INTRODUCTION Thin films of different materials like metals, oxides, sulphides, etc., can be deposited by the Chemical Aerosol Deposition Technology (CADT). A liquid aerosol is used to transport the chemical reactants to the vicinity of a heated subslrate. Conditions are set to obtain an heterogeneous reaction (CVD mode) between the evaporated reactants and the substrate (Maatman et al. 1988). T...

Nearly all metals, with the exception of gold and platinum, will corrode in an oxidising environment forming compounds such as oxides, hydroxides and sulphides. The degradation of metals by corrosion is a universal reaction, caused by the simple fact that the oxide of a metal has a much lower energy than the metal itself. Hence there is a strong driving force for the oxidation of metals. For ex...

A long-term (2004–2021) study of the chemical composition thermal waters in Jelenia Góra geothermal system provided information on a wide set components. The subject present is geochemistry germanium (Ge), which occurs concentrations ranging from 2.7 to 6.3 μg/L studied. Interpretation 46 analyses identified relationships between and other elements individual intakes. In old Cieplice Karpniki d...

We studied the corrosion of Roman copper alloy coins that experienced alternations or progressive changes in their burial environment. used were still embedded soil a concretion selected from three professional excataved sites - Berlicum and Krommenie Netherlands Kempraten Switserland. mCT scanning neutron to record 3-D properties these prior (destructive) analyses. It proved possible tentative...

Summary Magnetic minerals form or alter in the presence of hydrocarbons, making them a potential magnetic proxy for identifying hydrocarbon migration pathways. In this paper we test idea by magnetically measuring core samples from Tay Fan Western Central Graben North Sea. companion paper, 3D petroleum systems modelling has been carried out to forward model pathways within Fan. Rock experiments ...