Magnesium is an element essential for life and is found ubiquitously in all organisms. The different cations play important roles as enzymatic co-factors, as signaling molecules, and in stabilizing cellular components. It is not surprising that magnesium salts in microbiological experiments are typically associated with positive effects. In this study with Listeria monocytogenes as a model orga...

Concentrated solar plants are promising solutions for electricity production. In these plants, the heat transfer fluid plays an important role, and finding systems with good thermal properties is very important. this regard, molten salts, more particularly chlorides, currently investigated. Experimental studies of melts difficult expensive, so complementing them simulations would allow to test ...

In this study, sperm characteristics (motility parameters and ionic composition of seminal plasma) and effect of ions on motility (duration of motility of sperm and percentage of motile spermatozoa) and fertilization capacity (fertilization rate, hatching rate, survival rate and larvae length) were investigated in Ctenopharyngdon idella. The longest duration of motility obtained in solution con...

In this study, sperm characteristics (motility parameters and ionic composition of seminal plasma) and effect of ions on motility (duration of motility of sperm and percentage of motile spermatozoa) and fertilization capacity (fertilization rate, hatching rate, survival rate and larvae length) were investigated in Ctenopharyngdon idella. The longest duration of motility obtained in solution con...

A chloride-based molten-salt system that uses a ternary blend of MgCl2/KCl/NaCl is investigated to provide higher-temperature thermal energy storage capability than conventional nitrate salt-based systems. Despite their high stability and operating temperature, molten chlorides present several challenges, including the design internal liners prevent corrosion stress alloy tank shells. This work...

Introduction: Chlorides and perchlorates present on Mars can form aqueous solutions because of low temperature eutectics and related lower evaporation rates [1]. The recent discovery of chlorides and perchlorates on Mars by NASA’s Phoenix Lander [2] reinforced the potential for chlorides on Mars. Chlorides present in databases lack spectral features (absorption bands) in the near-infrared. Most...

Soil salinity is becoming one of the most devastating environmental hazards over years. investigation involves fast, low cost and non disturbing methods to measure soil characteristics for both construction projects as well agricultural use. The electrical resistivity saline soils greatly governed by salt concentration presence moisture in matrix. Experimental results this highlight that there ...