Preface: Materiality, Institutions & Organizing -- Introduction: Institution and Materiality -- Institutionalization as bricolage: A material perspective -- Footsteps in the sand: consequences of conformity in complex institutional environment -- The problem of ontological fluctuations in...

Fluidspeichernde und -durchströmte Apparaturen und Anlagen neigen z. B. bei Einsatz von Wasser zu einer Kalksedimentations- bzw. Foulinganfälligkeit durch Verunreinigungen im Fluid. Dies birgt gravierende Einschränkungen der Funktionalität der Anlagen im Langzeitbetrieb in sich, was sich...

"This book is a compendium of the latest academic material on investigations, technologies, and techniques pertaining to analyzing the synthesis and design of new materials. Through its broad and extensive coverage on a variety of crucial topics, such as nanomaterials, biomaterials, and relevant...

In this article the authors provide a quantitative definition of evolutionary materials using some different parameters. Attention has been paid about this question, from a technical, commercial and political point of view, but quantitative parameters have never been utilized. Our proposal,...

The physical and chemical properties of 1,4-diphenylbutadiyne (DPB) blended with carbon-supported Pd (DPB-Pd/C) in the form of pellets during hydrogenation were investigated. A thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA) was employed to measure the kinetics of the hydrogen uptake by the DPB getter pellets....

This document constitutes the final report for the grant. It provides a complete list of publications and presentations that arose from the project as well as a brief description of the highlights of the research results. The research funded by this grant has provided insights into the...

A californium shuffler originally designed to assay hollow cylindrical pieces of UA1 has been modified to assay solid cylinders. Calibration standards were characterized via chemical analysis of the molten UA1 taken during casting of the standards. The melt samples yielded much more reliable...

This paper describes a custom cathodic protection (CP) database, and discusses how this combination of data structure and software improves the ability to analyze cathodic protection. This may be a unique solution to the task of managing CP data, and may have value to others. This paper is...

This paper explores the potential of utility-scale PV power, and, specifically, the opportunity that may arise for concentrating photovoltaics (CPV). In the 1990s, sales of PV modules were dominated by small-size applications such as PV-powered water pumping, emergency telephones, and...

The design or optimization of engineering systems is generally based on several assumptions related to the loading conditions, physical or mechanical properties, environmental effects, initial or boundary conditions etc. The effect of those assumptions to the optimum design or the design finally...

China faces a significant challenge in the years ahead to continue to provide essential materials and products for a rapidly-growing economy while addressing pressing environmental concerns. Energy is a fundamental element of the national economy and the conditions of its use have a direct...

Purpose – Publishers of some scientific journals and the ISO standard require or recommend specific information to be present in abstracts. However, little is known whether this is what scientists give when they write abstracts. The aim of this paper is to test the structure of abstracts in...

Wissen, Technologie und Wissenstransfer -- Informationsverarbeitung und Informationspathologien -- Innovationsmanagement und Wissenstransfer -- Kooperation in Forschung und Entwicklung -- Operationalisierung von Wissensarten -- Fallstudien zum Wissenstransfer in der Innovationszusammenarbeit --...

An Overview on Material Science and Engineering -- Analysis and Exposition Regarding Advanced Materials in the National Program -- The Status Quo of Material Science in China -- Demands Analysis of China’s Economic and Social Development on Advanced Materials -- Development Targets and...

Einordnung in allgemeine Zusammenhänge -- Werkstoffgruppen und Werkstoffeigenschaften -- Das Mikrogefüge und seine Merkmale -- Gleichgewichte -- Atomare Bindung und Struktur der Materie -- Diffusion. Atomare Platzwechsel -- Zustandsänderungen und Phasenumwandlungen -- Vorgänge an...