different amounts of nanoclay were incorporated into the acrylic resin matrix at 0, 1, 3, and 5 wt.% loadings. the coatings were applied on low carbon steel plates. optical microscopy, sedimentation test, transmission electron microscopy, and x-ray diffraction were employed to investigate the dispersion of nanoclay in matrix. the corrosion resistance of coatings was evaluated by electrochemical...

Coastal sandplain heathlands are a rare plant community in the northeastern United States. Salt spray and water availability are likely important factors determining heathland distribution. Field surveys and manipulative experiments were performed to examine heathland species' responses to salt spray and water availability. We surveyed field distributions of four typical heathland species: Soli...

Sandplain heathlands are disturbance-dependent plant communities that occur infrequently in coastal areas of the northeastern United States. We hypothesize that salt spray plays a role in maintaining the composition of the heathland community by excluding salt-intolerant species close to the ocean. We examined the distributions of Solidago nemoralis, Myrica pensylvanica, Pinus rigida, and Querc...

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia c School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang 14300, Malaysia d Product Quality & Reliability Engineering (PQRE) Laboratory, Malaysi...

A technical guide to the salt spray test and its interpretation with stainless steel 2

Contact urticaria is defined as a wheal-and-flare reaction that occurs after epicutaneous contact with a causative agent (1). Contact urticaria usually appears within minutes after contact with the causative substances, including chemicals, animal products, antibiotics and cosmetics. We report here a case of contact urticaria resulting from exposure to a disinfectant liquid spray containing eth...

A spray reagent containing 8-hydroxy-1,3,6-pyrenetrisulfonic acid sodium salt is described, which allows detection of as little as 1 micro g of bile acids under long-wave UV light. The bile acids can be eluted directly from the sprayed plates with acetone without eluting the spray reagent.

Ameliorative effect of exogenously applied glycinebetaine (GB) on photosynthetic capacity of two wheat cultivars differing in salt tolerance grown under salt stress was assessed. Plants were grown under field conditions at 2.84, 15 dS/m in split-split plot design. Different levels of GB (no spray NS, 0.1% Tween 20 solution, 50 and 100 mM GB in 0.1% Tween 20 solution) were exogenously applied as...

The present experiment was conducted to assess the interactive effect of foliar application of nitric oxide (NO) and salinity on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Wheat cv. S-24 was grown under non-stressed or salt stressed conditions (0 and 150 mM NaCl). Different levels of NO (water spray, 0.05, 0.10 and 0.15 mM) were applied as a foliar spray. Salinity applied through rooting medium significantl...

Nano-scale copper oxide with various morphologies is synthesized via the thermal oxide method and growth in a 5 wt% NaCl solution of spray fog environment. The nano-scale copper oxide is grown on copper metal sheets via the thermal oxide method at 650 ̊C for 60 minutes. Nano-scale copper oxide grains and nanowires are induced on copper metal sheets then placed in 5 wt% NaCl solution of salt spra...