Cement concrete is the most extensively used construction materials across world. The environmental unfriendliness attached to production of cement which one major constituents demands persistent attention and wide use pozzolanic material as partial replacement in looks be a promising supplement for production. Based on past research works, metakaolin was selected its compressive strength therm...

Marine lubricating oil (LO) is deteriorated by contaminants—especially marine gas (MGO), which invariably mixed during its usage—that can damage engine performance. This study investigates a method for determining the content of MGO in oil. Weight loss from MGO-containing lubricant was evaluated through thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and standard calibration curve plotted to establish correl...

The meso-tetra(2,6-dichloro-3-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrinate of manganese(III) chloride [Mn-(TDCPPS)Cl] biomimetic catalyst immobilized on spacer-functionalized kaolinite clay mineral was employed in the oxidative coupling reaction of a dissolved humic acid (HA) suprastructure with either chemical (H2O2) or UV-light oxidation. The changes in molecular size of humic matter subjected to catalyzed o...

A series of materials used for oil absorption based on cellulose fiber grafted with butyl acrylate (BuAc) have been prepared by radical polymerization under ultrasonic waves processing. Effects of ultrasonic dose for the maximum graft yield were considered. The dependency of optimum conditions for oil absorption rate on parameters such as ultrasonic processing time and ultrasonic power were als...

Zn(II), Cd(II) and Hg(II) complexes of N-methyl-N-phenyl dithiocarbamate have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis and spectral studies (IR, (1)H and (13)C-NMR). The single crystal X-ray structure of the mercury complex revealed that the complex contains a Hg centre with a distorted tetrahedral coordination sphere in which the dinuclear Hg complex resides on a crystallograph...

Recently, modern techniques have been applied for analysis of the influence of polymers on microstructural properties of Portland cement, such as Thermogravimetric Analyses (TG), Scanning Electronic Microscopy (SEM), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) and Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry (MIP). In this study, thermogravimetric analyses were used to study the influence of vinyl acetate...