Abstract: Provided is a process for producing isolated graphene sheets from a supply of coke or coal powder containing therein domains of hexagonal carbon atoms and/or hexagonal carbon atomic interlayers. The process comprises: (a) subjecting the supply of coke or coal powder to a supercritical fluid at a first temperature and a first pressure for a first period of time in a pressure vessel and then (b) rapidly depressurizing the supercritical fluid at a fluid release rate sufficient for effecting exfoliation and separation of the coke or coal powder to produce isolated graphene sheets, wherein the coke or coal powder is selected from petroleum coke, coal-derived coke, meso-phase coke, synthetic coke, leonardite, anthracite, lignite coal, bituminous coal, or natural coal mineral powder, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A process for producing an integrated layer (10 nm to 500 ?m) of highly oriented halogenated graphene sheets, comprising: (a) preparing a graphene oxide (GO) dispersion having GO sheets dispersed in a fluid medium; (b) dispensing and depositing a layer of GO dispersion onto a surface of a supporting substrate under a shear stress condition that induces orientation of GO sheets to form a wet layer of GO on the supporting substrate; (c) introducing a halogenating agent into the wet layer of graphene oxide and effecting a chemical reaction between the halogenating agent and GO sheets to form a wet layer of halogenated graphene, C6ZxOy, wherein Z is a halogen element selected from F, Cl, Br, I, or a combination thereof, x=0.01 to 6.0, y=0 to 5.0, and x+y?6.0; and (d) removing the fluid medium.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides devices and systems that utilize concurrent and countercurrent exchange platforms to produce purified silicon.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for aerogel production and to a composite material produced by said method and comprising an aerogel and mineral fibers. An aerogel material produced on the basis of silicate with a coefficient of thermal conductivity of <18 mW/mK is obtainable by rendering it hydrophobic with HMDSO in the presence of nitric acid.

Abstract: A process (10) for the treatment of a lithium containing material (12), the process comprising the steps of: (i) Preparing a process solution from the lithium containing material (12); (ii) Passing the process solution from step (i) to a series of impurity removal steps, one of which is an HCl sparging step 58, thereby providing a substantially purified lithium chloride solution; and (iii) Passing the purified lithium chloride solution of step (ii) to an electrolysis step (70) thereby producing a lithium hydroxide solution. An additional step in which the lithium hydroxide solution produced in step (iii) is carbonated by passing compressed carbon dioxide (88) through the solution, thereby producing a lithium carbonate precipitate, is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present process provides a method for synthesizing oxide-free copper nanometal dispersion in a free and reduced state using a solution phase synthesis process. A solution of an organic reducing agent containing at least two proximal nitrogen atoms is reacted with a separate solution containing a copper salt reformulated into a charge transfer complex. The reaction products are stabilized with Lewis bases and Lewis acids and optionally can be concentrated by removing a portion of the volatile low molecular weight solvent by either the use of a partial vacuum or by chemical extraction into another phase.

Abstract: Embodiments of synthetic garnet materials having advantageous properties, especially for below resonance frequency applications, are disclosed herein. In particular, embodiments of the synthetic garnet materials can have high Curie temperatures and dielectric constants while maintaining low magnetization. These materials can be incorporated into isolators and circulators, such as for use in telecommunication base stations.

Abstract: A method for production of crystallized Cobalt (II) Chloride hexahydrate is disclosed, and an implementation includes preparing a first cobalt (II) chloride solution, separating impurities from the first cobalt (II) chloride solution to obtain a second cobalt (II) chloride solution, concentrating the second cobalt (II) chloride solution, cooling the concentrated second cobalt (II) chloride solution, and injecting CO2 gas into the cooled concentrated second cobalt (II) chloride solution at an atmospheric pressure in order for Cobalt (II) Chloride hexahydrate crystals to form in the cooled concentrated second cobalt (II) chloride solution.

Abstract: A Co2Z hexaferrite composition is provided containing molybdenum and one or both of barium and strontium, having the formula (Ba2Sr(3-Z)Co(2+X))MoxFe(y-2x)O41 where x=0.01 to 0.20; y=20 to 24; and z=0 to 3. The composition can exhibit high permeabilities and equal or substantially equal values of permeability and permittivity while retaining low magnetic and dielectric loss tangents and loss factors. The composition is suitable for high frequency applications such as ultrahigh frequency and microwave antennas and other devices.

Abstract: On example of a fluid dispensing system includes an unfiltered water container body defining an internal storage volume configured to hold a volume of water, a fluid outlet arranged for fluid communication with the internal storage volume, and a filter element positioned in the internal storage volume. With this configuration, a water dispensing process can be performed in which a single continuous stream of unfiltered water from the unfiltered water container body can pass through the filter element and be dispensed from the unfiltered water container body as a stream of filtered water. A water soluble tablet with an additive is positioned in the internal storage volume downstream of the filter medium such that the filtered water can pass out of the filter element and into contact with the water soluble tablet before being dispensed from the fluid outlet.

Abstract: Seawater is deaerated using a rotating packed bed device having one or more rotatable packing rings within a housing, a liquid inlet for infusing seawater into an interior region defined by the packing rings, a gas outlet for accepting gas which has passed radially inwardly through the packing rings and removing the gas from the interior region, and a liquid outlet for removing a deaerated seawater stream from the housing. A shaft coupled to a motor drives the packing rings causing the packing rings to rotate. The feed seawater stream passes radially outwardly through each of the packing rings thereby forming the deaerated seawater stream having a lower concentration of oxygen, air and/or carbon dioxide therein than the feed seawater stream and a gas stream having been removed from the feed seawater stream. The deaerated seawater stream is then injected into a hydrocarbon producing reservoir in an EOR process.

Abstract: A wastewater purifier has a chamber having an upper ingress end and a lower drain end, one or more wastewater nozzles connected to a wastewater source positioned near the ingress end, to produce wastewater droplets, a chilled air ingress positioned near the ingress end, connected to a chilled air source, positioned to permit the chilled air to mix with the wastewater droplets, a perforated accumulator near the drain end adapted to collect frozen droplets, a drain below the accumulator, and an egress for the chilled air near the drain end. A wastewater purifier has an elongated flow chamber having an upper portion and lower portion, one or more wastewater nozzles positioned near the upper portion, one or more egress vents positioned near the upper portion, a perforated accumulator at the bottom of the chamber, and a chilled air ingress connected between the upper and lower portions.

Abstract: A liquid treatment cartridge includes a housing, the housing including a housing part forming an axial end of the housing and including a connecting head at the axial end of the housing. The connecting head includes at least three liquid ports, each at an end of a respective channel defined by the housing part. The connecting head is configured for insertion into a head part of a liquid treatment system such that the liquid ports of the connecting head are in sealed liquid communication with respective liquid ports in the head part. The liquid treatment cartridge includes at least one separate flow conductor part on the inside of the housing, attached to the housing part and including at least one conduit for conducting liquid so as to separate interior ends of at least two of the channels from those of at least one other of the channels.

Abstract: Composite particles are disclosed comprising magnesium oxide, iron oxide, and biochar; and methods of making and using the composite particles. The composite particles may be used to recover solutes including phosphate, nitrate, ammonium, and organic compounds from aqueous solution, and the resulting solute-loaded particles may be used as a fertilizer to enhance plant growth. The composites be used to remove pollutants from agricultural runoff, wastewater, and surface water. The particles possess magnetic properties that enhance their recovery following solute adsorption.

Abstract: A system and method for treating flowing water systems with a plasma discharge to remove or control growth of microbiological species. The system and method protect other components of the water system from being damaged by excess energy from the electrohydraulic treatment. The system and method also recycle ozone gas generated by a high voltage generator that powers the plasma discharge to further treat the water. A gas infusion system upstream of or inside a plasma reaction chamber may be used to create fine bubbles of ozone, air, or other gases in the water being treated to aid in plasma generation.

Abstract: Electrolytic cartridges for, systems for, and methods of electrolyzing a brine solution of water and an alkali salt to produce acidic electrolyzed water and alkaline electrolyzed water are provided. The system includes an internal chamber for receiving the brine solution and at least two electrolytic cartridges immersed in a brine bath. Each electrolytic cartridge includes an electrode, an ion selective membrane disposed on a side of the electrode so as to define a space adjacent to at least a portion of the electrode, a permeable insert covering the ion selective membrane on a side opposite the space, and a bonding plate disposed on the permeable insert on a side opposite the side facing the ion selective membrane. The methods recycle at least a portion of alkaline electrolyzed water into the feed of a cartridge having a positively charged electrode.

Abstract: A device for separating waste includes a tank having a closed internal chamber, the device being provided with an inlet opening and an outlet opening that can be connected to a suction system. The internal chamber of the tank is provided with a magnetic filter making it possible to attract and retain ferromagnetic waste likely to be entrained by the suction system into the tank, with a grating placed between the filter and the base of the tank, with a fluid discharge system at the level of its base. The device which is intended to be connected to a suction system makes it possible to retain and recover, sorted, the waste sucked in by said system and prevent the latter from polluting the pipelines thereof until they are blocked.

Abstract: A transitional treatment composition and methods of treating coal refuse are provided. The transitional treatment composition comprises an anionic acrylate-acrylamide copolymer having from about 30 mole percent to about 50 mole percent (meth)acrylate, from about 50 mole percent to about 70 mole percent (meth)acrylamide, and a reduced specific viscosity of from about 18 dL/g to about 30 dL/g. The transitional treatment composition can be made down in an aqueous liquid.

Abstract: A composite material, method and device for preparing particle-energy multifunctional active water. The composite material contains Si, Re, Pt, Ge, Nb, Ni, Se and Mg, and is prepared from nanometer-sized particles of these elements by magnetization, sintering and remagnetization. The composite material contacts and interacts with water to convert the water into the particle-energy multifunctional active water. The particle-energy multifunctional active water is smaller than small molecule group water, with specific gravity at normal temperature of 1.002-1.004 g/cm3. The water is sterile, with stability and activity better than small molecule group water. The water has a long shelf life. After bottled water is stored for three years, its diameter, solvency, penetrability and activity do not change, and it is still sterile.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing mineral function water showing beneficial effects, such as antioxidant effects, or the like. The water including contains mineral-containing water (A) and mineral-containing water (B) according to a ratio of 1:5 to 1:20 (weight ratio), the mineral-containing water (A) containing first mineral components eluted from mineral-imparting material (A) containing: vegetation raw material, woody plant raw material, and sulfur raw material, the mineral-containing water (B) containing second mineral-containing water (B) containing the mineral component eluted from inorganic mineral-imparting material (B).

Abstract: A microbial fuel cell system includes: a supply-drain compartment to which an electrolysis solution is supplied and from which the electrolysis solution is drained; a negative electrode soaked in the electrolysis solution and holding electricity-producing bacteria on a surface thereof; and a positive electrode soaked in the electrolysis solution, including at least a part exposed to a gas phase, and holding nitrifying bacteria on a surface thereof excluding the part exposed to the gas phase. At least one of the surface of the positive electrode excluding the part exposed to the gas phase and the electrolysis solution holds denitrifying bacteria.

Abstract: A method for appropriately controlling an aeration volume for activated sludge on which aeration treatment is conducted while DO of an activated sludge mixed liquor in an aeration tank is being adjusted to substantially 0 mg/l (ultralow DO treatment). The method includes the following steps. An aeration volume correlation (G=F(Gr)) between an aeration tank and a measuring device is acquired in advance. A sample of activated sludge mixed liquor taken during ultralow DO treatment operation is temporarily intensely aerated in the measuring device and then aeration is stopped. Based on temporal changes in the measuring device DO value, an oxygen consumption rate Rr and an equilibrium DO value C1 are calculated. An appropriate aeration volume G2* of the testing device is acquired by using an Ea?G relationship formula and the like obtained in advance. An appropriate aeration volume Gr2* of the aeration tank is obtained by using the relationship G=F(Gr).

Abstract: In one embodiment, a dilute wastewater treatment system includes a separation subsystem configured to receive dilute wastewater and separate it into a product stream containing a low concentration of organic material and a reject stream containing a high concentration of organic material, and a conversion subsystem configured to receive the reject stream from the separation subsystem and anaerobically treat the reject stream to break down the organic material and separate it from water within the reject stream.

Abstract: The present invention provides a use of an inorganic salt or acid capable of producing free phosphate or fluoride ion in reducing the hardness and/or alkalinity of a water system containing residual antiscalant. In the lab test, it is found that the addition of a suitable amount of sodium phosphate or sodium fluoride may induce alkalinity reduction as well as hardness reduction. The production efficiency can be enhanced since the scaling was relieved and heat exchange efficiency can be improved. Meanwhile, lower scaling stress also means lower antiscalant dosage and cost, and thus the total operation cost can be reduced.

Abstract: A desalination system (100) having an intake unit (110) providing seawater to a pre-treatment unit (120) connected to a reverse osmosis (RO) desalination unit (130) and a post treatment unit (150). The desalination system (100) is configured to operate without any external addition of chemicals to simplify logistics and regulation concerns. The units of the system are configured to prevent biofouling, scaling and corrosion by mechanical and biological means including high flow speeds, biological flocculation of colloids, and making the water entering the RO units inhospitable to bacteria and other organisms that cause biofouling, hence preventing their settlement and removing them with the brine. Recovery rate is lowered and energy is recovered to increase the energetic efficiency and minerals that are added to the product water are taken from the brine.

Abstract: Fly ash and/or rice husk ash is molten in a submerged combustion melter, possibly together with fluxing agent and/or further vitrifiable material, and vitrified upon cooling.

Abstract: A manufacturing process includes creating 3D shells; connecting the 3D shells together to arrange as rows of the 3D shells and fasten same in a sand box; disposing the sand box in a closed chamber having a furnace and a heater; activating a pump to lower pressure in the closed chamber to be less than the atmospheric pressure; heating the sand box; introducing a molten, non-metallic material from the furnace into each 3D shell; deactivating the pump; flowing gas into the closed chamber to increase the pressure in the closed chamber to be greater than the atmospheric pressure; cooling the sand box; taking the sand box out of the closed chamber; shaking the sand box to separate the rows of the 3D shells from sand; cutting the rows of the 3D shell to obtain the 3D shells; rubbing each 3D shell; and finishing non-metallic products.

Abstract: A device for manufacturing SiO2—TiO2 based glass by growing a glass ingot upon a target by a direct method. The device includes the target, comprising a thermal storage portion that accumulates heat by being preheated, and a heat insulating portion that suppresses conduction of heat from the thermal storage portion in a direction opposite to the glass ingot.

Abstract: A glass sheet used in the making of an aircraft windshield is shaped using the “cut-to-size” method instead of the “out-after-bend” method. In a preferred aspect of the invention the “cut-to-size” method is practiced using a bending iron having a sheet shaping rail having a stationary shaping rail portion mounted on a support member and an articulating shaping rail portion pivotally mounted on the support member for movement from a non-shaping position to a shaping position.

Abstract: Provided is apparatus for fabricating materials, including: a first mold including a first forming unit pressing a first material, and a second forming mold arranged at a bottom surface of the first forming unit to have an opening exposing the first material and to form at least a part of the first material by being meshed at a part with the first forming unit; a second mold arranged at a bottom surface of the first mold to support a second material; and an interlocking mold including a fixing unit interposed between the first and second molds to fix the second material arranged at the second mold by pressing the second material, and an interlocking unit ascendably and descendibly coupled to the fixing unit to form the second material by pressing the second material in association with the forming of the first material.

Abstract: A method of processing a flexible glass sheet having a thickness of equal to or less than 300 ?m includes separating an outer edge portion of the flexible glass sheet from a bonded portion of the flexible glass sheet along a separation path while the bonded portion of the flexible glass sheet remains bonded with respect to a first major surface of a carrier substrate. The step of separating the outer edge portion provides the flexible glass sheet with a new outer edge extending along the separation path. A lateral distance between the new outer edge of the flexible glass sheet and an outer periphery of the first major surface of the carrier substrate is equal to or less than about 750 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for fiber and/or fiber perform production and in particular, optical fiber and optical fiber preform production in which a fiber substrate and a multilayered preform can be continuously produced. The layered preform is constructed from particles deposited from one or more aerosol streams containing multicomponent particles wherein individual particles have the ratio of components as desired in the perform layer. Preferably, the components of the aerosol particles have a sub-particle structure in which the subparticle structure dimensions are smaller than the particle diameter and more preferably smaller than the wavelength of light and more preferably on the molecular scale. Preferably, the particles are deposited on the perform substrate via one or more deposition units. Multiple deposition units can be operated simultaneously and/or in series.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a multi-core optical fiber that includes a plurality of cores made of pure silica glass and exhibits a minor transmission loss. The method for producing a multi-core optical fiber according to the present invention is a method for producing a multi-core optical fiber including a plurality of cores made of pure silica glass substantially free of Ge and a cladding surrounding the plurality of cores and made of a fluorine-containing silica glass. The multi-core optical fiber is produced by drawing an optical fiber preform at a drawing tension T satisfying the relationship 0.06 g/?m2<T/S<0.4 g/?m2, wherein S is a total cross-sectional area of the plurality of cores.

Abstract: An optical glass with high refractive index and low dispersion, having refractive index nd of 1.78-1.95, Abbe number vd of 32-50, and contains no GeO2, so it is not easily devitrified. An optical glass, represented by cation %, including: 1-20% of Si4+; 25-60% of B3+; 10-40% of La3+; 0-15% of Y3+; 0-20% of Nb5+; 0-15% of Ti4+; 0-10% of Ta5+; 0-5% of W6+; 0-15% of Zr4+; 0-10% of Zn2+; 0-10% of Bi3+. An optical glass with excellent transmittance, an optical glass preform and an optical element formed by the above optical glass. The optical element made by the above optical glass and the above glass preform or optical element blank, such as lens, can be used for optical systems.

Abstract: Substantially alkali free glasses are disclosed with can be used to produce substrates for flat panel display devices, e.g., active-matrix liquid crystal displays (AMLCDs). The glasses have high annealing temperatures and etch rates. Methods for producing substantially alkali free glasses using a downdraw process (e.g., a fusion process) are also disclosed.

Abstract: Ion exchangeable glasses containing SiO2, Al2O3, Na2O, MgO, B2O3, and P2O5 are provided. The compressive stresses of these ion exchanged glasses are greater than 900 megapascals (MPa) at a depth of 45 or 50 microns (?m) with some glasses exhibiting a compressive stress of at least 1 gigaPascals (GPa). The ion exchange rates of these glasses are much faster than those of other alkali aluminosilicate glasses and the ion exchanged glass is resistant damage to impact damage. A method of ion exchanging the glass is also provided.

Abstract: A method for producing sulfide glass wherein phosphorus sulfide satisfying the following formula (1) is used as a raw material: 100×A/B?37 ??(1) wherein in the formula, A is peak areas of peaks that appear at peak positions in a range of 57.2 ppm or more and 58.3 ppm or less, and 63.0 ppm or more and 64.5 ppm or less in 31PNMR spectroscopy, and B is the total of peak areas of all peaks measured in 31PNMR spectroscopy.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for producing glass articles by hot-melt processing techniques. The methods involve the use of arsenic-free chalcogenide glasses. Despite the absence of arsenic, the chalcogenide glasses have low characteristic temperatures and are stable against crystallization. The low characteristic temperatures render the glasses capable of being hot-melt processed using conventional equipment. The glasses disclosed herein are suitable for the fabrication of optical devices, including but not limited to IR-transmitting optical devices.

Abstract: A titanium-ruthenium co-doped vanadium dioxide thermosensitive film material and a preparation method thereof are provided, which relate to a technical field of uncooled infrared detectors and electronic films. The vanadium dioxide thermosensitive film material is prepared by using titanium and ruthenium as co-dopants, including a substrate and a titanium-ruthenium co-doped vanadium dioxide layer, wherein in the titanium-ruthenium co-doped vanadium dioxide layer, atomic percentages of the titanium, the ruthenium and the vanadium are respectively 4.0-7.0%, 0.5-1.5% and 25.0-30.0%, and a balance is the oxygen. The present invention also provides a preparation method of a titanium-ruthenium co-doped vanadium dioxide thermosensitive film material, including a step of using a titanium-ruthenium-vanadium alloy target as a source material and using a reactive sputtering method, or using a titanium target, a ruthenium target and a vanadium target as sputtering sources and using a co-reactive sputtering method.

Abstract: A method for forming ion-exchanged regions in a glass article by contacting an ion source with at least one surface of the glass article, forming a first ion-exchanged region in the glass article by heating a first portion of the glass article with a laser, and forming a second ion-exchanged region in the glass article. Characteristics of the first ion-exchanged region may be different from characteristics of the second ion-exchanged region. A depth of the ion-exchanged region may be greater than 1 ?m. A glass article including a first ion-exchanged region, and a second ion-exchanged region having different characteristics from the first ion-exchanged region. The thickness of the glass article is less than or equal to about 0.5 mm.

Abstract: An insulating monolithic refractory material having sufficient curing strength and usable time ensured and exhibiting excellent stability at high temperature. The insulating monolithic refractory material comprises a binder and a refractory raw material; a bulk specific gravity thereof is 0.8 to 1.8 when a kneaded mixture of the insulating monolithic refractory material with water is cured at normal temperature for 24 hours and then dried at 110° C. for 24 hours; the binder comprises a calcium aluminate cement including CaO and Al2O3 as chemical components and a strontium aluminate cement including SrO and Al2O3 as chemical components; and on the basis of 100% by mass as a total mass of the binder and the refractory raw material, a content of the strontium aluminate cement is 2 to 10% by mass, and a content of CaO derived from the calcium aluminate cement is 1 to 12% by mass.

Abstract: A composite filter aid may include acid-washed diatomaceous earth and a low extractable metal mineral. A method for making a composite material may include blending an acid-washed diatomaceous earth and a low extractable metal mineral, adding a binder to the blended diatomaceous earth and low extractable metal mineral, and forming the composite material from the acid-washed diatomaceous earth, the low extractable metal mineral, and the binder. A method for filtering a liquid may include providing a liquid for filtering and filtering the liquid through a composite filter aid that includes an acid-washed diatomaceous earth and a low extractable metal mineral.

Abstract: A refractory has the form of a dry, mineral batch of fire-resistant mineral materials combined in such a way that refractories which are long-term resistant to fayalite-containing slags, sulfidic melts (mattes), sulfates and non-ferrous metal melts and are used for refractory linings in industrial non-ferrous metal melting furnaces can be manufactured. The refractory at least contains:—at least one coarse-grained magnesia raw material as the main component;—magnesia (MgO) meal;—at least one fire-resistant reagent which, during the melting process, acts (in situ) in a reducing manner on non-ferrous metal oxide melts and/or non-ferrous metal iron oxide melts and converts same into non-ferrous metal melts.

Abstract: Disclosed is a CBS-based low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) material, and a preparation method thereof. The material has, as a main component, a sintered phase of low dielectric constant of CaSiO3 and CaB2O4, and comprises CBS and a dopant. The CBS comprises, by weight, 30-40% of CaO, 15-30% of B2O3, and 40-50% of SiO2, and the dopant comprises 0-2% of P2O5, 0-2% of nanometer CuO, and 0.5-2% of nanometer V2O5. The preparation method comprises mixing oxides including a CBS-based dielectric ceramic as a base and one or two of P2O5 and CuO as an initial dopant, and then adding V2O5 as a final sintering aid, to prepare the material. In the present invention, a CBS-based LTCC material that is obtained by sintering at a low temperature and has the advantages of low dielectric constant, low loss, and good overall performance is provided.

Abstract: The present invention is a sintering material including a granule, the sintering material having an apparent tap density of 1.0 to 2.5 g/cm3, a 50% cumulative volume particle diameter (D50N) of 10 to 100 ?m as measured before ultrasonication by laser diffraction/scattering particle size distribution analysis, a 50% cumulative volume particle diameter (D50D) of 0.1 to 1.5 ?m as measured after ultrasonication at 300 W for 15 minutes by laser diffraction/scattering particle size distribution analysis, and an X-ray diffraction pattern in which the maximum peak observed in the 20 angle range of from 20° to 40° is assigned to a rare earth oxyfluoride of the form LnOF when analyzed by X-ray diffractometry using Cu—K? or Cu—K?1 rays.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a carbide derived carbon layer with a dimple pattern. The method includes forming a dimple pattern on the surface of a carbide ceramic material and forming a carbide derived carbon layer thereon. Also disclosed is a carbide derived carbon layer with a dimple pattern produced by the method. The carbide derived carbon layer with dimple pattern has high wear resistance, good adhesion to a machine part, and excellent frictional characteristics. The carbide derived carbon layer can be applied to various fields, such as coating of carbide coated and carbide materials. Particularly, the carbide derived carbon layer is suitable for coating of machine parts (e.g., sliding parts, mechanical seals, piston rings, and compressor vanes) where excellent mechanical properties are needed.

Abstract: A foamed body that is a porous foamed body including inorganic fibers other than asbestos, and having a compressive stress when compressed at normal temperature at a compression ratio of 80% of 0.1 MPa or less and a recovery ratio when compressed at normal temperature at a compression ratio of 80% of 50% or more.

Abstract: Disclosed are a food waste fermentation device and a livestock manure composing device both using soil microbes, and a biofield generator, a microbial cell, and a microbial condenser all of which are suitably used for the devices. The food waste fermentation device includes: a food waste treatment tank for containing food waste; and a biofield generator for promoting lactic acid fermentation of food waste. The biofield generator includes a DC module or an AC module. The DC module includes a DC battery, a frequency generator generating a predetermined frequency carrier wave using DC power, a microbial cell electrically connected to the frequency generator, and a DC output portion. The DC module generates a biofield consisting of an electromagnetic field generated by the frequency generator and an electromagnetic field generated by the microbial cell. The AC module generates a biofield using an AC input signal and a microbial condenser.

Abstract: Methods are described for preventing corrosion in a corrosion-aggressive media. The methods include combining a stannous corrosion inhibitor composition with a corrosion-aggressive media (such as a nitrogen-based solution, or more specifically a liquid solution of AN or UAN) to provide a treated solution. The stannous corrosion inhibitor composition may include a caustic. Also described is a liquid including from 0.1 wt % to 25 wt % of a stannous salt and from 1 wt % to 50 wt % of a caustic, and a liquid composition including a solution of urea ammonium nitrate and a stannous material. The liquid and stannous corrosion inhibitor compositions substantially prevent corrosion of a metal surface even when used in very small amounts and at a low pH.

Abstract: A composition for weed control and fertilizer comprising iron hydroxyl ethylenediaminetriacetic acid, micromate, feed grade urea, a natural-based wetting agent, molasses desurgarized solubles, and water, and may further comprise glycerin and/or preservatives, are provided. Methods for weed control and fertilization of plants comprising the steps of providing a composition comprising an effective amount of iron hydroxyl ethylenediaminetriacetic acid, micromate, feed grade urea, natural-based wetting agent, and molasses desurgarized solubles, and applying an effective amount of the composition to soil or a plant or a weed, are also provided.