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Evaluation of the Mediastinum - Important Hints from the Chest Radiograph

Novel two-step processing route combining mechanical alloying and microwave hyb...

In this work, microwave hybrid sintering at 1300 and 1350 °C was carried out for densification of La9.33Si2Ge4O26 mechanically alloyed powder with apatite structure. The pellets sintered at these two temperatures present the same structure (apatite) with relative densities of 92 and 96%, respectively. Mechanical analysis performed on sintered materials revealed the following results: hardness of 7.1 and 8.0 GPa...

On the influence of silica type on the structural integrity of dense La9.33Si2G...

Apatite-type rare earth based oxides, such as R-doped lanthanum oxides of general formula La9.33(RO4)6O2 with R = Ge, Si, exhibit high ionic conductivity and low activation energy at moderate temperatures, when compared to the yttria-stabilized zirconia electrolyte making them potential materials to be used in the range 500–700 °C, for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells (IT-SOFCs). In this study, d...

Fracture toughness of dense cordierite: sintering cycle effect

The aim of this work was to analyse the fracture behaviour of commercial dense cordierite bodies sintered in an electrical furnace in static air at 1250ºC, 1275ºC and 1300ºC for 30 min using different cycling schedules in order to obtain tougher materials at minimum energy costs. Using a stereomicroscope and a scanning electron microscope, fracture surfaces of as-sintered bars tested under four-point bending at...

Synthesising carbo-nitrides of some d-group transition metals using a solar fur...

Carbo-nitride synthesis was undertaken using a solar furnace at PSA in flowing N2/Ar gas mixture under total pressure 1 atm and processing temperature T = 1600ºC for some d-group transition elements (Ti; Zr, V, Nb, Mo, W) starting from 1.5G/M (graphite/metal powder mixture with mole ratio 1.5:1) compact to ensure co-presence of free carbon with the reaction product. Clear X-ray diffraction (XRD) evidence of for...

Effect of the sintering conditions on the morphology of La9.33Si2Ge4O26 oxyapat...

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are devices that allow direct conversion of chemical to electrical energy through an electrochemical reaction in a cleaner and more efficient way than conventional processes (eg. gas turbines). They are characterized by the use of a solid oxide material as the electrolyte. Yttria-stabilised zirconia (YSZ) has traditionally been used in SOFCs electrolytes at temperatures in the ra...

Synthesizing higher nitride of molybdenum (Mo) and iron (Fe) in ammonia (NH3) g...

Flowing gaseous ammonia NH3 with suppressed extent of dissociation (un-cracked NH3) is acknowledged to function as a powerful nitriding medium to realize formation of metal nitride MNx with considerably high N/M ratio x that cannot be achieved through reaction of M with N2 gas. For example, mono-nitride d-MoN of Mo and e-FeNx phase of Fe with x = 0.33 ˜ 0.50 (i. e. hypo-stoichiometric sub-nitride e-Fe2N) were r...

Efficacy of dignity therapy for depression and anxiety in terminally-ill patien...

Objective: Dignity therapy (DT) is a short-term psychotherapy developed for patients living with a life-limiting illness. Our aim was to determine the influence of DT on symptoms of depression and anxiety in people with a life-threatening disease with high level of distress, referred to an inpatient palliative care unit. Method: This was an open-label randomized controlled trial. Sixty terminally ill patients w...

Self-mated tribological systems based on multilayer micro/nanocrystalline CVD d...

The tribological response of multilayer micro/nanocrystalline diamond coatings grown by the hot filament CVD technique is investigated. These multigrade systems were tailored to comprise a starting microcrystalline diamond (MCD) layer with high adhesion to a silicon nitride (Si3N4) ceramic substrate, and a top nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) layer with reduced surface roughness. Tribological tests were carried ou...

Lipase production by Aspergillus ibericus using olive mill wastewater

Olive mill wastewater (OMW) characteristics make it a suitable resource to be used as a microbial culture media to produce value-added compounds, such as enzymes. In this work, the ability of the novel species Aspergillus ibericus to discolor OMW and produce lipase was studied. An initial screening on plates containing an OMW-based agar medium and an emulsified olive oil/rhodamine-B agar medium was employed to ...