Author:Gledhill, Irvy MA; Butcher, GDate:Aug 2014Research has shown that companies with more diversity and a better workplace perform better. So what makes a good workplace in physics, where women and men can work to their full potential? In the Improving the Workplace Environment workshop ...Read more
Author:Mashiri, M; Chakwizira, J; Mahapa, SDate:Aug 2010This paper presents findings of a study to investigate the advisability and feasibility of establishing a transport authority (TA) in the Capricorn District Municipality (CDM) with a view to strengthening transport service delivery in the ...Read more
Author:Meyer, CFDate:Nov 1993The aim of this project was to establish the needs of the industry with regard to bord and pillar ventilation requirements. In addition, the aim was to establish whether sufficient research has already been done by the mining industry and if ...Read more
Author:Godfrey, Linda K; Scott, DDate:May 2011Piloting of the South African Waste Information System (SAWIS) provided an opportunity to research whether the collection of data for a national waste information system could, through a process of learning, change the way that waste is managed ...Read more
Author:Ojijo, Vincent O; Sadiku, ERDate:Jun 2017This chapter discusses the strategies employed in enhancing the wear performance of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP). A brief overview of the polyolefins, their structure, and tribological characteristics and applications is presented. ...Read more
Author:Landman, WA; Marx, E; Park, R; Landman, S; Lazenby, MDate:Oct 2011Whilst climate change projections are suggesting an increase in temperature extremes over southern Africa, these extremes are not expected to happen every day or even every summer. Operational weather and seasonal forecasts can indicate whether ...Read more
Author:Gqola, PDDate:Aug 2006The only second lesbian conference in South Africa, and the first that brings together so many people from the LGBTi community. When women make history do not usually consciously reflect on this as what women are doing. Our foremothers did ...Read more
Author:Oosthuizen, Dina N; Motaung, David E; Swart, HCDate:Aug 2018The strategy for the synthesis of metal oxide nanostructured based sensors that operate at room temperature with higher sensitivity and selectivity facilitates the forecasts towards low cost and power consumption gas sensors which will be ...Read more
Author:Oosthuizen, Dina N; Motaung, David E; Swart, HCDate:Aug 2019The strategy for the synthesis of metal oxide nanostructured based sensors that operate at room temperature with higher sensitivity and selectivity facilitates the forecasts towards low cost and power consumption gas sensors which will be ...Read more
Author:Lain, Elisabeth J; Smith, Marie EDate:Jan 2024A new age of satellite remote sensing is upon us. High-tech sensors capable of imaging the earth at over 100 spectral wavebands are now a reality. These sensors, known as hyperspectral radiometers, capture very fine spectral features of the ...Read more
Author:Pandelani, Thanyani A; Reinecke, John D; Beetge, FDate:01 Sep 2010This study presents the results of a practical investigation into the robustness of the newly developed Military Extremity (MiL-Lx) lower leg, as compared to the Hybrid III (HIII) lower leg, with respect to repeatability and reproducibility ...Read more
Author:Oosthuizen, SJDate:Mar 2011This article explores the Fray Farthing Chen (FFC) Cambridge process, a novel method for the electrochemical deoxidation of metal oxides in molten salt, discovered at the University of Cambridge in 1997. The process was hailed as a highly ...Read more
Author:Oosthuizen, SJDate:Oct 2010This article explores the Fray Farthing Chen (FFC) Cambridge Process, a novel method for the electrochemical de-oxidation of metal oxides in molten salt, discovered at the University of Cambridge in 1997. The process was hailed as a highly ...Read more
Author:Israel, S; Engelbrecht, P; Tredoux, G; Fey, MVDate:2009Batch experiments were performed to denitrify groundwater using sawdust as a carbon source at Marydale, South Africa. Alkalinity, pH, Electrical Conductivity, nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, SO42-, heterotrophic plate count (HPC), dissolved organic ...Read more
Author:Chidembo, AT; Aboutalebi, SH; Konstantinov, K; Jafta, CJ; Liu, H; Ozoemena, KIDate:Jan 2014We report the use of spray pyrolysis method to synthesize high surface area (BET surface area of 139 m2g-1) self–organized, micron sized urchin-like composites made up of reduced graphene oxide and needle-shaped manganese oxide (rGO-Mn2O3/Mn3O4). ...Read more
Author:Labuschagne, Philip W; Kazarian, SG; Sadiku, REDate:May 2011A study of the H-bonding between poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) in the presence of supercritical carbon dioxide at various temperatures, pressures, different M(w) of PEG and PVP and different PEG/PVP ratios is ...Read more
Author:Watson, BP; Kuijpers, J; Miovsky, PDate:Dec 2009The Bushveld platinum group metal deposits in South Africa are the largest in the world. These deposits occur as two distinct stratiform tabular ore bodies and strike for many hundreds of kilometres. Mining is extensive, with depths ranging ...Read more
Author:Israel, S; Rosenov, A; Tredoux, G; Jovanovic, NebojsaDate:Sep 2011Groundwater pollution by nitrate is a known problem which occurs all around the world. In its nitrate (NO3) and other forms, nitrogen can move through soil into groundwater. Nitrogen can also contribute to surface water quality problems. In ...Read more
Author:Motaung, DE; Moodley, MK; Manikandan, E; Coville, NJDate:2010Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are unique one-dimensional nanostructure with extraordinary electronic, thermal, optical, and mechanical properties. These properties make SWCNTs suitable materials for a wide range of advanced technological ...Read more
Author:Ilgner, HJ; Goosen, P; Dumbu, SDate:Sep 2010Methods to detect the flow condition at the pipeline invert are reviewed. New results of a small heated plate inserted into a non-metallic pipe are presented. This thermal method is based on mini-heaters and can detect erratic flow behaviour ...Read more