A less labour-intensive method, involving a mixture of 1.0 g MnO2 + 20 mL HCl (1:1), is proposed for decomposing seven ores and six metallurgical products for accurate and precise estimation of copper, lead, zinc, cobalt ...

Commercially available polyelectrolytes have been tested for clarification of raw water obtained from river Kuakhai near Bhubaneswar, state capital of Orissa. These reagents used as a coagulating aid, have shown the ...

Commercial-grade zirconia powder (average, 10-mu m particle size) compacts with 5 wt% of calcia have been sintered (batchwise) in a short time using an indigenously made low-cost extended are thermal plasma heating (EATPH) ...

Studies on thermal plasma synthesis of calcium titanate slag by plasma smelting of ilmenite (Chhatrapur, India) is reported. The effect of flux on removal of iron and metal-slag separation was also studied. A slag rich in ...

The in vitro somatic embryogenesis offers a better option for propagation, conservation and improvement especially for vegetatively propagated crops. Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) and tare (Colocasia esculenta), the ...