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Dead ends and possibilities: potters - the work of Martin Lungley and Ashley Howard prompts Alison Britton to reconsider the role of the wheel in contemporary studio pottery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Article published in Ceramic Review 210 November/December 2004 p. 24-25 This article is an edited extract from the fully illustrated catalogue 'Full Circle' which was produced to accompany the touring exhibition of the same name during ...
Britton, Alison   +2 more
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The effect of ZnO nanoparticle coating on the frictional resistance between orthodontic wires and ceramic brackets

open access: yesJournal of Dental Research, Dental Clinics, Dental Prospects, 2016
Background. Any decrease in friction between orthodontic wire and bracket can accelerate tooth movement in the sliding technique and result in better control of anchorage.
Ahmad , Mojgan , Masumeh , Baharak
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Toothbrushing On Shade and Surface Roughness of Extrinsically Stained Pressable Ceramics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Statement of problem The effect of toothbrushing on extrinsically stained pressable ceramic materials is unknown. Purpose The purpose of this in vitro study was to investigate the effects of toothbrushing on the shade and surface roughness of ...
Berzins, David W.   +3 more
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Fracture resistance of zirconia-composite veneered crowns in comparison with zirconia-porcelain crowns. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The objectives were to evaluate the fracture resistance and stress concentration in zirconia/composite veneered crowns in comparison to zirconia/porcelain crowns using occlusal fracture resistance and by stress analysis using finite element analysis ...
Alsadon, O.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Europium‐ and dysprosium‐modified strontium aluminate: A luminescent marker system for enhanced gunshot residue detection

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Forensic ballistics is essential in analyzing evidence from firearm use in criminal investigations, with gunshot residue (GSR) detection providing key information about the firearm and shooting conditions. Traditional methods like spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) have limitations in sensitivity, cost, and accessibility ...
Paulo Tonin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monitoring contamination level on insulator materials under dry condition with a microwave reflectometer [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Current techniques used for monitoring the levels of contamination on high voltage insulators, such as leakage current and infrared, are not effective in dry conditions since they require the surface of the insulator to be wetted by fog, rain or snow. If
Jiang, Y.   +5 more
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Between the Indian Ocean and the Gulf: Ceramics From Ḥattā Oasis in the Emirate of Dubai

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents the ceramic finds from archaeological investigations conducted in 2024 at two settlements: ‘Islamic Village' and Suhaila 2, one of a number of mountain villages of the Late Islamic period within the Ḥattā Oasis: a high‐altitude exclave in the Emirate of Dubai. The sites are located on the northeastern slopes of Jabal Qallāt
Seth M. N. Priestman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implications and characterization of waste glass cullet – kaolinite clay ceramics

open access: yesJournal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2019
Cullet(x) reinforced ceramics (100 – x) made from Ukpor kaolinite clay by dry-pressing and fired at temperatures (T0C) for 900≥T≤ 12500C with 0≤x ≤40% wt was investigated for its ceramics application. The chemical profile of the samples (cullet and clay)
M.A. Abuh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Refractory porcelain enamel passive-thermal-control coating for high-temperature superalloys [PDF]

open access: yes, 1973
Study was conducted to match thermal expansion coefficients thereby preventing enamels from cracking. Report discusses various enamel coatings that are applied to two different high-temperature superalloys.
Auker, B. H., Gardos, M. N., Levin, H.
core   +1 more source

Rise of the south: How Arab‐led maritime trade transformed China, 671–1371 CE

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 3-38, March 2025.
Abstract China's center of socioeconomic activities was in the North prior to the Tang dynasty but is in the South today. We demonstrate that Arab and Persian Muslim traders triggered that transition when they came to China in the late seventh century, by lifting maritime trade along the South Coast and re‐creating the South.
Zhiwu Chen, Zhan Lin, Kaixiang Peng
wiley   +1 more source

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