This handbook was designed to help students understand information contained in explanatory scientific and technological English texts, using the reading strategy best suited to their specific purposes as readers. The first part, "Focus on…
This handbook was designed to help students expand their linguistic and strategic repertoires so they can interpret the information contained in scientific and technical texts in English. The first part, "Focus on Reading", presents a series of…
Glass ceramics were obtained by annealing of the SiO2–CaO–Fe2O3 system, and the devitrifying effect of adding TiO2 was compared with Fe2O3. In spite of its higher field strength, TiO2 was unable to accelerate the devitrifying kinetics as…
Slags may be flame sprayed to produce hollow vitreous or semi-crystalline microspheres.
Feedstock compositions, as well as the heating and cooling kinetics, determine the properties
of the final product. These kinetics were estimated by finite…
Zirconia is evermore in demand as a thermal barrier coatings (TBC) for energy economy and metal protection. Several methods are in use to produce the coatings, including sol-gel, CVD and PVD, however plasma ablation, has not been notoriously…
La gestión integral de riesgo es fundamental en toda área urbana, siendo los gobiernos locales los responsables de guiar sus acciones hacia la reducción de su vulnerabilidad y el aumento de su resiliencia frente a las amenazas naturales y…