Author:Walters, Chavon R; Pool, E; Somerset, VDate:Apr 2014Silver nanoparticles (NP) are used in several applications, including their use as antimicrobial agents in textiles, personal care, and other domestic products. As such, there is a high potential for the release of silver nanoparticles (AgNP) ...Read more
Author:Tywabi, ZDate:May 2014The efficient utilization of biomass is increasingly important due to the diminishing resources of fossil fuels worldwide. Wood, and most of other components of wood are burnt to produce energy. This presentation focuses on the dissolution ...Read more
Author:Labuschagne, Philip W; Naicker, B; Kalombo, LonjiDate:Feb 2016The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether shellac, a naturally occurring material with enteric properties, could be processed in supercritical CO2 (sc-CO2) using the particles from gas saturated solution (PGSS) process and ...Read more
Author:Mushove, T; Chikwanda, HK; Ndlovu, S; Machio, Christopher NDate:Jun 2010The objective of this work is to isolate synthesized Ti-Mg alloy powder through leaching out of MgO and any unreduced oxides of Titanium. Leaching media investigated are H2SO4, HCl and organic acids ascorbic acid/oxalic and L-cysteine /ascorbic ...Read more
Author:Mushove, T; Chikwanda, HK; Ndlovu, S; Machio, Christopher NDate:Jun 2010The objective of this work is to isolate synthesized Ti-Mg alloy powder through leaching out of MgO and any unreduced oxides of Titanium. Leaching media investigated are H2SO4, HCl and organic acids ascorbic acid/oxalic and L-cysteine /ascorbic ...Read more
Author:Nyangiwe, Nangamso N; Ouma, CN; Musee, NDate:Oct 2017Experimental studies on environmental processes such as aggregation, disaggregation, dissolution, surface transformation, and adsorption of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in the aquatic systems are reported to be influenced by their interactions ...Read more