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This
book covers various aspects of characterization of materials in the areas of
metals, alloys, steels, welding, nanomaterials, intermetallic, and surface
coatings. These materials are obtained by different methods and techniques like
spray, mechanical milling, sol-gel, casting, biosynthesis, and chemical
reduction among others. Some of these materials are classified according to
application such as materials for medical application, materials for industrial
applications, materials used in the oil industry and materials used like
coatings. The authors provide a comprehensive overview of structural
characterization techniques including scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray
diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Raman spectroscopy, image
analysis, finite element method (FEM), optical microscopy (OM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
(FTIR), differential thermal analysis (DTA), differential scanning calorimetry
(DSC), ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis), infrared photo-thermal
radiometry (IPTR), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), thermogravimetry
analysis (TGA), thermo luminescence (TL), photoluminescence (PL), high resolution
transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and radio frequency (RF). The book
includes theoretical models and illustrations of characterization properties-both
structural and chemical.

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Part
1. Characterization of Steels Used in the Oil Industry.- Mechanical and
Metallurgical Properties of Grade X70 Steel Linepipe Produced by
Non-Conventional Heat Treatment.- Corrosion
Inhibition of X52 Pipeline Steel in Chloride Solutions Using Non-ionic
Surfactant.- Effect
On The Microstructure And Mechanical Properties Of The Structural Steel Welded
In Marine Environment.- Part 2. Characterization of Copper Alloys.- Mapping of
Polycrystalline Flow during Hot Deformation by In-Situ Tension Test of Sheet
Copper Alloy.- Determination of the Activation Energy of Copper During in-situ
Tension Test by SEM.- Effect of Copper Additions on Secondary Carbide
Precipitation in High-Chromium White Cast Iron.- Part. 3. Characterization of Steels
Applying Heat Treatment.- Thermal Behavior of a HSLA Steel and the Impact in
Phase Transformation: SAW Process Approach to Pipelines.- Effect of Hydrogen on
a Microalloyed Steel Permeate.- Part 4. Characterization of Thin Layers and Coatings.-
Mechanical Properties of SiO2 Coatings for Corrosion Protection of 304
Stainless Steel.- Physical Properties Characterization of CdSe1-ySy Nanolayers
deposited by Chemical Bath Deposition at Low Temperature.- Part 5. Characterization
of Materials Obtained by Mechanical Milling.- Magnetic Properties and Kinetic
of Crystallization in Amorphous GdxSm1-xCo5 Alloys Obtained by Mechanical
Milling.- Study of Mechanical Milling Mechanism in Eutectic Nanopowders: the
Heterogeneities Role.- Part 6. Characterization of Materials for Medical
Applications.- Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Extracts of Mexican
Medicinal Plants.- Synthesis and Thermal Characterization of Hydroxyapatite
Powders Obtained by Sol-Gel Technique.- Part 7. Characterization of Materials
for Industrial Applications.- Microwave Assisted Sol-gel Synthesis and
Characterization of M-TiO2 (M=Pt, Au) Photocatalysts.- Micromachined and
Characterization of Cooled a-Si:B:H
Microbolometer Array in Terahertz Region.- Influence of Drilling
Parameters by EDM on the HSLA Steel Microstructure.- Part 8. Characterization
of Welding and Joining of Materials.- Evaluation of Distortion in Welding
Unions of 304 Stainless Steel with Elliptic Trajectory Using a Welding Robot.- Weld
Bead Geometry of Ni-Based Alloy Deposited by PTA Process for Pipe Conduction of
Shale Gas.- Part 9. Characterization of Intermetallic Materials.- Chemical
Reduction Synthesis of Iron Aluminum Powders.- Author index.- Subject index.

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