Study on Application Effect of Sand Consolidating Agent for the Slope of Highway Subgrade in Season Frozen Zone by Dongliang Zhang, Guangqing Yang, Xiaodi Niu, Lu Zhang, Zhijie Wang

“…In order to study the application effect of the new sand consolidating agent after solidifying sand body, the mechanism of strength formation was analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The freeze-thaw cycle tests were carried out on sand consolidating samples. …”
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Characterization of Metakaolin from Wassa Kaolin and Its Potential as Adsorbent for the Regeneration of Used Engine Lubrication Oil by Ralph Kwakye, Albert Aniagyei, Bright Yaw Vigbedor, Jonathan Osei-Owusu, Bonface Yeboah Antwi, Anthony Selorm Kwesi Amable, George Edusei, Bright Kwakye-Awuah

“…The metakaolin was characterized by using X-ray fluorescence (XRF), X-ray diffractometry (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) coupled with energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), and Fourier transform infra-red (FT-IR). …”
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Effect of Honey and Aqueous Garlic Extracts against Short-Term Exposure of Cigarette Tobacco Smoking in Mice: Histopathological and Biochemical Investigations by Ziad Shraideh, Darwish Badran, Ahmed Alzbeede

“…Histologically, the use of honey and garlic showed good protection to the liver, kidney, and jejunum, which was proved by transmission electron microscopy, in addition to lowering the oxidative stress biomarkers. …”
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Hydrothermal Synthesis of Iodine-Doped Nanoplates with Enhanced Visible and Ultraviolet-Induced Photocatalytic Activities by Jiang Zhang, Zheng-Hong Huang, Yong Xu, Feiyu Kang

“…The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and selected area electron diffraction (SAED), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. …”
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Characterization of Heavy Metal Ions Removal from Water by Improved Cuttlebone Powder with Magnetic Fe3O4 Nanoparticle as a Bioadsorbent by Aida Didaran, Mahnaz Sadat Sadeghi, Parisa Nejatkhah Manavi, Mohammad Rabbani

“…SCP is also characterized by Fourier‐transform infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Xray diffraction (XRD), and Energy dispersive Xray (EDX) analysis. …”
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Synthesis of yttrium aluminum garnet ceramic powder doped with ruthenium by V.E. Suprunchuk, A.A. Kravtsov, L.V. Tarala, E.V. Medyanik, F.F. Malyavin, V.A. Lapin, D.P. Bedrakov

“…In the course of the work, changes in the morphology of ceramic powders of yttrium-aluminum garnet doped with ruthenium ions were considered using scanning electron microscopy. The elemental composition was studied using energy-dispersive spectroscopy. …”
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Reservoir Characteristics of the Lower Silurian Longmaxi Shale in Zhaotong Region, Southern China by Chao Luo, Nanxin Yin, Hun Lin, Xuanbo Gao, Junlei Wang, Hanqing Zhu

“…According to core observation, X-ray diffraction analyses, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observations, the shale comprises primarily quartz, carbonate minerals, and clay minerals, with minor amounts of plagioclase, K-feldspar, and pyrite. …”
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Microstructure and properties of SiC particle reinforced AA7075 composites by friction stir processing by Yuhan Duan, Yuehui Dang, Shuang Yi, Xianming Cao, Yu Cao, Zejun Chen

“…The effects of SiC particle volume fraction on microstructure and mechanical properties were investigated using scanning electron microscopy, electron backscattering diffraction, tensile testing, and impact experiments. …”
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Copolymer SJ-1 as a Fluid Loss Additive for Drilling Fluid with High Content of Salt and Calcium by Hongping Quan, Huan Li, Zhiyu Huang, Tailiang Zhang, Shanshan Dai

“…Results of zeta potential of modified drilling fluid showed the dispersion stability of drilling fluid system. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis showed the microstructure of the surface of the filter cake obtained from the drilling fluid modified by SJ-1.…”
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Effect of Microarc Oxidation Treatment with Different Concentrations of MgSiF6 on Titanium-Porcelain Bonding Strength by Jing Lv, Mujie Yuan, Pei Sun, Changlei Wei, Shaojun Zhang, Yaozhong Wang, Jie Liu, Fei Tan

“…According to ISO 9693, the bonding strengths of titanium-porcelain restorations were detected by the three-point bending test. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) were applied to evaluate the morphologies and elemental compositions of the MAO coating, titanium-porcelain fracture surfaces, titanium-porcelain interfaces, and oxygen diffusion. …”
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Enhanced Thermal Performance and Impact Strength of UHMWPE/Recycled-PA6 Blends Synthesized via a Melting Extrusion Route by Xiuying Yang, Junye Cheng, Guangping Zheng, Deqing Zhang

“…The morphologies and distributions of the chemical components of the blends were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and synchrotron Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy. …”
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Optimizing optical, dielectric, and electrical properties of polyvinyl alcohol/polyvinyl pyrrolidone/poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate/NiO-based polymeric nan... by E. Salim, A. Magdy, A. H. EL-Farrash, A. El-Shaer

“…Based on transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) observations, the synthesized NiO NPs have a cubic phase and a diameter between 10 and 45 nm. …”
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Investigation of magnesium phosphate cement on river dredged sludge with varying humic acid content and solidification mechanism by Xiaoyi Yuan, Lei Peng, Bing Chen

“…X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) show that the sludge and MPC can form a dense solid body, forming various hydration products, and synergistically improve the mechanical properties of the sludge.…”
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Stable Copper Tin Sulfide Nanoflower Modified Carbon Quantum Dots for Improved Supercapacitors by Zhen Bi, Lanyan Huang, Chaoqun Shang, Xin Wang, Guofu Zhou

“…The structures and morphologies of obtained materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). XRD revealed CTSs were composed of Cu2SnS3 and Cu4SnS4, and TEM suggested the decoration of CQDs on the surface of CTSs. …”
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Batch Adsorption of Orange II Dye on a New Green Hydrogel—Study on Working Parameters and Process Enhancement by Andrei-Ionuț Simion, Cristina-Gabriela Grigoraș, Lidia Favier

“…The analyses of its morphological structure and functional groups by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) showed the successful entrapping of the CS in the SA polymeric matrix. …”
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Synergistic effect of Canarium strictum leaves extract and KI on the corrosion protection of mild steel in 15% HCl solution by Reema H. Aldahiri, Mahmoud A. Hussein, Soha M. A. Al-Bukhari, Khalid A. Alamry, Ajahar Khan, Ruby Aslam

“…The corrosion inhibition and adsorption characteristics of CSL were comprehensively analysed through weight loss measurement, electrochemical impedance measurement (EIS), potentiodynamic polarization (PP), UV–visible spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM–EDS). …”
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Comparison of the corrosion behavior and surface morphology of NiTi alloy and stainless steels in sodium chloride solution by Kožuh S., Vrsalović L., Gojić M., Gudić S., Kosec B.

“…Microstructural analyses before and after electrochemical tests were performed with the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) equipped with energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS). …”
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Cavity Adaptation of Water-Based Restoratives Placed as Liners under a Resin Composite by Sheela B. Abraham, Maria D. Gaintantzopoulou, George Eliades

“…Selected samples were further evaluated by scanning electron microscopy. Statistical analysis was performed by two-way ANOVA and Student-Newman-Keuls multiple comparison test (a=0.05). …”
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Crack path in liquid metal embrittlement: experiments with steels and modeling by T. Auger, S. Hémery, M. Bourcier, C. Berdin, M. Martin, I. Robertson

“…Using state of the art characterization tools (Focused Ion Beam and Transmission Electron Microscopy) a clear understanding of crack path is emerging for these systems where a classical fractographic analysis fails to provide useful information. …”
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Chrysosporium queenslandicum: a potent keratinophilic fungus for keratinous waste degradation by Tarun Kumar Kumawat, Anima Sharma, Seema Bhadauria

“…The basal salt medium’s pH was increased over incubation time. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) examination also demonstrated the degradation of chicken feathers. …”
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