Iron overload is a matter of an extreme clinical importance, in the overall management of Thalassaemia. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), has evolved in a novel tool for iron quantification during the last decade and it is considered as a validated,...
Compacted graphite iron (CGI) has become the most ideal material for automotive engine manufacturing owing to its excellent mechanical properties. However, tools are severely worn during processing, considerably shortening their lifespan. In this stu...
This study aims to determine the extent to which coating composition and workpiece properties impact machinability and tool selection when turning Compacted Graphite Iron (CGI) under extreme roughing conditions. Two CGI workpieces, differing in pearl...
Polycrystalline cubic boron nitride (PCBN) tools are widely used for hard machining of various ferrous materials. The edge structure of the PCBN cutting tool greatly affects the machining performance. In this paper, dry turning experiments were condu...
Considering that iron-based super alloy is a kind of difficult-to-cut material, it is easy to produce work hardening and serious tool wear during machining. Therefore, this work aims to explore the chip change characteristics and tool wear mechanism...
The spinner mechanism is one of the main working mechanisms of the iron roughneck, which is used to realize the rapid screwing-in or screwing-out of the drill pipe thread. The main problems of the spinner mechanism and the existing solutions are anal...
Cast iron is a material widely used in mechanical engineering, the automotive industry and large-scale structures. Interest in cast iron remains strong, despite the widespread drive to manufacture ever lighter, cheaper and more durable machine parts...
Powder mixtures based on copper or iron are used as metal binder materials in the manufacturing of abrasive and cutting tools. This article discusses some aspects and possibilities of using a high-energy ball milling process to modify the structure a...
Poly-crystalline diamond (PCD) is an extremely tough, synthetically produced cutting tool material, which offers outstanding capabilities concerning wear behavior in abrasive cutting environments. Currently, the primary application of PCD cutting too...
A motor core is formed by stacking iron sheets on top of each other. Traditionally, there are two stacking methods, riveting and welding, but these two methods will increase iron loss and reduce usage efficiency. The use of resin is the current devel...
Iron-based nanoparticles, particularly iron oxide nanostructures (IONPs), have emerged as versatile and clinically relevant platforms for drug delivery and theranostic applications. Among these, superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs), in...
In order to improve the cutting performance of cemented-carbide (YG8) tools during the milling of high-chromium cast iron, AlTiZrN coating was deposited on the surface of YG8 samples and milling tools by physical vapor deposition (PVD) technology. Th...
The subsurface injection of nanoscale zero-valent iron particles (nZVI) for the in situ reductive remediation of contaminated aquifers has grown over the last 25 years. However, several efforts are still being made to improve the stability and delive...
Modern technology allows ductile cast iron parts to be efficiently machined while ensuring a relatively long tool life. One of the basic indices describing the susceptibility of ductile cast irons to change in volume, shape, and dimensions under mach...
Research methods that predict Fe bioavailability for humans can be extremely useful in evaluating food fortification strategies, developing Fe-biofortified enhanced staple food crops and assessing the Fe bioavailability of meal plans that include suc...
A mechanochemical effect is investigated to reduce diamond tool wear by means of applying a surfactant to low-carbon magnetic iron during diamond turning. Orthogonal microcutting demonstrates the manifestation of the mechanochemical effect through th...
The present paper continues the authors’ research in machining process optimization, including the direction of machining parameters optimization. The paper develops an innovative method, via surface integrity, for determining the technological...
The aim of this work is to develop a die material selection criterion for aluminum hot stamping applications. The criterion has been based on the back-to-back comparison of a set of reciprocating friction and wear tests. Three representatives belongi...
In zooarchaeological research, animal bone fractures can result from various processes including slaughtering, dismemberment, marrow/grease extraction, craft processing, carnivore gnawing/trampling, sediment compression, bioturbation, and recovery bi...
Flake (FGI) and spheroidal (SGI) graphite cast irons are often used to produce workpieces, which often need to be machined. Machinability differences under various machining methods are the basis for choosing machining equipment and technology. In th...
The turning process is the main machining task in brake disc production, and the PCBN tool is the most suitable type of cutting tools in the machining of brake discs made of cast iron. The edge geometric optimization of the PCBN tool is the key facto...
Bimetallic nanoparticles (BMNPs) combine unique and synergistic properties of two metals, allowing new specific applications. In this study, bimetallic AuFe nanoparticles and their conjugates with methotrexate (MTX) were obtained with an environmenta...
Iron is a key micronutrient essential for various essential biological processes. As a consequence, alteration in iron concentration in seawater can deeply influence marine biodiversity. In polar marine environments, where environmental conditions ar...
This work presents the analysis of mechanisms controlling the deformation strengthening of the surface during abrasion and their impact on structural changes and mechanical properties of Fe-Mn-Cu-Sn-C matrix material, which was prepared by means of p...
The dynamic development of new technologies enables the optimal computer technique choice to improve the required quality in today’s manufacturing industries. One of the methods of improving the determining process is machine learning. This pap...
Anshan-Benxi area in Liaoning province is an important banded iron formations (BIFs) ore-mining district in China. Chlorite is widely distributed in this area, which is related to BIFs and high-grade iron ore, respectively. A fast and convenient meth...
The work presents the possibility of fabricating materials for use as a matrix in sintered metallic-diamond tools with increased mechanical properties and abrasion wear resistance. In this study, the effect of micro-sized SiC, Al2O3, and ZrO2 additiv...
In this work we approach the relationship between redox state and iron overload by noninvasive instrumental techniques. Intracardiac, liver iron and liver fibrosis have been monitored in transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients by magnetic resonanc...
Due to its desirable mechanical properties, compacted graphite iron (CGI) has been used to replace conventional gray cast iron (CI) in various applications, such as automotive engine blocks and cylinder heads. However, the poor machinability of CGI c...
To reduce anemia among adolescent girls, factors that influence the consumption of iron-rich foods/IRF have not been investigated, and neither has a tool been developed to assess its determinants. Using the extended version of the theory of planned b...
The actual process of using a resin to glue can optimize many shortcomings in the basic traditional process of welding a motor core. For example, the use of a resin for gluing can lead to a reduction in iron loss, improve rigidity, reduce processing...
Gray cast iron (GCI) is a common material in the automotive industry due to its mechanical characteristics, which change primarily for materials employed for the foundry and cooling rate of material. According to the workpiece, the material of the cu...
Granular metallic iron (gFe0) materials have been widely used for eliminating a wide range of pollutants from aqueous solutions over the past three decades. However, the intrinsic reactivity of gFe0 is rarely evaluated and existing methods for such e...
The study of cellular machineries responsible for the iron–sulfur (Fe–S) cluster biogenesis has led to the identification of a large number of proteins, whose importance for life is documented by an increasing number of diseases linked to...
We have developed a tool that allows us to easily visualize evolutionary variation via complementary multiple sequence alignments and frequency-based stacked Sequence Logos. This tool, TOTEMS (hisTogram of evOluTionarily consErved aMino acidS), visua...
Iron (Fe) deficiency and toxicity are the most widely prevalent soil-related micronutrient disorders in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Progress in rice cultivars with improved tolerance has been hampered by a poor understanding of Fe availability in the soi...
Iron deficiency (ID) is the most common nutritional deficiency. ID diagnosis requires ferritin measurement because clinical findings are poor and nonspecific. We studied the diagnostic value of blue sclera, which was scarcely reported as a specific a...
To facilitate the clinical use of an algorithm for predicting the risk of gastrointestinal malignancy in iron deficiency anaemia—the IDIOM score, a software application has been developed, with a view to providing free and simple access to heal...
The Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) list has been defined based on economic importance and supply risk by the European Commission. This review paper describes two issues regarding critical raw materials: the possibilities of their substitution in iron-...
Iron is an element necessary for cells due to its capacity of transporting oxygen and electrons. One of the important co-morbidities in heart failure is iron deficiency. Iron has relevant biological functions, for example, the formation of haemoglobi...
Iron carbide (Fe3C) is a ceramic magnetic material with high potential for applications in different fields, including catalysis, medicine imaging, coatings, and sensors. Despite its interesting properties, it is still somehow largely unexplored, pro...
The contact stress and heating effect between the cutting tool and workpiece in metal machining is symmetrical. However, the symmetry may be destroyed by changes in the workpiece material mechanical properties, such as ductility. The goal of this stu...
Silicon nitride (Si3N4) based ceramic tools exhibit good machinability in cutting materials such as gray cast iron, ductile iron, malleable cast iron, and superalloys due to excellent high-temperature mechanical properties. In this paper, high-perfor...
Many technologies for cutting the magnetic laminations, from which electric motors cores are built, change material properties, among which are magnetizability and iron loss, thus affecting the motor parameters such as motor efficiency. This problem...
Composites consisting of iron aluminide and iron silicide phases were studied in this work. Powders of iron aluminide and iron silicide were prepared by mechanical alloying separately. Subsequently, they were blended in three different proportions an...
Citrate-coated electrostatically stabilized very small superparamagnetic iron oxide particles (VSOPs) have been successfully tested as magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) contrast agents and are promising tools for molecular imaging of atheroscleros...
(1) Background: Iron is an essential metal for the proper growth and neurodevelopment of infants. To prevent and treat iron deficiency, iron supplementation or fortification is often required. It has been shown, though, that it affects the synthesis...
Iron is considered to play a key role in the development and progression of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). In particular, iron that accumulates in myeloid cells after the blood-brain barrier (BBB) seals may contribute to chronic inflammation, oxidative str...
Nanoparticles have experienced increasing interest over the past three decades owing to the development of new synthesis methods and the adaptation of analysis tools with spatial resolutions below one micrometer. Among the different types of nanopart...
The development of nanoplatforms prepared to perform both multimodal imaging and combined therapies in a single entity is a fast-growing field. These systems are able to improve diagnostic accuracy and therapy success. Multicomponent Nanoparticles (M...
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