Crystal chemistry and petrology of coexisting galaxite and jacobsite and other spinel solutions and solvi '
Galaxite (Gx:MnAlzO+) and jacobsite ("ID:MnFezO+)-rich spinels occur together in the metamorphosed manganese deposit near Bald Knob, North Carolina. They show limited mutual solubility with lz-lgVa Jb in Gx and 19-22% Gx in Jb. The implied solvus is consistent with syntheses oflshida et al. (1977) along the Gx-"ID pseudobinary. Refinement of the structure of one galaxite (Gxg5JbrcSpaGhr) reveals that Mn is located on tetrahedral sites and Al on octahedral sites and that galaxite is therefore a normal spinel. All available data suggest that jacobsite is also a normal spinel at low temperatures, and the solvus between galaxite and jacobsite does not seem to be caused by differences in normality/inverseness. Chemical and experimental data available for (Mg,Zn,Mg,Fe2*XFe3*,Al)zOa spinels suggest hat the ferrites (acobsite, franklinite, magnesioferrite and magnetite) show extensive solid solution and are separated from aluminate solid solutions (galaxite, gahnite, spinel (s.s.) and hercynite) by wide solvi at metamorphic temperatures.
Mössbauer and XRD characterization of the effect of heat treatment and the tribological test on the physical and mechanical properties of a Fe-Mn-Al-C alloy
In this study, a Fe-29.0Mn-6.0Al–0.9C-1.8Mo-1.6Si-0.4Cu (Wt. %) alloy was prepared in an induction furnace. The as-cast sample was submitted to homogenization at 1050 °C over 8 hours, which was followed by quenching, and an aging heat treatment at 500 °C for 12 h. Wear tests were performed by using a Pin on Disk Tribometer (ASTM G99) at room temperature to evaluate the mass loss. Optical Microscopy, X-Ray Diffraction, and Transmission Mossbauer Spectroscopy were used to characterize the microstructure and structural properties of the samples. The obtained microstructure of the heat-treated samples was of the austenitic type, and their XRD patterns were refined with the lines of the austenite, martensite, galaxite, and FeO structures. Mössbauer spectra of powders, obtained from the surface of the samples, showed the presence of a broad doublet, which corresponded to the disordered austenite; and a small hyperfine magnetic field distribution associated with the disordered and ferromagnetic martensite. After the tribology test, the surface of the sample was examined, and it was obderved that the austenite, martensite, and galaxite phases were present. The martensite quantity increased and, those of galaxite and austenite decreased, but that of austenite appeared to have larger lattice parameter. The decrease in the galaxite content was a direct consequence of the wear test, which removed matter from the sample surface. The appearance of additional martensite was due to the transformation of the austenite by mechanical work. The additional presence of a new austenite with a bigger lattice parameter and of the Fe oxide was the consequence of the heating process of the sample during the tribological test. The Mossbauer spectrum of this sample confirms the increase of the martensite content. The mechanical properties increased with the heat treatment.
Effect of stress conditions on collapse deformation behavior of a rockfill material
A set of saturated and dry-saturated large-scale triaxial tests were conducted in order to explore the effects of stress conditions on the saturation-induced collapse deformation behavior of a rockfill material. Specimens were tested in different confining pressures and for dry-saturated tests the specimens were submerged in various shear stress levels. The results indicate that in all of the dry-saturated tests a sudden reduction in the volume of the specimens was observed during the submerging process. The ratio of the minimum axial strength of a submerged specimen (at the end of the saturation process) to the shear strength of the specimen before saturation is defined as the coefficient of stress recovery, Csr. Results of the dry-saturated tests showed that this ratio increases as the confining pressure increases and decreases by increasing the shear stress level. According to the results of dry-saturated tests the values of internal friction angle reduction caused by saturation (Δϕc), the ratio of the elasticity modulus of the material after saturation to its elasticity modulus in dry condition, i.e., Ewet/Edry, and also the saturation induced sudden volumetric strain (εvc) decrease as the confining pressure increases. However the shear stress level does not have any meaningful effect on the variation of Dfc, Ewet/Edry and (εvc).