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Comparison of carbon coating and MCMB structures used in graphite anodes for potassium ion batteries
This study comprehensively investigates three types of graphite materials as potential anodes for potassium-ion batteries. Natural graphite, artificial carbon-coated graphite, and mesocarbon microbeads (MCMB) ...
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Simulation of the Effect of Flux Layer Thickness on the Melting Behavior of Mold Fluxes Based on the Copper Bath Method
Hollow granular mold flux is an essential functional material in the continuous casting process, and its melting behavior significantly influences continuous casting. The existing research mainly focuses on th...
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Effect of Shape Parameters on the Melting Behavior of Hollow Granular Mold Flux for Continuous Casting
Hollow granular mold flux is an essential functional material in the continuous casting process, and its melting behavior significantly influences continuous casting. Existing researches mainly focus on the in...
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Catalytic Effect of Iron Oxide on the Combustion of Carbonaceous Materials in Mold Flux for Continuous Casting
The reverse gradient distributions of temperature and oxygen concentration in the three-layers structure of mold flux at the upper part of the continuous casting mold are easy to cause the insufficient burning...
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A molecular sieve-containing protective separator to suppress the shuttle effect of redox mediators in lithium-oxygen batteries
Lithium-oxygen (Li-O2) batteries have a great potential in energy storage and conversion due to their ultra-high theoretical specific energy, but their applications are hindered by sluggish redox reaction kinetic...
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A Comprehensive Investigation on the Microstructure and Thermal Conductivity of CaO-Al2O3 Based Mold Slags: Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Simulations
The microstructure and thermal conductivity of the CaO-Al2O3-based (CA-based) mold slags are crucial for casting high aluminum steel. Herein, the microstructure and thermal conductivity of the CA-based mold slags...
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Strength and Bonding Mechanism of Nonhydraulic Cementitious Binders: Reutilization of MgO in Basic Oxygen Furnace Dust
Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) dust is a secondary resource with high total iron (TFe) content produced in metallurgical steelmaking process. It is the most economical way to recycle BOF dust by adding binders to ...
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Mechanism of Enhancing Phosphorus Removal from Metallurgical Grade Silicon by Si-Fe-Ti Phase Reconstruction
Metallurgical grade silicon (MG-Si) contains iron (Fe) as its main impurity, where phosphorus (P) is occasionally enriched in the FeSi2Ti phase. Based on this phenomenon, the precipitation superiority of P in the...
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Controllable photodynamic performance via an acidic microenvironment based on two-dimensional metal-organic frameworks for photodynamic therapy
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a widely-used technology for cancer therapy, but conventional photosensitizers still face some drawbacks, such as hydrophobicity, inadequate pharmacokinetics, low cell/tissue spec...
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Computational Insight into the Thermal Conductivity of CaO-SiO2-Al2O3-MgO-Na2O Melts
CaO-SiO2-Al2O3-MgO-Na2O (CSAMN), as a basic system, has been extensively studied and widely applied in the field of mold flux. The thermal conductivity parameter of melt film as a critical indicator affects the h...
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Study on Binder of Cold-Bonded Pellets Containing Basic Oxygen Furnace Dust Based on Hydration Mechanism of Magnesium Potassium Phosphate Cementitious Material
Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) dust can be mixed with binders to prepare cold-bonded pellets and return to BOF for recycling, because of its high total iron and alkaline oxide content. Nevertheless, the lengthy di...
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Hydration and Crystallization Behavior of MgO in Cold-Bonded Pellets Containing Basic Oxygen Furnace Dust
Basic oxygen furnace (BOF) dust is a kind of solid waste in the metallurgical steelmaking process, which contains more than 50 pct total iron and a certain amount of overburned MgO and CaO. Based on the nonhyd...
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Open AccessShape Stability of Metallic Nanoplates: A Molecular Dynamics Study
Metallic nanoplates have attracted widespread interests owing to their functional versatility, which relies heavily on their morphologies. In this study, the shape stability of several metallic nanoplates with...
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Colorimetric and electrochemical arsenate assays by exploiting the peroxidase-like activity of FeOOH nanorods
The authors describe an electrochemical and an optical method for the determination of As(V) by using iron oxyhydroxide (FeOOH) nanorods that display peroxidase-mimicking activity. The nanorods catalyze the ox...
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Phenomenological Equations for Predicting γ + δ Two-Phase Region of Fe-Mn-Si-Cr-Ni Shape Memory Alloys
Three methods, i.e., optical metallographic method, differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), and thermal expansion, were evaluated to measure γ/γ + δ boundary temperature (Tγ/γ+δ) and γ + δ/δ boundary temperature...
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Role of Annealing in Improving Shape Memory Effect of As-Cast Fe-Mn-Si-Cr-Ni Shape Memory Alloys
The impact of annealing temperature and annealing time on the shape memory effect of an as-cast Fe-18.54Mn-5.70Si-8.91Cr-4.45Ni alloy was investigated by optical metallography, XRD, SEM, TEM, and bending techn...
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CdSe/ZnS quantum dots coated with carboxy-PEG and modified with the terbium(III) complex of guanosine 5′-monophosphate as a fluorescent nanoprobe for ratiometric determination of arsenate via its inhibition of acid phosphatase activity
A ratiometric fluorometric method is described for the determination of arsenate via its inhibitory effect on the activity of the enzyme acid phosphatase. A nanoprobe was designed that consists of CdSe/ZnS qua...
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Step coverage of the barrier films deposited onto patterned photoresist
In this study, silicon oxynitride (SiOxNy) films and three-paired organosilicon/SiOxNy multilayered structures prepared by the plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition were respectively deposited onto the polyet...
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Study of Ferrite During Refinement of Prior Austenite Grains in Microalloyed Steel Continuous Casting
The formation of coarse prior austenite grain is a key factor to promote transverse crack, and the susceptibility to the transverse crack can be reduced by refining the austenite grain size. In the present stu...
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Fano Resonance Based on End-Coupled Cascaded-Ring MIM Waveguides Structure
Though adding a groove to a plasmonic end-coupled perfect ring (PR) resonator, two additional resonance modes, which can be controlled by the length of the groove, will arise in this proposed ring-groove (RG) ...