The attractive mechanical properties of 7075 alloy, such as its high strength-to-weight ratio and fracture toughness, have received special attention in the automotive and aerospace industries. However, welding as a fabrication process has a detrimental effect on this alloy’s properties which affects its mechanical performance. In this work, to compensate for the loss in mechanical properties caused by welding, proper heat treatment operations are adopted. To this end, 1.5 mm AA7075 sheets were first preheated and butt welded using the gas tungsten arc welding process. The welded sample was solution heat treated, quenched, and then artificially aged. Microhardness tests showed an increase of hardness in all zones of the aged specimen compared to those of the original welded blank before heat treatment. A maximum microhardness value of 180 HV was recorded in the heat-affected zone of the aged specimen. In addition, elongation at break, and strength (yield, tensile, and fracture) of the original welded blank increased by about 50% after the artificial aging operation. Manuscript profile

However, the conventional gold recovery process is cyanidation, due to the recent environmental laws; researchers are looking for alternative methods for the recovery of gold. Furthermore, the copper anode slime is one of the most important secondary sources of gold (about 1200 ppm). So, the main objective of the current work is gold separation from copper anode slime as a rich secondary source of gold by determining the mechanism of the reaction between thiourea (TU) and Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in the thiourea leaching of gold. Thiourea can form cationic complex with gold in gold extraction process from copper anode slime. Thiourea consumption levels were also examined during the leaching operations for different leaching parameters, i.e. solution volume, concentration ratio of thiourea/H2O2, pH, leaching time and Agitation rate. Ammonia was added to the gold containing solution, and consequently, gold was precipitated in the metallic form. X-Ray pattern confirms formation of metallic gold. Manuscript profile

نیترید تانتالوم به دلیل سختی بالا و مقاومت به خوردگی خوب توانسته است توجهات زیادی را به عنوان پوششی مناسب جلب نماید. اما چقرمگی شکست لایه‌های نازک نیترید تانتالوم که یکی از عوامل تاثیرگذار بر طول عمر پوشش است، هنوز به خوبی بررسی نشده است. در این پژوهش، برای نخستین بار، چقرمگی شکست، پلاستیسیته و حساسیت به نرخ کرنش لایه های نازک نیترید تانتالوم به کمک روش نانو فرورونده بررسی و ارزیابی شد. در این بررسی نشان داده شده که تغییرات چقرمگی شکست فازهای مختلف نیترید تانتالوم از MPa√m 6/0 تا MPa√m 7/8 بسته به میزان نیتروزن موجود در سیستم لایه نشانی و به تبع آن نیتروژن موجود در شبکه نیترید تانتالوم افزایش می‌یابد. همچنین دو فاز مهم نیترید تانتالوم یعنی γ-Ta2N و δ-TaN دارای حساسیت به نرخ کرنش منفی و مثبت هستند که می‌توان این رفتار را به تغییرات ساختار فازی حین انجام آزمون نسبت داد. Manuscript profile