American Society for Testing and Materials

TL;DR: There remains growing interest in magnesium (Mg) and its alloys, as they are the lightest structural metallic materials Mg alloys have the potential to enable design of lighter engineered systems, including positive implications for reduced energy consumption as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: This work presents surface roughness power spectra of many surfaces of practical importance, obtained from the surface height profile measured using optical methods and the atomic force microscope, and shows how the power spectrum determines the contact area between two solids.

TL;DR: A wide variety of CaPs are presented, from the individual phases to nano-CaP, biphasic and triphasic CaP formulations, composite CaP coatings and cements, functionally graded materials (FGMs), and antibacterial CaPs.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors use a geometric classification of damage zones into tip-, wall-, and linking-damage zones, based on their location around faults, which can be sub-divided in terms of fault and fracture patterns within the damage zone.

TL;DR: In this paper, non-biodegradable plastic aggregates made of polyvinylchloride (PVC) waste, obtained from scrapped PVC pipes, were used in partial replacement of conventional aggregates in concrete.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the waste management options for treating municipal solid and similar waste and focused on the principal types of facilities that are currently used for dealing with such waste in the UK and in Europe and what the currently available scientific evidence can tell us about their environmental and health effects.

TL;DR: Recommendations are based on current evidence pertaining to prevention strategies to reduce the incidence of cervical spine injuries in sport; emergency planning and preparation to increase management efficiency.

TL;DR: In this article, a disjunctive programming formulation is developed to optimize the recycle/reuse of process streams to units and the performance of wastewater treatment units, which includes in-plant property constraints as well as properties impacting the environment toxicity, ThOD, pH, color, and odor.