The efficiency of galvanic wastewater treatment facility 'Frad' in Aleksinac by Veličković Jasmina, Arsić Nebojša B., Stošić Ljiljana

“…A large number of contaminants (metal ions, cyanides, acids, bases, grease and oils, organic solvents, surfactants, phosphates, etc.), found in galvanic wastewater are treated through conventional methods (chemical oxidation and reduction, neutralization, sedimentation, coagulation and flocculation). …”
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Passivity and Semiconducting Behavior of a High Nitrogen Stainless Steel in Acidic NaCl Solution by Yanxin Qiao, Xiang Cai, Jie Cui, Huabing Li

“…Meanwhile, it indicated that molybdenum oxides did not exist in the oxide layer, but chloride ions were present in the passive films.…”
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A catalyst-coated diaphragm assembly to improve the performance and energy efficiency of alkaline water electrolysers by Zhuang Xu, Yanying Liu, Xiaobo Cheng, Yunshan Shang, Yongtao Wang, Jing Wang, Wenshi Li, Guangli He

“…The transport resistance of OH- ions is reduced and the electrochemical surface area of catalysts is enlarged by more than forty fold, representing more than 40% increase in hydrogen production rate or as much as 16% reduction in energy consumption. …”
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Graphene oxide and its derivatives films for sustained-release trace element zinc based on cation-π interaction by Wei Zhang, Yijia He, Hongwei Zhu, Xiao Li, Zucai Zou, Chaogui Luo, Jianlie Wei, Baoying Lu, Duo Zhang, Ming Zhou

“…Due to the unique π-bond characteristics of GO (graphene oxide), it was selected as a cation carrier to improve fertilizer anti-loss capabilities and facilitate the effective release of nutrient ions. By adjusting the interface properties of GO, RGO (rippled graphene oxide) and CGO (crumpled graphene oxide) were successfully prepared, and their interactions with cations and the impact on sustained-release performance were studied. …”
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Effect of carbonation curing and sodium content on geopolymer subjected to sodium and magnesium sulfate attack by Amanda Venancio Trisotto, Tassiane Apolinário de Oliveira, Maytê Dionísio Marçon, Neusa Aparecida Munhak Beltrame, Ronaldo Alves de Medeiros-Junior

“…This material is also affected by ions that can damage its mechanical properties and reduce its durability. …”
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Acute Effects of High Intensity Competition on Macroelements and Relationship with Corrected QT Interval by Alireza Kashef, Fereshteh Shahidi, Alireza Sadeghinikoo

“…The purpose of this study is the find the changes of calcium, sodium and potassium ions and relationship with QTc interval in professional athletes during a short duration intense exercise. …”
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In Vitro Bioactivity of Binary Nepheline-Fluorapatite Glass/Polymethyl-Methacrylate Composite by Dalia Y. Zaki, Esmat M. A. Hamzawy

“…Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) and pH changes were used in the determination of the ions released and the alkalinity, respectively, after the immersion in Tris-buffered solution. …”
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DEVICE FOR MEASURING OF THERMAL LENS PARAMETERS IN LASER ACTIVE ELEMENTS WITH A PROBE BEAM METHOD by A. N. Zakharova, P. A. Loiko, A. M. Malyarevich, K. V. Yumashev

“…Pumping of the laser element is performed at 960 nm that makes it possible to study laser materials doped with Yb3+ and (Er3+, Yb3+) ions. The precision of measurements: for sensitivity factor of TL – 0,1 m-1/W, for astigmatism degree – 0,2 m-1/W, for fractional heat loading – 5 %, for the impact of the photoelastic effect – 0,5 × 10-6 K-1. …”
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Quercetin as a Precursor for the Synthesis of Novel Nanoscale Cu (II) Complex as a Catalyst for Alcohol Oxidation with High Antibacterial Activity by Zahra Moodi, Ghodsieh Bagherzade, Janny Peters

“…Quercetin has the ability to bind with several metal ions to increase its biological activities. In the last two decades, quercetin has attracted considerable attention due to the biological and pharmaceutical activities such as antioxidant, antibacterial, and anticancer. …”
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Angular Distributions and Polarization of Fluorescence in an XUV Pump–XUV Probe Scheme by Cristian Iorga, Viorica Stancalie

“…This work provides theoretical calculations of fluorescence angular distribution and polarization within an XUV pump–XUV probe scheme designed for determining ultra-short lifetimes of highly charged heavy ions. The initial pumping leads to a non-zero alignment in the excited levels. …”
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Identification of Molecular Substrate for the Attenuation of Anxiety: A Step Toward the Development of Better Anti-Anxiety Drugs by Uwe Rudolph

“…Synaptically released GABA binds to postsynaptic GABAA receptors, thus causing an influx of negatively charged chloride ions into the postsynaptic neuron. This leads to a hyperpolarization and thus functional inhibition of the postsynaptic cell. …”
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Study on the Relationship between Chlorite Clay Film Diagenesis and Sedimentary Facies in Reservoir Sandstones by Rui Zhang, Guangsheng Qin, Minglong Nie

“…The chlorite lining is mainly formed in the later stage, and its material source is mainly iron ions produced by the dissolution of clastic particles such as feldspar or rock debris. …”
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Domestic Chicken Eggshell-Derived Bone Substitute: Synthesis, Characterization and In Vitro Cell Viability by Sruthy Prathap, K. S. Rajesh, Nebu G. Thomas, Jeyachandran Venkateshan, M. S. Prathap, Suprith Surya

“…Results: Phosphate and calcium ions were confirmed by FTIR and EDS. The carbonate peaks observed were typical of biological apatite. …”
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Carbonate Chemistry and Isotope Characteristics of Groundwater of Ljubljansko Polje and Ljubljansko Barje Aquifers in Slovenia by Sonja Cerar, Janko Urbanc

“…A total of 138 groundwater samples were collected at 69 sampling locations from both aquifers. Major carbonate ions and the stable isotope of oxygen were used to identify differences in the recharging areas of aquifers. …”
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Analysis of the Potentiometric Titration Curves of Weakly Basic Anionites by A.V. Mamchenko, L.G. Chernova

“…Reference to the activities of the chloride ions allowed these two curves to be combined satisfactorily. …”
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Tone reservation technique combined with active constellation extension for PAPR reduction of OFDM signal by Fang LIU, Yong WANG

“…To overcome the drawbacks of existing tone reservation(TR) techniques,an efficient TR algorithm combined with active constellation extension (ACE-TR) was proposed for reducing the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of or-thogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal.By means of a specially designed iterative procedure and a joint optimization approach for PAPR and bit-error-rate (BER) performances,ACE-TR was able to obtain both an im-proved BER and minimized out-of-band interference while reducing the PAPR effectively.A comprehensive theoretical analysis was presented,and some important results including the bounds of achievable PAPR gain,BER bound,and maximum iteration number were derived.Specifically,by adaptively adjusting the iterative parameters in the optimization approach,more trade-off flexibility between PAPR reduction and BER performance can be offered to satisfy various de-sign requirements.Simulations demonstrate that ACE-TR can dramatically decrease the number of required it ions to reach the desired PAPR with low computation complexity.In addition,the transmitted OFDM symbols using the pro-posed ACE-TR have less in-band distortion and lower out-of-band spectral regrowth than traditional TR algorithms.…”
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A Highly Sensitive Electrochemical Sensor Based on Electrocatalytic Reduction Effect of Cu2+ on Trace Determination of Malathion in Soil and Other Complex Matrices by F. M. Alshareef, M. I. Orif, E. A. Al-Harbi, M. S. El-Shahawi

“…The established method was based on the controlled adsorptive accumulation of malathion in the presence of Cu2+ ions in an aqueous solution of pH 2 onto the hanging mercury dropping electrode (HMDE) and measuring the resulting cathodic peak current of the adsorbed species at −0.42 V versus Ag/AgCl electrode. …”
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Green-Synthesized Sm3+-Doped ZnO Nanoparticles for Multifunctional Applications by Lavanya R., Ramakrishnappa T., Girish K. M., Suresh Kumar K., Basavaraju N., Shilpa B. M.

“…The enhancement in degradation efficiency is attributed to the incorporation of Sm3+ ions into the ZnO lattice. Utilizing the optimized Sm3+ (5 mol%)-doped ZnO nanoparticles, cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS) were performed on the prepared electrode, demonstrating the excellent CV properties; this enhancement is attributed to the modification of ZnO’s redox chemistry and the alteration of charge transfer kinetics at the electrode-electrolyte interface due to the addition of Sm3+ into the ZnO structure. …”
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The Effect of Calcium Doping on the Surface and Catalytic Properties of Cobaltic Oxide Catalysts by Nasr-Allah M. Deraz

“…The dissolution of calcium ions in the Co 3 O 4 lattice at temperatures in the range 400–600°C was accompanied by a marked decrease in the mean hydraulic radii (r h ) and an increase in the surface area (S BET ) and total pore volume (V p ) of the prepared oxide samples. …”
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Chloride Diffusivity in Blended Cement Made from Selected Industrial and Agrowastes by Jackson Muthengia Wachira, Joseph Mwiti Marangu

“…This paper reports study findings on the diffusivity of chloride ions in potential blended cement. The cement, abbreviated as PCDC, was made from blending ordinary Portland cement (OPC) with dried calcium carbide residue and an incinerated mix of rice husks, spent bleaching earth, and broken bricks. …”
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