In this paper, the wet modification method is compared with grafting to modify nano-barium sulfate. The effects of method, time, modifier dosage, temperature, and other factors on degree activation modified sulfate are investigated solve agglomeration problems make it a suitable process for industrial production. Thermogravimetric analysis, infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy us...

Hexagonal BaTiO3 undergoes a structural phase transition to an orthorhombic C2221 phase at T0 = 222 K. The transition is driven by a soft optical mode with E2u symmetry whose couplings force the appearance of a spontaneous E2g strain (improper ferroelastic character). Staying within the same E2u subspace, the system could in principle settle into a second (not observed) orthorhombic phase (Cmc2...

Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are linear negatively charged polysaccharides and important components of extracellular matrices and cell surface glycan layers such as the endothelial glycocalyx. The GAG family includes sulfated heparin, heparan sulfate (HS), dermatan sulfate (DS), chondroitin sulfate (CS), keratan sulfate, and non-sulfated hyaluronan. Because relative expression of GAGs is dependent...

Recent studies of ceramics of formula Ba2LnFeNb4O15 (Ln = rare earth) with the “tetragonal tungsten bronze” (TTB) structure have correlated their room temperature multiferroics properties to the occurrence of barium ferrite parasitic phases. This work presents the elaboration of Ba2LaFeNb4O15 and Ba2EuFeNb4O15 composite samples with an excess of hematite in the TTB nominal composition. The infl...

Barium studies investigations (barium swallow, barium meal and barium enema) are the basic routine radiological examination, where barium sulphate suspension is introduced to enhance image contrast of gastrointestinal tracts. The aim of this study was to quantify the patients' radiation doses during barium studies and to estimate the organ equivalent dose and effective dose with those procedure...

The response of the structure of the M-type barium hexaferrite (BaFe12O19) to mechanical action through high-energy milling and its impact on the magnetic behaviour of the ferrite are investigated. Due to the ability of the (57)Fe Mössbauer spectroscopic technique to probe the environment of the Fe nuclei, a valuable insight on a local atomic scale into the mechanically induced changes in the h...

Complications of barium sulphate studies abound in the literature but there are very few recorded instances of large bowel obstruction due to inspissated barium and faeces forming a 'barolith'. A patient who suffered this complication is reported.

In this study fuzzy arithmetic is presented as a tool to tackle the prediction of the amount of barium, strontium and calcium sulfates scales in oilfield operations. Since the shape of fuzzy numbers’ membership functions is a spread representative of the whole possible values for a special model parameter, fuzzy numbers are able to consider the uncertainties in parameter determinations and thus...