The purpose of this research is to investigate the mechanical and electrical properties of nano structured cordierite. Nano grain size powders were synthesized through mechanical activation by high-energy ball milling of the starting powders containing 34.86 wt% Al2O3, 51.36 wt% SiO2, and 13.78 wt% MgO. Samples were prepared by conventional and microwave sintering at 1390°C. SEM observations il...

Platinum group metals, such as Pd and Pt, found in three-way catalyst converters were recycled a two-step method: hydrodynamic cavitation followed by sonoelectrochemical dissolution. High shear forces obtained using convergent nozzle with throat diameter of 0.2 mm, feeded plunger pump at pressure 60 MPa. Cavitating submerged jets acted locally on the water dispersed waste catalyst. As-obtained ...

a r t i c l e i n f o Inclusion trails in 58 garnet porphyroblasts in a single sample from the Cram Hill Formation in southeast Vermont were imaged using high-resolution X-ray computed tomography. Texturally the porphyroblasts have a large core with a sub-vertical foliation that has a well defined geometry with a mean orientation of 113/72E for a 95% confidence cone semi-angle of 5.3°. This ste...