Graphite tailings were used as the raw materials for preparation of foamed ceramics via a high-temperature self-foaming method. The residual carbon in acted foaming agent and no additional agents required. reacted with Fe2O3 produced gas that was wrapped by liquid phase to form porous structure. effects sintering temperature, holding time, content, flux on bulk density, water absorption, mean p...

A successful cross-linked polymer flooding has been implemented in JD reservoir, an ordinary heavy oil reservoir with high permeability zones. For all that, there are still significant volumes of continuous oil remaining in place, which can not be easily extracted due to stronger vertical heterogeneity. Considering selective plugging feature, polymer enhanced foam (PEF) flooding was taken as fo...

Abstract One‐step extrusion foaming process of biodegradable poly(lactic acid) (PLA)‐based nanocomposites in the presence chemical agent and chain extender has great complexity to control. In this work, PLA‐based containing different carbonaceous nanoparticles with geometric shapes were obtained through a co‐rotating twin‐screw get insight into dominant phenomena, which control structural final...

Most of the common foams are a two-phase medium of gas and liquid with a particular structure consisting of gas pockets trapped in a network of thin liquid lms and plateau borders. Some well known foams are bubble baths, dishwater detergents and the foam head on beers. Many oils foam when trapped gas is suddenly released under conditions of an abrupt drop in pressure. In some re ners in which t...

In this study, polyethylene glycol (PEG) and vinyltriethoxysilane (VTES) were used in different proportions to produce a series of PEG-VTES copolymers. The copolymer molecular structures were confirmed by FTIR spectroscopy. In addition, their surface activities were evaluated by evaluating the surface tension, contact angle, and foaming properties. The results showed that these surfactants exhi...

Al foams have found increasing applications in a wide range of structural and functional products, due to their exceptional mechanical, thermal, acoustic, electrical and chemical properties [1–3]. Al foam structures have densities only fractions of that of a solid structure and therefore have high specific strength and stiffness. They also have excellent properties for impact energy, vibration ...

BACKGROUND AND THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY Many drugs which have narrow therapeutic window and are absorbed mainly in stomach have been developed as gastroretentive delivery system. Rosiglitazone maleate, an anti-diabetic, is highly unstable at basic pH and is extensively absorbed from the stomach. Hence there is a need to develop a gastroretentive system. In this study a superporous hydrogel was ...