The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using nonmetallic printed circuit board (PCB) waste as filler in recycled HDPE (rHDPE) in production of rHDPE/PCB composites. Maleic anhydride modified linear low-density polyethylene (MAPE) was used as compatibilizer. In particular, the effects of nonmetallic PCB and MAPE on mechanical properties of the composites were assessed throug...

Extensive test data exist on the ignitability of nonmetallic materials in pure oxygen, but these characteristics are not as well understood for lesser oxygen concentrations. In this study, autogenous ignition temperature testing and pneumatic impact testing were used to better understand the effects of oxygen concentration on ignition of nonmetallic materials. Tests were performed using oxygen ...

Filtration is the most cost effective method to purify aluminum. In this paper, filtration experiments have been carried out using both AlF3 slurry coated, and uncoated Al2O3 ceramic foam filter (CFF) to study the removal of both nonmetallic inclusions and impurity elements. The results showed that the 30 ppi CFF removed up to 85% inclusions from aluminum. The contributing mechanisms for the re...

We have carried out molecular-dynamics simulations for nonmetallic fluid mercury in liquid and vapour phases using a Lennard-Jones type effective potential and shown that the structure factors S(Q) and the dynamic structure factors S(Q,ω ) of nonmetallic fluid mercury obtained by our MD simulations are in good agreement with recent x-ray diffraction and inelastic x-ray scattering experiments. W...

Aromatic nitriles are prepared efficiently through transition-metal-mediated cyanation of aryl (pseudo)halides with metallic cyano-group sources, such as CuCN, KCN, NaCN, Zn(CN)(2), TMSCN, or K(4) [Fe(CN)(6)]. However, this approach often suffers from drawbacks, such as the formation of stoichiometric amounts of metal waste, the poisoning of the metal catalysts, or the generation of toxic HCN g...

We report direct observations of anomalous magnetic-field and temperature dependences of the Shubnikov–de Haas oscillations in the organic superconductor b9-(BEDT-TTF)2SF5CH2CF2SO3. Unlike other BEDT-TTF based organic superconductors, a nonmetallic temperature dependence of the background magnetoresistance is clearly observed. It is speculated that the nonmetallic behavior may arise from a part...

From the use of renewable resources and environmental protection viewpoints, recycling of waste printed circuit boards (PCBs) receives wide concerns as the amounts of scrap PCBs increases dramatically In recent years there has been increasing concern about the growing volume of end of life electronics and the fact that much of it is consigned to landfill w ithout any attempt being made to recyc...

STUDY DESIGN A variety of interbody implants were imaged by computed tomography and plain radiography within cadaveric spines to evaluate their basic imaging characteristics. OBJECTIVES Sources of interpretation error by both computed tomography and plain radiography of interbody implants were investigated. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Lucencies have been reported around bone dowel implants i...