Al2O3-ZrO2 composites were sintered using low cost extended arc thermal plasma reactor and conventional heating. Composites prepared in a wide range of composition were studied in terms of their density, shrinkage, hardness, ...

The effect of the quantity of sodium metasilicate and conditioning time in one set of experiments, and the effect of the solution concentration of sodium metasilicate, added at the same dosage and conditioning time to coal ...

Activated carbon (AC) has been prepared from raw coconut pith and Coconut pith impregnated with H3PO4 and NaOH solutions separately. AC was characterized with SEM, particle size analyzer and proximate analyzer. Adsorption ...

Concentrated nitric acid, a very powerful oxidizing agent, has been used for modifying surface of commercial grade carbon, Filtrasorb-400. Scavenging of copper ions from aqueous solutions onto both raw as well as modified ...

Vinyl and allylic nitroalkenes have been converted into the corresponding carbonyl compounds in good yield using tin(II) chloride dihydrate under microwave irradiation.