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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…
Ana Maria Olmedo, Roberto Bordoni
The water chemistry of the secondary coolant in the majority of Nuclear Power Plants is controlled by AVT (All Volatile Treatment), wherein volatile amines are used to maintain the alkaline pH required for minimizing the corrosion of structural materials whic…
Md. Khalilur Rahma, Raphaël Marchand, Budrun Neher
Gold, nickel and copper are usually used in connector of the smart card. Since Au is expensive and Ni is an allergenic material, simulated (CES) and bibliographical work is carried out in order to replace the Au and Ni layer in smart card connectors without s…
Gerardo Zavala Olivares, Mónica Jazmín Hernández Gayosso
In this paper, the corrosion of steel pipelines transporting hydrocarbon condensed products was studied. Different activities of sampling and analysis were carried out to diagnose the failure causes and to establish a control system for the corrosion problem.…
M. M. Alam, Md. Nasrul Haque Mia, R. Hasan, M. Shahinuzzaman, M. K. Islam, Khan. M. Nasir Uddin
This study presented a technique to deposit high strength and highly conductive copper thin films on glass substrates at room temperature. In this work, Cu thin films with thicknesses ~500 nm have been deposited on glass substrate by thermal evaporation techn…
Jinhua Yang, Pengjun Zhang
Under combined electro-thermo-mechanical loadings, the nonlinear bending of piezoelectric cylindrical shell reinforced with boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) is investigated in this paper. By employing nonlinear strains based on Donnell shell theory and utilizi…
Eduardo Vedovatto, Jose Vitor Quinelli Mazaro, Humberto Gennari Filho, Paulo Sérgio Perri de Carvalho, Caroline Cantieri de Mello, Cleidiel Aparecido Araujo Lemos
The aim of this study was to assess the stress patterns on the peri-implant zone and residual alveolar ridge in different overdenture attachment system designs by the photoelasticity method. Four attachments systems were tested: O-ring, ERA, Bar-clip, and Bar…
Tshwafo E. Motaung, Linda Z. Linganiso, Maya John, Rajesh D. Anandjiwala
This article describes the results of an investigation on the influence of loading silane treated sugar cane bagasse (SB) on the morphology and properties of recycled polypropylene (rPP). The samples are prepared through melt extrusion followed by injection m…
Tshwafo E. Motaung, Teboho C. Mokhena
The objective of this work was to extract sugar bagasse cellulose nanofibres by using three different processes, namely: mechanical fibrillation, bleaching and mild acid hydrolysis. Cellulose nano-fibres with diameters in the nano range and estimated lengths…
Humberto Gennari Filho, Marcelo Coelho Goiato, José Vitor Quinelli Mazaro, Karina Helga Leal Túrcio
The present study analyzed new and recast Ni-Cr alloys, regarding the relationship between the applied force and the deformation in cantilevered bar segments, with dimensions of 4.0 mm, 3.5 mm, 3.0 mm in thickness, 4.5 mm width and 15 mm length, on a universa…
Rabin Neupane, Zoheir Farhat
Indentation and reciprocating wear tests are carried out to study dent and wear resistance of superelastic Ti-Ni alloys. The effect of loading rate on the superelastic behavior of TiNi under indentation loading is investigated and compared to a new generation…
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