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Materials Sciences and Applications (MSA) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in materials. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of material…
Gerson Alberto Valencia Albitres, Enzo Erbisti Garcia, Carlos Magno Fialho Soares, Daniela de França da Silva Freitas, Michelle Gonçalves Mothé, Sibele Piedade Cestari, Luis Claudio Mendes
Due to the damage caused to human lives and financial losses, there is a global concern about materials that offer greater fire resistance. This research investigated the action of the lammelar zirconium phosphate (ZrP) as flame retardant (FR) when added in p…
Kazi Md. Elias, Mohammad Obaidur Rahman, Engr H.M. Zakir Hossain
Wicking is a crucial property for comfort in human beings. The body continuously produces energy through metabolic processes and maintains comfort by dissipating this energy into the environment. Two important aspects of maintaining comfort are the evaporatio…
Mohamad Abbas Kaddaha, Rafic Younes, Pascal Lafon
The increasing demand for mobile simulation tools has opened new possibilities in engineering applications, particularly in composite material modelling. This paper introduces original engineering software developed to simulate composite materials on smartpho…
Ousmane Ilboudo, Serge Mbokou Foukmeniok, Yssouf Karanga, Yibor Fabrice Roland Bako, Issa Tapsoba, Ignas Tonlé Kenfack, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1
Novel functionalized Arabic gums (AGs) were obtained by oxidation and acylation reactions on raw Arabic gum. The synthesized materials were used as modifiers of carbon paste electrodes for the determination of quercetin (QCT), rutin (RUT) and both p-aminophen…
Danúbia Bordim de Carvalho, Dian Souza Garcia, Mariana da Silva Alves, Bruno de Paula Amantes, Maria Inês Bruno Tavares
This study proposes the development of nanocomposite films based on poly (butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) incorporated with different concentrations of molybdenum trioxide (MoO 3 ) for use in biodegradable packaging. The films were produced by extru…
Gladys Ama Quartey, Eric Donkor Marfo, Emmanuel Yaw Wereko, Kezia-Beryl Godwyll
Lesser-utilised wood species may have the same or even superior performance for certain end-uses compared to the majority of Ghana’s most commonly used wood species. Avodire ( Turraeanthus africanus ) is a Lesser-utilised wood species and is found in large qu…
Butiki Johannes Tenyane, Botshelo Brenda Mokaleng, Nthai Freddy Monnye
Firefighters respond to various types of emergencies in the emergency services, including incidents involving hazardous materials. Four levels of chemical protective suits are identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Level A is a fully encapsu…
Innocent Allahdoumbaye, Pagore Frédéric Djoda, Pagna Bertin Kagonbé, Gomdje Valery Hambaté, Raïdandi Danwé, 1 1
Early settlement collapses led us to stabilize earth bricks in the Mara region and make predictions in Toukra. This work demonstrates the improvement in the mechanical properties of earth bricks combined with recycled polypropylene and polyethylene thermoplas…
Essam H. Mohamed
The adobe enclosure of Dendera temple is one of the most important remaining archaeological clay in ancient Egyptian temples. Field observations indicated significant preservation problems, primarily resulting from swelling caused by water absorption and humi…
Gabriela Kehlerová, Marcel Horák, Ivo Matoušek
This study presents a comprehensive analysis of the most important criteria influencing the precision glass molding (PGM) cycle, which was proposed using the finite element (FE) method through the MARC system. The FE models used in numerical simulations were…
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