BACKGROUND The present work was designed to detect heavy metal contents of Al, Zn, Fe, Mn, Ni, V, Co, Cr and Cu in sediments and shells of the Trachycardium lacunosum collected in polluted and unpolluted areas along the Persian Gulf. METHODS The samples were taken from surface sediments (0-10 cm) and shells of Trachycardium lacunosum in two separated areas (polluted and unpolluted) in norther...

The aluminum deoxidation equilibrium in molten Fe-10 to 40mass%Cr-8mass%Ni and Fe-18mass%Cr-8 30mass%Ni alloys was experimentally determined at 1873 K 1773 obtain the thermodynamic parameters both temperatures, corresponding refining casting processes, respectively. Thermodynamic analysis on Al carried out based sub-regular solution model using a Redlich–Kister type polynomial. Fe–Al, Ni–Al, Cr...

We have investigated formation of oxides on quasicrystalline and crystalline alloy surfaces of similar composition, in different oxidizing environments. This includes a comparison between a quaternary orthorhombic approximate of Al-Cu-Fe-Cr quasicrystal and the ternary AI-Cu-Fe quasicrystalline and crystalline phases. We noted that each sample showed the following common trends: preferential ox...

This multi-layer program has examined the oxidation resistance of Al-rich coatings made by chemical vapor deposition and pack cementation on ferritic-martensitic (e.g. T91, Fe-9Cr-1Mo) and austenitic (Type 304L, Fe-18Cr-8Ni) substrates at 650°-800°C. The main goal of this work was to demonstrate the potential benefits and problems with alumina-forming coatings. To evaluate their performance, ox...

Hexavalent chromium (Cr(vi), present predominantly as CrO4(2-) in water at neutral pH) is a common ground water pollutant, and reductive immobilization is a frequent remediation alternative. The Cr(iii) that forms upon microbial or abiotic reduction often co-precipitates with naturally present or added iron (Fe), and the stability of the resulting Fe-Cr precipitate is a function of its mineral ...

Compositional fields for spinels from a wide variety of mafic– a wide range of conditions from mafic and ultramafic ultramafic igneous rock types and tectonic environments have been magmas and, in the case of chromites, are often among determined from a global database of over 26 000 analyses. the first phases to crystallize. They also exhibit a wide These fields are defined using contoured dat...

Soft magnetic properties of Fe-Co-Ni-Al-Cr-Si thin films were studied. As-deposited Fe-Co-Ni-Al-Cr-Si nano-grained thin films showing no magnetic anisotropy were subjected to field-annealing at different temperatures to induce magnetic anisotropy. Optimized magnetic and electrical properties of Fe-Co-Ni-Al-Cr-Si films annealed at 200 ◦C are saturation magnetization 9.13 × 105 A/m, coercivity 79...