The project was carried out to compare the performance of molted layers by aluminium oxide supplementation in cages and on litter floor system. Seventy two Single Comb White Leghorn commercial layers (60 weeks old) were divided into six experimental units of 12 layers each. These experimental units were randomly divided into two groups, each consisting of three experimental units, one group was...

This paper presents positron lifetime studies of the subsurface region of AK12 aluminium alloy and Al2O3-particle-reinforced AK12 aluminium alloy composite after sliding against steel in the pin-on-disc machine. The defect depth profile detected in the AK12 alloy extended up to 300 μm but for the composite AK12 the range of this profile was significantly shortened to less than ∼ 90 μm. The posi...

Recent experiments have shown the viability of the metamaterial approach to dielectric response engineering for moderately enhancing the transition temperature, Tc, of a superconductor. In this report, we demonstrate the use of Al2O3-coated aluminium nanoparticles to form the recently proposed epsilon near zero (ENZ) core-shell metamaterial superconductor with a Tc that is three times that of p...

Heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) with molecular oxygen to 2,5-diformylfuran (DFF) was performed on aluminium oxide-supported ruthenium catalysts (Ru/Al2O3). The were analyzed by pH and Brunauer-Emett-Teller (BET) measurement, potential side products measured HPLC-UV. High catalyst activity near-quantitative DFF yield (>99.9 %) achieved in toluene under moderate...

In this study, a performance evaluation of an aluminium oxide modified onion skin waste (Al2O3/OSW) for the removal heavy metal ions (Pb2+ and Cd2+) from aqueous solution was investigated under batch mode adsorption. The surface morphology, elemental composition, functional groups, textural characteristics charge as-made Al2O3/OSW adsorbent were examined using SEM, EDX, FTIR, BET area pHpzc tec...

In this paper, a remote O2 ion source is used for the formation of nano-oxide layers. The oxidation efficiency was measured in CoFe-oxide films, and a decrease of the oxide layer with the pan angle and the oxidation pressure is observed. For the same oxidation pressure, the oxidation efficiency depends on the O2 content in the Ar–O2 plasma. These results were applied in optimizing the fabricati...

Tribological behaviour of aluminium alloy Al6061T6 reinforced with silicon carbide and alumina oxide particles (10%weight percentage of SiC and Al2O3 particles) fabricated by stir casting process was investigated. The wear and frictional properties of the metal matrix composites was studied by performing dry sliding wear test using a computerized pin-on-disc wear tester. Experiments were conduc...

In this research work the effect of internal strain on electrical tree growth has been revealed in clear polyester. Strain was introduced in the specimen by the introduction of particles like aluminium oxide, polytetroflouroethylene (PTFE) and glass beads in a clear polyester resin C. Aluminium oxide particles of size 105μm, PTFE 675μm and glass beads of 1mm were tested. These materials were em...

During thermal oxidation of binary amorphous AlxZr1-x solid solutions over wide alloycomposition (0.26 ≤ x ≤ 0.68) and oxidation-temperature (350 °C – 560 °C) ranges, a single amorphous ternary oxide phase of well-defined stoichiometry, (Al0.33Zr0.67)O1.83, emerges. The composition of this unexpectedly stoichiometric ternary amorphous oxide phase, that develops instead of the crystalline oxide ...

Nanowire nanoelectronic devices have been exploited as highly sensitive subcellular resolution detectors for recording extracellular and intracellular signals from cells, as well as from natural and engineered/cyborg tissues, and in this capacity open many opportunities for fundamental biological research and biomedical applications. Here we demonstrate the capability to take full advantage of ...