The spontaneous triggering of cerium-based conversion coating deposition occurs due to active micro-galvanic couple induced local rise in pH at cathodic sites. Since surface preparations prior treatment modify the reactivity or extent coupling between anodic and phases, they are crucial importance. While many past works have studied effect various including alkaline etching and/or acid pickling...

This thesis presents a language-based, safely programmable middleware for the simple, high-level, and expressive construction of composable open systems. The middleware provides services for pickling, components, and distribution. All are based on a minimal set of primitives and syntax extensions, such that they otherwise can be completely implemented and customized in a high-level language wit...

A new study in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease finds a strong link between some food preservatives and an increased risk of death from Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and diabetes. These food additives have previously been linked with several different types of cancer, including prostate, colon and rectum. Sodium and potassium nitrates are used in the processes of salting, pickling and curing foods...

This paper presents membrane distillation (MD), a separation process based on evaporation through pores of a hydrophobic membrane. Different configurations of the process were considered. Membrane properties, transport phenomena through the membranes, and module designs have been discussed. Applications of MD in water and wastewater treatment as well as in the food industry have been presented....

Waste metals in the form of metal oxide (hydroxide) sludges are generated in significant amounts by the metal finishing industries, and their accumulations pose problems for disposal and challenges for recycle. The availability of technically feasible efficient separations of metals such as nickel, cobalt, chromium, cadmium, copper, tin, zinc, lead, manganese, molybdenum, and titanium from plat...