Characterization of Boride Coatings on AISI 8620 Steels without and with Hydrogen Permeation by Marco Antonio Doñu Ruiz, Ernesto David García Bustos, Tomas de la Mora Ramirez, David Sánchez Huitron, Víctor Jorge Cortes Suarez, Noé López Perrusquia

“…Specimens borided without and with hydrogen were characterized by scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. …”
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Ghanaian Clay as a Catalyst for Transesterificating Shea Butter Oil as Alternative Feedstock for Green Energy Production by Mohammed Takase

“…The catalysts were characterized using X-ray Diffractometer (XRD), Brunauer Emmett Teller (BET) surface area, and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Biodiesel was then produced from each of the catalysts under varying conditions of methanol to oil molar ratio, catalyst concentration, reaction temperature, and reaction time. …”
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Sonochemical Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Starch: A Comparison by Brajesh Kumar, Kumari Smita, Luis Cumbal, Alexis Debut, Ravinandan Nath Pathak

“…Colloidal silver nanoparticles solution exhibited an increase of absorption from 420 to 440 nm with increase starch quantity. Transmission electron microscopy followed by selected area electron diffraction pattern analysis indicated the formation of spherical, polydispersed, amorphous, silver nanoparticles of diameter ranging from 23 to 97 nm with mean particle size of 45.6 nm. …”
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Spectral Characterization of Pigment from the No. 1 Cave, Kizil Cave-Temple Complex by Liu Liu, Jintao He, Mei Ye, Zhanyun Zhu, Qing Zhong, Junchang Yang

“…Scientific methods such as optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy combined with energy dispersive X-ray analysis (SEM-EDS), Raman spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and X-ray diffusion (XRD) were applied to analyze the pigments and organic coating used in the No. 1 Cave. …”
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Influence of the Chemical Composition in the Electrochemical Response of Permanent Magnets by S. Godavarthi, J. Porcayo-Calderon, E. Vazquez-Velez, M. Casales-Diaz, D. M. Ortega-Toledo, L. Martinez-Gomez

“…Analysis by scanning electron microscopy has shown that pitting attack is the main mode of degradation of the magnets, while Co addition reduces it and Pr addition increases it.…”
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Effect of Ar/CH4 Mixture Ratio on Properties of Ag/C:H Nanocomposite Prepared by DC Sputtering by E. Mohsen Soltani, Z. Ghorannevis, M. Shirazi

“…Effect of Ar/CH4 gas mixture ratios was investigated on optical and structural properties of Ag/C:H films by FTIR spectroscopy analysis, X-Ray diffractometry (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and atomic force microscopy (AFM), respectively. …”
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Thermal behavior of ground talc mineral by Balek V., Šubrt J., Pérez-Maqueda L.A., Beneš M., Bountseva I.M., Beckman I.N., Pérez-Rodríguez J.L.

“…Microstructure development and thermal behavior of ground talc mineral samples (from locality Puebla de Lillo, Spain) was characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy(SEM),surface area measurements differential thermal analysis, thermogravimetry and emanation thermal analysis (ETA).A vibratory mill and grinding time 5 min. was used to prepare the ground talc sample. …”
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Fracture Toughness Improvement of Poly(lactic acid) Reinforced with Poly(ε-caprolactone) and Surface-Modified Silicon Carbide by Jie Chen, Tian-Yi Zhang, Fan-Long Jin, Soo-Jin Park

“…Fracture surfaces were observed by scanning electron microscopy, which showed that the use of PCL as a reinforcing agent induces plastic deformation in the PLA/PCL blends. …”
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Low-cost seaweed biomass treatment with formaldehyde for cationic dyes removal from aqueous solutions by D. M. Polanco-Gamboa, Mohamed Abatal, D. M. Polanco-Gamboa, Claudia Aguilar, Francisco Anguebes-Fransechi, Eder C. Lima, Joel Vargas, Ismeli Alfonso, A Quiroz

“…The surface and morphology of modified biomass was characterized by the point of zero-charge (pH PZC ), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area ( S BET ), scanning electron microscopy (SEM/EDS), and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. …”
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Structural and Morphological Studies of V2O5/MWCNTs and ZrO2/MWCNTs Composites as Photocatalysts by Sajid Iqbal, Tanveer Hussain Bokhari, Shoomaila Latif, Muhammad Imran, Ayesha Javaid, Liviu Mitu

“…Subsequently, these composites were characterized for their structural/morphological studies by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Photocatalytic activities of TMO/MWCNTs composites were investigated by degradation phenomenon of methylene blue (MB) dye in aqueous solution. …”
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Modified fracture properties of cement composites with nano/micro carbonized bagasse fibers by Rao Arsalan Khushnood, Sajjad Ahmad, Giuseppe Andrea Ferro, Luciana Restuccia, Jean Marc Tulliani, Pravin Jagdale

“…Carbonized bagasse particles were produced at Politecnico di Torino and characterized by Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. When added with cement paste up to 1 wt% in six different proportions, the carbonized bagasse particles were found effective in significant enhancement of mechanical strength as well as fracture toughness. …”
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Influence of Inertia and Low Active Mineral Admixture on Strength and Microstructure of Cement-Based Materials by Meijuan Rao, Wan Tang, Wei Zhou, Yaning Kong, Shuhua Liu

“…The compressive strength of the mortar at 28 and 90 d was examined whose microstructures were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric analysis, and differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA). …”
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Morphology of Peeled Internal Limiting Membrane in Macular Hole Surgery by Mun Y. Faria, David C. Sousa, Bruna C. Almeida, Andreia L. Pinto, Nuno P. Ferreira

“…Two other flaps of ILM of the same patient were collected and studied using light and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). ILM cell type, distribution, and morphology were analyzed, and the proliferation or fusion potential of the ILM interface was evaluated. …”
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Application of Ultraviolet Radiation to Control the Calcium Carbonate Scale Formation and Deposition on the Membranes by Chanbasha Basheer, Mokhtar Rashwan, Eid Al-Mutairi, Amjad A. Shaikh, Khurram Karim Qureshi

“…X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy analyses revealed that UV light treatment produced mostly calcite crystals. …”
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Electrospun Polyurethane/Loess Powder Hybrids and Their Absorption of Volatile Organic Compounds by Jun Cong Ge, Jeong Hyeon Kim, Nag Jung Choi

“…PU films containing different amounts of LP (0, 10, 30, and 50 wt% LP with respect to PU) nanoparticles (NPs) were analyzed using FE-SEM, FTIR, and XRD experimental analyzers. Electron microscopy and spectroscopy indicated that the proper content of LP NPs is homogeneous dispersion in a polymer matrix. …”
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Green Synthesis of Citrus sinensis Peel Extract-Mediated Ag-TiO2 and Its Application as a Photocatalyst for Organic Molecules and Antimicrobial Agent by Daniel Narh, Benjamin Sampson, Samuel Ocrah Junior, Gloria Pokuaa Manu, Benjamin Agyei-Tuffour, Emmanuel Nyankson, Johnson Kwame Efavi

“…Characterization via X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive spectroscopy, and ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry confirmed silver-titanium dioxide formation. …”
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Physicochemical properties of Alisma starch by Fenxia Han, Yongqiang Wang, Hao Zhang, Sheng Zhang, Sheng Zhang

“…IntroductionAlisma starch (AS) from Alismatis Rhizoma has potential applications but has been less studied compared to common starches like corn starch (CS) and potato starch (PS).MethodsWe used scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and rapid visco analysis to study the granule morphology, crystal structure, pasting properties, freeze -thaw stability, solubility, swelling degree, and gel strength of AS, CS, and PS.ResultsAS has a lower starch content but higher amylose content than CS and PS. …”
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Applying different techniques for evaluating the resistance to moisture of electrospun PVA nanofibers by Alessandro Estarque de Oliveira, Mônica Lopes Aguiar, Vádila Giovana Guerra

“…The samples were resistant to humidity and no significant structural changes occurred in the fibers after the process in accordance with analysis of scanning electron microscopy images. For the two lowest humidities, variation of the pressure drop was equal to approximately zero after 60 min while it achieved 4.1% for 90% R.H. …”
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High Dielectric Constant Study of TiO2-Polypyrrole Composites with Low Contents of Filler Prepared by In Situ Polymerization by Khalil Ahmed, Farah Kanwal, Shahid M. Ramay, Asif Mahmood, Shahid Atiq, Yousef S. Al-Zaghayer

“…Structural, optical, surface morphological, and thermal properties of the composites were investigated by X-ray diffractometer, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, field-emission scanning electron microscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis, respectively. …”
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Ash Evaluation of Indonesian Coal Blending for Pulverized Coal-Fired Boilers by null Hariana, Adi Prismantoko, Ganda Arif Ahmadi, Arif Darmawan

“…The ash particles’ characteristics and material composition were also analyzed using scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray (SEM-EDX) and X-ray diffraction (XRD), respectively. …”
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