Hydrogels from polymer for biomedical applications by Teo, Man Ru

“…The use of micro-differential scanning calorimetry shed light on the formation and melting thermal reversibility of kappa-carrageenan with the addition of Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions. …”
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Combination of torrefaction and leaching treatments on the solid biofuel characteristics of fast-growing timbers species and oil palm biomass by Lee, Chuan Li, Chin, Kit Ling, Chuah, Luqman Abdullah, Hafizuddin, Mohd Sahfani, Khoo, Pui San

“…The focus was on evaluating the impact of these combined methods on ash removal efficiency and the melting characteristics of the treated biomass. Two possible strategies were considered: implementing torrefaction first followed by leaching, or conducting leaching first followed by torrefaction. …”
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Material characterization of additive manufactured metal parts for failure analysis by Seow, Mei Qi

“…SLM is a powder based fusion additive manufacturing technique which utilities energy from the laser for the melting of powder layers by layers to form a 3-dimensional (3D) part. …”
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3D printing of a metal material on another dissimilar metal base by Tian, Jinmiao

“…So, in this context, how to successfully fabricate components using additive manufacturing techniques to melt and fuse a metal alloy onto a dissimilar metal alloy has become a key research aspect in this field. …”
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Fabrication of hydrophobic surfaces using micro-electro discharge machining by Ching, Zai Ting

“…Heat was transferred to aluminium work piece due to its high thermal conductivity while its lower melting point would cause the material to melt. For brass work piece, copper electrodes was found to give the highest average contact angle. …”
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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 find that the upper-middle crustal low-velocity body dips southwards into the lower crust, extending to regions beneath the Indian Wells Valley and the Garlock Fault at depth greater than 20 km. 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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Adhesion of aerogel particles with polymeric binders by Mani Thendral.

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Effect of various polymer fibers on spalling mitigation of ultra-high performance concrete at high temperature by Zhang, Dong, Tan, Kang Hai

“…Thermal expansion of polymer fibers created microcracks even before melting of fibers. This affected pore size distribution and increased permeability significantly, leading to high spalling resistance of UHPC.…”
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Experimental and numerical studies on the cooling of mobile device by Setoh, Guojing.

“…The time taken for complete solidifying of liquid PCM is much longer as compared to complete melting of solid PCM. The use of PCM is only effective in making intermittent calls but not long duration calls.…”
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Additive manufacturing of NiTi shape memory alloys using pre-mixed powders by Tor, Shu Beng, Wong, Chee How, Wang, Chengcheng, Tan, Xipeng, Du, Zehui, Chandra, Shubham, Sun, Zhongji, Lim, Joel Choon Wee, Lim, Choon Seng

“…This work presents a comparative study on the in-situ alloying of NiTi shape memory alloys (SMAs) by directed energy deposition (DED), selective laser melting (SLM) and selective electron beam melting (SEBM) processes using pre-mixed Ni-Ti powders. …”
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Polymeric composites for powder-based additive manufacturing : materials and applications by Yuan, Shangqin, Shen, Fei, Chua, Chee Kai, Zhou, Kun

“…As one of the most important categories in the additive manufacturing (AM) field, powder-based techniques, such as selective laser sintering, electron beam melting and selective laser melting, utilize laser or electronic beams to selectively fuse polymeric, metallic, ceramic or composite powders layer-by-layer into desired products according to their computer-aided design models. …”
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Machine learning discovery of a new cobalt free multi-principal-element alloy with excellent mechanical properties by Qiao, Ling, Ramanujan, Raju Vijayaraghavan, Zhu, Jingchuan

“…The physical features, the chemical composition and the temperature difference between the initial and final melting temperatures were selected as the input and output variables, respectively. …”
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Nb and Ta intracrustal differentiation during granulite-facies metamorphism: evidence from geochemical data of natural rocks and thermodynamic modeling by Huang, G, Chen, Y, Guo, J, Palin, R, Zhao, L

“…As biotite preferentially incorporates Nb over Ta, the early stages of biotite dehydration melting produce a high-Nb/Ta residue and a low-Nb/Ta melt; however, geochemical modeling suggests that once biotite is depleted, the Nb/Ta ratio of the system is instead controlled by rutile growth, which promotes the formation of a lower Nb/Ta residue and a higher Nb/ Ta melt, even though the volume of melt produced at this stage may be small. …”

Thermal energy storage enhancement of latent heat thermal energy storage systems by Low, Zheng Hua

“…The occurrence of dead zones, the slowest region of LHTES system to melt or solidify, causes non-uniform melting and temperature profile. …”
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Thermally induced phase separation PVDF membrane fabricated by using NaCl coagulation bath: relation of membrane surface morphology and permeation performance by Chen, Ningyuan, Zhao, Jie, Shi, Lei, Goto, Atsushi, Wang, Rong

“…The inclusion of NaCl in the coagulation bath serves to decrease the solubility of PEG within this medium, owing to the salting-out effect. Consequently, the NaCl concentration in the coagulation bath emerges as a crucial factor in regulating the migration of PEG400 toward the membrane surface. …”
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Enhancing the mechanical strength of Multi Jet Fusion–printed polyamide 12 and its glass fiber-reinforced composite via high-temperature annealing by Liu, Xiaojiang, Tey, Wei Shian, Choo, Jasper Yeng Chee, Chen, Jiayao, Tan, Pengfei, Cai, Chao, Ong, Adrian, Zhao, Lihua, Zhou, Kun

“…In this work, a high-temperature (173 °C, near the onset melting temperature of PA12) annealing process is developed to remarkably enhance the mechanical strength of MJF-printed PA12 and GF/PA12 composites. …”
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Fatty acid profile and thermal behavior of fat-rich edible insect oils compared to commonly consumed animal and plant oils by Chantakun, Kasidate, Petcharat, Tanyamon, Wattanachant, Saowakon, Ab Karim, Muhammad Shahrim, Kaewthong, Pensiri

“…The fatty acid profiles and thermal behaviors (crystallization and melting) of the extracted oils were evaluated. PW and BC oils had more saturated fatty acids (SFAs) than CK, PF, SB, BB, and P oils. …”
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Simulation of thermal behavior of silica glass and silicon with pulse laser heating by Liu, Mojia.

“…The model is able to measure and predict processing temperature of the sample up to its melting point.…”
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Gene-primer a PCR primer design program by Kok, Wui Lim.

“…To achieve this, we incorporated various parameters with biological significance into our program, namely, primer length, melting temperature of primers ,guanine/cytosine (GC) content of primer, homopolymeric runs in primer and self- hybridization tendency of primer. …”
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Development of grid-tie home electricity suppy system (GHESS) using solar energy by Tham, Tzen Woo.

“…It is deduced that fossil fuel will be depleted in less than a centry time. in addition, power generation using fossil fuel also creates the emission of greenhouse gases, which contribute to the rising of global average temperature, the melting of iceberg in the arctic and Antarctic, and thus create disastrous thunderstorm and the rapid rising of water sea level. …”
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