Crude Oil Foulant Deposition Studies on a Heated Surface Using a Novel Batch Stirred Coupon Test Rig by Pragya Singh, Srinivas Krishnaswamy, Krishnaswamy Ponnani, Ankur Verma, Jaya Rawat

“…The foulant deposits were characterized using TGA, CHNS, XRD, and SEM/EDAX, respectively. The iron and sulfur content in the hard deposit was more than 45% in total, indicating that the fouling mechanism was corrosion-based resulting from the formation of FeS on the surface. …”
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Porous Multiphase Microcharacteristics Research of New Cement-Based Grouting Material Concretion by Wei Xie, Junwu Xia, Linli Yu, Hongfei Chang

“…As an excellent inorganic hydraulic cementitious material, new cement-based grouting material (abbreviated as NCG) has a wide application prospect in grouting engineering. Four types of water-cement ratio (W/C ratio) NCG concretions were systematically researched on the solid-phase composition, microscopic morphology, nanoscale pore characteristics and micron-scale multiphase microscopic characteristics through SEM, TGA-DSC, BET, MIP, and 3D-XRM in combination with hydration reaction mechanism. …”
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Gelatin's Effect on Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Properties and Its Use in Thermal Regeneration for Methylene Blue Photodegradation by Maria Ulfa, Sabrina Devinta Poetry

“…According to the Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) and Differential Thermal Analyzer (DTA) data, the sample with gelatin had higher thermal stability and weight loss than that without gelatin. …”
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Investigation on Foaming Ability of Modified Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Composites Prepared Using Compression Molding by Hua-yong Liao, Jing Gao, Guo-liang Tao, Chun-lin Liu

“…The thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) indicated that the thermal properties of PET foam are better than those of pure PET. …”
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Compósitos de polipropileno reforçados com nanopartículas de alumina e fibras curtas de carbono. by João Lucas Alexandre Nunes Galvão Ferreira, Marisa Cristina Guimarães Rocha

“…As propriedades dos materiais obtidos foram avaliadas através de diversas técnicas de caracterização como: ensaios mecânicos em tração, termogravimetria (TGA), calorimetria diferencial exploratória (DSC) e microscopia eletrônica de varredura (MEV). …”
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Adsorption of Acid Yellow 36 and direct blue 86 dyes to Delonix regia biochar-sulphur by Ahmed Eleryan, Uyiosa Osagie Aigbe, Kingsley Eghonghon Ukhurebor, Mohamed A. Hassaan, Safaa Ragab, Otolorin Adelaja Osibote, Ismail Hossain, Ahmed El Nemr

“…Different characterization investigations using BJH, BET, FTIR, SEM, DSC, TGA, and EDX were utilized in the descriptions of the DRB-S biosorbent. …”
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A green route of antibacterial films production from shrimp (Penaeus monodon) shell waste biomass derived chitosan: Physicochemical, thermomechanical, morphological and antimicrobi... by Md. Mahmudur Rahman, Mohd. Maniruzzaman, Ripon Kumar Saha

“…The samples were characterized by SEM, ATR-FTIR, 13C CPMAS NMR, TGA, TS, biodegradability, and antimicrobial activity exploration. …”
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Properties enhancement of asphalt mortar incorporating phosphogypsum based on surface activation by Wei Guo, Kaipeng Gu, Haiyang Xu, Yingsong Li, Wei Tian

“…Thermal analysis via thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) indicated that activated PG asphalt mortar possesses the highest thermal decomposition temperature and the lowest total heat absorption, suggesting enhanced compatibility with asphalt. …”
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Physical, Mechanical, and Thermal Properties and Characterization of Natural Fiber Composites Reinforced Poly(Lactic Acid): Miswak (Salvadora Persica L.) Fibers by A. F. Nur Diyana, A. Khalina, M. S. Sapuan, C. H. Lee, H. A. Aisyah, M. N. Nurazzi, R. S. Ayu

“…DSC shows that Tg of PLA/MF composite is found to be similar to Tg in loss modulus of composites. …”
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Effective Removal of Malachite Green from Aqueous Solutions Using Magnetic Nanocomposite: Synthesis, Characterization, and Equilibrium Study by Ali Q. Alorabi

“…The prepared Fe3O4@AJPL adsorbent was characterized by SEM, EDX, TEM, XRD, FTIR, TGA, and BET surface area analyses. The BET surface area and pore size of the Fe3O4@AJPL nanocomposite were found to be 38.44 m2/g and 10.6 nm, respectively. …”
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Eco-friendly adsorption of Rhodamine B dye using Punica granatum peel from an aqueous medium by Rajae Ghibate, Mohammed Chrachmy, Meryem Kerrou, Meryem Ben Baaziz, Marwa Alaqarbeh, Ali Amechrouq, Rachid Taouil, Omar Senhaji

“…The material was characterized using SEM, FTIR, XRD, TGA, DSC, and pHPZC analysis. Its adsorption performance was evaluated under varying pH, temperature, and ionic strength conditions. …”
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Thermal stability and flame-retardant properties of a basalt/kevlar fiber-reinforced hybrid polymer composite with bran filler particulates by N. Beemkumar, Ganesan Subbiah, Vijay J. Upadhye, Arpit Arora, Shakti Prakash Jena, K Kamakshi Priya, Habtamu Alemayehu

“…Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) revealed excellent thermal stability, with significant weight loss occurring only above 350 °C. …”
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Biosynthesized ZnO NPs loaded-electrospun PVA/sodium alginate/glycine nanofibers: synthesis, spinning optimization and antimicrobial activity evaluation by El-Refaie Kenawy, Elbadawy A. Kamoun, Amany Shehata, Shahira H. El-Moslamy, Adel A.-H. Abdel-Rahman

“…Green-synthesized ZnO NPs were laboratory synthesized and characterized by FTIR, XRD, EDX, SEM, TEM and TGA analyses. Electrospinning of PVA/SA with optimized mixing ratios was further carried out with different ratios of ZnO NPs of (0.25, 0.50 and 0.75%, wt.…”
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Enhancing the Performance of Lignocellulosic Textile Fabrics by Chemical Treatment and Filler Modification by Mahbub Morshed Khan, Md. Rokonuzzaman, Abu Sayeed, T. Islam, D. Paul, A.T.M. Gulam Moula, M.S. Jahan, S.C. Das

“…Further characterization was performed using FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared) spectroscopy, TGA (Thermogravimetric Analysis), and SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy) analysis. …”
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Adsorption of Thymol onto Natural Clays of Morocco: Kinetic and Isotherm Studies by Hamid Ziyat, Mohammed Naciri Bennani, Hassan Hajjaj, Omar Qabaqous, Said Arhzaf, Soumiya Mekdad, Safae Allaoui

“…The physicochemical characterizations of the purified and modified clay were carried out by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), DTA/TGA, and SEM-EDX. Thymol adsorption tests on the purified Rhassoul (Rh-P) and the modified one by CTAB (Rh-CTAB) were followed by UV-visible spectroscopy. …”
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Facile Synthesis of Graphene Oxide/Titanate Nanotube Composites and Their Application for Cobalt(II) Removal by Min-Da Xu, Zhen Jin, Wen-Jie Xie, De-Cai Wang, Guang-Song Xu, Ai-Jing Wang, Ran Zhang, Jian Huang

“…SEM, TEM, XRD, BET, and TGA/DTA were applied to study the morphology and structure of the GTNT composites. …”
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Eco-Friendly Adsorbent from Waste of Mint: Application for the Removal of Hexavalent Chromium by Fatima Khammour, Fatouma Mohamed Abdoul-Latif, Ayoub Ainane, Jalludin Mohamed, Tarik Ainane

“…The adsorbent material (WM) was characterized using scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive analysis of X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). The adsorption parameters optimized were as follows: pH solution (2–11), initial concentration of Cr(VI) (10–50 mg/L), adsorbent dose (0.1–10 g/L), and temperature conditions (298 K, 308 K, and 318 K). …”
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Synthesis and crystal structure of piperidinyl propanenitrile towards the preparation of piperidine based bioactive films for drug delivery applications by Reham A. Mohamed-Ezzat, Mohamed S. Hasanin, Benson M. Kariuki, Sawsan Dacrory

“…The prepared films were characterized physiochemically via FTIR, XRD, and TGA. The film morphology was studied using SEM. …”
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Design of natural asphalt sulfamic acid (NA-NHSO3H) as a scalable natural asphalt-derived heterogeneous Brønsted acid to catalyze multicomponent reactions meeting green chemistry g... by Sahar Abdolahi, Mohammad Soleiman-Beigi

“…The synthesis of NA-NHSO3H is straightforward, and its characterization is comprehensively conducted using various analytical techniques such as Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Energy-dispersive X-ray -Map (EDX-Map), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and Transmission electron microscopy (TEM). …”
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Extraction of Cellulosic Compound from Jackfruit Peel Waste and Characterization of PVA Cellulose Composite as Biodegradable Film by Aquib Rahman, Shah Md Ashiquzzaman Nipu, Md Shamsul Alam, S. Sharar Alam, Md. Tanvir Ahmed, Anika Afroz Shantona, Mahjabin Moon

“…Mechanical properties (tensile atrength, elastic modulus, tensile energy absorption, and strain) as well as thermogravimetric analysis (TGA/DTA), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), water absorption, and soil burial test were done to define the material and functional properties of 0%, 20%, 50%, and 80% cellulose-PVA composite film. …”
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