Recycling and New Technologies in Metallurgy and Foundry
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Metals and Alloys".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2025 | Viewed by 137
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wear-resistant steels and cast steels; heat treatment of alloy and unalloyed steels and cast steels; microstructural analysis; metallurgical engineering; metal casting
Interests: material characterization; nanomaterials; physical chemistry; biochemistry; molecular spectroscopy; surface analysis; adsorption
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Reusing alloys and special materials in metallurgy and molding sands and materials in foundries reduces production costs and enables the production of new technical materials.
The articles included in this Special Issue aim to present the latest trends in research on and the application of new technologies in metallurgy and foundry using special materials and methods for their processing and reuse. Therefore, the collated publications should not only highlight advances in developing these technologies but the properties of engineering materials already known and widely used should also be discussed.
The topics covered by the submitted articles should relate to the development of new engineering materials, recovery methods for melting steel, new technologies for modifying molten steel, new processing techniques and heat treatment, and studies on microstructure and properties. Articles on the molding sand reclaims, the chemical compositions of alloys, melting processes, the modification, structures, properties, and applications of new engineering materials as well as the properties of alloys already used are welcome.
Specialists in the fields of metallurgy, foundry, and materials technology expect that the studies and publications will provide answers to the most difficult questions that they are currently unable to solve. These include the following questions: are there any methods available for the recovery of expensive alloy additives? If at all possible, where can special alloys be reused? Can newly developed manufacturing processes influence the alloy's microstructure and what consequences would this have for the casting properties? Can metallurgical processes that utilize the technologies of the recovery melting and the secondary recycling of scrap as well as mold materials influence the microstructure of the final products? Bearing in mind that each of the above-mentioned factors and production stages can affect the microstructure, properties, and quality of finished castings, we invite you to share your latest achievements and research findings in the field of recycling with other scientists who aim to solve problems in the metallurgy and foundry industries.
Dr. Grzegorz Tęcza
Prof. Dr. Edyta Proniewicz
Dr. Renata Zapała
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- recycling
- metallurgy
- special alloys
- modification of molten steel
- microstructure
- heat treatment
- strengthening
- molding materials
