Sajjad Ali; Yaseen Iqbal(Peshawar: Materials Research Laboratory Department of Physics University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 2011-12-05)
Barite is an industrially precipitated mineral and is used in the drilling oil and gas wells. In the present study, barite samples collected from Hazara division of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan were investigated using ...
Muhammad Fahad; Yaseen Iqbal; Rick Ubic(Peshawar: Materials Research Laboratory Department of Physics University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 2011-12-04)
The potential of dolomite CaMg(CO3)2 from the Swabi district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a raw material in fertilizer production was investigated in this paper. Dolomite was found as a major mineral phase when investigated ...
Syed Waqar Hasan; Syed Faraz Hasan(Peshawar: Materials Research Laboratory Department of Physics University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 2011-12-03)
The need of introducing innovative power generation methods is increasing rapidly worldwide. The conventional fuel driven methods not only require heavy financial investments, they have also been held responsible for many ...
Mohammad Sohail; Salma Bilala; Anwar-ul-Haq Ali Shah(Peshawar: Materials Research Laboratory Department of Physics University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 2011-12-02)
Polypyrole (PPy) is one of the most promising candidates for possible technological applications. However, its insolubility in common organic solvents limits its range of applications. In the present study an attempt has ...
Khan, Aqib Ali; Yaseen Iqbal(Peshawar: Materials Research Laboratory Department of Physics University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 2011-12-01)
Chromite ores are basically classified on basis of Cr2O3 content and Cr to Fe ratio in a sample.The
higher content of Cr increases the value of the ore but this is greatly affected by the presence of impurities in form ...
Falak Niaz; Khan, Muhammad Riaz; Ihsan-ul-Haque(Peshawar: Materials Research Laboratory Department of Physics University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 2010-01-04)
Results regarding the microstructural and thermal analysis of etched low carbon steel samples collected from the local steel industry are presented. The effect of varying etching time or concentration of the etchant was ...
Humaira Seema; S. K. Durrani; K. Saeed; I. Mohammadzai; N. Hussain(Peshawar: Materials Research Laboratory Department of Physics University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 2010-12-02)
Multiferroic BiFeO3 materials were synthesized by gel-combustion method using citric acid as a fuel. The as-synthesized materials were calcined at 600oC for 4 h to obtain single-phase material. The crystal structure and ...
Khan, Khalid(Peshawar: Materials Research Laboratory Department of Physics University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 2010-12-01)
Pakistan has not been able to utilize its precious mineral wealth for its economic growth and development, despite having comparatively strong mineral base. The development of material industry is critical and can play a ...
K. H. Shah; S. Mustafa; A. Naeem; M. Waseem; T. Ahmad(Peshawar: Materials Research Laboratory Department of Physics University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 2010-12-06)
Cr(III) sorption on the strong acid exchanger Amberlyst-15(H+ ) is studied as a function of time and temperature using basic chromium sulphate [Cr4(SO4)5(OH)2] solution. Increase in temperature has a positive effect on ...
N. H. Hamodi; K. A. Papadopoulou; Y. Iqbal(Peshawar: Materials Research Laboratory Department of Physics University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 2010-09-04)
The underground disposal of waste arising from the nuclear industry needs constant evaluation in order to improve it through minimizing the volume and cost by reducing the amount of glass used without compromising the ...
Salma Gul; Anwar-ul-Haq Ali Shah; Salma Bilal(Peshawar: Materials Research Laboratory Department of Physics University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 2010-07-03)
Soluble polyaniline (PANI-DBSA) was synthesized by inverse emulsion polymerization. Dedecylbenzene sulfonic acid (DBSA) was selected as a surfactant because it also acts as a dopant. In this process a mixture of chloroform ...
Afzal Khan; Carmen Jimenez; Deschanvres, Jean-luc(Peshawar: Materials Research Laboratory Department of Physics University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 2010-07-02)
The annealing process for obtaining SrCu2O2 out of the as-deposited Sr-Cu-O films by MOCVD was studied. Whatever the deposition condition may be, the as-deposited films are always composed of SrCO3 and CuO. As-deposited ...
H. U. Khan; I. M. Reaney; I. Sterianou(Peshawar: Materials Research Laboratory Department of Physics University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 2010-07-01)
LixAg1-xNbO3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.10) compositions have been fabricated by the mixed oxide route to study the effect of Li on the host material, AgNbO3. The main X-ray diffraction (XRD) traces for ceramics with x < 0.10 were single ...
S. Z. Hussain; S. K. Durrani; S. K. Durrani; M A. Hussain; N. Hussain; M. Ahmad(Peshawar: Materials Research Laboratory Department of Physics University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 2010-06-06)
Magnesium aluminum silicate (MAS) glass ceramic systems are of technological importance due to their application for high voltage and in ultra high vacuum. These materials not only possess peculiar feature of machinability ...
A. Maqsood; K Iqbal(Peshawar: Materials Research Laboratory Department of Physics University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 2010-06-04)
The correlation of physical and chemical properties with structural characteristic is important in Materials Science. There are two methods destructive method first and non-destructive second. The destructive method requires ...