Pulsed laser irradiation of iron sulfide in water and ethanol allows laser ablation and generation of FeS nano/micro particles. Measurement of the size distribution reveals 100, 1000 and 5000 nm sized particles in water and 180 nm sized particles in ethanol. The values of ...

Among countless applications, chitosan has the potential to be an effective and cheap adsorbent for pollutant removal in (waste) water. In form of beads, it also exhibits good mechanical and fluid dynamic properties that are suitable for utilization in large-scale adsorption processes (...

In recent years, biopolymers are getting wide attention with the perspective of developing high-performance biocomposites with low environmental impact owing to their unique and useful features such as abundant availability, renewability, ecofriendliness and lightweight. Biopolymer composites are expected ...

This paper critically analyzes the traditional method of kinetic determination of activation energy by sectioning the recorded differential thermal analysis peak area. This procedure is incorrect because it misses the impact of thermal inertia, which changes the shape of the peak's base&...