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The Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering is an international peer-reviewed journal for the publication of original research in the fields of characterization of the minerals, metals and materials and its applications to the processing of them. Characterization has become the foundation fo…
Refilwe Sandra Magwaneng, Altansukh Batnasan, Kazutoshi Haga, Atsushi Shibayama
The present study focused on the re-processing of copper and nickel from mine tailings. In this work, recovery of copper and nickel from mine tailing by combined process of flotation and high pressure oxidative leaching were considered. In the first stage, ef…
Hiroshi Ikeda, Shigeru Fujino
This paper aims to fabricate over centimeter size of porous silica monolith having meso-pores with large surface area. A precursor of porous silica monolith was obtained by sintering a monolithic SiO 2 -poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) nanocomposite at 600 o C-1100…
Khandala Khamphila, Ritsu Kodama, Tsutomu Sato, Tsubasa Otake
The adsorption and post adsorption behavior of schwertmannite with various oxyanions were investigated for clean-up contaminated water with hazardous oxyanions and safe disposal of spent schwertmannite. The result of adsorption experiments showed that the max…
K. Krishnamurthy, Mengistu Ashebre, J. Venkatesh, B. Suresha
The influence of titanium diboride (TiB 2 ) loading on the dry sliding wear characteristics of aluminum 6063 matrix alloy-titanium diboride (Al/TiB 2 ) composite materials has been assessed using a pin-on disc wear tester at different loads. The composites wi…
Olaniyi Gladius Babatunde, Rufus Sola Fayose, Ayodele Abeeb Daniyan, Theresa Chikwuo Ezenwafor, Ebenezer Olubanji Oniya, Nathaniel O. Ajayi, Kunle Michael Oluwasegun, Akintoye Oni Adedeji, Akintunde Ajenifuja, Arinola Gift Akinseloyin, Adelana Razak Adetunji, Samuel Oloruntoba Olugbenga Olusunle
This research work is focused on the design and fabrication of Novel Oven-Furnace, using locally sourced materials for the purpose of carrying out drying and thermochemical treatments in accordance to the International Electric Equipment (IEE) regulations. Wo…
Ahmed Adel Mahmoud, Elsayed Abdel Ader Nasr, Ahmed Abdel Hamed Maamoun
Rigid polyurethane foam is found virtually everywhere in our modern world and is used in sound and thermal insulation applications such as refrigerators, insulated buildings, thermosets. Organometallic compounds are used as polyurethane catalysts since they a…
Irfan Hafeez, Saqib Nasir, Samreen Zahra, Muhammad Aamir, Zahid Mahmood, Adnan Akram
A rapid and simple process has been developed for the recovery of antimony metal from stibnite ore of Kharan area (Balochistan) of Pakistan. The ore was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique and found to contain 66% stibnite i.e. antimony sulfide…
Xiaolin Zhang, Kemin Zhang, Jinxin Ma, Yu Wang
In this paper, Al/Ni/TiC powders were mixed on the surface of A380 aluminum alloy, by selecting appropriate laser parameters; the cladding layer with good adhesion to the substrate was obtained. The microstructure and properties of the cladding layer under di…
Edward E. Igelegbai, Oluwaseun A. Alo, Adefemi O. Adeodu, Ilesanmi A. Daniyan
Cu-Zn alloy (Brass) is widely used as an industrial material because of its excellent characteristics such as high corrosion resistance, non-magnetism and good forging ability. This paper evaluates the mechanical and microstructure properties of α -brass allo…
Isiaka Oluwole Oladele, Jimmy Lolu Olajide, Oluyemi Ojo Daramola, Kofi Bismarck Siaw
In claim of developing ecologically-friendly and low cost polymeric materials, some polymer scientists and engineers have focused on improving the properties of polymer composites with natural fibers. One typical example of these natural fibers currently used…
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