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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…
H. V. Ramakrishna, S. K Rai
Granite powder filled epoxy and polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) toughened epoxy composites were prepared. The variation of the mechanical properties such as tensile, flexural, compressive strengths and impact with filler content was evaluated. The effect of…
Xiang Sun, Jiann-Yang Hwang, Xiaodi Huang, Bowen Li, Shangzhao Shi
Different metals were tested to determine if microwave irradiation can heat liquid metals. Temperature profiles of different molten metals under microwave radiation revealed that molten metals are primarily microwave reflectors. To explain this phenomenon, mi…
J. Audy, K. Audy, T. Haines
The measures that influence the quality of diamonds are cut, shape, colour, clarity and weight. These features are therefore of some economic significance. It has long been recognized that similar type diamonds with identical cuts are subject to some variabil…
A. R Adetunji, W.O. Siyanbola, I. I Funtua, S. O. O. Olusunle, A.A Afonja, O.O. Adewoye
The beneficiation methods for some tantalite ores from selected deposits in Nigeria have been assessed through mineralogical and compositional analyses of the ores. Tantalite ores obtained from eight different well-known locations of the mineral in the countr…
Sami Masadeh
Electrochemical impedance tests were applied to steel specimens which were coated by epoxy and tested after immersion in Dead Sea water for different periods at room temperature and at 50C. Results taken from Nyquist and Bode plots and as were analyzed by mea…
Recep Ziyadanogullari, Firat Aydin
In this study, the flotation of oxidized copper ore obtained from Ergani Copper Mining Company in Turkey was performed. This ore contains 2.03% copper, 0.15% cobalt and 3.73% sulfur. An effective processing method has not been found to recover copper and coba…
D. S. Rao, T. V. Vijayakumar, S. Prabhakar, G. Bhaskar Raju, T.K. Ghosh
Two different placer samples from the Navaladi and Surungudi area of Teri,Tamilnadu, in southern India, were collected and characterized in terms of their heavy mineral content. Mineralogical analysis on both the samples revealed the presence of high amounts…
Rupesh Khare, Suryasarathi Bose
Carbon nanofibers and nanotubes are promising to revolutionise several fields in material science and are a major component of nanotechnology. Further market development will depend on material availability at reasonable prices. Nanotubes have a wide range of…
P. A. OLUBAMBI, J. H. POTGIETER
This study investigates the 1 effectiveness of gravity concentration for the beneficiation of Itakpe (Nigeria) iron ore achieved through jigging operations. Iron ore obtained from Itapke Iron Ore Mining Project, Kogi State, Nigeria which contains a very high…
A. Hafaiedh, K. Hassine
A neural network model was used to treat thermal conductivity data obtained from Middle Valley. This technique was able to separate the effects of different parameters such as porosity, grain density, bulk density and water content on the thermal conductivity…
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