Characterization of Metals and Alloys

Dr. Ramiro Pérez Campos studied his bachelor and master degree in Physics at the National Polytechnic Institute in México. He obtained his Ph. D. in Physics at the University of Alberta, Canada in 1983. He also carried out postdoctoral work at the KFA in Jülich, Germany. He was awarded an Alexander Von Humboldt postdoctoral scholarship. He is the author of more than 170 scientific papers, all of them related with the applications of the transmission electron microscope in materials science. Dr. Ramiro Pérez Campos has cultivated lines of research related with theoretical simulations of images obtained by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Theoretical simulations have been based on electron diffraction using the theory of Bethe, and the multilayer model. Currently, he is Director of Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada (CFATA) from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Dr. Antonio Contreras Cuevas studied his bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from 1989 to 1994. He studied a master degree in Metallurgy and Materials Science at Universidad Michoacana from 1995 to 1997. He obtained a PhD in 2002 in Metallurgy and Materials Science from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Currently is a pipeline materials researcher for Mexican Petroleum Institute since 2003. He is a member of NACE and Mexican Materials Society, and he belongs to National Research System. The main research areas include stress corrosion cracking (SCC), root cause analysis (RCA), materials characterization, synthesis and characterization of composite materials, and pipeline integrity. He is author from more than 60 scientific papers related with materials characterization by different techniques.

Part1. Characterization of Steels Used in the Oil Industry.- Mechanical andMetallurgical Properties of Grade X70 Steel Linepipe Produced byNon-Conventional Heat Treatment.- CorrosionInhibition of X52 Pipeline Steel in Chloride Solutions Using Non-ionicSurfactant.- EffectOn The Microstructure And Mechanical Properties Of The Structural Steel WeldedIn Marine Environment.- Part 2. Characterization of Copper Alloys.- Mapping ofPolycrystalline Flow during Hot Deformation by In-Situ Tension Test of SheetCopper Alloy.- Determination of the Activation Energy of Copper During in-situTension Test by SEM.- Effect of Copper Additions on Secondary CarbidePrecipitation in High-Chromium White Cast Iron.- Part. 3. Characterization of SteelsApplying Heat Treatment.- Thermal Behavior of a HSLA Steel and the Impact inPhase Transformation: SAW Process Approach to Pipelines.- Effect of Hydrogen ona Microalloyed Steel Permeate.- Part 4. Characterization of Thin Layers and Coatings.-Mechanical Properties of SiO2 Coatings for Corrosion Protection of 304Stainless Steel.- Physical Properties Characterization of CdSe1-ySy Nanolayersdeposited by Chemical Bath Deposition at Low Temperature.- Part 5. Characterizationof Materials Obtained by Mechanical Milling.- Magnetic Properties and Kineticof Crystallization in Amorphous GdxSm1-xCo5 Alloys Obtained by MechanicalMilling.- Study of Mechanical Milling Mechanism in Eutectic Nanopowders: theHeterogeneities Role.- Part 6. Characterization of Materials for MedicalApplications.- Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Extracts of MexicanMedicinal Plants.- Synthesis and Thermal Characterization of HydroxyapatitePowders Obtained by Sol-Gel Technique.- Part 7. Characterization of Materialsfor Industrial Applications.- Microwave Assisted Sol-gel Synthesis andCharacterization of M-TiO2 (M=Pt, Au) Photocatalysts.- Micromachined andCharacterization of Cooled a-Si:B:H Microbolometer Array in Terahertz Region.- Influenceof DrillingParameters by EDM on the HSLA Steel Microstructure.- Part 8. Characterizationof Welding and Joining of Materials.- Evaluation of Distortion in WeldingUnions of 304 Stainless Steel with Elliptic Trajectory Using a Welding Robot.- WeldBead Geometry of Ni-Based Alloy Deposited by PTA Process for Pipe Conduction ofShale Gas.- Part 9. Characterization of Intermetallic Materials.- ChemicalReduction Synthesis of Iron Aluminum Powders.- Author index.- Subject index.