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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…
Leinig Antonio Perazolli, Gisane Gasparotto, Natalia Jaomaci, Miguel Ruiz, Maria Aparecida Zaghete Bertochi, Cesar Renato Foschini, Ederson Carlos Aguiar, José Arara Varela
The Hall-Héroult process is used for alumina reduction by the use of graphite anodes even though it involves a high emission of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and several other organic compounds. Proposals have been made aiming at substituting graphite for a single-p…
Kasem K. Kasem, Aubrey Finley, James Folberth, Maarij Syed, Elaine Kirkpatrick
Due to its importance in hydrogen production during the photolysis process of aqueous suspensions process, mixed TiO 2 /V 2 O 5 metal-oxide semiconductors were prepared and subjected to crystal structure investigation using X-ray technique. The photoelectroch…
Karina Puebla, Lawrence E. Murr, Sara M. Gaytan, Edwin Martinez, Francisco Medina, Ryan B. Wicker
Microstructure and variations in porosity in Ti-6Al-4V samples built with electron beam melting (EBM) over a range of melt scan speeds, ranging from 100 mm·s -1 to 1000 mm·s -1 were examined. Microstructure was characterized by refinement of α-phase and trans…
Ping Xu, Zhaoyi Xu, Jin Wang, Yajun Zhang, Ting Liu
The impacts of microorganism on brass corrosion were studied in static experiment in this paper. Two main factors, temperature and concentration ratio, were considered. According to the actual operation of recycling cooling water system, four temperatures (15…
Nadia Febiana Djaja, Rosari Saleh
Mn-doped nanocrystalline ZnO particles have been successfully synthesized at low temperature (80?C) by the coprecipitation method using zinc sulfatehepta hydrate and NaOH. The structural and magnetic properties have been characterized using X-ray diffraction…
Michael Chukwudi Onyeaju, Evelyn Osarolube, Ephraim Okechukwu Chukwuocha, Chinedu Ekuma Ekuma, Great Arusuedafe Jacob Omasheye
This work investigates the thermal properties of polyvinyl chloride and asbestos ceiling sheet. We have studied the thermal properties of these materials in terms of the thermal conductivity (TC), thermal resistivity (TR), thermaldiffusivity, thermalabsorptiv…
Yuepeng Song, Wenke Wang, Dongsheng Gao, Hyoung-Seop Kim, Eun-Yoo Yoon, Dong-Jun Lee, Chong-Soo Lee, Jing Guo
The inhomogeneous hardness distribution of high pressure torsion (HPT) processed IF steel disks along different directions is investigated. The results indicated that there exists inhomogeneous distribution in HPT processed IF steel disks, giving lower hardne…
N. H. Mohammed, Ramadan Awad, A. I. Abou-Aly, I. H. Ibrahim, M. S. Hassan
In this work, superconducting samples of type (Bi 1.8 Pb 0.4 )Sr 1.9 Ca 2.1 Cu 3 O 10+δ were prepared, with Pb 0.4 composed of Pb 0.2 2+ and Pb 0.2 4+ , at different sintering temperatures ranging from 835℃to 855℃. The prepared samples were characterized usin…
Rogério Matias Vidal, Divanízia do Nascimento Souza
This paper presents a model for the characterization and selection of beeswaxes for use as base substitute tissue for the manufacture of objects suitable for external radiotherapy using megavoltage photon beams. The model of characterization was divided into…
Jianhui Zhang, Wei Li, Tetsuo Soga, Takashi Jimbo, Takayoshi Tanji
Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs) array with high density have been synthesized from a mixture of ferrocene and ethanol using ultrasonic nebulizer techniques. Using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) as we…
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