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Arthur Heuer

Distinguished University Professor
Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering
Office: 418 White
Phone Number: (216) 368-3868
Fax Number: (216) 368-1832

Education

Sc.D., Physical Ceramics, University of Leeds, 1977
Ph.D., Applied Science, University of Leeds, 1966
B.S., Chemistry, City College of New York, 1956

Research Interests

Microstructural Characterization of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells; Oxygen and Al Grain Boundary Diffusion in Polycrystalline Aluminum Oxide; Core Structure of Dislocations in Sapphire (Single Crystal Aluminum Oxide); Oxidation and Hot Corrosion Studies of Alumina Scale-forming Nickel-Base Alloys; Interstitial Hardening of Stainless Steel.

Teaching Interests

Phase Transformations.

Publications

Ren, Z., Heuer, A. H., & Ernst, F. (2019). Ultrahigh-Strength AISI-316 Austenitic Stainless Steel Foils Through Concentrated Interstitial Carbon. Acta Materialia, 167 (), 231-240.
Li, Z., Illing, C., Heuer, A. H., & Ernst, F. (2018). Low-Temperature Carburization of AL-6XN Enabled by Provisional Passivation. Metals, (), 997-1014.
Parikh, H., Hilli, N., De Guire, M. R., Heuer, A. H., Liu, Z., & Goettler, R. (2017). Long-term Microstructural Changes in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anodes: 3D Reconstruction. J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 100 (4), 1653–1660.
Zangiabadi, A., Dalton, J., Wang, D., Ernst, F., & Heuer, A. H. (2017). The Formation of Martensitic Austenite during Nitridation of Stainless Steel. Materials Science and Engineering A, 48 (), 8-13.
Bouquillon, A., Castaing, J., Barbe, F., Paine, S., Christman, B., Crépin-Leblond, T., ... Heuer, A. H. (2016). Lead-Glazed Rustiques Figulines (Rustic Ceramics) of Bernard Palissy (1510-90) and his Followers: Lead-glazed rustiques figulines of Bernard Palissy and followers. Archaeometry [0003813X], ().
Heuer, A. H., Zahiri Azar, M., Guhl, H., Foulkes, M., Gleeson, B., Nakagawa, T., ... Finnis, M. (2016). The Band Structure of Polycrystalline Al 2 O 3 and its Influence on Transport Phenomena. Journal of the American Ceramic Society [00027820], 99 (3), 733-747.
Kahn, H., Ernst, F., & Heuer, A. H. (2016). Increasing the Coefficient of Sliding Friction of NiCr at Low Loads by Interstitial Surface Hardening. Wear, 346 (), 1-5.
Wang, D., Chen, C., Kahn, H., Ernst, F., & Heuer, A. H. (2016). Isothermal Martensite-to-Austenite Phase Transformation in Interstitially-hardened 17-7PH Stainless Steel. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, (), Submitted.
Wu, D., Ge, Y., Kahn, H., Heuer, A. H., & Ernst, F. (2015). Diffusion Profiles after Nitrocarburizing Austenitic Stainless Steel. Surface & Coatings Technology, 279 (), 180-185.
Wang, D., Kahn, H., Ernst, F., & Heuer, A. H. (2015). NiAl Precipitation in Delta Ferrite Grains of 17-7 Precipitation-Hardening Stainless Steel During Low-Temperature Interstitial Hardening. Scripta Materialia, 108 (), 136-140.
Wang, D., Chen, C., Dalton, J., Yang, F., Sharghi-Moshtaghin, R., Kahn, H., ... Heuer, A. H. (2015). “Colossal” Interstitial Supersaturation in Delta Ferrite in Stainless Steels I. Low-Temperature Carburization. Acta Materialia, 86 (), 193-207.
Guhl, H., Lee, H., Tangney, P., Foulkes, W., Heuer, A. H., Nakagawa, T., ... Finnis, M. (2015). Structural and electronic properties of Sigma 7 grain boundaries in alpha-Al2O3. ACTA MATERIALIA, 99 (), 16-28.
Wang, H., De Guire, M. R., Agnew, G., Goettler, R., Liu, Z., Xing, Z., ... Heuer, A. H. (2014). Manganese oxide formation in lanthanum strontium manganite-yttria-stabilized zirconia SOFC cathodes. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions E: Materials for Energy Systems, 1 (3), 263-271.
Wang, D., Ernst, F., Kahn, H., & Heuer, A. H. (2014). Cellular Precipitation at a 17-7 PH Stainless Steel Interphase Interface during Low-Temperature Nitridation. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 45 (), 1-8.
Gu, X., Michal, G., Ernst, F., Kahn, H., & Heuer, A. H. (2014). Concentration Dependence of Carbon Diffusivity in Austenite. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 45A (), 3790-3799.
Gu, X., Michal, G., Ernst, F., Kahn, H., & Heuer, A. H. (2014). Numerical Simulations of Carbon and Nitrogen Composition–Depth Profiles in Nitrocarburized Austenitic Stainless Steels. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 45A (), 4268-4279.
Wu, D., Kahn, H., Michal, G., Ernst, F., & Heuer, A. H. (2014). Orientation Dependence of Nitrogen Supersaturation in Austenitic Stainless Steel During Low-Temperature Gas-Phase Nitriding. Acta Materialia, 79 (), 339-350.
Ge, Y., Ernst, F., Kahn, H., & Heuer, A. H. (2014). The Effect of Surface Finish on Low-Temperature + Acetylene-Based Carburization of 316L Austenitic Stainless Steel. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 45 (), 2338-2345.
Heuer, A. H. (2013). "A 3rd Generation Advanced High-Strength Steel (AHSS) Produced by Dual Stabilization Heat Treatment (DSHT)". , ().
Heuer, A. H. (2013). “On the growth of Al2O3 scales”. , 61 (18), 6670-6683.
Heuer, A. H. (2013). "Fatigue crack growth in interstitially hardened AISI 316L stainless steel. , (107), 100-105.
Heuer, A. H. (2013). "Hardening with Nitrogen for Improved Corrosion Resistance". ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES , 171 (2), 20-23.
Wang, D., Sharghi-Moshtaghin, R., Ernst, F., & Heuer, A. H. (2013). CBED Study on Delta Ferrite after Low-Temperature Carburization of 17-7 PH Stainless Steel. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, (), in preparation.
Hsu, J., Wang, D., Kahn, H., Ernst, F., Michal, G., & Heuer, A. H. (2013). Fatigue Crack Growth of Interstitially Hardened 316L Stainless Steel in Air and 0.6M NaCl. International Journal of Fatigue, 47 (), 100-105.
Li, Z., Ernst, F., & Heuer, A. H. (2013). Improved Accident Tolerance of Austenitic Stainless Steel Cladding through Colossal Supersaturation with Interstitial Solutes. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 109 (), 304-306.
Kahn, H., Heuer, A. H., Michal, G., Ernst, F., Sharghi-Moshtaghin, R., Ge, Y., ... Martin, F. (2012). Interstitial Hardening of Duplex 2205 Stainless Steel by Low-Temperature Carburization: Enhanced Mechanical and Electrochemical Performance. Surface Engineering, 28 (), 213-219.
Wang, D., Kahn, H., Lewandowski, J. J., Ernst, F., Michal, G., & Heuer, A. H. (2012). Sustained-Load Crack Growth of Hydrogen-Charged Surface-Hardened 316L Stainless Steel. Materials Science and Engineering A, 556 (), 43-50.
Hsieh, M., Ge, Y., Michal, G., Ernst, F., & Heuer, A. H. (2012). Volatility Diagrams for Cr–O and Cr–Cl and Their Application to Removing the Passive Film from the Surface of Stainless Steel. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 43 (), 1187-1201.
Shih, S., Sharghi-Moshtaghin, R., De Guire, M. R., Goettler, R., Xing, Z., Liu, Z., ... Heuer, A. H. (2011). Mn Valence Determination for Lanthanum Strontium Manganite Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes. J. Electrochem. Soc., 156 (10), B1276-B1280.
Heuer, A. H., Kahn, H., Ernst, F., Michal, G., Hovis, D., Rayne, R., ... Natishan, P. (2011). Enhanced Corrosion Resistance of Interstitially Hardened Stainless Steel: Implications of a Critical Passive Layer Thickness for Breakdown. Acta Materialia, 60 (), 716-725.
Wu, D., Kahn, H., Michal, G., Ernst, F., & Heuer, A. H. (2011). Ferromagnetism in Interstitially Hardened Austenitic Stainless Steel Induced by Low-Temperature Gas-Phase Nitriding. Scripta Materialia, 65 (), 1089-1092.
Ernst, F., Ellis, D., Heuer, A. H., Kahn, H., & Michal, G. (2011). The Carbide M7C3 in Low-Temperature-Carburized Austenitic Stainless Steel. Acta Materialia, 59 (), 2268-2276.
Heuer, A. H., Kahn, H., Ernst, F., Michal, G., Rayne, R., Martin, F., ... Natishan, P. (2010). Carbon-Enhanced Passivity of PH13–8 Mo: A Precipitation-Hardened Martensitic Stainless Steel. Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters C, 13 (), 37-39.
Sharghi-Moshtaghin, R., Ge, Y., Kahn, H., Gu, X., Martin, F., Natishan, P., ... Heuer, A. H. (2010). Low-Temperature Carburization of the Ni-base Superalloy IN718: Improvements in Surface Hardness and Crevice Corrosion Resistance. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 41 (), 2022-2032.
O’Donnel, L., Michal, G., Ernst, F., Kahn, H., & Heuer, A. H. (2010). Wear Maps for Low Temperature Carburized 316L Austenitic Stainless Steel Sliding Against Alumina. Surface Engineering, 26 (), 284-292.
Ernst, F., Avishai, A., Kahn, H., Gu, X., Michal, G., & Heuer, A. H. (2009). Enhanced Carbon Diffusion in Austenitic Stainless Steel Carburized at Low Temperature. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 40 (), 1768-1780.
Martin, F., Natishan, P., Lemieux, E., Newbauer, T., Rayne, R., Bayles, R., ... Heuer, A. H. (2009). Enhanced Corrosion Resistance of Stainless Steel Carburized at Low Temperature. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 40 (), 1805-1809.
Michal, G., Gu, X., Jennings, W., Kahn, H., Ernst, F., & Heuer, A. H. (2009). Paraequilibrium Carburization of Duplex and Ferritic Stainless Steels. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 40 (), 1781-1790.
Kahn, H., Michal, G., Ernst, F., & Heuer, A. H. (2009). Poisson Effects on X-ray Diffraction Patterns in Low-Temperature-Carburized Austenitic Stainless Steel. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 40 (), 1799-1804.
Ernst, F., Cao, Y., Michal, G., & Heuer, A. H. (2007). Carbide Precipitation in Austenitic Stainless Steel Carburized at Low-Temperature. Acta Materialia, 55 (), 1895-1906.
Martin, F., Lemieux, E., Newbauer, T., Bayles, R., Natishan, P., Kahn, H., ... Heuer, A. H. (2007). Carburization-Induced Passivity of 316L Austenitic Stainless Steel. Electrochemical and Solid State Letters C, 10 (), 76-78.
Agarwal, N., Kahn, H., Avishai, A., Michal, G., Ernst, F., & Heuer, A. H. (2007). Enhanced Fatigue Resistance in 316L Austenitic Stainless Steel Due to Low-Temperature Paraequilibrium Carburization. Acta Materialia, 55 (), 5572-580.
Heuer, A. H., Ernst, F., Kahn, H., Avishai, A., Michal, G., Pitchure, D., ... Ricker, R. (2007). Interstitial Defects in an Austenitic Stainless Steel Containing “Colossal” Carbon Concentrations: An Internal Friction Study. Scripta Materialia, 56 (), 1067-1070.
Avishai, A., Isheim, D., Seidman, D., Ernst, F., Michal, G., & Heuer, A. H. (2007). Local-Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP™) Tomographic Microanalysis of Low-Temperature Gas-Carburized Austenitic Stainless Steel. Microscopy&Microanalysis, 13 Suppl. 2 (), 1094-1095.
Michal, G., Ernst, F., Kahn, H., Cao, Y., Oba, F., Agarwal, N., ... Heuer, A. H. (2006). Colossal Carbon Supersaturation due to Paraequilibrium Carburization: Stainless Steels with Greatly Improved Mechanical Properties. Acta Materialia, 54 (), 1597-1606.
Ernst, F., Michal, G., Oba, F., Liu, L., Blush, J., & Heuer, A. H. (2006). Gas-Phase Surface Alloying under “Kinetic Control,” A Novel Approach to Improving the Surface Properties of Titanium Alloys. International Journal of Materials Research, 97 (), 597-606.
Michal, G., Ernst, F., & Heuer, A. H. (2006). Carbon Paraequilibrium in Austenitic Stainless Steel. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 37 (), 1819-1824.
Liu, L., Ernst, F., Michal, G., & Heuer, A. H. (2005). Surface Hardening of Ti Alloys by Gas-Phase Nitridation: Kinetic Control of the Nitrogen Surface Activity. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 36 (), 2429-2434.
Ernst, F., Pirouz, P., & Heuer, A. H. (1991). HRTEM Study of a Cu/Al2O3 Interface. Philosophical Magazine A, 63 (), 259–277.
Ernst, F., Pirouz, P., & Heuer, A. H. (1989). High Resolution Electron Microscopy of an Alumina/Copper Interface. , 138 (), 557–562.