When glass ceramics were first created in the 1950s, these novel optical materials rightfully caused…
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Bioactive glass coatings: a review
Bioactive glasses, discovered by Hench and co-workers at the end of the 1960s, are among…
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Ceramic advances in Japan: Achieving new breakthroughs, meeting new challenges
The earthquake and tsunami that hit eastern Japan on March 11, 2011 left the world…
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Correlation between antibacterial activity and crystallite size on ceramics
Although the antibacterial activity of ceramics has been reported in many literatures, there are none…
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Life cycle assessment of ceramic tiles. Environmental and statistical analysis
Purpose The aim of this paper is to conduct a life cycle assessment study of…
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Glass-bead/X-ray fluorescence analysis of earthenware body ? sampling from heterogeneous earthenware
Samples of ancient earthenware were prepared in 1 : 10 glass beads for the X-ray…
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Certification of a Boron Carbide Powder Reference Material for Chemical Analysis
The certification of a boron carbide reference material for chemical composition is described. The mass…
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Boron Carbide: Structure, Properties, and Stability under Stress
Boron carbide is characterized by a unique combination of properties that make it a material…
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Dimensional characterization of selected elements in airborne PM10 samples using µ-SRXRF
Micro synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence (µ-SRXRF) is a powerful spectroscopy technique that uses synchrotron radiation…
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Kinetics of long-term moisture expansion in fired-clay brick
Slow, progressive moisture expansion is a general feature of fired-clay ceramics. In masonry structures, it…
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