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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…
Vladimir V. Kutarov, Eva Schieferstein, Yuriy Leonidovych Zub, Erich Robens
The traditional version of the theory of volume filling of micropores was used for the estimation of the fractal dimension of microporous solids. For this purpose, the Dubinin’s integral equation was solved for infinite and limited integration limits. The res…
M. A. Gafur, Md. Saifur Rahman Sarker, Md. Zahangir Alam, M. R. Qadir
Alumina-Zirconia (Al 2 O 3 -ZrO 2 ) composites especially Zirconia Toughened Alumina (ZTA) shows better mechanical properties over alumina. Al 2 O 3 -ZrO 2 composites were prepared by powder compaction method varying 3 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia (3Y-ZrO…
Carlos Eugênio Fortes Teixeira, Ingrid de Almeida Rebechi, Renato Serena Fontaneli
Different types of plastic films are used in agriculture to cover silos storing silage. The most important characteristics of a tarpaulin for sealing the silage are: thickness, color and polymer used in the manufacture of the film. The objective of this study…
Hossein Farrehi, Khashayar Mohajer Shojaei, Ali Farrahi, Ahmad Farrahi
In this paper, immobilized laccase enzyme on nano zinc ferrite was used in order to decolorize disperse dyes from single and binary systems. In this case, disperse dyes such as Disperse red 60 (DR60), Disperse blue 56 (DB56) and Disperse yellow 54 (DY54) were…
Mohammed Y. Abdellah, Mohamed Q. Kamal, Mohammad S. Alsoufi, Nouby M. Ghazaly, G. T. Abdel-Jaber
Glass fiber composite laminates have competitive properties than monotonic material for their superior mechanical strength. Lab joints in composite structure are of great importance in aerospace and aircraft industry. Therefore, lab joints’ strength and failu…
Lynn Myllyam Beleuk à Moungam, Hawa Mohamed, Elie Kamseu, Ndigui Billong, Uphie Chinje Melo
High cost has been pointed among factors that limit the promotion of geopolymers. To contribute to the reduction of the use of costly industrial sodium silicate in activators for geopolymers, a gel obtained with RHA and concentrated sodium hydroxide was used…
Mohammad S. Alsoufi, Tahani M. Bawazeer, Mohammed W. Alhazmi, Sufyan Azam
The ability to predict the weathering performance of the clearcoat system over a short period of time is essential for the design and development of coating production. Thus, the primary objective of the present study is to investigate whether it is possible…
Andrew Baker, Matthew Caputo, Helen Hampikian, Luke Simpson, Chunfei Li
Icosahedral quasicrystals display irregular shape if it is embedded in bulk material. If it has free surface, it has well-defined facets, reflecting its unique 5-, 3-, and 2-fold rotational symmetries. In this study, an Al-Cu-Fe alloy with nominal composition…
Mohamed Ali Terres, Lotfi Ammari, Abdelkarim Chérif
Prior studies have noted that gas nitriding has a considerable effect for wear resistance. The aim of this paper is to study the influence of gas nitriding time (12, 24, 36 and 48 h) in the wear behaviour of 42CrMo4 steel. It has been assessed by micro hardne…
Aaron Stein, Paul S. Follansbee
Deformation in the model high entropy alloy CoCrFeMnNi is assessed using an internal state variable constitutive model. A remarkable property of these alloys is the extraordinarily high strain hardening rates they experience in the plastic region of the stres…
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