Thermochemical cycles that split water into stoichiometric amounts of hydrogen and oxygen below 1,000 °C, and do not involve toxic or corrosive intermediates, are highly desirable because they can convert heat into chemical energy in the form of hydrogen. We report a manganese-based thermochemical cycle with a highest operating temperature of 850 °C that is completely recyclable and does not in...

~ by Carrie Wyse, Tadaharu Watanabe, Dan Fraenkel, Robert Torres and Virginia Houlding particle filters. This helps minimize corrosion and degradation of expensive components, and removes particles shed due to mechanical devices (e.g. valves). However, moisture purifiers do not eliminate the problem of molecular metal contaminants, which pass through particle filters. Corrosive gases, such as H...

Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is well known for its corrosive properties and its ability to generate heat on contact with water. The respiratory effects of industrial exposure to NaOH have, however, never been reported. A 63 year old man worked daily for 20 years cleaning large industrial jam containers by boiling lye (NaOH) solution without using respiratory protective equipment. Physical examinatio...

Chronic corrosive strictures of the upper cervical esophagus and hypopharynx resulting from ingestion of caustic substances are a challenging surgical entity when repeated endoscopic dilatations fail to yield satisfactory results. Restoring the continuity of the upper digestive tract by esophageal substitution at healthy tissue margins not only compromises the integrity of the swallowing mechan...

Integral nickel–phosphorus (NiP) resistors were fabricated on flexible polyimide (PI) substrates by electroless NiP deposition. The deposition process was first set up for standard rigid epoxy substrates and then modified for the flexible substrates. The effects of the PI surface modifications on the interfacial adhesion (NiP/PI) were measured experimentally by the pull-off method. The process ...