The present study reports the kinetic and absorption performance of novel nanometre scale hydroxyapatite (HAP) absorber synthesised from a combined ultrasound and microwave based technique for the removal of metal ions (Fe, Cu and Zn) from aqueous solutions. After powder characterisation was carried out using XRD, SEM, EDS and FT-IR, batch adsorption studies were carried out. Kinetic studies es...

Adsorption removal of Cu(II) and Cd(II) from aqueous solution using low-cost banana peels (a food waste) and bentonite clay (natural resource), was investigated. The adsorption process was studied in a batch scale at mean operation parameter which were pH, adsorbent particle size, adsorbents dosages, and initial concentrations of metal ions. All experiments were conducted at room temperature. L...

the potential risk of metal accumulation in periurban agricultural areas is a matter for concern.the climate characteristics and carbonate content of calcareous agricultural mediterranean soils typical inthese areas favour metal accumulation at the surface level; however there is also a risk of potential metalmobility. our study focuses on the soil properties affecting metal mobility in these s...

Soils are particulate materials. Grain size determines the balance between particle-level forces (skeletal, weight, van der Walls attraction, double layer repulsion, capillary and viscous drag Figure 1). Grain size distribution establishes the range of possible particle packing configurations. And, particle shape (i.e., sphericity, angularity and roughness) defines particle interactions, such a...

CrN/Cu composite powders were synthesized by employing a novel two-step technique. Firstly, the Cr2O3+CuO precursors were prepared by the solution combustion synthesis (SCS) method using cupric nitrate, urea, and chromium nitrate as initial materials. Subsequently, the SCS precursors were calcined at 850 °C in NH3 for 6 h, and transformed to CrN/Cu composite powders. The composite powders consi...

Fig. 1 presents the pressure distribution at t = 245 ns. It is seen that the shock (propagating from the right to the left) has arrived close to the Cu–Al boundary, but is still in the Cu region. This corresponds to the case when the maximum intensity of 5 × 10 uranium ions / bunch with a particle energy of 400 MeV/u is used. The FWHM of the Gaussian intensity distribution in the focal spot is ...

This work verifies that the W foil could be successfully welded on Cu through conventional explosive welding, without any cracks. The microstructure was observed through scanning electron microscopy (SEM), optical microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS). The W/Cu interface exhibited a wavy morphology, and no intermetallic or transition layer was observed. The wavy interface fo...

a r t i c l e i n f o The degree of elasticity for the impact of a particle with a rigid wall is normally characterized with the restitution parameter, R. We examine such impact behavior of Cu nanoparticles with molecular dynamics simulations, for different particle sizes (1–15 nm in radius) and impact velocities (25–200 m s − 1). The impact can be ultra-elastic (R N 1) or inelastic (R b 1). Ul...

In this work we investigated the surface and facet-dependent catalytic properties of metal oxide particles as well as noble metal/metal oxide heterogeneous structures, with cuprous oxide (Cu(2)O) and Au/Cu(2)O being selected as model systems. As an example of application, we explored the potential of these materials in developing electrocatalytic devices. Cu(2)O particles were synthesized in va...