Cruciform specimens used for determination of the influence of T-stress on fatigue crack growth with overloads on aluminum alloy Al 6061 T651 by Sebastian Henkel, Carl H. Wolf, Horst Biermann, Andreas Burgold, Meinhard Kuna

“…For two specimens with the same geometry made of aluminium alloy 6061 T651, the crack growth behaviour is measured at different T-stresses at a stress ratio of R=0.7 and overloads. …”
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Electrochemiluminescence Study of Europium (III) Complex with Coumarin3-Carboxylic Acid by Stefan Lis, Krzysztof Staninski, Tomasz Grzyb

“…Electrochemiluminescence, ECL, of the system containing the Eu(III)/C3CA complex was studied using an oxide-covered aluminium electrode. The goal of these studies was to show the possibility of the use of electrochemical excitation of the Eu(III) ion in aqueous solution for emission generation. …”
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The effect of low-cycle fatigue on evolution of fracture mechanics parameters in residual stress field caused by cold hole expansion by Yury Matvienko, Vladimir Pisarev, Svyatoslav Eleonsky

“…The specimens with a central open hole are made from 2024 aluminium alloy. The expansion level is 5% of nominal interference. …”
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Interlaminar shear strength study on CFRP/Al hybrid laminates with different properties by Costanzo Bellini, Vittorio Di Cocco, Luca Sorrentino

“…In the present work, the ILSS (Interlaminar Shear Strength) was evaluated for different types of carbon fibre/aluminium FML, produced varying the layer thickness and the bonding solution of layers. …”
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Detection of Bacterial Endospores in Soil by Terbium Fluorescence by Andrea Brandes Ammann, Linda Kölle, Helmut Brandl

“…DPA was released from soil by microwaving or autoclaving. The addition of aluminium chloride reduced signal quenching by interfering compounds such as phosphate. …”
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Influence of Coated Electrode in Nanopowder Mixed EDM of Al–Zn–Mg–Si3N4 Composite by G. Anbuchezhiyan, R. Saravanan, R. Pugazhenthi, Kumaran Palani, Vamsi Krishna Mamidi

“…. %) for meeting automotive and marine applications. The aluminium nanoparticles enhanced deionised water was used in NPMEDM. …”
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Investigation of Tribological Behaviour on DLC Coatings for AA5051 using DC Sputtering by L. Natrayan, Piyush Gaur, Anjibabu Merneedi, S. Kaliappan, Pravin P. Patil, V. Sivaprakash, Muse Degefe Chewaka

“…DLC coatings are deposited on aluminium substrates to improve the wear resistance property of the substrates using sputtering deposition in this study. …”
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Experimental investigation on fracture toughness of Al6061–graphite by using Circumferential Notched Tensile Specimens by Saleemsab Doddamani, Mohamed Kaleemulla

“…This paper presents the experimental work carried out on the fracture behavior of aluminium 6061 (Al6061) and graphite particulate composites. …”
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Research and Development of a Small-Scale Icing Wind Tunnel Test System for Blade Airfoil Icing Characteristics by Lei Shi, Fang Feng, Wenfeng Guo, Yan Li

“…On this basis, the icing tests of an aluminium cylinder, an NACA0018 airfoil, and an S809 airfoil were carried out, and the two-dimensional ice shape obtained by the test was compared with the two-dimensional ice shape obtained by the numerical simulation software. …”
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Adsorption of Lead(II) Ions on Transcarpathian Clinoptilolite by V.I. Gomonaj, N.P. Golub, K. Yu. Szekeresh, P.V. Gomonaj, B. Charmas, R. Leboda

“…Similarly, partial removal of aluminium oxide from the zeolite changed its physicochemical properties and led to the maximum adsorption of lead(II) ions.…”
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Chemisorption and the Distribution of Acid Y Zeolite Cumene Cracking Products by Lyubov Patrylak

“…The infringement of the stoichiometry and the considerable material imbalance observed may be attributed to the chemisorption of both cumene and the final conversion products on Lewis acid sites, i.e. coordinatively unsaturated aluminium atoms and zeolite cations, present on the catalyst surface. …”
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Combined Effect of Buoyancy Force and Navier Slip on MHD Flow of a Nanofluid over a Convectively Heated Vertical Porous Plate by Winifred Nduku Mutuku-Njane, Oluwole Daniel Makinde

“…Three different water-based nanofluids containing copper (Cu), aluminium oxide (Al2O3), and titanium dioxide (TiO2) are taken into consideration. …”
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Comparison of the Chemical Properties of Forest Soil from the Silesian Beskid, Poland by Maria Zołotajkin, Adam Smoliński, Jerzy Ciba, Joanna Kluczka, Monika Skwira

“…Implementation of hierarchical clustering to experimental data analysis allowed drawing a conclusion that the two forest areas vary significantly in terms of content of aluminium extracted with solutions of barium chloride (Alexch), sodium diphosphate (Alpyr), and pHKCl and in the amount of humus in soil.…”
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Mechanical Compression Behaviour of "Green" Rocket Propellants by Florin M. DÎRLOMAN, Traian ROTARIU, Adrian N. ROTARIU, Gabriela TOADER, Liviu C. MATACHE, Gabriel F. NOJA

“…Thus, in this study, four new types of composite rocket propellants, based on an environmentally friendly oxidizer (phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate), a metallic fuel (aluminium), and a "green" polyurethane-based binder (synthesized from an oligomeric isocyanate and a blend of polyester-polyols obtained through the catalytic degradation of polyethylene terephthalate), were subjected to compression mechanical analysis in order to highlight the importance of the binder on the response given by the tested materials subjected to compressive loads. …”
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Use of the XFEM for the design of adhesively-bonded T-joints by Raul Campilho, Filipe Moreira

“…This work consists of an experimental and XFEM analysis of aluminium alloy T-joints, adhesively-bonded with three adhesive types. …”
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Effect of B2O3 Content on the Sintering Basic Characteristics of Mixed Ore Powder of Vanadium-Titanium Magnetite and Hematite by Hao Liu, Ke Zhang, Qingfeng Ling, Yuelin Qin

“…Boron and calcium-magnesium-aluminium elements are abundant in the bonding phase, which can reduce the formation of calcium silicate and perovskite in H-VTM sintered samples.…”
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Investigation of Mechanical and Tribological Properties of AA6061/MWCNT/B4C Hybrid Metal Matrix Composite by P. Satishkumar, N. Natarajan, Rajasekaran Saminathan, J. Justin Maria Hillary, Biru Birhanu, Arnold C. Alguno, Rey Y. Capangpangan, Vishnu Raj, Stephen Livingston

“…An Al matrix was reinforced with powder metallurgy-fabricated B4C and CNT composites. The nanocomposite aluminium matrix was examined for tribological behaviour, density, stiffness, and compressive strength before and after hot isostatic pressing (HIP). …”
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Fabrication and Analysis of the HLM Method of Layered Polymer Bumper with the Fracture Surface Micrographs by P. V. Narashima Rao, P. Periyasamy, A. Bovas Herbert Bejaxhin, E. Vetre Selvan, N. Ramanan, N. Vasudevan, R. Elangovan, Mebratu Tufa

“…This research focuses on identifying the hybrid material composed of basalt fibre with aluminium and glass fibre combinations, inducing it with the properties of the existing parent material and fusing it together to form a laminated composite. …”
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Examination of the Effectiveness of Physical and Chemical Activation of Natural Bentonite for the Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Aqueous Solutions by Fawzi Banat, Sameer Al-Asheh, Leena Abu-Aitah

“…Physically activated bentonite was obtained by thermal treatment of the initial material in an oven at 700°C (T-bentonite), while chemically activated bentonite was obtained in two ways, either by treatment of the initial material with sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) as an anionic surfactant to give SDS-bentonite or with aluminium hydroxypolycation as a pillaring agent to give Al-bentonite. …”
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Investigations on tensile fractography and wear characteristics of Al7075-Al2O3-SiC Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites routed through liquid metallurgical techniques by M. Ravikumar, H. N. Reddappa, R. Suresh, Y. S Ram Mohan, C. R. Nagaraja, E. R. Babu

“…Ceramic particulates were amalgamated into the aluminium alloy to achieve improved mechanical properties and wear resistance. …”
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