Sn–5wt%Sb is one of the materials considered for replacing Pb-bearing alloys in electronic packaging. The creep tests were conducted to investigate the effect of the heat treatments on the mechanical properties of Sn-5wt%Sb lead-free solders. Samples were heat treated at temperat...
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Research Article10.9734/jmsrr/2019/v2i134
Recently the use of porous SiC ceramics is increasing tremendously for various industrial applications due to its excellent properties. Various processing techniques are tried to develop porous SiC ceramics. The fabrication of porous SiC ceramics by an oxidation bonding technique...
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Research Article10.9734/jmsrr/2019/v2i132
The coconut palm has a lot of uses including its use as composites and as fuels. In this work, we explored the use of a bomb calorimeter to determine the calorific values of coconut shells and coconut husks. A fixed sample mass of 0.05 kg has been used for both the shells and hus...
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Research Article10.9734/jmsrr/2019/v2i133
Aims: This research focuses on developing a blend of natural polymers suitable for biomedical implants with standard mechanical (tensile) properties, compatible and consumable with human body Study Design: This research developed a polymer composite from a blend of the three natu...
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Research Article10.9734/jmsrr/2019/v2i131
Now-a-days, nanotechnology has become increasingly important in the biomedical and pharmaceutical antimicrobial strategy due to their wide spectrum of action at nano-scale level. Antibacterial agents are very important in the textile industry, water disinfection, medicine, food p...
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Research Article10.9734/jmsrr/2019/v2i127
Aims: The present study aims to investigate the effect of size reduction on mechanical properties of kenaf particle reinforced polymer (K-PRP) composites for industrial application. Study Design: Decorticated kenaf mixed (core & bast) fibres were sourced from Institute of Agr...
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Research Article10.9734/jmsrr/2019/v2i128
Aims: The main purpose of this paper is to present a boundary integral equation modeling to obtain the solution for the problems of magneto-thermoelastic functionally graded anisotropic (FGA) structures in the context of the Green and Naghdi theory of type III. Study Design: Prac...
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Research Article10.9734/jmsrr/2019/v2i129
Various energy sources are utilized at present with a challenge of energy storage in many cases. The existing rechargeable storage batteries which include sodium-ion and lithium-ion batteries have some limitations in their gravimetric capacities. Ab initio methods based on densit...
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Research Article10.9734/jmsrr/2019/v2i130
Thermoelectricity is a technology that achieves thermal-to-electric conversion and vice versa. It requires high performance thermoelectric compounds for effective conversion efficiency. The thermoelectric properties of CdO in the rocksalt structure, obtained by first principle ca...
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Research Article10.9734/jmsrr/2019/v2i126
Pure zinc oxide (ZnO) and copper (Cu) doped ZnO thin films were synthesised from the precursor’s concentrations (zinc acetate and copper acetate) onto glass substrate via spray pyrolysis deposition technique at 350°C in air ambient with different Cu doping concentrations (0%, 5%,...
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Research Article10.9734/jmsrr/2018/v1i425
The present study explored the feasibility of using cassava leaves (CL) cyanide for surface strengthening of ductile cast irons through heat treatment. Dried cassava leaves were pulverized and sieved to 500 µm particle size, the pulverised mass was mixed with BaCl2 (energizer) at...
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Research Article10.9734/jmsrr/2018/v1i423
Aim: The corrosion inhibition mechanism of aluminium Alloy AA5052 has been studied in acidic solution. The study used gravimetric and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy to verify the inhibition efficacy of Epiphyllum Oxypetalum Leaf Extract At Varied Concentrations. Study Des...
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Research Article10.9734/jmsrr/2018/v1i424
The development of composite materials filled using Construction and Demolition wastes (CDW), characterised by descent mechanical and thermo-insulating properties has been investigated experimentally in this paper. Composites of epoxy resin containing CDW of different grain size...
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Research Article10.9734/jmsrr/2018/v1i422
Modified boron- doped diamond (BDD) electrodes from copper (Cu) electroless process were produced and characterised aiming their application at nitrate electrochemical removal. Cu deposits on BDD surface may promote its conductivity and selectivity increase mainly for nitrate ion...
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Research Article10.9734/jmsrr/2018/v1i421
Lead sulphide (PbS) thin films were deposited at different times on a zinc plate substrates using electrodeposition technique at room temperature. The results showed that PbS thin films resistivity has a direct proportionality with time. The optical properties of the thin film we...
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Research Article10.9734/jmsrr/2018/v1i319