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Leonid Burakovsky, Scott D. Ramsey and Roy S. Baty
Mixed oxides of uranium and plutonium (MOX) are currently considered as a reference fuel for the new generation of fast breeder reactors such as ASTRID. The key factor determining the performance and safety of a fuel such as MOX is its operational limits...
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Aleksey V. Zhuzhgov, Lyubov A. Isupova, Evgeny A. Suprun and Aleksandr S. Gorkusha
This study revealed an increased reactivity of centrifugally thermoactivated products of gibbsite toward aqueous solutions of nickel nitrate at room temperature as well as under hydrothermal conditions. X-ray, thermal, microscopy, adsorption and chemical...
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Chiara Elmi, Jacob R. Whitlock, Matthew T. Macdowell and Richard D. Foust, Jr.
Many regions of the United States contain manganese deposits economically valuable in New England, Appalachian, and Piedmont regions in the Eastern United States, in Northern Arkansas, and, to a small extent, in Central?Western California. Mn oxide/hydro...
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Pavel Mikhailik, Irina Vishnevskaya, Liang Yi, Natalia Soloshenko and Vadim Pellinen
A study of the isotopic compositions of neodymium and strontium in four mineral fractions of the hydrogenous ferromanganese crusts of the northernmost Pacific has been carried out for the first time. The relationship of the 87Sr/86Sr ratio and eNd value ...
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Sergii Sagin, Sergey Karianskyi, Volodymyr Madey, Arsenii Sagin, Tymur Stoliaryk and Ivan Tkachenko
The results of the research work on biofuel?s impact on the environmental and economic performance of marine diesel engines are presented. During the research, a fuel mixture was used that consisted of the diesel fuel RMA10 and FAME biofuel. The objectiv...
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Mohamed Ismail Moustafa
One of the most extensively studied topics in dozens of studies is the alteration process of ilmenite, the formation of leucoxene, and the presence of some impurity oxides: SiO2 and Al2O3. The altered Egyptian black sand ilmenite grains of relatively low...
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Alejandro Jiménez, Marta Valverde, Alexander Misol, Raquel Trujillano, Antonio Gil and Miguel Angel Vicente
Aluminum from saline slags generated during the recycling of this metal, extracted under reflux conditions with aqueous NaOH, was used in the synthesis of hydrocalumite-type solids with the formula Ca2Al1?mFem(OH)6Cl·2H2O. The characterization of the obt...
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Hillary S. Jenkins
The ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa, Douglas ex C. Lawson) is a climate-sensitive tree species dominant in the mixed conifer stands of the San Bernardino Mountains of California. However, the close proximity to the city of Los Angeles has resulted in ext...
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Savisha Mahalingam, Salmi Mohd Yunus, Abreeza Manap, Nurfanizan Mohd Afandi, Rabiatul A. Zainuddin and Nurul F. Kadir
Thick thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) are the main choice in the aviation industry due to their ability to handle elevated temperature exposure in turbines. However, the efficacy of thick TBCs has not been adequate. This study presents a highly durable, ...
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Gene Yang, Wonsang Jung, Sung-Jin Ahn and Dongkyu Lee
Achieving the fast oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) kinetics at the cathode of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) is indispensable to enhance the efficiency of SOFCs at intermediate temperatures. Mixed ionic and electronic conducting (MIEC) oxides such as ABO...
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