A second investigation into sympathetic detonation of ammonium nitrate (AN) and ammonium nitrate-fuel oil (ANFO) was conducted to define the scaling law for safe separation from detonating ANFO. Both missileand non-missile-producing ANFO donors weighing up to 5,400 pounds were employed with equal sizedacceptors. The usual cube root scaling law was not confirmed; exponents for the relationship S...

Porous and hollow particles are widely used in pharmaceuticals, as solid phases for chromatography, as catalyst supports, in bioanalytical assays and medical diagnostics, and in many other applications. By controlling size, shape, and chemistry, it is possible to tune the physical and chemical properties of the particles. In some applications of millimeter-scale hollow shells, such as in high e...

Modeling of multiphase flow in permeable media plays a central role in subsurface environmental remediation as well as in problems associated with production of hydrocarbon energy from existing oil and gas fields. Numerical simulation is essential for risk assessment, cost reduction, and rational and efficient use of resources. The contamination of groundwater is one of the most serious environ...

The antimicrobial and antiplasmid activities of essential oils (orange oil, eucalyptus oil, fennel oil, geranium oil, juniper oil, peppermint oil, rosemary oil, purified turpentine oil, thyme oil, Australian tea tree oil) and of menthol, the main component of peppermint oil, were investigated. The antimicrobial activities were determined on the Gram (+) Staphylococcus epidermidis and the Gram (...

Core losses of transformers motivate many engineers and scientists to design implement different for their specific aims. Since there exists a growing interest on high frequency applications in today’s world, optimization studies magnetic fluid core transformer (MFCT), having an easy cheap production approach applications, are considered the present paper. The desired should operate more effici...

here, adomian decomposition method has been used for finding approximateand numerical solutions of nonlinear differential difference equations arising inmathematical physics. two models of special interest in physics, namely, thehybrid nonlinear differential difference equation and relativistic toda couplednonlinear differential-difference equation are chosen to illustrate the validity andthe g...

Plant oils have been utilized for a variety of purposes throughout history, with their integration into foods, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical products. They are now being increasingly recognized for their effects on both skin diseases and the restoration of cutaneous homeostasis. This article briefly reviews the available data on biological influences of topical skin applications of some plant o...