The phytoremediator capacity of Quercus cerris L. against heavy metals contamination in the Ezer forest, Lebanon by Najib Rola, Houri Tarek, Khairallah Yara, Khalil Mahmoud I.

“…Cadmium, chromium, lead, and aluminium were extracted via the wet digestion method and analyzed by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. …”
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Measurement of Adhesion of In Situ Electrospun Nanofibers on Different Substrates by a Direct Pulling Method by Bin Zhang, Xu Yan, Yuan Xu, Huai-Song Zhao, Miao Yu, Yun-Ze Long

“…In addition, the adhesion of the in situ electrospun web on different substrates (e.g., aluminium foil, wood pulp paper, and silicon paper) was also studied by this method. …”
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The Effect of Translucency and Surface Treatment on the Flexural Strength of Aged Monolithic Zirconia by Rashin Giti, Benika Abbasi

“…Each monolithic zirconia group was equally subdivided according to be either air-abraded with 110 µm aluminium oxide particles or left untreated (control). …”
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Mechanical, wear, and fracture behavior of Titanium Diboride (TiB2) - Cerium Oxide (CeO2) reinforced Al-6061 hot-rolled hybrid composites by S. R. Sreenivasa Iyengar, D. Sethuramu, M. Ravikumar

“…Development of aluminium composites by stircasting technique is an effective method for fabrication of better quality of MMCs. …”
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Quantitative description of low-cycle fatigue damage accumulation in contact interaction zone by local strain evolution by Sviatoslav Eleonsky, Yury Matvienko, Vladimir Pisarev, Igor Odintsev

“…Investigated objects are plane aluminium specimens with the centred hole filled by cylindrical steel inclusion. …”
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Study of Biofouling on Fly ash – Bottom ash (FABA) Media Subtract by Selvia Mila, Saptarini Dian

“…Fly ash has pozzolan properties containing silica or aluminium reacting with calcium hydroxide, while bottom ash has characteristics resembling sand so that it can be used as a substitute for aggregate and both ashes have the potential as a mixture of concrete substrates and artificial reefs. …”
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Keggin-Type Heteropolyacid for Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclohexene Oxide: Molecular Weight Control by Ahmed Aouissi, Zeid Abdullah Al-Othman, Abdurrahman Salhabi

“…It has been found that the PCHO prepared over H3PW12O40·13H2O has a stereoregularity higher than that prepared over clay and Aluminium alkoxide catalysts. The Tg value obtained is due to the microstructure but not to molecular weight. …”
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Physical and Mechanical Properties of Green Cementless Mortar Incorporating Waste Paper Sludge Ash by Aida Nabila Jamaluddin, Siti Asmahani Saad, Siti Aliyyah Masjuki, Wan Nur Firdaus Wan Hassan, Siti Noratikah Che Deraman, Nadiah Md Husain

“…Berdasarkan data dari analisa XRF, WPSA mempunyai jumlah kalsium oksida (CaO) tertinggi berbanding aluminium oksida (Al2O3) dan silikon dioksida (SiO2), dan ia mengurangkan prestasi WPSA sebagai bahan gantian simen. …”
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Design and testing of a test rig for tubular joints hot-spot stress determination by Mohsin Iqbal, Saravanan Karuppanan, Veeradasan Perumal, Mark Ovinis, Muhammad Iqbal

“…It accommodates joints made of various materials, such as steel, aluminium, or acrylic, and supports the investigation of SCFs under different combinations of axial, in-plane, and out-of-plane bending loads.…”
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Effect of Friction Coefficient in Friction Stir Welding of B4C Reinforced AA5083 Metal Matrix Composites and Use of Fuzzy Clustering Technique for Weld Strength Prediction by C. Devanathan, D. Elil Raja, Tushar Sonar, Mikhail Ivanov

“…By coating titanium nitride (TiN), aluminium chromium nitride (AlCrN), and diamond-like carbon (DLC) to a thickness of 4 microns, three FSW tools with square pin profiles were developed and the friction coefficients of 0.69, 0.32, and 0.2 were maintained. …”
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Energy-exergy and environ-economic (4E) analysis of heat storage-based single-slope solar stills integrated with solar air heater. by Sujit Kumar, Asim Ahmad, Kashif Irshad, Om Prakash, Rukaiya Kausher, S M Mozammil Hasnain, Prabhu Paramasivam, Abinet Gosaye Ayanie, Jayant Giri

“…The proposed solar still was modified by integrating a rectangular aluminium box filled with paraffin wax and black gravel as the TESS and coupled with a solar air heater. …”
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Storage Stability of Additive-free Salacca sp. Fruit Leather by Umi Purwandari, Mojiono Mojiono, Ninik Wulandari K Putri, Miftakhul Efendi, Alfan Wijaya

“…Fruit leather with a water content of around 10% was kept in aluminium foil or polypropylene plastic bag at 25 and 35°C for 3 weeks.  …”
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Study of the behavior of damaged low-velocity impact carbon/epoxy/AL2024-T3 hybrid laminates by Fatima Zohra Daouache, Amin Houari, Mourad Lounis, Lecheb Samir, Salah Amroune, Kouider Madani, Barhm Mohamad, Mohamed Belhouari

“…Abstract Aluminium and layered composite structures currently play a crucial role in the aviation sector. …”
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Oxidative Precipitation of Manganese from Acid Mine Drainage by Potassium Permanganate by Regeane M. Freitas, Thomaz A. G. Perilli, Ana Claudia Q. Ladeira

“…These phases were consistently identified by the geochemical model, which also predicted phases containing iron, uranium, manganese, and aluminium during the correction of the pH as well as bixbyite (Mn2O3), nsutite (MnO2), pyrolusite (MnO2), and fluorite (CaF2) following the KMnO4 addition.…”
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Influence of Conventional and Ultrasonic-Assisted Extraction on Phenolic Contents, Betacyanin Contents, and Antioxidant Capacity of Red Dragon Fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) by Nurul Shazini Ramli, Patimah Ismail, Asmah Rahmat

“…Total phenolic content (TPC) was determined using Folin-Ciocalteu reagent while quantitative determination of total flavonoid content (TFC) was conducted using aluminium trichloride colorimetric method. Betacyanin content (BC) was measured by spectrophotometer. …”
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Preparation and Photocatalytic Properties of TiO2-Al2O3 Composite Loaded Catalysts by Jianzhong Pei, Weisi Ma, Rui Li, Yanwei Li, Hongzhao Du

“…This paper presents an experimental approach to study catalytic effects of Fe3+ modified nanometer titanium dioxide (TiO2) loaded on aluminium oxide (Al2O3). Sol-gel method was used to prepare modified TiO2 loaded on carrier. …”
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Water Retention Behaviour and Fracture Toughness of Coir/Pineapple Leaf Fibre with Addition of Al2O3 Hybrid Composites under Ambient Conditions by L. Natrayan, P. V. Arul Kumar, S. Baskara Sethupathy, S. Sekar, Pravin P. Patil, G. Velmurugan, Subash Thanappan

“…Coir and pineapple leaf fibre were used as a reinforcement, aluminium oxide as additives, and polyester as a matrix. …”
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Effect of Sodium Aluminate Dosage as a Solid Alkaline Activator on the Properties of Alkali-Activated Slag Paste by Bin Chen, Jun Wang, Jinyou Zhao

“…Sodium aluminate provided enough hydroxyl ions for the paste to promote the hydration reaction process that ensured obtaining high compressive strength and soluble aluminium formed precipitate wrapped on the surface of slag to inhibit the hydration reaction process in the early phase that prolonged setting time. …”
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Wet-Chemical Surface Texturing of Sputter-Deposited ZnO:Al Films as Front Electrode for Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells by Xia Yan, Selvaraj Venkataraj, Armin G. Aberle

“…In this paper we report on the surface texturing of aluminium-doped zinc oxide (ZnO:Al or AZO) films for improved light trapping in thin-film Si solar cells. …”
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A Numerical Approach to Analysis of an Environment-Friendly Sn-Based Perovskite Solar Cell with SnO2 Buffer Layer Using SCAPS-1D by Sunirmal Kumar Biswas, Md. Shamsujjoha Sumon, Kushal Sarker, Mst. Farzana Orthe, Md. Mostak Ahmed

“…The absorber layer CH3NH3SnI3, buffer layer SnO2, and electron transport layer (ETL) ZnO, with aluminium as the front contact and nickel as the back contact, have been used in this simulation. …”
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