Soil preparation tools are subject to severe abrasion. The wear resistance of various industrial components can be improved using the hardfacing technique. improvement in depends on microstructure, i.e., chemical composition alloys, method overlay, and parameters selected process. Plasma Transferred Arc with Powder (PTA-P) welding process is interesting as a technique since it promotes very low...

BACKGROUND Pleural abrasion has been widely used to control the recurrence of primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP). However, controversy still exists regarding the advantages and disadvantages of pleural abrasion compared with other interventions in preventing the recurrence of PSP. METHODS The PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials databases were searched up to ...

Statement of the problem. The fracture of acrylic resin dentures remains an unsolved problem. Therefore, many investigations have been performed and various approaches to strengthening acrylic resin, for example, the reinforcement of heat-cured acrylic resin using glass fibers, have been suggested over the years. But problems such as poor workability, rough surface, poor adhesion of glass fiber...

The need tor an aggregate abrasion test which effectively differentiates between the quality of aggregates of various unit weights prompted the development of a new test apparatus. The method selected uses air-driven sand as the abrading mechanism. Research findings based on tests of five natural and forty-seven synthetic aggregates tentatively indicate that the sandblast test is statistically ...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Despite of many studies conducted on toothbrushes and toothpaste to find out the culprit for abrasion, there is no clear cut evidence to pin point the real cause for abrasion. PURPOSE An in vitro assessment of the role of different types of toothbrushes (soft/ medium/hard) in abrasion process when used in conjunction with and without a dentifrice. MATERIALS AND METH...