The amount of petroleum hydrocarbon and heavy metals in the sediment of the Persian Gulf’s shore, at 8 selected stations were determined and showed the maximum of 143.6 and 58.6 mg/kg sediment, respectively, both maximum amounts were related to Emam Hassan zone which is located at 50 kilometers to west Boushehr port. Bioremediation of contaminated sediment were studied in slurry and solid-state...

This paper describes the enhancement of dissolution rate of nifluminic acid by spray dry process, as a solid dispersion method using polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP C-15) as a water soluble polymer. Using solid dispersions as a well-known principle on an industrial scale, it has to be combined with low-cost and repetable manufacturing method. Therefore, the aim of the authors was the amorphisation of...

In situ x-ray diffraction was used to optimize the synthesis of Aurivillius structure ceramic powders. Powders were prepared via conventional solid-state synthesis and the Pechini polymer precursor method. The phases Bi4Ti3O12, and Bi2Sr2Nb2TiO12 were studied. The Bi4Ti3O12 phase formed easily, regardless of processing route, between 400-500C and phase purity was achieved by 700C when using the...

DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201501590 electrochemical stability window, and (3) chemical compatibility with the anode and cathode. In the past few years, major advances have been achieved in increasing the Li ionic conductivity of the solid electrolytes. The state-of-the-art solid electrolyte materials, such as Li-garnet Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) and Li10GeP2S12 (LGPS) have achieved an ionic conductivity of 10...

We present a solid state accelerator concept utilizing particle acceleration along crystal channels by longitudinal electron plasma waves in a metal. Acceleration gradients of order 100 GV/cm are theoretically possible, but channeling radiation limits the maximum attainable energy to lo5 TeV for protons. Beam dechanneling due to multiple scattering is substantially reduced by the high accelerat...

Emission and absorption spectra of many organic dyes in liquid solutions depend on the local electric fields generated by the surrounding polar solvent molecules. This “solvation effect” is a result of intermolecular solutesolvent interaction forces (such as dipole-dipole or dipole-induced dipole) that tend to stretch molecular bonds and shift charge distribution on molecules, altering the ener...

Some years ago I developed an interest in Tesla coils. I was teaching a senior elective course at Kansas State University where we talked about power MOSFETs and topics related to high voltages and currents. I decided to use a Tesla coil as a class project. We would talk about design aspects, then design, build, and test a coil. The best description of the results of that plan was fiasco, or ma...