Preface Chapter 1: Plasma Nitriding of Stainless Steels Effects of Gas Composition and Gas Pressure on Plasma Nitriding of Ferritic Stainless Steel Using 304 Stainless Steel Screen Active-Screen Plasma Nitriding of Small Thin Rolled Stainless Steel Plates Effect of Solution Annealing and Plasma Nitriding on the Fatigue Life Change of AISI 304 Austenitic Steel Chapter 2: Surface Modification, Coatings and Corrosion Resistance Influence of Thermal Treatments on the Corrosion Behaviour of Nickel-Aluminum Bronze in Freshwater-Like Aqueous Environment New Approaches for Evaluating the Resistance of Clads under High Temperature Corrosion Conditions Novel ASC Refractory Design and Installation for Improved Energy Efficiency and Corrosion Resistance in Industrial Applications The Impact of Final Turning on the SCC Susceptibility of Austenitic Stainless Steel AISI 304 and AISI 321 Effects of Composition and Layer Number on the Mechanical Properties of Multilayered Si-DLC / DLC Coatings Investigation of Al-Si Coating Behavior on 22MnB5 Boron Steel during Heat Treatment Metallographic and Fractographic Analysis of Plastic Deformation of Austenitic Stainless Steel AISI 304 after Static and Dynamic Loading Metallographic Analysis of the Cutting Zone and Comparison with Numerical Simulation Chapter 3: Microstructure Evolution in Advanced Materials Enhancement of Mechanical Properties in Al0.35CoCrFeNi Complex Concentrated Alloys Through Grain Size Tailoring Influence of Growth Rate on the Microstructure and Properties of EuBCO Bulk Superconductors Prepared by Top Seeded Melt Growth Process Comparison of Properties of CeO2Doped ZrO2 Samples Prepared by Conventional Sintering and by SPS The Influence of the Final Machining Process on the Change of the Microstructure in the Surface Region of Austenitic Stainless Steels Microstructure and Hardness Distribution of Laser Powder Bed Fusion-Produced AISI 2507 Super Duplex Stainless Steel Chapter 4: Welding Microstructure Characterization of a Dissimilar 14MoV6-3/T91 Weld after Long-Term Service Exposure at 580°C Evaluation of the Operational Degradation of ESW Pipeline Welds Evaluation of Interface between Alumina Dispersion Strengthened Copper Composite and Precipitation Strengthened Copper Chapter 5: Tribology Tribological Behavior of AlO-ZrO + 3YO Composites Tribological Behavior of ZrO2-3Y2O3 Ceramics in Dry Reciprocating Sliding Against SiC Counterparts Chapter 6: Applied Materials and Engineering Applications Polycrystalline Thermoelectric Materials with Observed Anisotropy Gas Pressure Infiltration of Porous Ni-Al2O3-Al Compacts with Molten Aluminium Transition Metal Phosphide-Based Membrane Electrode Assembly for Cost-Effective Production of H2 Recycling of Zinc-Based Industrial Waste into Nanostructured Material for Potential Wastewater Treatment Applications The Importance of Dislocations in the Work Hardening of Low-Carbon Steel during Cold Plastic Deformation Application of Industrial Computed Tomography (ICT) in Dentistry on 3D Printed Co-Cr Dental Bridge Chapter 7: Metallographic Studies of Archaeological Metals Copper Test Melts with Additions of Pb, Bi, As, Sb and Sn A Bronze Button from Late Bronze Age Site of Inzersdorf ob der Traisen Roman Bronze Objects from the Archaeological Site of Burg in Burgenland, Austria Chapter 8: Fatigue, Fractography and Failure Analysis Effects of Ball Milling Time on CoCrFeNiTi High Entropy Sintered Alloys Fracture Surface Morphology and Roughness of Ti-Scaffold Filaments Metal Dusting Failure in an Aniline Processing Plant Fractography and Microstructural Analysis of Fatigue Crack Propagation in Beta-Annealed Ti6Al4V Alloy after Fatigue Test Influence of High-Pressure Hydrogen on Tensile Properties of Pipeline Steels Evaluated by Autoclave In Situ SSRT Fracture Mechanisms of Aluminum Alloy Caused by Fatigue Tests.