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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…
Zoe Vineth Quiñones-Jurado, Miguel Ángel Waldo-Mendoza, Hugo Marcelo Aguilera-Bandin, Edgar Giovanny Villabona-Leal, Elsa Cervantes-González, Elías Pérez
Ag/TiO 2 nanocomposites are usually regarded as an effective synergy for high antimicrobial performance under ultraviolet-visible light conditions. This study confirmed that the surface plasmon resonance of Ag NPs plays an important role in relation to the NP…
Pietro Croce, Paolo Formichi
Refined non-linear static or dynamic analyses of reinforced concrete structures require the knowledge of the actual force-displacement or bending moment-rotation curves of each structural member, which depend on the crack widths and on the crack pattern, and…
Aondona Paul Ihom, Aniekan Offiong
The study of green compression strength of a green sand mould using statistical approach has been undertaken. Empirically generated data in National Metallurgical Development Centre, Jos Sand Testing Laboratory were used for the study. Coefficient of correlat…
Azamatov Zakirdjan Tahirovich, Akbarova Nigora Alimdjanovna, Mavlyanov Abdulaziz Shavkatovich, Muminov Ramizulla Abdullayevich, Redkorechev Vecheslav Ivanovich, Tukfatullin Oskar Faritovich, Khusainov Ilhom Aminovich
The present paper studies the issue of forming a diffraction concentrator in the form of relief diffraction gratings. The possibility of their application for solar energy systems based on GaAs heterostructures has been studied. It was shown that the use of d…
Víctor Vázquez, José Parga, Jesús L. Valenzuela, Gabriela Figueroa, Alejandro Valenzuela, Guillermo Munive
The conventional processes for recovery of silver from cyanide leach solutions are the carbon adsorption, the Merrill-Crowe zinc dust cementation, the Ion Exchange, and Solvent Extraction processes; among other available options for recovery of precious metal…
L. V. Bau, N. M. An
The La 5/8 Ca 3/8 Mn 0.9750 Pd 0.025 O 3 compound was studied using DC magnetization measurements. The data were analyzed in the paramagnetic-ferromagnetic phase transition region by the Arrott plot method. The results show the Curie temperature T C ~ 247.8 K…
Muhammad Pervaiz, Philip Oakley, Mohini Sain, 1 1, 1 1
Novel plastics that are biodegradable, environmentally benign, and made from renewable natural resources are currently being researched as alternatives to traditional petroleum-based plastics. One such plastic, thermoplastic starch (TPS) is produced from star…
Tapio Vehmas, Ulla Kanerva, Erika Holt
Nano-sized particles have got a focus of great interest for the past decade. These ultrafine particles can have an effect in multiple ways on concrete technology. Although most of the effects of nanoparticles are desired, a huge surface area introduced by nan…
Yoon Jeong Baek, Jeoung Hwa Shin
This study was to develop the flame retardant (FR) protective clothing which had multifunction such anti-bacterial, UV cut, FR function with water repellent and water vapor permeable laminating textiles for industrial workers. First of all, the FR yarn and FR…
Jie Cui, Qiuya Zhai, Jinfeng Xu, Yahui Wang, Jianlin Ye
Ti-Zr-Cu-Ni amorphous filler with good performance is suitable for joining TC and TB titanium alloy, but its melting temperature is higher than 882.5°C, the α → β phase transition temperature of TA2, which makes the ductility of TA2 fall and the microstructur…
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