The Activity Concentrations and Radium Equivalent Activity in Soil Samples Collected from the Eastern Part of Basrah Governorate in Southern Iraq by Rasha S. Ahmed, Raghad S. Mohammed, Rana O. Abdaljalil

“…Clay soil samples (0, 30, and 60 cm depths) were collected from two districts (Abu Al Khasib and Ad Dayr) in Basrah governorate in southern Iraq for gamma-ray spectroscopy. The activity concentrations for natural existing radionuclides in 18 soil samples were measured using high-purity germanium detector HPGe. …”
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Enhanced optical properties of chitosan polymer doped with orange peel dye investigated via UV–Vis and FTIR analysis by Dyari M. Mamand, Dana S. Muhammad, Shujahadeen B. Aziz, Peshawa O. Hama, Bandar A. Al-Asbahi, Abdullah A. A. Ahmed, Jamal Hassan

“…This study investigates the enhancement of optical properties in solid electrolytes based on chitosan (CS) and glycerol, with varying OPD concentrations. UV–Vis-NIR spectroscopy revealed significantly enhanced UV–visible light absorption in the 200–500 nm region and effective UV light blocking. …”
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Enhancing surface properties of Ti via pulsed laser ablation in H2O2: Formation of stable TiO2-B structure with improved corrosion and wear resistance by Ensiye Shabanlou, Babak Jaleh, Maryam Molaei, Mohammad Kashfi, Saeid Azizian, Arash Fattah-Alhosseini, Kyong Yop Rhee

“…The ablated samples were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). …”
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Sulfone-modified chitosan as selective adsorbent for the extraction of toxic Hg(II) metal ions by Youssef O Al-Ghamdi, Khalid A Alamry, Mahmoud A Hussein, Hadi M Marwani, Abdullah M Asiri

“…Sulfone-modified chitosan/5–20 derivatives were identified and characterized using common characterization techniques, including Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, field-emission scanning electron microscope, powder X-ray diffraction, and thermal behaviour. …”
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Diffuse Reflectance Spectrophotometers Based on C12880MA and C11708MA Mini-Spectrometers Hamamatsu by V. A. Firago, N. V. Levkovich, K. I. Shuliko

“…Diffuse reflection spectroscopy with spatial resolution is a promising direction of non-destructive control of the properties of a number of scattering fine-dispersed materials, including food products. …”
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Magnetic nano-sized solid acid catalyst bearing sulfonic acid groups for biodiesel synthesis and oxidation of sulfides by Durgesh Singh, Kamini Singh, Yashwantsinh Jadeja, Soumya V. Menon, Priyanka Singh, Safaa Mohammed Ibrahim, Manmeet Singh, Munther Kadhim Abosaoda, Salwa Bader Al Reshaidan, Mohammed A. El-Meligy

“…To examine the physicochemical characteristics of the AlFe2O4@n-Pr@Et-SO3H nanomaterial, a variety of advanced techniques were employed, including Fourier Transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), Vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), Elemental Mapping, Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Inductively coupled plasma (ICP), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). …”
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Mineral Composition of Four Edible Mushrooms by S. E. Mallikarjuna, A. Ranjini, Devendra J. Haware, M. R. Vijayalakshmi, M. N. Shashirekha, S. Rajarathnam

“…Two cultivated mushroom species, namely, Lentinula edodes and Pleurotus florida and two wild growing species Lentinus cladopus and Pleurotus djamor were studied for their mineral contents such as Ca, Mg, Na, K, Fe, Zn, Mn, Cu, Ni, Se, Pb, and Cd by Inductive Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) and also Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, (AAS). …”
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Immobilization of Alkaline Collagenase from Bacillus subtilis onto Sulfonated Polystyrene Nanospheres for Hydrolysis of Tilapia Collagen by Ling Zhang, Xiaocui Yang, Kaijun Xiao, Yuyi Lu, Chunhai Li, Zijin Zhang

“…The particle size distribution, SEM, EDS, TEM, and FT-IR spectroscopy of the carrier before and after immobilization were analyzed. …”
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Dependency of the pulse dynamic electrochemical machining characteristics of Allvac 718 plus in NaNO3 solution on the machining paraments by Moqi Shen, Shuanglu Duan, Zhengrui Zhou, Zhichun Zhang, Jia Liu, Di Zhu

“…X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis validated this hypothesis by accurately identifying the proportions of various metal oxides within the film. …”
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Explication of Pharmacological Proficiency of Phytoconstituents from Adansonia digitata Bark: An In Vitro and In Silico Approaches by Sangavi P., Gowtham Kumar S., Nachammai KT., Chandrabose Selvaraj, Langeswaran K.

“…The analysis of a plant sample using Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy detected multiple functional groups, such as carboxyl and aromatic groups. …”
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Synthesis and performance evaluation of ZnO/CdS photoanodes with copper sulfide (Cu2S) and carbon counter electrodes by Pooja B. More, Chaitali V. Jagtap, Vishal S. Kadam, Mu. Naushad, Nithesh Naik, Pavan Hiremath, Habib M. Pathan

“…UV-visible spectroscopy revealed that the bandgaps of the ZnO and Cu2S films were 3.2 and 1.3 eV, respectively. …”
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Exploring the novel environmentally friendly highly hydrophobic TiO2 coating for enhanced anti-corrosion performance of steel in potential industrial applications by Haewon Byeon, J. Sunil

“…X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, Rietveld refinement, and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) confirmed the successful synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles. …”
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Photocatalytic Degradation of Dichlorvos in Visible Light by Mg2+-TiO2 Nanocatalyst by T. Siva Rao, Teshome Abdo Segne, T. Susmitha, A. Balaram Kiran, C. Subrahmanyam

“…The doped and undoped samples were synthesized by sol-gel method and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), N2 adsorption-desorption (BET), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Metal Particles Using Malic Acid-Derived Polyamides, Polyhydrazides, and Hydrazides by Muhammad Farhan Qadir, Somavia Ameen, Rida Fatima, Nadim Ullah, Gamal A. Shazly, Abu Summama Sadavi Bilal, Mehwish Nazar, Anoosha Sajjad, Tawaf Ali Shah, Yukun Yang

“…Comprehensive characterization of the particles was performed using UV–Vis spectroscopy, FTIR, XRD, SEM, and EDX analysis. The synthesized particles included both zero-valent metals and oxides exhibiting mixed-phase compositions that may influence their functional properties. …”
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Reclamation of poultry litter for the production of biochar by Rose Kukwa, Donald Kukwa, Samson Barnabas

“…These included microwave plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (MP-AES), the scanning electron microscope (SEM), the Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA and DTG).Results: The pyrolysis output was 56.38%, 32.20% ash, 2.00% moisture, 0.60 kg/m3 bulk density, pH 9.65, and 0.00314 dS/m EC. …”
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Microfluidic Microreactor Device With Integrated Heaters for Temperature Assisted Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles and Alkene by Tinku Naik Banavathi, Mukesh Kumar Sivakumar, Aniket Balapure, Sohan Dudala, Satish Kumar Dubey, Sanket Goel

“…The synthesized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and alkene solution were analyzed using UV-visible spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) techniques to evaluate the quality of the end products. …”
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Photoluminescence Response in Carbon Films Deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition onto GaAs Substrates at Low Vacuum by F. Caballero-Briones, G. Santana, T. Flores, L. Ponce

“…Films were characterized by optical microscopy, atomic force microscopy, laser induced breakdown spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and photoluminescence spectroscopy. …”
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Physical, Rheological, And Microsurface Characteristics of High-Viscosity Binder Modified with WMA Agents by Junhui Luo, Yuzhu Yang, Weirong Huang, Cheng Xie, Jiangcai Chen, Haobin Liu, Tianzeng Ren, Xiaofeng Huang

“…The addition of the surface-active warm mixes effectively enhanced the continuity of the high-viscosity AR-HVA-modified asphalt. Infrared spectroscopy revealed little difference between the main components of the matrix asphalt and the high-viscosity asphalt. …”
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XRD as an Alternative Technique for Cation Distribution Characterization of MFe2O4 Magnetic Nanoparticles by Michel Fernando Montañez Molina, Franklin David Muñoz Muñoz, Ana Karina Cuentas Gallegos, David Alejandro Dominguez Vargas, Jose Trinidad Elizalde Galindo, Gerardo Soto Herrera, Hugo Tiznado, Mario H. Farias, Javier Alonso Lopez Medina

“…This work focuses on utilizing the X-ray diffraction technique as an alternative method to specialized and high-cost techniques such as X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to obtain the cation distribution in magnetic nanoparticles as MFe2O4 with spinel structure synthesized by thermal decomposition. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic Fe3O4/Zeolite NaA Nanocomposite for the Adsorption Removal of Methylene Blue Potential in Wastewater Treatment by Ngoc Bich Thi Tran, Ngoc Bich Duong, Ngoc Long Le

“…The as-synthesized Fe3O4/ZA nanocomposite was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), MicroRaman analysis, Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy, X-ray fluorescence (XRF), N2 adsorption isotherms (BET), and UV-VIS analysis. …”
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