Can a virus and viral ideas speed the world’s journey beyond fossil fuels?
Environmental Research Letters, 2021 Smart investments in pandemic recovery and contagious new tools for deeper, cheaper energy efficiency could speed existing capital flight from fossil fuels. This could help turn pandemic disruptions into durable climate solutions.
Amory B Lovins, Kingsmill Bond
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International Journal of Technology, 2022 Glass-ceramics were fine-grained polycrystalline materials produced by controlled crystallization in the glass phase to have outstanding characteristics.
Irza Sukmana +5 more
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Thermographic non-destructive evaluation for natural fiber-reinforced composite laminates [PDF]
, 2018 Natural fibers, including mineral and plant fibers, are increasingly used for polymer composite materials due to their low environmental impact. In this paper, thermographic non-destructive inspection techniques were used to evaluate and characterize ...
Avdelidis, Nicolas P. +7 more
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Mechanical behavior of basalt fibers in a basalt-UP composite
Procedia Structural Integrity, 2016 AbstractWith the increasing interest in sustainable solutions in material design in the last decade, research on natural materials (animal, vegetal or mineral) has increased at a rapid pace. Of these materials, Basalt Fibers for composite construction provide an interesting set of mechanical properties, equal or above to those of Glass Fibers, with ...
Luís Reis +3 more
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Synthesis of a spinifex‐textured basalt as an analog to Gusev crater basalts, Mars [PDF]
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2012 Abstract– Analyses by the Mars Exploration Rover (MER), Spirit, of Martian basalts from Gusev crater show that they are chemically very different from terrestrial basalts, being characterized in particular by high Mg‐ and Fe‐contents. To provide suitable analog basalts for the International Space Analogue Rockstore (ISAR), a collection of analog rocks ...
Bost, Nicolas +4 more
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How big is the energy efficiency resource?
Environmental Research Letters, 2018 Most economic theorists assume that energy efficiency—the biggest global provider of energy services—is a limited and dwindling resource whose price- and policy-driven adoption will inevitably deplete its potential and raise its cost.
Amory B Lovins
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Reinforcement of wood with natural fibers [PDF]
, 2013 This paper describes an experimental programme which examines the reinforcement in flexure of timber beams with composite materials based on natural fibers in the form of fabrics made from hemp, flax, basalt and bamboo fibers.
A. Borri +17 more
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Emplacement of inflated Pāhoehoe flows in the Naude’s Nek Pass, Lesotho remnant, Karoo continental flood basalt province: use of flow-lobe tumuli in understanding flood basalt emplacement [PDF]
, 2018 Physical volcanological features are presented for a 710-m-thick section, of the Naude’s Nek Pass, within the lower part of the Lesotho remnant of the Karoo Large Igneous Province.
A Saunders +57 more
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Study on the Effect of Different Fe2O3/ZrO2 Ratio on the Properties of Silicate Glass Fibers
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2017 A series of silicate glass fibers with different ratios of Fe2O3/ZrO2 were prepared, and their corrosion resistance, mass loss, and strength loss were characterized.
Jianxun Liu +5 more
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Experimental studies of the resultant contact forces in drillbit-rock interaction [PDF]
, 2014 Peer ...
Ajibose, Olusegun Kolawole +2 more
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