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Eniko Bitay, Irina Kacsó, Claudiu Tanaselia, Dana Toloman, Gheorghe Borodi, Szilamér-Péter Pánczél, Zsombor Kisfaludi-Bak and Erzsébet Veress
Iron slag samples unearthed from archaeological sites lying on the Eastern limes sector of Roman Dacia (the Brâncovenesti and Calugareni auxiliary forts and the Vatava watchtower) were studied in order to assess the probability of local iron working (sme...
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Richard R. Hark, Chandra S. Throckmorton, Russell S. Harmon, John R. Plumer, Karen A. Harmon, J. Bruce Harrison, Jan M. H. Hendrickx and Jay L. Clausen
Chemical analysis of soil samples using handheld spectroscopic instruments was performed to investigate if classification accuracy is enhanced through multianalyzer data fusion.
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Rafael Mateus Alves, Francisco Guilhien Gomes-Junior, Abimael dos Santos Carmo-Filho, Glória de Freitas Rocha Ribeiro, Carlos Henrique Queiroz Rego, Fernando Henrique Iost-Filho and Pedro Takao Yamamoto
Seed treatment with micronutrients is a crucial strategy for providing early seedling supply during development, and is commonly employed in soybean cultivation. However, responses to micronutrient treatment may vary based on seed vigor levels. Therefore...
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Sebastian Mas, Jesús Egido, Alberto Ortiz and Emilio Gonzalez-Parra
Product water that was used to prepare hemodialysis fluids from concentrate is purified to eliminate contaminants and to ensure treatment efficacy and patient safety. Thus, the dialysis fluid should be free of solid particles. Ultrafilters are used to re...
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Ana Cristina Pinto Silva, Keyla Thayrinne Zoppi Coimbra, Levi Wellington Rezende Filho, Gustavo Pessin and Rosa Elvira Correa-Pabón
Currently, most mining companies conduct chemical analyses by X-ray fluorescence performed in the laboratory to evaluate the quality of Fe ore, where the focus is mainly on the Fe content and the presence of impurities. However, this type of analysis req...
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Lifei Wei, Yangxi Zhang, Ziran Yuan, Zhengxiang Wang, Feng Yin and Liqin Cao
Soil total arsenic (TAs) contamination caused by human activities?such as mining, smelting, and agriculture?is a problem of global concern. Visible/near-infrared (VNIR), X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF), and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIB...
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Chaymae Hejjaj, Ahmed Ait Aghzzaf, Nico Scharnagl, Mohammed Makha, Mouad Dahbi, Mikhail L. Zheludkevich, Rachid Hakkou and Christian B. Fischer
A new corrosion inhibitor called ATP-6-AHA was elaborated, and its inhibition action on S235 low carbon steel in 3.5% sodium chloride (NaCl) was investigated using gravimetry, potentiodynamic polarization (PP), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy ...
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Giacomo Fiocco, Tommaso Rovetta, Monica Gulmini, Anna Piccirillo, Claudio Canevari, Maurizio Licchelli and Marco Malagodi
Musical instrument coatings are generally made by multi-layered systems of organic and inorganic materials, applied on the wood substrate by the violin makers during the finishing process. This coating has paramount relevance for several aspects: protect...
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Martina Ba?istová, Jirina Vontorová, Simona Zlá, Monika Kawuloková, Petr Lichý and Tomá? Dvorský
Quality quartz sand is globally utilized in construction due to its availability and economic factors, especially in the production of composite cements. Despite its positive properties, quartz sand also has several disadvantages. The dilation of quartz ...
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Riccardo Vettraino, Valeria Valentini, Paola Pogliani, Marco Ricci, Stefano Laureti, Serena Calvelli, Rocco Zito, Luca Lanteri and Claudia Pelosi
This paper summarizes the main results of the study, diagnostics, and restorations conducted and applied to a 16th century wall painting (a portion of the frieze and the Riario coat of arm) in Palazzo Gallo (Bagnaia, Viterbo district?central Italy) recen...
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Chuanxi Luo, Duanyi Wang, Jian Li and Jun He
This study focuses on unknown crystal precipitates from an asphalt mixture used in bridge deck pavement layers. X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy was used to analyze the composition and source of crystals in the asphalt mixture used in bridge deck pavement...
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Hristina Lazarova, Rusi Rusew, Kostadin Iliev, Liliya Tsvetanova, Borislav Barbov and Boris Shivachev
The present work focuses on the removal of dyes from polluted water, and, more precisely, the targets are crystal violet (CV) and methylene blue (MB). For this purpose, a series of Zr-modified catalysts based on microporous Engelhard Titanium Silicate 10...
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Binhao Liu, Shengxiao Wang, Pengcheng Dong, Xinzhe Zhang, Long Zhang, Chen Chen, Xihui Xu, Yan Xia, Zhenguo Shen, Liang Shi and Yahua Chen
The retention of copper (Cu) in saline?alkali soil (SAS) during long-term application of biogas residue (BR) with a high concentration of Cu raises concerns. In this work, the fate of Cu was detected using adsorption isotherms, scanning electron microsco...
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Jakob Windisch, Andreas Gradwohl, Beric Michael Gilbert, Quinton Marco Dos Santos, Gabriele Wallner, Annemarie Avenant-Oldewage and Franz Jirsa
The upper reaches of the Crocodile River (West) system are located in the western basin of the Witwatersrand mountain chain, an area heavily influenced by gold mining. After the spill of highly acidic and contaminated mining-influenced water into the riv...
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Jie Yang, Zhibo Zhou, Tianji Lu and Ling Shen
The present work reports the identification of inorganic and organic materials applied in gildings of Kizil Grottoes mural paintings, located in the western part of China. A total of 10 gold gilding samples were collected from caves dated in the fourth?s...
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Teresa Palomar, Marina Martínez-Weinbaum, Mario Aparicio, Laura Maestro-Guijarro, Marta Castillejo and Mohamed Oujja
Flashed glasses are composed of a base glass and a thin colored layer and have been used since medieval times in stained glass windows. Their study can be challenging because of their complex composition and multilayer structure. In the present work, a s...
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Giovanni Romanelli, Carla Andreani, Enrico Ferraris, Christian Greco, Salima Ikram, Silvia Licoccia, Giuseppe Paladini, Stewart F. Parker, Enrico Preziosi, Roberto Senesi, Lucy Skinner, André J. Veldmeijer, Valentina Venuti and Valentina Turina
The Museo Egizio?s collection contains 200 precious and unique leather artifacts belonging to different historical periods. The materials used during the tanning and curing procedures affect the chemical and elemental composition of the surface of the sa...
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Amani-Christiana Saint, Vasiliki Dritsa and Maria Koui
A multi-analytical non-destructive testing (NDT) methodology was applied to copper-based artifacts originated from various archaeological sites of Greece. X-ray fluorescence (XRF), fiber optics diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (FORS) and scanning electro...
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Michela Albano, Silvia Grassi, Giacomo Fiocco, Claudia Invernizzi, Tommaso Rovetta, Maurizio Licchelli, Raffaella Marotti, Curzio Merlo, Daniela Comelli and Marco Malagodi
Soiling deposition and wrong conservation practices are among the causes of the decay process that can affect the morphological, mechanical, and compositional features of the varnish, the most exposed layer of an artefact. In this perspective, the identi...
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Giorgio S. Senesi, Olga De Pascale, Aldo Bove and Bruno S. Marangoni
One of the main objectives in the steel production process is to obtain a blast furnace pig iron of good quality and at the lowest possible cost. In general, the quality of pig iron is evaluated on the basis of its chemical composition determined by X-ra...
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