Over 135 million wooden pallets were repaired for reuse in 1995. Notched stringers are one of the most commonly damaged components. Metal plates, half companion stringers, and full companion stringers are repair methods described in the U.S. industry standard published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. This study evaluated the effect of these three stringer repair methods on the ...

Magnesium batteries are currently attracting a lot of interest as next generation battery technology. One critical issue is to find suitable electrolyte and herein we explore an based on magnesocene (MgCp2) in tetrahydrofuran (THF), aiming for low-voltage Mg batteries, with respect to: plating characteristics, electrochemical stability windows, speciation, decomposition reactions; both experime...

Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries In article number 2203542, Chuan Wu, Ying Bai, and co-workers develop a unique strategy to achieve aqueous Zn metal anodes with long lifespan, deep plating/stripping ability high current tolerance. A microporous artificial layer alleviates the side reactions by repelling sulfate groups, inducing deposition preferred orientation homogenizing ion flux dendrite-free morp...

5 Damascene Process 5 History of Copper Interconnects 6 Damascene Process Steps 6 State of the Art in ECD 6 Electrochemical Deposition (ECD) 8 Basic ECD 11 V-I Curves 12 Uniformity 14 Boundary Layer 14 Conductivity 15 Bath Chemistry and Plating Waveforms 16 Superfilling 17 Morphology 17 A Look to the Future c o n t e n t s Interconnects in integrated circuits distribute clock and other signals ...

With the development of modern industry, sheet-metal parts in mass production have been widely applied in mechanical, communication, electronics, and light industries in recent decades; but the advances in sheet-metal part design and manufacturing remain too slow compared with the increasing importance of sheet-metal parts in modern industry. This paper proposes a method for automatically extra...

background: noise induced hearing loss (nihl) is the highest reported occupational disease among industrial workers but there is scarcity of data on disease burden in malaysia. this study estimated the risks and burden of nihl in manufacturing industries in malaysia. methods: this cross-sectional industrial survey was conducted by interviewing osh practitioners at 26 industries categorized as f...

In Latin America, metallic ores are abundant and diverse. However, few metal-tolerant and metal hyperaccumulator plants have been reported in the region in comparison with other areas of the world. This may be largely explained by the scarcity of scientific studies of the native vegetation growing on natural mineralized or metal-contaminated areas and the unfrequent use of biogeochemical prospe...