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The majority of plant species lose their ability to tolerate severe water deficit after germination at the beginning of seedling growth, in the time of emergence of the radical from the seed. The experiment was designed to compare the differences in proteolytic response between 4-and 6-days old spring wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) seedlings of Eta cultivar, respectively tolerant and sensitive to severe drought inducing up to 90% water saturation deficit (WSD). In coleoptiles the changes of proteolytic activity had the same trend regardless on the seedlings age and increased about fourfold upon 85% WSD as compared to the control, from about 4 to 19 (U/mg protein h). The dehydration of roots of 4 day old seedlings resulted in sharp, fivefold activity increase at 85% WSD (from 11 to >50 U/mg protein h). In roots of 6 days old seedlings dehydrated to 55% WSD the proteolytic activity raised twofold and was about 2.5 times higher than in roots of 4 days old seedlings dehydrated to the same WSD. In coleoptiles of both the 4- and 6-days old seedlings subjected to drought appearance of new bands of serine proteinases was observed. Presented results indicate that roots are more sensitive to drought than coleoptiles, which brings an argument for breeders showing that programs involving roots phenotyping have a full biochemical rationale. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study describes the microstructural analysis of cylindrically-shaped functionally graded products sintered from iron powder with scheduled graded structure on the cross-section running from the core to the surface layer of the sinter. Different types of structure were produced using Distaloy SE powder in two compositions - one without the addition of carbon, and another with 0.6wt% C. Two methods were used to fill the die cavity and shape the products. The first method involving a two-step compaction of individual layers. The second method using an original technique of die filling enabled the formation of transition zone between the outer layer and the core still at the stage of product shaping. As part of microstructural analysis, structural constituents were identified and voids morphology was examined. Studies covered the effect of the type of the applied method on properties of the graded zone obtained in the manufactured products [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Boron alloyed duplex stainless steels have been obtained by sintering the mixture of austenitic and ferritic stainless steels powders, and their mechanical properties have been studied in comparison to the boron free sintered duplex stainless steels. Boron activates sintering and enhances densification, closing the residual porosity and increasing ductility with respect to the boron free sintered duplex stainless steels. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The influence of heat treatment on the microstructure and mechanical properties was studied in the Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al titanium alloy for two heat treatment schemes (α + β) and β + (β + α), which resulted in different morphologies of the α phase. Scheme I resulted in the α-phase of globular morphology, whose volume fraction did not change much during annealing. Scheme II led to obtaining a needle-like α-phase, whose amount increased together with heating time. The phenomenon of stress-induced martensitic transformation was observed in the material with needle-like morphology annealed for 15 and 30 min. Longer times of annealing effected in the decay of that transformation, provided the volume fraction of α-phase exceeded 50%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Currently, due to the economic and ecological aspects, light alloys are increasingly important construction material, in particular in the transport industry. one of the popular foundry magnesium alloys is the alloy az91, which among others due to mechanical properties and technological features, is used, for example, for light structural parts. The paper presents the results of research on modification of the az91 alloy surface layer in the plasma electrolytic oxidation process. The change of usable properties of the produced coatings was obtained by introducing additions of silicon carbide or boron nitride. The thickness and hardness of the protective layers produced, resistance to scratches and corrosion resistance were determined. Moreover, the friction coefficient of the coating-steel pair was investigated. The quality of the connections made between the coating and the substrate, i.e. the magnesium alloy, was also evaluated. The results obtained for coatings with silicon carbide or boron nitride additives were always compared to the results obtained for unmodified samples. on the basis of the obtained results, it was shown that the introduction of boron nitride additive to the az91 alloy coating produced in the plasma electrolytic oxidation process significantly improves the resistance to: (i) corrosion and (ii) abrasive wear of the coating. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Dilatometry and differential scanning calorimetry analyses were used to study the sintering response of Al based powder mixture produced by ECKA Granules, designated as Alumix 431D. Sintering was carried out in atmospheres of pure nitrogen, nitrogen-hydrogen mixture (95:5 by volume) and argon. The atmosphere influences the amount of shrinkage but not the sintering mechanisms. These are similar for all gases; typical liquid phase sintering mechanisms seem to be mainly responsible for the sintering behaviour. As expected, however, nitrogen is the most effective sintering atmosphere in terms of densification. Metallographic examinations are in accord with the results of thermal analyses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A mechanical injection was used to determine the impact of injection rate on the TIMI frame count. The 1.0-ml/s increase in hand injection rates from the 10th to 90th percentiles for angiographers is associated with a minor decrease of <2 frames that is <7% of the corrected TIMI frame count. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]