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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…
A.O. Adeleke, R.S. Makan, S.A. Ibitoye
The 300kg coke sample received from Ajaokuta Steel Plant was subjected to proximate analysis and pilot scale size distribution test. The proximate analysis showed that the coke contains 0.38%, 13.45%, 2.72% and 0.14% of moisture, ash, volatile matter and sulp…
Jovica N. Stojanovic
The main task of this paper was accurate determination of structural and microstructural parameters of B-doped PbTe semiconductor (“p” type). Four samples (undoped PbTe, and three doped with initial B contents: 1 %, 3 % and 8 %) were synthesized using the Bri…
Mohammad Shakirullah, Imtiaz Ahmad, Mohammad Arsala Khan, Mohammad Ishaq, Habib ur Rehman, Uzma Khan
This paper reports the demineralization of coal with EDTA, citric acid, HCl, HNO 3 , acid mixture and CH 3 COONH 4 . The residual coal from each treatment was analyzed using Scanning Electron Microscopy. All the micrographs are bright field and reveal several…
Jiann-Yang Hwang, Xiaodi Huang, Adele Garkida, Allison Hein
Bentonite, kaolin and Montmorillonite were mixed with 0%, 2%, 5% and 10% by weight additions of mixed color post consumer glass to determine their softening points. And then to determine the effects of glass addition on clay firing, Acustar tinted tempered, A…
Abuzer Akgün, İbrahim Teğin, Recep Ziyadanoğulları
The molybdenum and fluorite were obtained in different phases with the flotation of fluorite ore containing molybdenum obtained from Karaamagaradere-Keban-Elazig district in Turkey. It has been found that the original ore contains 1.08 % Mo, 0.05 %Cu, 1.20 %…
B. Suresha, G. Chandramohan, J. N. Prakash, V. Balusamy, K. Sankaranarayanasamy
The comparative performance of Glass-Epoxy (G-E) composite systems interfaced with graded fillers has been examined. In this study, composite materials were experimentally investigated under varying load and sliding velocities by using a Pin-on-Disc type wear…
Adriana M. Druma, M. Khairul Alam, Calin Druma
High thermal conductivity carbon foams have recently emerged as an effective thermal management material for space applications due to their lightweight. Open cell carbon foams are generally processed from pitch material obtained from coal or petroleum. These…
M.O. Adeoye, O.O. Adewoye
Nanoindentation tests were performed on the basal (0001) and prismatic (10ī0) surfaces of tourmaline crystals. These results were used along with Vickers microhardness tests to investigate the hardness of the material on these surfaces at different load regim…
J.Y. Hwang, X. Huang, Z. Xu
Various aluminum-smelting by-products from three production sources were received and characterized. The waste materials were tested for compound identification and environmental acceptance. A coarse metallic aluminum recovery test using an Eddy Current separ…
Hosseini S. Hamid, Forssberg Eric
The adsorption of cationic and anionic collectors on the surface of smithsonite was studied using diffuse reflectance FTIR (DRIFT) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS or ESCA) techniques. The FT-IR spectra studies of smithsonite conditioned using DDA (d…
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