Experimental Study on Multiple Explosions during the Development and Utilization of Oil Shale Dust by Bo Liu, Yansong Zhang, Yuyuan Zhang, Jinshe Chen, Xiangbao Meng

“…The explosion characteristics and microstructure changes of the explosive products in multiple explosions were examined. …”
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In Vivo MR Microneurography of the Tibial and Common Peroneal Nerves by Paolo F. Felisaz, Eric Y. Chang, Irene Carne, Stefano Montagna, Francesco Balducci, Giulia Maugeri, Anna Pichiecchio, Fabrizio Calliada, Maurizia Baldi, Stefano Bastianello

“…The objective of this study was to present a protocol to visualize the microstructure of peripheral nerves in vivo, using a 3T MRI scanner with a clinical set of coils and sequences. …”
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Multiscale hierarchical composite with extremely specific damping performance via bottom-up synergistic enhancement strategy by Haibo Feng, Chenhao Xu, Linghua Xiao, Li Li

“…Considering carbon nanotubes-induced features as the micro-hierarchy and skeleton lattices as the meso-hierarchy, the microstructure of the hard phase at each level of the composite material structure is designed to utilise both their rigidity-enhancing effect and the damping excitation effect by guiding the hard-phase-driven deformation mechanism. …”
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Cytotoxicity and Antibacterial Activity of Mineral Trioxide Aggregate Cement with Radiopacity Introduced by ZrO2 by Lidia Ciołek, Zbigniew Jaegermann, Ewa Zaczyńska, Anna Czarny, Monika Biernat, Arkadiusz Gąsiński, Agnieszka Jastrzębska, Michał Gloc, Andrzej Olszyna

“…The μCT was used to test the influence of the ZrO2 grains in the powder component on the microstructure of the produced cement. Then, the cytotoxic action of the cements was evaluated by applying a reference L-929 cell line. …”
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Effect of Vacuum Heat Treatment and Gluten Gddition on the Gel Properties of Tilapia Myofibrillar Protein by Jiahui SUN, Jiaqi FANG, Wei YANG, Guanghua XIA

“…Under the condition of water bath, the addition of 0.7% gluten significantly improved the hardness and gel strength of MP. The microstructure results showed that the gluten made the MP gel network tend to be flat and the holes decreased, which was conducive to the formation of gel. …”
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Modulation of the electromagnetic shielding effectiveness through micro/macrostructure design for electronic packaging by Lizhi Guan, Jingbo Fan, Zhi Kai Ng, Edwin Hang Tong Teo, Hortense Le Ferrand

“…Subsequently, rationally designing the oriented microstructure within a geometrical shape increases the reflection and improves the EMI SE from 40 to 60 dB in a specific direction. …”
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Optimization of bonding parameters in diffusion bonding of Cu10Sn-B4C composites produced by P/M method by Ada Hakan, Özsoy Serkan

“…Microstructure examinations indicated that the powder metal specimens were properly sintered. …”
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Investigation into Mechanical Properties and Sliding Wear Behavior of Friction Stir Processed Surface Composite Material by Anbuchezhian Nattappan, G. Suganya Priyadharshini, T. Satish Kumar, T. Velmurugan, M. Makeshkumar, Haiter Lenin Allasi

“…The influence of tool rotational speed on macrostructure, microstructure, grain size analysis, microhardness, and wear studies of friction stir processed (FSPed) CuNi/B4C surface composites was assessed. …”
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Integration and Application of a Fabric-Based Modified Cam-Clay Model in FLAC^3D by Xiao-Wen Wang, Kai Cui, Yuan Ran, Yu Tian, Bo-Han Wu, Wen-Bin Xiao

“…By accounting for the interaction between microstructure and macroscopic anisotropy, the model can more accurately represent soil behavior, providing significant advantages for geotechnical analysis.…”
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Influence of Epoxy/Nanosilica on Mechanical Performance of Hemp/Kevlar Fiber Reinforced Hybrid Composite with an Ultrasonic Frequency by G. Velmurugan, L. Natrayan, Yenda Srinivasa Rao, Piyush Gaur, S. Sekar, Rohinikumar Chebolu, Pravin P. Patil, Prabhu Paramasivam

“…An SEM is utilized to observe the microstructure of shattered materials.…”
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The Enhanced Performance of Phase-Change Materials via 3D Printing with Prickly Aluminum Honeycomb for Thermal Management of Ternary Lithium Batteries by Ming Cao, Juhua Huang, Ziqiang Liu

“…The properties of the CPCM were analyzed based on its microstructure, thermal properties, and stress-strain response. …”
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Using a Combined FE-CA Approach to Investigate Abnormally Large Grains Formed by the Limited Recrystallization Mechanism in a Powder Metallurgy Nickel-Based Superalloy by Yanhui Yang, Boyan Zhang, Xiuquan Chen, Xiaoxuan Wang, Yankai Feng, Lidong Su, Zhengfei Liang, Yifan Liu

“…Powder nickel-based superalloy is the key material for hot-end components such as turbine disks and gas engine disks in aeroengines, and its microstructure uniformity has an important influence on the disks’ service performance. …”
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Nonlocal Modeling of Superelastic Behavior in Thin Plate with Central Hole Shape Memory Alloys Under Mechanical Loads by Mohammed Saad Qasim

“…Next, a nonlocal model was developed through the Finite Element Method (FEM) to accurately simulate the superelastic effect of small-volume SMAs, accounting for their complicated microstructure and nonlocal effects. The model's accuracy was validated by comparing findings with data from experiments reported in published works. …”
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Design of Ag-Ge-Zn braze/solder alloys: Experimental thermodynamics and surface properties by Delsante S., Li D., Novakovic R., Borzone G.

“…The experimental investigation of the Ag-Ge-Zn phase diagram was performed by using combined microstructural and Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) analyses. …”
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Alkali and sulfate effects on mechanical properties and microscopic mechanisms of slag and fly ash geopolymers by Miaomiao Gong, Ao Shen, Yiyi Wang, Haoran Lin, Rui He

“…The influence of factors such as solid waste type, mixing ratio, and Na2SO4 content on the mechanical properties of composite cementitious systems was investigated by assessing compressive strength and analyzing microstructure using XRD, SEM-EDS, and FTIR. The test results indicate that CCS and Na2SO4 exert significant influences on the strength of the composite cementitious system. …”
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Mechanical properties of low alloy high phosphorus weathering steel by Jena B.K., Gupta N., Singh B., Ahoo G.S.

“…The SEM and light optical photomicrograph of low phosphorus steel (G11) revealed ferrite and pearlite microstructure. On increasing phosphorus content from 0.25 wt.% to 0.42 wt.%, the morphology of grain changed from equiaxed shape to pan-cake shape and grain size also increased. …”
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MATERIALS FOR AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE DYNAMICS OF A CAR CRASH by NICOLAE NAVODARIU, ROBERT CIOCOIU, OCTAVIAN TRANTE, VASILE IULIAN ANTONIAC

“…The heat repaired samples were studied by light microscopy to determine microstructure change and samples were tensile tested to determine their mechanical characteristics. …”
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Experimental Study on Dynamic Compression Characteristics of Red Sandstone under Wetting-Drying Cycles by Bin Du, Haibo Bai, Minglei Zhai, Shixin He

“…Finally, the internal microstructure of red sandstone after different wetting-drying cycles was analyzed, and the degradation mechanism of the rock by the cycles was discussed.…”
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Iron oxide recovery from fayalite in water vapor at high temperature by Chen J.H., Mi W.J., Chen H.Y., Li B., Chou K.C., Hou X.M.

“…The phase constitution and microstructure of the solid products were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS). …”
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Comparative analysis of bone healing in subcritical defects with air turbine and electric handpiece in a rat model. by Izabella Sol, Henrique Hadad, Tatsuya Henrique Kano, Karen Rawen Tonini, Martina Andreia Lage Nunes, Daniela Ponzoni

“…Bone neoformation, microstructure, and collagen organization were assessed ate 7, 15 and 30 days postoperative. …”
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