in this paper to analyse the different types of stainless steel (SS) samples. After non-destructive multi-element

The material for experiments was an aluminum alloys series 7xxx obtained by thermo-mechanical processing. We studied the influence of different artificial aging parameters on mechanical characteristic and corrosion of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu-alloy. The Al alloys was solution treated at 475 +/- 5 oC for 60 minutes, quenched in water 40-60oC and artificial aging at 120, 150, 180, 210oC at different time of aging (60, respectively 300, 540, 720 minutes). After

A poly(bisphenol A)cyanurate (PCy) network was modified by a hydroxy-terminated oligoester, poly(butylene glycol adipate), PBGA, by polycyclotrimerization of bisphenol A dicyanate in the presence of the oligoester. The modified networks with PBGA content from 5 to 20% (w/w) were characterized by a combination of FTIR, DSC, TMA, TGA, impact testing and sol-gel analysis. It has been established that almost whole of the PBGA was chemically incorporated

Al-Cu matrix composite materials with 5-20 wt. proportions of SiC hard particles and unreinforced Al-Cu alloys obtained by powder metallurgy (P/M), in the same homogenization (20 r.p.m., about 7 hours)- pressing (450 MPa for composites) - presintering (300-420 degrees C/30 min/H(2)) conditions but at different sintering temperatures (520-620 degrees C/60min/H(2), furnace cooling) were analyzed in terms of microstructural and physical characteristics.