March 2011

Short review on the crystallization behavior of PET/clay nanocomposites

  In recent years, the area of polymer nanocomposites based on organically modified clay has attracted much interest in academia and industry because of their peculiar and fascinating properties. Nanomaterials are presently considered to be high potential filler material, with high aspect ratio and extremely large surface area. They improve mechanical and physical properties of polymers. Lighter, thinner,...

Author(s):   Ranjana Sharma, Himani Joshi and Purnima Jain    

March 2011

Purification of an industrial aluminum alloy by melt stirring during ohno continuous casting process

  With the purpose of upgrading the purity of a dilute industrial aluminum alloy during ohno continuous casting (OCC) process through the use of forced melt stirring; the critical stirring intensity required under a casting speed of 2 mm/min was numerically determined. The determined critical stirring intensity induces convective velocity magnitudes into the melt which are effective in transporting solutes from...

Author(s):   Simbarashe Fashu, Li Jianguo and Hu Qiao Dan