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Showing 1 to 20 of 171 for “"thermal treatment"”.
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Evaluating of Thermal Treatment of Canola Dockage
… composition as well as the effect of mild thermal treatment (torrefaction) on this material to change its fuel quality. In this project, primary results showed that dockage feedstock was comprised primarily of 65% (w/w) of seed pods with the bulk density of 73±5 g/l. Ash content and …
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Thermal treatment of organic contaminated solids and waste : experiment, model and mass balance
… can be used to remediate contaminated soils. The thermal technologies for remediation of contaminated soils are summarized in this study. Each of these treatment process along with their system components are identified and described. Waste applicability is included for each treatment technology. …
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Studies on the Application of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for the Thermal Treatment of Cancer
… of biomedical applications relating to the treatment of diseases such as cancer. Carbon nanotubes in particular have been explored as drug delivery vectors, imaging contrast agents and mediators of tumor-specific thermal ablation when stimulated with near-infrared or radiofrequency energy. …
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Effects of Ionizing Radiation and Thermal Treatment on the Optical Transmittance of Polycrystal CsI
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Effect of pre-exposure thermal treatment on susceptibility of type 304 austenitic stainless steel to stress corrosion
… effect of a specific type of pre-exposure heat treatment on the susceptibility of AlSI type 304 stainless steel to stress corrosion cracking was studied in terms of time for crack nucleation and rate of crack propagation. U-bend specimens were exposed to 42 weight percent magnesium chloride …
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Effects of Bran Content, Thermal Treatment, and Storage on Flavor Development and Functionality in Intermediate Wheatgrass Flour
… of IWG flour have not yet been addressed. Thermal treatment may be used to increase grain shelf life by inactivating enzymes that are involved in lipid rancidity, which is a major pathway for the formation of odor active volatile odor active compounds (VOAC). On the other hand, thermal …
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Evolution of local structure and stress development during thermal treatment of sol-gel-derived PZT-based thin layers
… titanate (PZT) system as a function of heat treatment conditions.
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Design of control systems for focused and unfocused intracavitary ultrasound arrays for the thermal treatment of prostate disease
… transfer in tissue during induced hyperthettnia treatments for prostate disease can be modeled as a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system. For both focused and unfocused ultrasound arrays, the control of this MIMO system can follow either of two paths. First, a method of system identification …
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Synthesis of functional polyimide and its application in nanostructured films
… of the modified polyimide bulk film after thermal treatment shows uniform porous structure. Langmuir-Blodgett films were fabricated with the as-synthesized polyimide and the modified polyimide. The carboxylic polyimide Langmuir-Blodgett film can be obtained after thermal treatment at lower …
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Ruthenium-Chromium Oxide Aerogels Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts: Structure, Activity and Stability
… oxide aerogel-derived catalysts obtained after thermal treatment in air. The aerogel catalysts retained high surface area and porosity after the thermal treatment. The temperature used and the addition of chromium was found to significantly influence the structure and OER activity of the …
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Adsorption of cobalt on gamma-Fe{u2082}O{u2083}
The treatment of gamma-Fe₂O₃ with cobalt(II) is an important commercial process since the product is used extensively as a magnetic material for magnetic recording. The preparation of cobalt-doped gamma-Fe₂O₃ consists of interacting Co(II) with particulate gamma-Fe₂O₃ in solution under alkaline …
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Chemistry of Zirconia and Its Bioanalytical Applications
… properties of zirconia depend strongly on the thermal treatment during synthesis. The morphology of the samples was also studied. The absorption capability of Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) on zirconia was also monitored and spectrally characterized. The results of this research showed how the …
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The Thermal Stability of Anodic Oxide Coatings - Strength and Durability of Adhesively Bonded Ti-6Al-4V Alloy
… adhesive has been investigated as a function of thermal treatment for selected times at various temperatures in air. The research findings indicate that the lap shear strength decreases with the increase in duration of the thermal treatment at constant temperature and with the increase in …
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Synthesis and characterization of TiO2 nanotube Schottky diodes
… 3.7 to 2.4. A 350 [degrees] C post-fabrication thermal treatment, however, led to both stoichiometric and nonstoichiometric TiO2 diodes having similar ideality factors of 2.0 and similar shifts in trap concentration and depth. Nonstoichiometric TiO2 devices exhibited a unique shunt conduction …
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Effects of Temperature on Anaerobic Lignin Degradation in Bioreactor Landfills
… of lignin based on temperature and time of thermal exposure were conducted. In addition, degradation studies were conducted based on biological treatment of lignin as well as a combination of biological and thermal treatment. Samples were collected at specified intervals to determine the …
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Investigating the Surface Energy and Bond Performance of Compression Densified Wood
The bond performance and surface energy of hygro-thermal compression densified wood were studied using comparisons to hygro-thermally treated and control yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera). Bond performance was studied using opening mode double cantilever beam fracture testing and cyclic …
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The Bulk and Interfacial Electronic and Chemical Structure of Amorphous Hydrogenated Boron Carbide
… change for both an as grown (AG) and in-situ thermal treatment (500°C), and post Ar+ etch of samples thermally treated ranging from as grown to 850°C. The as grown and in-situ treated samples were used in conjunction to determine the formation of the Schottky barrier. The electronic structure …
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Dynamic Compaction of Rapidly Solidified Nickel-Base Superalloys (Rapid Solidification, Powder Metallurgy, Hot Isostatic Pressing, Consolidation, Precipitation)
… phases. The response of melt-spun ribbon to thermal treatment was determined and utilized to evaluate the microstructures observed in consolidated material.
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