The purpose of this study was to determine the galvanic interaction between pure titanium, a CoCrMo alloy, as well as their galvanic interaction with a high copper and a conventional amalgam at different area ratios. Pure titanium, a CoCrMo alloy and two dental amalgams with different copper compositions were tested in this study in 0.9% NaCl environment of pH 7. Polarization curves were record...

The corrosion inhibition performance of acetylacetonate complexes of zinc(II), manganese(II), cobalt(II) and copper(II) on the mild steel substrate in 1M H3PO4 was studied using DC polarization. It was seen that the mentioned complexes decreased corrosion rate of mild steel in phosphoric acid media due to the adsorption on metal surface. The potential of mild steel shifted toward more active po...

We have investigated the effects of thermal annealing on ex-situ chemically vapor deposited submonolayer graphene islands on polycrystalline Cu foil at the atomic-scale using ultrahigh vacuum scanning tunneling microscopy. Low-temperature annealed graphene islands on Cu foil (at ∼430 °C) exhibit predominantly striped Moiré patterns, indicating a relatively weak interaction between graphene and ...

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation was used to study the swelling properties of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) in ethanol solutions containing 15, 30 and 45 wt% water. The characteristics of the swollen PVA, intrinsic relation between the microstructure of the swollen PVA and the diffusion of water and ethanol in the PVA matrix were analyzed. It was found that the free volume of the swollen PVA redu...

The good properties of copper, as well its alloys, make them a often used metallic materials in various industries. Regardless their excellent corrosive resistance, the corrosion process copper can occur under some specific conditions, hence, need for inhibitors. Recently, due to many environmental agencies, “green” aspect was introduced fields, including inhibition corrosion. Keeping mind econ...

The morphology and elemental composition of cross sections of eight historic copper materials have been explored. The materials were taken from copper roofs installed in different middle and northern European environments from the 16th to the 19th century. All copper substrates contain inclusions of varying size, number and composition, reflecting different copper ores and production methods. T...

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