This study focuses on improving the operational properties of a magnesium potassium phosphate (MPP) matrix MgKPO4 × 6H2O for the immobilization of radioactive waste (RW) by introducing detonation nanodiamonds (NDs). The study evaluates the impa...
The preparation of high-performance green cementitious material from industrial solid waste is a feasible large-scale utilization approach for industrial solid waste. This work investigates the feasibility of using industrial solid wastes in a sulpho...
Heavy metal contamination, associated with the increase in industrial production and the development of the population in general, poses a significant risk in terms of the contamination of soil, water, and, consequently, industrial plants and human h...
Several recent studies have evaluated technologies of spent nuclear fuel processing specifically for solidifying transuranic (TRU) waste as a by-product of fission. Of the TRU group, plutonium and the minor actinides will be responsible for the bulk...
We report on the study of the immobilization process of non-radioactive rhenium (Re), a chemical analogue of technetium-99 (99Tc), in compounds based on magnesium potassium phosphate (MKP), as well as the possibility of enhancing their properties wit...
Magnesium potassium phosphate (MPP) matrix MgKPO4 × 6H2O is a known material for radioactive waste (RW) conditioning; magnesium oxide MgO is used in the classical method of matrix synthesis. The aim of the work was to investigate the possibilit...
Magnesium oxide is a necessary binding agent for the synthesis of a magnesium potassium phosphate (MPP) matrix based on MgKPO4 × 6H2O, which is promising for the solidification of radioactive waste (RW) on an industrial scale. The performed res...
Salt lake magnesium phosphate cement (SLMKPC) was prepared by mixing potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KH2PO4) with lithium-extracted magnesium residue (MR). The hydration-hardening process and the variation in the phase composition and microstructure...
Background: Bone regeneration remains a challenging issue in tissue engineering. The use of hydrogels as scaffolds for bone tissue repair has gained attention due to their biocompatibility and ability to mimic the extracellular matrix. This study aim...
A magnesium potassium phosphate hydrate-based flame-retardant coating (MKPC) is formulated by dead-burnt magnesium oxide (magnesia) and potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KH2PO4), behaving as a matrix. Constituents of the MKPC include wollastonite, verm...
The presented research is focused on the development and testing of the magnesium potassium phosphate cement-based materials (MKPC-based). Firstly, the fresh state properties of the pastes consisting of dead burned magnesia powder, potassium dihydrog...
Maintaining proper mechanical strength and tissue volume is important for bone growth at the site of a bone defect. In this study, potassium magnesium phosphate hexahydrate (KMgPO4·6H2O, MPC) was applied to gelma-methacrylate hydrogel (GelMA)...
Phosphate glasses have potentially interesting properties that can be used in various applications. Recently, different studies are focusing on their dissolution behaviours that can be modified to suit some environmental applications, such as control...
Synthetic limestone sand has advantages, such as stable quality and adjustable particle size distribution, and has gradually substituted high-quality natural sand as a fine aggregate in concrete production. The project team has prepared Magnesium Pot...
Magnesium phosphate cement (MPC), a new type of inorganic cementitious material, is favored in engineering and construction because of its fast setting speed and high bonding strength, but is limited in practical application due to its high productio...
A serious risk that harms the safe use of water and affects aquatic ecosystems is water pollution. This occurs when the water’s natural equilibrium is disrupted by an excessive amount of substances, both naturally occurring and as a byproduct o...
The problem of effective immobilization of liquid radioactive waste (LRW) is key to the successful development of nuclear energy. The possibility of using the magnesium potassium phosphate (MKP) compound for LRW immobilization on the example of nitri...
This study investigates the effect of coal fly ash (FA), wollastonite (WO), pumice (PM), and metakaolin (MK) as filler materials in the rheological, mechanical, chemical, and mineralogical properties of a magnesium potassium phosphate cement (MKPC),...
Portland cement is extensively used for the conditioning of radioactive waste. However, its high alkalinity is a serious obstacle to the stabilization of waste containing aluminum metal since aluminum is oxidized by the pore solution with the product...
Magnesium phosphate cement (MPC) is a type of rapid-hardening inorganic cementitious material, which has important application value in rapid road repair, solidification of hazardous and radioactive waste, and other fields. However, it suffers from e...
In this study, the compressive test and four-point flexural test were carried out to explore the water stability as well as mechanical properties of high ductility magnesium phosphate cement-based composites (HDMC). The effects of ambient curing age...
Severe undernutrition nearly always leads to marked changes in body spaces (e.g., alterations of intra-extracellular water) and in body masses and composition (e.g., overall and compartmental stores of phosphate, potassium, and magnesium). In patient...
In this study, conversion coatings were produced on the AM50 magnesium alloy by a plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) process in alkaline-silicate electrolyte with the addition of potassium hexafluorophosphate, using a unipolar pulse power source. Th...
Biological control plays an increasingly important role in various aspects of modern agriculture and forestry. Identifying biocontrol strains with commercial potential for effective disease management is currently a focal point in biological control...
Hard ceramic coatings were successfully prepared on the surface of ZM5 magnesium alloy by micro-arc oxidation (MAO) technology in silicate and aluminate electrolytes, respectively. The optimization of hard ceramic coatings prepared in these electroly...
The manuscript presents the results of the development of new material for high-level waste (HLW) management: the magnesium potassium phosphate (MKP) compound. The possibility of using zeolite (Sokyrnytsya deposit) to increase the mechanical, thermal...
Potassium magnesium phosphate cement (MKPC) is a type of chemically bonded ceramic material that has higher performance compared to traditional Portland cement. To develop the spraying and crack pouring process of MKPC, the mechanical properties, vol...
Magnesium Potassium Phosphate Cements (MKPCs) are considered a good alternative for the immobilization of aluminium radioactive waste. MKPC composition and moisture curing conditions are relevant issues to be evaluated. The corrosion of pure aluminiu...
Xanthan gum (XG) production using three Xanthomonas sp. strains (290, 472, and S6) was evaluated by applying a 23 full factorial central composite design response to study the interactive effects of the fermentation medium component concentrations as...
Mixed-anion silicate–phosphate oxysulfide glasses have attracted increasing interest due to their tunable thermal stability, electrical response, and potential use in functional glass and glass–ceramic materials. In this work, silicate&nd...
The present work was carried out to evaluate the effects of irrigation with two different municipal wastewaters (secondary-treated wastewater (SW) and tertiary-treated wastewater (TW)) compared to freshwater (FW) on main qualitative parameters of thr...
The purpose of this study was to assess the possibility of using compost made from post-consumer wood in zonal pelargonium (Pelargonium zonale) cv. ‘Tex Mex’ cultivation. The influence of compost on the plant’s development and nutritional state, as w...
Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) is a promising technology for wet manure treatment by converting animal manure into valuable fuels, materials, and chemicals. Among other HTC process parameters, the temperature influences HTC products the most. As va...
The aim of this study was to determine the properties of the components used for fermentation and digestate. The content of phosphorus and its fraction in the substrate mixture undergoing fermentation in the real agricultural biogas plant and in the...
The photosynthetic cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC7942 has recently gained great attention for its ability to directly convert CO2 into renewable chemicals upon genetic engineering. Thus, it is of great interest to increase the growth spee...
The current work was aimed at developing a new conditioning method of spent electrolyte-radioactive waste (RW) generated during the pyrochemical reprocessing of mixed nitride uranium-plutonium spent nuclear fuel. Magnesium potassium phosphate (MPP) c...
This study aimed to investigate the growth characteristics of Sageretia thea and analyze the correlations between soil physicochemical properties and microbial communities in its native habitats. Soil physicochemical properties were characterized by...
Immobilization of spent electrolyte–radioactive waste (RW) generated during the pyrochemical processing of mixed nitride uranium–plutonium spent nuclear fuel is an acute task for further development of the closed nuclear fuel cycle with f...
This paper investigated the influence of dry–wet cycles and sulfate attack on the performance of magnesium potassium phosphate cement (MKPC) as well as the effect of waterglass on MKPC. X-ray diffraction (XRD), TG-DTG, and scanning electron mic...
To study the sulfate corrosion behavior of potassium magnesium phosphate cement (PMPC) paste, the sulfate content, strength, and length of PMPC specimens were measured at different corrosion ages under 5% Na2SO4 solution soaking conditions, and the p...
The present study examines the water quality in the Quaternary Mio-Plio-Quaternary aquifer of the mining basin of Gafsa using a hydrochemical approach and multivariate statistical methods, to assess groundwater mineralization processes. Results from...
The key task in the solidification of high-level waste (HLW) into a magnesium potassium phosphate (MPP) compound is the immobilization of mobile cesium isotopes, the activity of which provides the main contribution to the total HLW activity. In addit...
Concrete structures can be degraded by exposure to environmental stressors such as freeze–thaw cycling and salt corrosion. Magnesium potassium phosphate cement (MKPC) mortar is useful for the rapid repair of such structures but must acquire env...
Potentially toxic element (PTE) co-contamination in farmland severely threatens global food safety. To identify effective remediation strategies, large-scale field trials were conducted in two karst regions of Southwest China highly co-contaminated w...