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The Effect of Expanded Glass and Crushed Expanded Polystyrene on the Performance Characteristics of Lightweight Concrete

Applied Sciences, 2023
This paper describes the production and performance characteristics of lightweight concrete (LWC) made from porous aggregates, such as expanded glass (EG), made from glass waste, and crushed expanded polystyrene waste (CEPW), obtained by crushing ...
Jurga Šeputytė-Jucikė, Sigitas Vėjelis, Viktor Kizinievič, Agnė Kairytė, Saulius Vaitkus   +4 more
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Hexabromocyclododecane and hexachlorocyclohexane: How lessons learnt have led to improved regulation [PDF]

, 2014
This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright @ 2014 Taylor & Francis.The use of chemicals by society has many benefits but contamination of the environment is an unintended consequence.
BSEF, Cyril O. Onogbosele, Desjardins D., Drottar K.R., Drottar K.R., EC, Hunziker R.W., IPCS, IPCS, Law K., Mackay D., Mark D. Scrimshaw, Roberts C.A., Swedish Chemicals Agency, WHO   +14 more
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Optimization and characterization of synthetic crude obtained from expanded polystyrene waste

Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2023
Abstract This research seeks to optimize and characterize the liquid product obtained from the waste expanded polystyrene (EPS) pyrolysis. Statistical analysis of the experimental results of EPS pyrolysis was developed. A maximum yield of the liquid product was obtained at a temperature of 550 °C and an average particle size of 7.5 mm ...
W Ramos, V Zamudio, E Villegas, A Palacios, V Pretell   +4 more
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Recent Advances on Thermochromic Inks for Security Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Thermochromic security inks have garnered interest in recent years as security elements for authentication, information encryption, and anti‐counterfeiting. This review outlines different types of thermochromic materials, how they have been developed as functional inks, and how advancements in property enhancement, sustainability, and printing ...
Duarte B. Oliveira, Andreia Araújo, Elvira Fortunato, Rodrigo Martins, Marta C. Corvo, Emanuel Carlos   +5 more
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Dye removal membrane from electrospun nanofibers of blended polybutylenesuccinate and sulphonated expanded polystyrene waste

Scientific Reports, 2023
Polystyrene (PS) is a thermoplastic polymer used in food packaging and the manufacture of trays and cups, among other applications. In this work, the preparation of a membrane by electrospinning blended sulphonated expanded PS waste and ...
Norhan Nady, Mona H. Abdel Rehim, Abdelrahman A. Badawy   +2 more
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Analysis of the elemental composition of marine litter by field-portable-XRF [PDF]

, 2016
publisher: Elsevier articletitle: Analysis of the elemental composition of marine litter by field-portable-XRF journaltitle: Talanta articlelink: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2016.06.026 content_type: article copyright: © 2016 Elsevier B.V.
Andrew Turner, Ashton, Bosco, Endo, Frias, Gauquie, Hansen, Holmes, Kalnicky, Kevin R. Solman, Mato, Murray, Nakashima, Schlummer, Tanaka, Turner   +15 more
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End‐to‐End Sensing Systems for Breast Cancer: From Wearables for Early Detection to Lab‐Based Diagnosis Chips

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review explores advances in wearable and lab‐on‐chip technologies for breast cancer detection. Covering tactile, thermal, ultrasound, microwave, electrical impedance tomography, electrochemical, microelectromechanical, and optical systems, it highlights innovations in flexible electronics, nanomaterials, and machine learning.
Neshika Wijewardhane, Lyn I. Jones, Richard M. Martin, Helen Winter, Faezeh Arab Hassani   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Achieving sustainable performance: synergistic effects of nano-silica and recycled expanded polystyrene in lightweight structural concrete

Scientific Reports
Lightweight concrete, particularly polystyrene concrete, has been extensively utilized in civil engineering for decades. The incorporation of waste expanded polystyrene (EPS) as a filler material in the production of lightweight concrete presents ...
Sabry A. Ahmed, Esraa Ebrahem, M. S. El-Feky   +2 more
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Sulfonated electrospun polystyrene as cation exchange membranes for fuel cells

Energy Reports, 2020
Fuel cells are one of important renewable energy sources represent scientific trends of contemporary researches that seek to find better alternatives to solve the negatives of organic fuels and biological damage to humans, environment and atmosphere. The
Noor M. Jalal, Akram R. Jabur, Mohammed S. Hamza, Shrok Allami   +3 more
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Development of the laboratory anaerobic bioreactor for wet and dry digestion processes [PDF]

, 2016
This article presents partial results of the laboratory development of an anaerobic bioreactor designed for the physical modelling of (semi)continuous dry or wet anaerobic digestion processes.
Chamrádová, Kateřina, Kašáková, Kateřina, Rusín, Jiří   +2 more
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