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INSTRUMENTS BASED ON THE SEEBECK EFFECT HAVE BEEN USED SUCCESSFULLY IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES TO IDENTIFY ALLOYS THAT HAVE BEEN HARDENED BY HEAT TREATMENT OR COLD WORKING. BECAUSE THE RESULTS OF RADIATION DAMAGE, INCREASED YIELD STRENGTH AND DECREASED TOUGHNESS ARE SIMILAR, AN INVESTIGATION IS PROPOSED TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING THE SEEBECK EFFECT IN THE ASSESSMENT OF RADIATION DAMA ...

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A number of industrial processes generate wastewater with mercury contamination. Existing cleanup processes have difficulties in achieving low mercury discharge limits, especially in the presence of competing metal ions already below their discharge limits. Commercial ion exchange media are not selective for mercury, so other metal ions compete with mercury for binding sites. Consequently, excess ...

Chlorinated hydrocarbons represent the most prevalent contaminants of groundwater in the country. When released in the subsurface, they tend to persist below the water table, and it can take decades or centuries before slow-moving groundwater completely dissolves accumulations of chlorinated solvent product. Analytical methods currently available for monitoring these compounds require extensive ...

Heavy metal species mobilized and released into the environment by technological activities tend to persist indefinitely, circulating and eventually accumulating throughout the food chain, posing a serious threat to the environment, animals, and humans. Typical industrial metal-containing discharges can be considered as point-source emissions, which in turn offer the possibility of feasible remed ...

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