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Comparison of the Thermal Stability in Equal?Channel?Angular?Pressed and High?Pressure?Torsion?Processed Fe–21Cr–5Al Alloy
24/09/2023 - Fe–21Cr–5Al–0.026C (wt%) is nanostructured using equal?channel angular pressing and high?pressure torsion (HPT), and their thermal stability between 500–700?°C is studied and compared. ECAP...
Informal E-Waste Flows in Montréal: Implications for Extended Producer Responsibility and Circularity
- Environmental agencies around the world have adopted policies to manage e-waste and reduce the negative environmental impacts associated with its collection, sorting, dismantling, and recycling....
Comparative study of electroplating sludge reutilization in China: environmental and economic performances
21/09/2023 - Harmless disposal and reutilization of electroplating sludge (ES) attract growing interests due to the high content of heavy metals, which requires economical-affordable and environmentally...
The Effect of Drying Variables on the Microwave–Vacuum-Drying Characteristics of Mulberries (Morus alba L.): Experiments and Multivariate Models
20/09/2023 - It is easy to cause increases in temperature and the gasification of water in materials, facilitated via supercharging and the generation of instantaneous strong pressure under the collaborative...
Bioactive Paper Packaging for Extended Food Shelf Life
21/09/2023 - Food safety and quality are major problems for food producers and industry, governments, and consumers. Conventional plastic-based food packaging is difficult to dispose of and recycle due to its...
Revealing the Influence of SiC Particle Size on the Hot Workability of SiCp/6013 Aluminum Matrix Composites
20/09/2023 - SiC particle (SiCp) size has been found to significantly influence the hot workability of particle-reinforced aluminum matrix composites (AMC). In this work, therefore, three types of SiCp/6013...
Influence Analysis of Modified Polymers as a Marking Agent for Material Tracing during Cyclic Injection Molding
20/09/2023 - Injection molding (IM) is already an established technology for manufacturing polymer products. However, in the course of the increased use of recyclates for economic and ecological reasons, its...
A Preliminary Study on the Use of Highly Aromatic Pyrolysis Oils Coming from Plastic Waste as Alternative Liquid Fuels
20/09/2023 - In this work, the low-temperature pyrolysis of a real plastic mixture sample collected at a WEEE-authorised recycling facility has been investigated. The sample was pyrolysed in a batch reactor in...
Nanostructured PbSe Films Deposited by Spray Pyrolysis Using PbSe Colloidal Solutions
20/09/2023 - This work describes the spray pyrolysis deposition of PbSe films, using as-prepared PbSe colloids as the starting solution. The PbSe colloids were prepared by using the alkahest approach, where Pb...
Green Synthetic Approaches of 2-Hydrazonothiazol-4(5H)-ones Using Sustainable Barium Oxide-Chitosan Nanocomposite Catalyst
19/09/2023 - The diverse applications of metal oxide-biopolymer matrix as a nanocomposite heterogenous catalyst have caused many researches to scrutinize the potential of this framework. In this study, a novel...
Mechanical Properties of Bio-Based Sandwich Composites Containing Recycled Polymer Textiles
19/09/2023 - In this paper, sandwich composites were produced by compression moulding techniques, and they consisted of regenerated cellulose fabric (rayon) and bio-based polypropylene (PP) to form facings, while...
Thermal Behavior and Pyrolysis Kinetics of Mushroom Residue with the Introduction of Waste Plastics
19/09/2023 - Co-pyrolysis is considered a very promising technology for the treatment of solid wastes as it can rapidly realize the volume reduction of raw materials and obtain high value-added products. To...
Zein as a Basis of Recyclable Injection Moulded Materials: Effect of Formulation and Processing Conditions
21/09/2023 - The growing concern about reducing carbon footprint has led to the progressive replacement of traditional polymeric materials by natural-based biodegradable materials. However, materials from natural...
Influence of Catalyst Content and Epoxy/Carboxylate Ratio on Isothermal Creep of Epoxy Vitrimers
21/09/2023 - In the present work, a commercial epoxy based on epoxy anhydride and tertiary amine was modified by a metallic catalyst (Zn2+) to induce vitrimeric behavior by promoting the transesterification...
An Experimental Approach to Determining the Average Diffusion Coefficient of Volatile Components in Polymer Waste Materials
21/09/2023 - One of the major challenges in recycling plastics is the removal of undesired volatile components from the polymeric phase, which may reduce process efficiency and negatively affect product quality....
Biodegradation Studies of Phenol, Diclofenac, and Pentachlorophenol in a Packed Bed Reactor Loaded with Immobilized White Rot Fungus Lentinus sajor-caju Biomass
- A white rot fungus “Lentinus sajor-caju” was immobilized in Ca-alginate beads via entrapment. This method was used to increase fungal biodegradation activity and to allow immobilized fungal...
Exploring the Synthetic and Antioxidant Potential of 1,2?Disubstituted Benzimidazoles using [Et3NH][HSO4] Ionic Liquid Catalyst
17/09/2023 - An [Et3NH][HSO4] ionic?liquid catalyzed, intermolecular C?N bond formation for 1,2?disubstituted benzimidazole synthesis was achieved by the reaction of OPD and substituted aldehydes at ambient...
Facile Synthesis of Ru Nanoboxes with a Hexagonal Close?Packed Structure by Templating with Ag Nanocubes and Their Catalytic Properties
17/09/2023 - Noble?metal nanoboxes offer an attractive form of nanomaterials for catalytic applications owing to their open structure and high utilization efficiency of atoms. Herein, we report the facile...
Preparation of nano SiC by carbothermic reduction of silicon cutting waste with phenolic resin
16/09/2023 - With the vigorous development of photovoltaic industry, considerable amount of silicon cutting waste (SCW) has been generated and aroused a series of environmental problems. Current recycling methods...
Aerospace, Vol. 10, Pages 808: A Turbulent Inflow Generation Method for the LES of High Re Flow by Scaling Low Re Flow Data
15/09/2023 - The rescaling–recycling method (RRM) is usually used to generate turbulent inflow for the LES of compressible wall-bounded flows, which can lead to relatively high computational cost for high...