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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…
S. Ezhil Vannan
In this work, an electroless method of coating copper on the basalt short fibers using copper sulphate solution is described. In order to avoid any interfacial reactions in the basalt fiber reinforced metal matrix composites, the basalt fibers were coated wit…
Natália Costa Dias, Patrícia Arns Steiner, Maria Cristina Borba Braga
Clay minerals are widespread in natural systems and have been widely used for the removal of pollutants. In this study, natural expanded vermiculite was used in adsorption tests to remove ammonium nitrogen from landfill leachate. The modification of vermiculi…
Sami Masadeh
The effect of added carbon black to concrete mix on corrosion of steel reinforcement was studied. This was achieved by inserting steel bars in different concrete mixes containing 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, and 0.5, carbon black/cement. Samples were cured, immersed i…
Madiri Samuel Sukumar, Borra Vijay Sudheer Reddy, P. Venkataramaiah
In this paper, Fuzzy-Taguchi Method has been used to identify the optimal combination of influential factors by analyzing the multi responses in the face milling. Milling experiment has been performed on AMMC (Aluminium Metal Matrix Composite), according to T…
Xiaohong Shen, Xiangji Wu, Hailing Wei, Weiping Du
This paper introduces types and health functions of natural minerals applied in the textile field, details the processing methods of health textiles containing natural minerals, summarizes the development situation of the health textiles containing natural mi…
Murtatha M. Jamel, Parisa Khoshnoud, Subhashini Gunashekar, Nidal Abu-Zahra
High aspect ratio Phlogopite mica was used to enhance the dimensional stability and mechanical properties of extruded rigid Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) foam. Mica was added to rigid PVC compound at different concentrations (0 - 20 wt%) and processed using a sing…
Ugochukwu Chuka Okonkwo, Christian Ebele Chukwunyelu, Bright Uchenna Oweziem, Okunzuwa Austine Ekuase
In this study, control factors which included aspect ratio of fibres, volume fraction of fibres and fibres orientation were the focus for determining the optimum tensile strengths of coir fibres reinforced polyester resin composites. After using Archimedes pr…
Jose Sebastian, Eby Thomas Thachil, Jobin Job Mathen, Augustine J. Edakkara, Nelson Kuriakose, Ginson P. Joseph, Joby Sebastian
ZnSe Nanoparticles were synthesized by solvothermal method and the particle was characterized by Transmission Electron Microscopy. The polymer nanocomposite of 2% and 4% ZnSe/EVA was fabricated by direct sonicator method. The nanocomposites were characterized…
Oladunni Oyelola Alabi, Shehu Aliyu Yaro, George Thomas Dungka, Ferdinand Asuke, Emmanuel Toi Dauda
Determination of the work index of Gyel-Buruku columbite ore sample in Plateau state, Nigeria, was investigated. The sample of the columbite ore was sourced from Gyel village in Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau state, Nigeria. The “reference ores (gr…
Moni Sinha, Sri Harsha Nistala, Sanjay Chandra, Tilak Raj Mankhand
To increase the life of the mines, ores of lower quality are blended with the higher quality ores. In general, the blending of ores at mines site is controlled by the chemical composition of the ores by controlling the Al 2 O 3 and SiO 2 levels on the lowest…
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