Surface modification of additive manufactured components by ultrasonic cavitation abrasive finishing by Tan, Kai Liang, Yeo, Song Huat

“…Scanning electron microscopic images revealed that most small-sized partially melted powders were removed through heterogeneous cavitation nucleation on the specimens’ rough initial surface. …”
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Hybrid machining of structural ceramics by Choon, Yee King.

“…For alcohol-thin-film-assisted etching, a 10 fold increase in material removal rate compared to water and KOH is observed, with depth of texture ranged from 100 to 330 µm. Explosive melt expulsion could be the dominant material removal mechanism, which enhanced the etching efficiency in water and KOH according to the observed cavities on the etched surface. …”
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Rheology on CNT-filled polymer nanocomposites (II) by Chan, Xue Shuang.

“…The MWCNTs filled polypropylene (PP) composites were prepared by employing acid-treated MWCNTs through melt compounding using a twin-screw extruder. Polypropylene grafted maleic anhydride (PP-g-MA) was added to the nanocomposites as a compatibilizer to promote the dispersion of carbon nanotubes. …”
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Design and characterization of multiple-stimuli responsive shape memory hybrids by Tan, Jun Liang.

“…Thermal gravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry were first conducted to ascertain the decomposition against temperature relation and the thermal properties of PEG respectively. PEG is subsequently melted and used as the filler in the sponge matrix to form the Sponge-PEG hybrid. …”
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Storage and eruption of silicic magma across the transition from dominantly effusive to caldera-forming states at an arc volcano (Santorini, Greece) by Druitt, Timothy H., Fabbro, Gareth N., Costa, Fidel

“…Based on previously published phase diagrams and melt inclusion volatile barometry for the Cape Riva dacite, we infer that in each case crystallization of plagioclase rims and orthopyroxene took place centuries to years prior to eruption owing to volatile-saturated decompression (± cooling) as the dacitic melts (plus entrained plagioclase antecrystic cores) ascended from the middle crust (10–16 km) into the upper crust (4–6 km), where they resided until eruption a few years to decades later. …”
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Preparation and characterization of polypropylene/clay nanocomposites by Lim, Jia Jie.

“…Polypropylene/clay nanocomposites were synthesized by melt compounding with Cloisite® 20A nanoclay and three different types of compatibilizer in a twin-screw extruder. …”
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Microstructural evolution during mechanical milling of Nd-Fe-B nanocomposites by Toh, Hon Kun.

“…Hence in this project the correlation between processing variables and microstructural evolution was investigated. The arc melted Nd12Fe82B6 alloy was subjected to various milling intensities and the kinetics of milling induced changes in phase composition, crystal size and strain were examined by Rietveld refinement X-ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis. …”
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Cellular thermal shift assay for the identification of drug-target interactions in the Plasmodium falciparum proteome by Dziekan, Jerzy Michal, Wirjanata, Grennady, Dai, Lingyun, Go, Ka Diam, Yu, Han, Lim, Yan Ting, Chen, Liyan, Wang, Loo Chien, Puspita, Brenda, Prabhu, Nayana, Sobota, Radoslaw M., Nordlund, Pär, Bozdech, Zbynek

“…We recently demonstrated that the cellular thermal shift assay (CETSA) protocol in its two variants: the melt curve and the isothermal dose-response, represents a comprehensive strategy for the identification of antimalarial drug targets. …”
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Effect of temperature variations on the fabrication of SLS-Na2CO3-ES-P2O5-CaF2-Al2O3 based bioglass-ceramics by Ismail, Nur Quratul Aini, Sa’at, Nor Kamilah, Mohd Zaid, Mohd Hafiz, Zainuddin, Norhazlin, Mayzan, Mohd Zul Hilmi

“…Melt-quenching bioglass-ceramics with the following chemical composition have been prepared 44SLS11Na2CO324ES6P2O56CaF29Al2O3 (wt%). …”

Preparation of Nd-Fe-B/α-Fe nanocomposite by chemical reduction method by Lim, Darryl Yu Zhi.

“…The magnetic properties of the powders are found to be poorer as compared to the samples obtained by traditional ball milling or melt spinning methods.…”
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Cross-Shelf Exchange Driven by Dense Flow Down a Canyon by Mier, Christian M.

“…The onshore heat transport induced by the return flow drives glacial ice melt and therefore contributes to sea level rise.…”
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Mechanical behaviours and thermal stabilities of irradiated epoxidized natural rubber/polyvinyl chloride/carbon nanotubes nanocomposites by Ahmad, Mohd. Shahrulnizam, Mohamad, Zurina, Ratnam, Chantara Thevy, Othman, Norhayani, Rasit Ali, Roshafima

“…ENR-50/PVC/MWNTs nanocomposites were prepared by melt mixing in a Brabender Plastigraph at 150 °C with a rotor speed of 50 rpm followed by compression molding at 160 °C. …”
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Significant greenish-yellow emission from Dy3+/Sm3+ co-doped strontium-aluminate-telluro-borate glasses: role of Ag and CuO nanoparticles interplay by Abdullahi, Ibrahim, Hashim, Suhairul, Ghoshal, Sib K., Sayyed, Muhammad I., Thabit, Hammam A.

“…Thus, the absorption and emission characteristics of a new type of Dy2O3/Sm2O3-doped strontium–aluminate–telluro-borate glasses (prepared using the melt-quenching approach and characterized comprehensively) were customized by inserting copper oxide nanoparticles (CuONps) and silver nanoparticles (AgNps). …”

Magmatic Na-rich phlogopite in a suite of gabbroic crustal xenoliths from Volcán San Pedro, Chilean Andes : evidence for a solvus relation between phlogopite and aspidolite by Costa, Fidel, Dungan, Michael, Singer, Brad S.

“…We interpret these micas as the result of open-system processes involving infiltration of water-rich evolved melts [with high Na/(Na + K)] and reaction with refractory minerals. …”
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Effect of B2O3 on the physical and mechanical properties of calcium fluoroaluminosilicate glass system by Mohammed Efa, Abdelkader, Matori, Khamirul Amin, Mohd Zaid, Mohd Hafiz, Che Abdullah, Che Azurahanim, Zainuddin, Norhazlin, Mayzan, Mohd Zul Hilmi, Kamis, Shahira Liza

“…The glass was synthesized through melt-water quenching with varying B2O3 ratios, utilizing CaO from clam shell and SiO2 from soda lime silica glass waste. …”

Processes of Stratification Breakdown and Restratification in Antarctic Coastal Polynyas by Xu, Yilang

“…The surface runoff from the ice shelf surface melt could potentially contribute significantly to the near-surface restratification, but its magnitude is less constrained with high uncertainty. …”
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Effect of microwave sintering on density, microstructural and magnetic properties of pure strontium hexaferrite at low temperatures and heating rate by Matran, Wail M., Mustapha, Mazli, Nor, Mohd Faizairi, Mustapha, Faizal, Alakbari, Fahd Saeed, Al-shawesh, Gamal, Bawahab, Mohammed

“…Grain growth and crystallization observed to increase at higher sintering temperature with agglomeration while denser and melted boundaries at lower temperatures. Magnetic properties especially remanence magnetization Mr and saturation magnetization Ms fluctuated with sintering temperature achieving optimum values of 28.188 emu/g and 55.622 emu/g at 1000 °C respectively. …”
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Investigating the influence of CaO/CaF2 ratios on the synthesis of calcium-alumino-silicate-fluoride-based glass ceramics utilizing recyclable materials by Roslan, Zuraidah, Amin, Khamirul Matori, Mohd Zaid, Mohd Hafiz, Yaakob, Yazid, Kul, Esra, Loh, Zhi Wei, Zarzali Shah, Aishah, Ahmad Zahudi, Afrina Zulaikha

“…Using recyclable materials such as waste soda-lime-silicate (SLS) glass and clam shells (CS) as primary precursors, a controlled melt-quenching process was employed to investigate how varying the CaO/CaF2 ratios influences the physical and structural properties of CASF glass ceramics. …”

Thermal performance enhancement of eutectic PCM laden with functionalised graphene nanoplatelets for an efficient solar absorption cooling storage system by Singh, R. P., Sze, Jia Yin, Kaushik, S.C., Rakshit, D., Romagnoli, Alessandro

“…The f-GNP dispersions accelerate the heat storage process with a maximum decrease of 17.3% in the total melt duration. In addition, the role of increased viscosity on the natural convection is simultaneously studied with the increased thermal conduction due to nanoplatelets dispersions.…”
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Elongated magma plumbing system beneath the Coso volcanic field, California, constrained by seismic reflection tomography by Wang, Dongdong, Wu, Shucheng, Li, Tianjue, Tong, Ping, Gao, Yongxin

“…We ascribe the lower crustal low-velocity body (more than 4% Vp reduction) to a basaltic magma reservoir that connects the melts in the uppermost mantle with the eruptible rhyolitic reservoir at shallower depths. …”
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