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A new model for toxicity of uranium dust

Zucchetti M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US

Depleted Uranium (DU) is mostly composed by the natural radioactive isotope U238 and it is a by-product of the enrichment process, that part of the nuclear reactors fuel cycle that produces the nuclear fuel to [...]

Green Remediation using Renewable Energy and Automation

Ambler M., Weston Solutions, Inc., US

The goal of the project is reduction of contaminants associated with gasoline at a retail fuel station. Groundwater gasoline range organic concentrations at the site were 500 mg/L prior to system startup. Advanced technologies and [...]

Sorption of Carbon Dioxide at High Temperatures by Slag

Tseng T.K., Chun K.L., Chu H., Chun K.L., National Cheng Kung University, TW

After industrial revolution, the increases of CO2 concentration in the atmosphere are resulted from the consumption of huge amounts of fossil fuels; hence causes global climate changes including temperature increasing and ocean level rising. Technologies [...]

Oil Production from Waste Plastics & News Paper using Catalytic Dissociation on Noble Metal supported on Zeolite

Lim D.-J., Kim M.C., Cheongju University, KR

Catalytic dissociation reaction of waste plastics and news paper was studied for oil production. SEM analysis were performed to find out crystal structure of prepared catalysts. GC-MAS analysis was also performed to find out product [...]

Recycling of Waste Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) into Feedstock Monomers

Siddiqui M.N., Redhwi H.H., King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, SA

Plastics play a very important role in our daily life with a dramatical increase in the consumption of plastics worldwide. To produce in vast and increasing amounts of plastics in order to meet the current [...]

Interaction between Volatile Organic Compounds and Functional Monomers in Molecularly Imprinted Materials

Luga C., Ortíz E., Noreña L., Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, MX

Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) have been playing an increasingly important role in volatile organic compound (VOC) sensing for air quality control. The unique feature of these materials is their biomimetic molecular recognition functionality. Theoretical chemistry [...]

Comparative Analysis for Pseudoboehmite Obtainded by Sol Gel Using Green Chemistry Expert System Sofware

Serna Saiz J., Camargo G., Moreno J.C., Suarez A.F., Universidad Libre, CO

Monohidróxide aluminum, known as pseudoboehmite (AlOOH) was obtained by the sol-gel method by the reaction between aluminum and isopropyl alcohol to produce aluminum isopropoxide using mercuric iodide and Iodine sublimed as catalyst. This work looks [...]

Polymer Coated Nickel Ferrite Nanoparticles for High-gradient Magnetic Separation

Alvarez R., Trad T.M., Martirosyan K.S., University of Texas at Brownsville, US

Magnetic separation is a complex physical process in which magnetically susceptible composites is extracted from a liquid mixture using magnetic properties of the substances. Several separation procedures are developed based on magnetic susceptibility, magnetohydrostatic, magnetohydrodynamic [...]

STARBONS®: Preparation, applications and transition from laboratory curiosity to scalable product

Shuttleworth P.S., Budarin V.L., Breeden S.W., Luque R.L., White R., Clark J.H., University of York, UK

Starbons® are a novel family of mesoporous materials derived from polysaccharides, which have surface tunable functionalities ranging from hydrophilic to hydrophobic. This novel Starbon® technology utilizes the natural ability for polysaccharides to retain their organized [...]

Electrochemical activities of hybrid nanocomposite membrane

Thanganathan U., Okayama University, JP

Organic-inorganic hybrid proton-conducting materials are expected to be the next generation, of high-performance membranes in a variety of fields as they have both the functionality of organic compounds and the stability of inorganic substances. The [...]