Arijit Laik

Materials Science Division,

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre,

Mumbai 400 085.

 

List of Publications:

 

A. Publications in Journals

 

1. Single-phase diffusion study in b-Zr(Al)

A. Laik, K. Bhanumurthy and G.B. Kale

Journal of Nuclear Materials 305 (2002)124-133.

 

 

2.   Intermetallics in the Zr-Al diffusion zone

        A. Laik, K. Bhanumurthy and G. B. Kale

        Intermetallics  12 (2004) 69-74. 

 

3.   Correlation factors in b-Zr(Al) phase

        A. Laik, K. Bhanumurthy and G. B. Kale

        Journal of Alloys and Compounds 372  (2004) 176-179. 

 

4.   Thermodynamic interdiffusion coefficients in ternary systems

        G.B. Kale, K. Bhanumurthy, A. Laik, and S.P. Garg.

       Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 57 (2004) 35-45.

 

5.   On relating thermodynamic diffusion coefficients with phenomenological coefficients in binary systems

       A. Laik and G.B. Kale

      Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, vol.58, No. 1 (2005) 133-135.

 

6.  Temperature dependence of vacancy wind effect in b-Zr(Al) solid solution

     A. Laik, K. Bhanumurthy and G.B. Kale

     Journal of Materials Science, vol. 40 No. 9-10 (2005) p.2615-2617.

 

7. Evolution of interfacial microstructure and strength properties in titanium-stainless

      steel diffusion bonded transition joints

      M. Ghosh, A. Laik, K. Bhanumurthy, G. B. Kale, J. Krishnan and S. Chatterjee

      Materials Science and Technology, vol. 20 (2004) 1578-1584.

 

8. Diffusion processes in b-Zr(Al) phase : a thermodynamic approach

     A. Laik, K Bhanumurthy and G. B. Kale

     Bulletin of Materials Science, vol. 28, No. 3 (2005) 267-273.

 

 

9. Microstructure and properties of a Cu-Ti-Co alloy

    I. S. Batra, A. Laik, G. B. Kale, G. K. Dey, U. D. Kulkarni

    Materials Science and Engg (A), vol. 402 (2005) 118-125.

 

10. On characterisation of wire-arc-plasma sprayed Ni on alumina substrate

      A. Laik, D.P. Chakravarthy and G.B. Kale

      Materials Characterization, vol. 55 (2005) 118-126.

 

11. Diffusion bonding of commercially pure titanium to 304 stainless steel using copper interlayer

       S. Kundu, M. Ghosh, A. Laik, K. Bhanumurthy, G.B. Kale and S. Chatterjee Materials Science and Engg. A 407 (2005) 154-160.     

 

12. Out of pile chemical compatibility of Pb-Bi eutectic alloy with graphite

      A. K. Sengupta, R. K. Bhagat, A. Laik, G.B. Kale, T. Jarvis, S. Majumdar and H.S. Kamath, International Journal for Materials Research, 97 (2006) 834-837.

 

13. Interdiffusion studies between a Mo-based alloy and Ti

       A. Laik, G.B. Kale and K. Bhanumurthy

        Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 37A (2006) pp. 2919-1926.

 

14. Characteristics of interdiffusion between 17- 4 PH steel and nickel

A. Laik, P. S. Gawde, K. Bhanumurthy, G. B. Kale

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 39A (2008) pp. 733-741.

 

15. Novel method of evaluation of diffusion coefficients in Ti-Zr system

K. Bhanumurthy, A. Laik and G. B. Kale

            Defect and Diffusion Forum, 279 (2008) pp. 53-62.

 

16. Diffusion in Cu(Al) solid solution

            A. Laik, K. Bhanumurthy and G. B. Kale

            Defect and Diffusion Forum, 279 (2008) pp. 63-69.

 

17. Diffusion reaction between Zircaloy-2 and Inconel 750X

            A. Laik, P.S. Gawde, G. B. Kale and K. Bhanumurthy

            Materials Science and Technology (Accepted)

 

18. Effect of microstructure on mechanical properties of friction-welded joints between Aluminum alloys (6061, 5052) and 304 stainless steel

N. T. Kumbhar, A. Laik, G. K. Dey, K. Bhanumurthy,  J.  Krishnan,  D. J.  
Derose, R. L. Suthar, I. Samajdar

Ceramic Transactions 200 (2008) pp. 35-41.

 

 

B. Publications in Proceedings of Conference/Symposium/Seminar

 

 1.  Impurity Diffusion of Al in b -Zr

A. Laik, K. Bhanumurthy and G.B. Kale

Editor: P.K. De, Proceedings of the Symposium Zirconium-2002, 11-13 September 2002, BARC Mumbai pp. 393-397.

 

2. Algorithm for predicting diffusion paths in ternary systems

G.B. Kale, K. Bhanumurthy, P.S. Gawde and A. Laik

Editor: P.R. Prasad, Proceedings of Seminar on Computer Application in Metallurgy, 21-22 Dec 2002 BIT Sindri pp. 20-25.

 

 

3. Solid state bonding of 17-4 PH steel to nickel

      G.B. Kale, A. Laik, P.S. Gawde and K. Bhanumurthy

     Proceedings of TRANSMAT EXPO 2004, Intl. Conf. On Advancements in Materials & Processes for the Transportation Sector,    8-10 Nov, 2004 Mumbai.

 

4. Development of Ti-Al2O3 joints for application in linear accelerator tube assemblies

    A. Laik, K. Bhanumurthy, A. L. Papachan, S.N.Athavle, A.K. Grover, G.B. Kale

Editor: V.S. Pandit, Proceedings of Indian Particle Accelerator Conference (InPAC-2005), VECC, Kolkata, 1-5 March, 2005. pp. 494-495.

 

5. Metallurgical investigation of aluminium clad of Dhruva reactor

         A. Laik and G. B. Kale

        Proc. of Theme Meeting on 'High Burnup Issues in Nuclear Fuel' (HBINF), Mumbai, Oct 2005, p. 111 -113.

 

6. Diffusion studies in Nb-Al system

A. Laik, K. Bhanumurthy, G.B. Kale

Proceedings of International Conference on Materials Chemistry (ISMC-06), held at Mumbai on 4-8 December, 2006, pp. 129-131.

 

7. Friction stir welding of 6061 Al alloy and optimization of the process parameters

        N. T. Kumbhar, K. Bhanumurthy, A. Laik, B. P. Sharma, R. L. Suthar, J. Krishnan,          S. Guha, T. L. G. Kutty, S. B. Jawale

Proceedings of National Welding Seminar-2006, Chennai, 24-26 Nov, 2006 , pp. 65-70.

 

8.  Interaction of D-9 cladding with static sodium

K. Ravi, A.K. Sengupta,  A. Laik, G.B Kale, J. Banerjee and  H.S. Kamath

Proc. of Sixteenth National Symposium on Thermal Analysis (THERMANS-2008)

Held at IGCAR, Kalpakkam on February 4-6, 2008.

 

9. Proceedings of International Workshop on Hydrogen Embrittlement in Metals

(HEM08)

Held at BARC, Mumbai, 18-20 February 2008.

            Editors : J. K. Chakravartty, R.N. Singh, A. Laik, K. V. Manikrishna

 

10. Effect of microstructure on mechanical properties of friction-welded joints between

            aluminum alloys (6061, 5052) and 304 Stainless Steel

N. T. Kumbhar, A. Laik, G. K. Dey, K. Bhanumurthy, J. Krishnan, D. J. Derose, R. L. Suthar, S. K. Sahoo and I. Samajdar

Proc. of the 15th International Conference on the Textures of Materials (ICOTOM), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 1-6 June, 2008.

 

11. Interface reactions between alumina and stainless steel with Cu-Ti alloy interlayer

            A. Laik, K. Bhanumurthy, G.B. Kale, B.P. Kashyap

Eds. Meenakshi Sunder, A. K. Rajarajan, G.P. Kothiyal; Proc. 53rd DAE Solid State Symposium, Dec 16-20, 2008, Mumbai, pp. 991-992.

 

 

C. BARC Reports

 

1.  Diffusion reaction of  Zr –1Nb  with  Si-Al-Ni (silumin) alloy

       K. Bhanumurthy, G. B. Kale, P. S. Gawde, A. Laik, R.P.Singh and S. Banerjee

       BARC Report No. BARC/2003/R/005.

 

2. 1S Aluminium Tube for Fuel Cladding of Research Reactors - Correlation Between

       Conductivity and Impurity Element Particles  (FeAl3) Distribution

        P.K. De, A. Laik, G.B. Kale, I.S. Batra, R. Kumar and R.P. Singh

       BARC Internal Report No. BARC/2003/I/017.

 

3. Interaction of lead-bismuth liquid alloy with graphite

    R. K. Bhagat, A. Laik, A.K. Sengupta, G.B. Kale, V.D. Pandey, S. Majumdar and H.S.Kamath

    BARC External Report No. BARC/2005/E/009.

 

4. “Compatibility of different stainless steels in molten Pb-Bi eutectic at high temperatures”

 K. Chandra, V. Kain, A. Laik, B. P. Sharma, S. Bhattacharya and A. K. Debnath, BARC External Report No. BARC/2005/E/027.

 

D. Papers Presented

 

1. Thermodynamic Interdiffusion Coefficients in Ternary Systems

     G. B. Kale, K. Bhanumurthy, A. Laik, P.S. Gawde and S.P.Garg

     Presented on the 14th AGM, Materials Research Society of India, held on 11 – 13 Feb,

     2003 in BARC, Mumbai.

 

2. Metallurgical investigation on wire-arc-plasma sprayed Ni on alumina

     A. Laik, D.P. Chakravarthy, G.B. Kale

     Presented on the 18th National Symposium on Plasma Science and Technology,

     PLASMA-2003, held on 08-11 December, 2003 at BIT Mesra, Ranchi.

 

3. Diffusion bonding of titanium and stainless steel using electrodeposited iron as an intermediate layer

   P. Sengupta, A. Laik, A. L. Pappachan, A. K. Grover, G. B. Kale, and K.  Bhanumurthy

   Presented in Theme Meeting on Zirconium and Titanium Alloys held on Dec. 2003 in BARC, Mumbai.

 

4. Interdiffusion Between Silver and Stainless Steel 304

  A. Laik, P. S. Gawde, K. Bhanumurthy and G. B. Kale

  Presented in the Symposium Physical Metallurgy- Research, Techniques and Applications, PMRTA-2004 held on December 2-3, 2004 at BARC, Mumbai.

 

5. Fabrication of reflector modules for atomic research by electron beam welding

   T. K. Saha, A. Laik, K. Bhanumurthy and A. K. Sinha

   Presented in the Indian Institute of Welding International Congress 2005 held on 16-19 Feb 2005 at Nehru Centre, Mumbai.

 

>6. Solid state diffusion study between TZM (Mo-0.5Ti-0.1Zr) and Titanium

>    A. Laik, G.B. Kale and K. Bhanumurthy

>    Presented in 59th Annual Technical Meeting of Indian Institute of Metals, held at Chennai on 14-16, November, 2005.

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>7. Microstructural assessment of aluminium clad through resistivity measurement

>    A. Laik, I.S. Batra and G.B. Kale

>   Presented in International Conference on Characterisation and Quality Control of Nuclear Fuels (CQCNF-2005) held at Hyderabad on 9-11 November, 2005.

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>8. Interfacial structures and diffusion studies in solid state bonded TZM (Mo-0.5Ti-0.1Zr) specimens using multilayers

>     K. Nitin, A. Laik, R.K. Fotedar and K. Bhanumurthy

>   Presented in Seminar on Advances in Metallography and Microstructure (Microstructure2005) held at BARC, Mumbai on 1-2 December, 2005.

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>9. Interfacial Microstructure and properties of Al/stainless steel, Cu/stainless steel Friction welded components

>     J. Krishnan, D. Joyson, R.K. Panigrahi, K. Nitin, A. Laik, and K. Bhanumurthy

>     Presented in Seminar on Advances in Metallography and Microstructure (Microstructure2005) held at BARC, Mumbai on 1-2 December, 2005.

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>10. Solid state diffusion reaction in the Zr-Al system

      A. Laik, K. Bhanumurthy, G.B. Kale

>   Presented in the International Conference of Advances in Nuclear Materials, 12-16 December, 2006.

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>11. Diffusion in Cu(Al) solid solution

A. Laik, Preethi Natarajan, K. Bhanumurthy, G. B. Kale

Presented in 61st Annual Technical Meeting of Indian Institute of Metals, held at Mumbai on 13-16, November, 2007, pp. 319.

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>12. Interdiffusion studies in Ti-Ag system

P. S. Gawde, A. Laik and G. B. Kale

Presented in 61st Annual Technical Meeting of Indian Institute of Metals, held at Mumbai on 13-16, November, 2007, pp. 569.

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>13. Development of perforated plate matrix heat exchanger by solid state joining process

P. G. Adiga, A. Laik, K. Bhanumurthy, A. L. Pappachan, J. Varshney, J. Krishnan, D. Joyson, R. L. Suthar, M. Goyal, Trilok Singh

Presented in 61st Annual Technical Meeting of Indian Institute of Metals, held at Mumbai on 13-16, November, 2007, pp. 204.

 

14. Interdiffusion in the Cu-Ti system

A. Laik, K. Bhanumurthy, G.B. Kale and B.P. Kashyap

Presented in National Symposium for Materials Research Scholars (MR-08), IIT-Bombay, Mumbai, 17-18, May 2008.

 

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