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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…
Salome Hephzibah Waziri, Abdullahi Idris-Nda, Irmiya Samson Amoka, Yusuf Ishaq
Geotechnical studies were carried out on soils from Shango-Chanchaga highway in Minna, in relation to the petrographic characteristics of the parent rock. Samples were obtained from 5 trial pits at 1 km interval for geotechnical analysis. The moisture content…
Chukwuka Nwoye, Stanley Nwakpa, Agbo Alfred, Chidume Nwambu, Uche Obialor
The predictability of hardness of the heat affected zone (HAZ) in aluminum weldments cooled in palm oil, based on hardness of similarly cooled mild steel and cast iron weldments has been ascertained. The general model: α = 1.2769 indicates that HAZ hardness o…
K. Devendra, T. Rangaswamy
In this research work, an investigation was made on the mechanical properties of E-glass fiber reinforced epoxy composites filled by various filler materials. Composites filled with varying concentrations of fly ash, aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ), magnesium hydr…
Frank Elliot Sahoa, Naivo Rabesiranana, Raoelina Andriambololona, Nicolas Finck, Christian Marquardt, Hörst Geckeis
Studies are undertaken to characterize the uranium and thorium minerals of south-east Madagascar. Seven selected uranothorianite bearing pyroxenites samples from old abandoned uranium quarries in Tranomaro, south Amboasary, Madagascar (46°28'00"E, 24°36'00"S)…
Fatai Afolabi Ayeni, OladunniOyelola Alabi, Rose Okara
The effects of blending Enugu coal and anthracite on tin smelting using Nigerian Dogo Na Hauwa cassiterite have been studied. The work utilized various blends ranging from 100% to 0% anthracite. The content of the Enugu coal in the blend varied from 5% to 100…
Najmeddin Arab, Abotaleb Javadimanesh
There are mainly two methods of deep drawing analysis: experimental and analytical/numerical. Experimental analysis can be useful in analyzing the process to determine the process parameters that produce a defect free product, and the analytical/numerical mod…
Ojo Jeremiah Akinribide, Adetunji Kolawole Ogunkoya, Itopa Monday Momoh, Olasupo Daniel Ogundare, Ba’aku Emmanuel AttahDaniel, Samuel Olugbenga Oloruntoba Olusunle
The design and development of jaw grip for circular tensile test samples in a universal mechanical tester were undertaken in this work. In developing economies, the cost of acquiring laboratory testing equipment and accessories is huge, thereby depriving most…
Naglaa Fathy
Materials serve as an enabling technology contributing to solutions in problems of concern to society. In this research, the effect of semi-solid isothermal heat treatment on graphite morphologies and matrix structure for gray cast iron were studied. Microstr…
Alexander Asanja Jock, Fatai Afolabi Ayeni, Abdulkarin Salawu Ahmed, Umar Adeiza Sullayman
In this paper, the refractory properties of clay from Ozanagogo had been studied for possible utilization in refractory production. The clay had a specific gravity of 2.57, linear firing shrinkage of 1.01%, 2.14 g/cm3 bulk density and porosity of 20.4%. A col…
R. S. Sundararajan, M. Senthilkumar, C. Ramachandraraja
Nonlinear optical Zinc mixed bisthiourea Cadmium chloride (BTCC) crystals were synthesized and grown by slow evaporation method. The FTIR analysis reveals that the C-N stretching frequencies of thiourea are shifted towards the higher frequencies for pure and…
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