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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…
Conceição A. M. Dutra, Eduardo N. Codaro, Roberto Z. Nakazato
From industrialized baths, free of cyanide, the corrosion behavior of electrodeposits of zinc and zinc alloys was studied by means of electrochemical tests in aerated solution of 3.5% (0.6 M) NaCl at pH 8.2. In literature, several studies are found about zinc…
Duraisamy Ramesh, Thiagarajan Vasudevan
The corrosion behavior of water borne epoxy-ester primer coatings (10% - 50% PVCs) was evaluated through electrochemical techniques such as polarization and impedance spectroscopic (EIS) measurements. Studies were carried out for a longer duration of exposure…
Robiul Islam, Md Obaidur Rahman, M. Abdul Hakim, Dilip Kumar Saha, Saiduzzaman Saiduzzaman, Saroaut Noor, Md Al-Mamun
The effect of frequency and sintering temperature on initial permeability of Ni 0.55 Zn 0.45 Fe 2 O 4 ferrites have been studied by using an impedance analyzer. The samples were prepared by conventional double sintering ceramic technique using oxide nanoparti…
Pradeep Upadhyaya, Manoj Garg, Vijai Kumar, Ajay K. Nema
The main objectives of this research were to study the effect of water absorption on mechanical properties of hybrid fiber reinforcement for polypropylene composites. The poor resistance towards water absorption is one of the draw- backs of natural fibers. Hy…
Dhia Khadri, Walid Belhadj, Douha Gamra, Fathi AbdelMalek, Habib Bouchriha
This paper focuses on the investigation of modal characteristics and sensing properties of long period grating photonic crystal fibers (LPG-PCFs). An improved effective index method is employed with an objective to study its limitations for various designs of…
Qi Shi, Jinyang Yu, Zhengwei Song, Xiaozhen Kang
A zeolite Mazzite (MAZ) analogue with high silica content has been synthesized from a Na 2 O-Al 2 O 3 -SiO 2 -morpholine-H 2 O system. The crystal morphology of this MAZ analogue was found to consist of spherical agglomerates of diameter up to 17 μm. It has b…
Allen C. Mackey, Robert L. Karlinsey, Tien-Mien G. Chu, Meoghan MacPherson, Daniel L. Alge
The purpose of this study was to use scanning electron microscopy (SEM) evaluation to determine the optimal anodizetion conditions needed to generate niobium oxide coatings on titanium alloy dental implant screws. Sand-blasted titanium alloy dental implants w…
Ali Riza Tuncdemir, Erhan Dilber, Haluk Baris Kara, A. Nilgun Ozturk
The aim of this study was to compare the effects of different porcelain polishing techniques on the color change and surface roughness of feldspathic porcelains and lithium disilicate glass-ceramic system. 80 porcelain specimens were divided into two subgroup…
Marinalda C. Pereira, José W. J. Silva, Heloisa A. Acciari, Eduardo N. Codaro, Luis R. O. Hein
The pit morphology and growth kinetics of commercially pure aluminium in naturally aerated NaCl solutions were studied using an image processing method based on reflected light microscopy. In order to distinguish between pits and pre-existing cavities, metall…
Mohammed Isah Kimpa, Musa Momoh, Kasim Uthman Isah, Hassan Nawawi Yahya, Muhammed Muhammed Ndamitso
Natural dyes from flame tree flower, Pawpaw leaf and their mixtures were used as sensitizers to fabricate dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). The photoelectrochemical performance of the Flame tree flower dye extract showed an open-circuit voltage (V OC ) of 0.…
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