Inhibition Effect of Phosphorus Flame Retardants on the Fire Disasters Induced by Spontaneous Combustion of Coal by Yibo Tang

“…By using six P-containing additives to process three typical coal samples, this study investigated the variations of the self-ignition characteristics of the coal samples before and after treatment. …”
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Synthesis of Nanostructured Mg₂Ni for Hydrogen Storage by Mechanical Alloying via High-Pressure Torsion by Edgar Ignacio López Gómez, Joaquín Gonzalez, Jorge M. Cubero-Sesin, Jacques Huot

“…The results confirm that combining HPT with subsequent heat treatment is an efficient strategy to increase the Mg₂Ni fraction after HPT processing.…”
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A Dynamic Monitoring Framework for Spring Low-Temperature Disasters Affecting Winter Wheat: Exploring Environmental Coercion and Mitigation Mechanisms by Meixuan Li, Zhiguo Huo, Qianchuan Mi, Lei Zhang, Jianying Yang, Fengyin Zhang, Rui Kong, Yi Wang, Yuxin Huo

“…This model serves as the foundation for determining the process by which winter wheat is subjected to LTS. …”
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Non-targeted analysis of odor components and hazardous volatiles in children's raincoats by Haoyang Shi, Shuang Liang, Zhijuan Wang, Qing Lv, Qing Zhang, Meiping Li

“…Correlation analysis showed that some high-risk substances coexist in the sample with highly significant correlations, possibly due to common raw materials or production processes. …”
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Sorption-Analytic, Microcalorimetric and Study of Ion-Exchange Equilibria Involving Mg and Ca Cations on Clinoptilolite by Yuri I. Tarasevich, Valeri E. Polyakov, Dmytro O. Krysenko, Eugene V. Aksenenko

“…The exchange equilibrium between Mg 2+ and Ca 2+ ions and the corresponding microcalorimetric ion-exchange heats were studied on two clinoptilolite (Cli) samples. …”
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Partition function approach to non-Gaussian likelihoods: information theory and state variables for Bayesian inference by Rebecca Maria Kuntz, Heinrich von Campe, Tobias Röspel, Maximilian Philipp Herzog, Björn Malte Schäfer

“…Different kinds of inference processes are discussed and relative entropies are shown to follow from suitably constructed partitions as an analytical formulation of sampling processes. …”
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Evaluation of in-house loop-mediated isothermal amplification for tuberculosis diagnosis compared with Xpert MTB/RIF by Charity Habeenzu, Chie Nakajima, Eddie Solo, Precious Bwalya, Kiichi Kajino, Mari Miller, Youichi Kurosawa, Victor Mudenda, Lackson Kasonka, Yasuhiko Suzuki, Takashi Matsuba

“…This indicated the superiority of the Xpert MTB/RIF kit; however, mechanical errors during sample processing and the insufficient quantity of samples by Xpert MTB/RIF kit occurred at 2.0% and 19.7%, respectively, comparing to the 100% accessibility of in-house LAMP. …”
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The effect of using polypropylene fibers on the durability and fire resistance of concrete by Hassan Suiffi, Anas El Maliki, Fatima Majid, Omar Cherkaoui

“…However, for fire resistance, concrete mixes are prepared using different volume fractions of polypropylene fibers (0.05%, 0.10%, 0.30% and 0.50%), samples are heated to 300 and 600 � C, for exposures up to 6 hours, and tested for compressive strength. …”
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Efficiency Investigation of Coffee Production Waste Drying by Filtration Method by Oleksandr Ivashchuk, Volodymyr Atamanyuk, Roman Chyzhovych

“…Based on the determined technologically feasible process parameters, an evaluation of the filtration drying method for coffee production waste was performed at an industrial installation. …”
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A comparative study on Arc- and vacuum induction-melting for Ti 16.6 Zr 16.6 Hf 16.6 Co 10 Ni 20 Cu 20 high entropy shape memory Alloy Production by Christian Hinte, Andrea Fantin, Khemais Barienti, Sebastian Herbst, Jan Frenzel, Gunther Eggeler, Hans Jürgen Maier

“…The employment of binary pre-alloys in both AM and VIM processes reduced the necessity for remelting steps and ensured better initial quality for subsequent heat treatments. …”
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Optimization of arc quenching parameters for enhancing surface hardness and line width in S45C steel using Taguchi method. by Van-Thuc Nguyen, Pham Son Minh, Hung-Son Dang, Nguyen Ho

“…The microstructure of arc quenching samples has three zones: hardening, heat-affected, and base metal. …”
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Denture base resins biocompatibility testing in vivo by Kostić Milena, Najman Stevo, Mihailović Dragan, Krunić Nebojša, Gligorijević Nikola, Gligorijević Jasmina, Igić Marko, Marinković Nikola

“…The study included two samples of hard and three samples of soft acrylic resins (heat and cold polymerized), that were subcutaneously and intramuscularly implanted in rats tissues. …”
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Influence of surface modified nanoilmenite/amorphous silica composite particles on the thermal stability of cold galvanizing coating by A.M. Al-Sabagh, M.I. Abdou, M.A. Migahed, A.M. Fadl, M.F. El-Shahat

“…Derivative thermo-gravimetric (DTG) measurements were done under nitrogen atmosphere for the cured cold galvanizing coating samples heated from room temperature to 1000 °C. The obtained results revealed that the maximum decomposition temperature point in the third degradation step for 6% nanocomposite surface modified cured sample (CG-F) was detected at 693 °C and was less value for unmodified conventional cold galvanizing coating (CG-A) at 612 °C. …”
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MgCuSb as a suitable electrode for contacting pre-compacted pellets of MgAgSb thermoelectric material by Amandine Helt, Amandine Duparchy, Aidan Cowley, Eckhard Müller, Johannes de Boor

“…Microprobe measurements of the Seebeck coefficient indicate a change in carrier concentration in the TE material close to the interface, visualizing interdiffusion processes between MgAgSb and MgCuSb. We furthermore demonstrate that MgCuSb can successfully be applied as an electrode on pre-compacted MgAgSb samples, resulting in the first ever reported successful two-step contacting of MgAgSb. …”
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Short fiber reinforced elastomeric composites with enhanced mechanical and tribological properties for potential application in V-belts by Piyush Gupta, Santanu Chattopadhyay, Narayan Chandra Das

“…The effect of aramid short fibers on the cure characteristics, processing behaviour, as well as the physical and mechanical properties of ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer rubber (EPDM) is investigated. …”
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Application of continuum damage mechanics for prediction of wear in tillage tools by Sahar Ghatrehsamani, Mohammad Silani, Saleh Akbarzadeh, Shirin Ghatrehsamani

“…Hence, this project focuses on both continuum damage mechanics (CDM) modesl based on thermodynamics for predicting the wear coefficient in tillage tools and experimental validation. The wear process is modeled as sand particle scratching at a prescribed speed and load on the surface of a tillage tool with different hardness, such as heat treated, chromium coated, heat-treated chromium coated, and samples without any treatment. …”
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The effects of isothermal soaking time on the mechanical properties of AA3003 cladded with AA4045 alloy by Moema Joseph, Siyasiya Charles, Morudu Veronica, Hadebe Nomsombuluko, Buthelezi Thokozani

“…In this study, the effects of the simulated isothermal soaking time on the mechanical properties of AA3003mod cladded with AA-4045 alloy (9031-H24 tube stock) used for automotive heat exchangers were investigated. The high-strength 4045/3003mod clad sheets were fabricated by the roll bonding process and further cold-rolled down to the thickness of 0.3 mm. …”
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Optimal Management of Rechargeable Biosensors in Temperature-Sensitive Environments by Yahya Osais, F. Richard Yu, Marc St-Hilaire

“…This problem can be formulated as a Markov Decision Process (MDP) and solved to obtain the optimal policy which maximizes the average number of samples that can be generated by the biosensor while observing the constraint on the maximum safe temperature level. …”
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Failure analysis of boron steel components for automotive applications by Marco V. Boniardi, Andrea Casaroli, Laura Sirangelo, Sergio Monella, Michele Mazzola

“…Due to their reduced finishing steps, boron steels are commonly processed using fine blanking technologies. The success of fine blanking on boron steel components is due to heat treatments which must be carefully designed to avoid precipitation of boron-rich compounds that would lower steel hardenability. …”
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Microstructure and mechanical properties of laser weld of selective laser melted IN625 superalloy by Mojtaba Ghaffari Talei, Majid Ghoreishi

“…The SLM-processed base metal exhibited a columnar microstructure with preferential growth along the build direction, while the weld metal displayed a combination of cellular and columnar substructures, influenced by the heat transfer direction and solidification conditions. …”
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