Arthur Heuer

Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering
Office: 418 White Phone Number: (216) 368-3868 Fax Number: (216) 368-1832 Email: heuer@case.edu

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. H. (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. H. (2018). Low-Temperature Carburization of AL-6XN Enabled by Provisional Passivation. Metals.
Parikh, H., Hilli, N., De Guire, M. R., Heuer, A. H., Liu, Z. H., & Goettler, R. H. (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.
Heuer, A. H., Zahiri Azar, M. H., Guhl, H. H., Foulkes, M. H., Gleeson, B. H., Nakagawa, T. H., Ikuhara, Y. H., & Finnis, M. H. (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.
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.
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].
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., Dalton, J., Yang, F., Sharghi-Moshtaghin, R., Kahn, H., Ernst, F., Williams, R., McComb, D., & 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. H., Ikuhara, Y. H., & Finnis, M. H. (2015). Structural and electronic properties of Sigma 7 grain boundaries in alpha-Al2O3. ACTA MATERIALIA, 99 , 16-28.
Wu, D., Ge, Y., Kahn, H., Heuer, A. H., & Ernst, F. H. (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, H., De Guire, M. R., Agnew, G. R., Goettler, R. R., Liu, Z. R., Xing, Z. R., & 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Heuer, A. H. (2013). “On the growth of Al2O3 scales”. , 61 (18), 6670-6683.
Heuer, A. H. (2013). "A 3rd Generation Advanced High-Strength Steel (AHSS) Produced by Dual Stabilization Heat Treatment (DSHT)". .
Heuer, A. H. (2013). "Fatigue crack growth in interstitially hardened AISI 316L stainless steel. .
Heuer, A. H. (2013). "Hardening with Nitrogen for Improved Corrosion Resistance". ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES , 171 (2), 20-23.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Kahn, H., Heuer, A. H., Michal, G. H., Ernst, F. H., Sharghi-Moshtaghin, R. H., Ge, Y. H., Natishan, P. H., Rayne, R. H., & Martin, F. H. (2012). Interstitial Hardening of Duplex 2205 Stainless Steel by Low-Temperature Carburization: Enhanced Mechanical and Electrochemical Performance. Surface Engineering, 28 , 213-219.
Shih, S., Sharghi-Moshtaghin, R., De Guire, M. R., Goettler, R. R., Xing, Z. R., Liu, Z. R., & Heuer, A. H. (2011). Mn Valence Determination for Lanthanum Strontium Manganite Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes. J. Electrochem. Soc., 156 (10), B1276-B1280.
Ernst, F., Ellis, D., Heuer, A. H., Kahn, H. H., & Michal, G. H. (2011). The Carbide M7C3 in Low-Temperature-Carburized Austenitic Stainless Steel. Acta Materialia, 59 , 2268-2276.
Heuer, A. H., Kahn, H. H., Ernst, F. H., Michal, G. H., Hovis, D. H., Rayne, R. H., Martin, F. H., & Natishan, P. H. (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.
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.
Heuer, A. H., Kahn, H. H., Ernst, F. H., Michal, G. H., Rayne, R. H., Martin, F. H., & Natishan, P. H. (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., Rayne, R., Michal, G., Ernst, F., & 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.
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.
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.
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.
Martin, F., Natishan, P., Lemieux, E., Newbauer, T., Rayne, R., Bayles, R., Kahn, H., Michal, G., Ernst, F., & Heuer, A. H. (2009). Enhanced Corrosion Resistance of Stainless Steel Carburized at Low Temperature. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 40 , 1805-1809.
Martin, F., Lemieux, E., Newbauer, T., Bayles, R., Natishan, P., Kahn, H., Michal, G., Ernst, F., & Heuer, A. H. (2007). Carburization-Induced Passivity of 316L Austenitic Stainless Steel. Electrochemical and Solid State Letters C, 10 , 76-78.
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.
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.
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.
Heuer, A. H., Ernst, F. H., Kahn, H. H., Avishai, A. H., Michal, G. H., Pitchure, D. H., & Ricker, R. H. (2007). Interstitial Defects in an Austenitic Stainless Steel Containing “Colossal” Carbon Concentrations: An Internal Friction Study. Scripta Materialia, 56 , 1067-1070.
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.