EASTERN NEW YORK ASM

March 2010

March ASM Event 1

ASM Eastern New York Chapter Special Event: Private viewing of the Troy Bell Exposition and tour of the Burden Iron Works Museum Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. Followed by a social hour and dinner at Brown’s Brewing Company (formerly Troy Pub and Brewery), about 5:00 p.m.

Please RSVP to Jennifer Kruk at (518) 395-4401 or [email protected] by Tuesday, March 2nd so we know roughly how many people to expect.

Burden Iron Works Museum 1 E. Industrial Parkway (at the Foot of Polk Street) Troy, NY 12180

http://www.mcwb-arch.com/projects/cultural/burden.html

Newsletter 1 “At one time the Troy and Watervliet area was the bell capital of the Western Hemisphere, if not the world. Four bell foundries produced more than one hundred thousand bells for churches, city-halls, firehouses, and ships all over the world. Antarctica is the only continent that does not have a Troy bell”. The preceding text is from Jack Westbrook’s book, Material Memories of the Mohawk-Hudson Region.

ASM members, friends, and families are invited to the Burden Iron Works museum for a private viewing of a display of Troy bells, and to see the excellent progress that Dr. P. Thomas Carroll and the other Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway folks have made with restoration of the historical headquarters of the Burden Iron Works. The building was built in 1881-1882 and now has a new roof, new cupola, completely rebuilt skylight, new parking lot and sidewalks, ADA compliance (ramp and bathroom), restored bronze lettering over the entrance, and more.

The event is free for all attendees, but each individual will have to pick up his or her own beer and food tab at Brown’s Brewing Company after the tour. We need to hold the event during daylight hours due to limited lighting in the facility, which is the reason for meeting Saturday afternoon.

More about the exposition: There are several display cases with items relating to the arrival of the Hanks family, who came from Connecticut in 1808, setting up shop initially in what is now Watervliet. They then moved over to Troy in 1825. They eventually evolved into W. & L.E. Gurley, the surveying instrument company, but before they did, they took on Andrew Meneely, a local kid, as an apprentice. He worked out very well, making surveying instruments that are highly respected and prized among collectors, and marrying a Hanks woman. The two of them stayed over across the river when the rest of the family moved to Troy, and over time, Andrew and his sons evolved away from surveying instruments and toward bells, eventually making bells exclusively. Three different bell foundries grew out of that Meneely start. And the rest is history. The Gurley surveying instruments became world famous, and the Meneely- related bell foundries cranked out about a hundred thousand bells, including the replacement for the Liberty Bell that today hangs in the bell tower of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. The exhibit is being curated by Bill Skerritt, the Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway Board President, who is the world’s authority on everything even remotely connected to the history of Gurley surveying instruments.

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March ASM Meeting Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Alfred Geisler Award Night Presentation by 2009 Award Winner Edward Richey

Glen Sander's Mansion 5:30 pm Cocktails, 6:30 pm Dinner

SCC Initiation Testing of Nickel-Based Alloys in High Temperature Water

Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) initiation tests have been conducted on Alloy 600 and Alloy 600 weld metal EN82H at temperatures from 315 to 360°C. Tests were conducted with in-situ monitored smooth tensile specimens under a constant load in hydrogenated and aerated environments. All tests were instrumented with reversing direct current electric potential drop (EPD) to detect SCC initiation. Tests were conducted to examine the effects of heat treatment, stress (and strain), coolant hydrogen, and temperature on SCC initiation time. The thermal activation energy of SCC initiation was measured as 139.69 ± 24.58 kJ/mol in hydrogenated water, which is very similar to the thermal activation energy for SCC growth. SCC initiation was shown to have a similar coolant hydrogen dependency as SCC crack growth; the initiation time is minimized near the Ni/NiO phase transition. Preliminary results suggest that the fundamental mechanical parameter which controls SCC initiation is plastic strain not stress. Limited testing suggests that a strong load-path SCC initiation dependency does not occur in deaerated water, although load-path effects have been observed previously in aerated water. Test results also indicated that under similar loading and environmental conditions, the SCC initiation time (for a smooth) service is significantly greater for EN82H than wrought Alloy 600.

Reservations: Contact Jennifer Kruk at (518) 395-4401 or [email protected] by Wednesday, March 17th Please indicate your dinner entree choice: Chicken Milanese- breaded chicken cutlet, fresh tomatoes, arugula, balsamic glaze, lemon scented risotto, sugar snap peas OR Sliced New York Sirloin- whole roasted with garlic mashed potatoes and sugar snap peas OR Vegetarian entree available upon request. OR Stuffed Swordfish imperial crab stuffing, saffron scented stir fried rice, charred asparagus, lobster sherry cream

Cost per person: Members- $20.00; Retirees- $15.00; Students- $10.00

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2010 ASM Spring Symposium News

GE Global Research will host the 2009 ASM/TMS Annual Symposium on May 18 h and 19 h in the Steinmetz Hall. This year's topic is Characterization and Testing . An exciting program with invited speakers from industry, universities, and national laboratories from across the country will offer presentations in the following areas: - Characterization Methods from nano to macro - 3D Characterization and Modeling - Environmental Degradation - Fabrication Effects on Materials Performance The symposium will include a symposium banquet at the Glen Sanders Mansion on May 18 th . The cost of the symposium is $270, or $50 for students and retirees; Dinner fees are Prof: $20; Ret: $15; Stu: $10 - ALL PREPAY For additional information, contact Laurent Cretegny (518-387-5730)

Young Members: TBD (RPI) ASM OFFICERS Chapter Counsel Representative: Mike Hanson (KAPL) – Chairman Maria Winnicka (Global Tungsten) Raul B Rebak (GEGR – Vice Chairman Chairman at-large: Hongbo Cao (GEGR) – Secretary Jack Westbrook (Brookline Technologies) Chris Klapper(GEGR) - Treasurer

Calendar of Events ASM COMMITTEE Programming: Jennifer Kruk (KAPL) December: Partners Night Website Andy Detor (GEGR) February: Joint ASM-AWS Meeting Awards: Dana Levene (KAPL) March: Awards Night Membership: Steve Buresh (GEGR) April: Manufacturing Tour Education: PR Subramanian (GEGR) Public Relations: David Ferrill (KAPL) Student Affairs: Dan Lewis (RPI)

This newsletter can also be found at the New Website: Http://easternny.asminternational.org

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Eastern NY ASM Chapter 2009 Academic Scholarships

The Eastern New York Chapter of ASM International offers undergraduate and graduate Scholarship Awards of $500 each. Applications (on the following pages) are being accepted for the 2009 Eastern New York ASM Chapter Scholarship Awards through Feb 1st, 2009 ASM or Joint ASM/TMS Student Membership is required for consideration.

Application forms must be postmarked by March 1st and mailed to:

Dana Levene Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory P.O. Box 1072, Bin 56 Schenectady, NY 12301 Tel: (518) 395-7070

This newsletter and other chapter information can also be found on the

ASM Chapter website: Http://easternny.asminternational.org Please send any newsletter announcements or suggestions to Hongbo Cao at [email protected]

Newsletter 5 ASM INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION Part 1: Fill out completely. Please TYPE or PRINT clearly in BLACK INK. All materials must be submitted in English. 1.  Miss  Mrs.  Ms.  Mr. Full Name: ______

2. Indicate preferred address for contact and mailing: Address:______

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3. ASM Membership: ASM or Joint ASM/TMS Student Member Number: ______Join Date (Mo/Yr): ______(ASM student membership is required for scholarship consideration)

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6. Major/Concentration (including option if applicable): ______

7. Employment Experience (résumé may be attached): ______8. Attach a personal essay describing interest in metallurgy/materials, career plans, long-range aspirations, special achievements and honors, employment experience, interdisciplinary skill/interest, and social values (maximum of two typewritten pages). 9. Attach no more than two letters of recommendation from faculty or employer. One must be from a professor in applicant’s major department. 10. Submit a current academic transcript through the fall term (an official student copy is acceptable). 11. Attach a photograph to be used for publication of award winners. Photograph will NOT be part of selection process.

Part 2: To be considered for any need-based awards, you must complete this section. Students at the junior or senior level studying in North America only are eligible. Need assessment will be based on this information. A. Attach a brief personal statement regarding your financial need. How will this scholarship aid you in your academic goals? B. Do you plan to apply for financial aid for the upcoming academic year?  Yes  No If No, why not? ______

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