Heavy metals in outdoor and indoor airborne particulate matter (PM) and dust in different residential built environmentsat two rural and one urban site in Pakistan were analysed. An eight stage non-viable impactor (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., USA) loaded with EMP 2000 glass microfiber filter papers (Whatman, England) was used to collect airborne PM.The indoordust samples (settled dust) were ...

Age-hardenable aluminum alloys used in aerospace structures are susceptible to environment assisted fatigue crack propagation (EFCP), limiting component durability and safety. The objective is to quantitatively understand EFCP and its inhibition for important aerospace alloys: 7075-T651 (Al-Zn-Cu-Mg), C433-T3 (Al-Cu-Mg), and C47A-T86 (AlCu-Li). EFCP is understood through the hydrogen embrittlem...

In this research, comparative study of corrosion resistance of aluminum based alloys and Al-alloys with nickel have been investigated. Several processes are conducted for the AlZn-Mg-Cu alloys and Al-Zn-Mg-Cu-0.5%Ni alloys were homogenized, aged then retrogressed and reaged; also, alloys were homogenized then the extruded thereafter heat treated. Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy and AlZn-Mg-Cu-Ni alloy sample...

To improve the understanding of the relation between composition, precipitation and the balance of strength and electrical conductivity (as a measure of the stress-corrosion resistance), a number of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu-Zr aluminium alloy plates with different Zn, Mg and Cu contents were produced and studied by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). It is shown that detailed analysis of the DSC data p...

The results of a thorough structural study of crystalline intermetallic compounds within the Al-Li-(Cu,Mg,Zn) system are given. Characteristic morphologies of these ternary or quaternary phases are exhibited by concentrated alloys or large single crystals. Typical X-ray powder diffraction data, selected area electron diffraction patterns and high resolution electron microscopy images are shown,...

BACKGROUND Few studies have investigated trace elements (TE) in human intervertebral disc (IVD) tissue. Trace element presence can have diverse meanings: essential TE show the metabolic modalities of the tissue, while environmentally-related TE indicate pollution and tissue-specific absorption and accumulation. IVD is a highly specific compartment with impaired communication with adjacent bone....