Plastic has become indispensable since its introduction in the late 1800s, valued for its flexibility, durability, and affordability. Global plastic production has grown exponentially, reaching 400.3 million metric tons in 2022, despite a temporary decline in early 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, only 9% of all plastics ever produced ha...

By Katrin Školnik-Krabe, Anja Bubik, Špela Dermol, Santiago Ferrándiz, Dana Perniu, Elena Cristina Rada, Anca Draghici

This study evaluates three hybrid electrocoagulation (EC) processes with aluminium electrodes:EC-zeolite process (EC+Z), EC-zeolite-ultrasound-assisted process (EC+Z+US), and EC-zeolitemagnet-assisted process (EC+Z+MAG) for compost wastewater treatment with a large content oforganic matter. The focus was on evaluating the effects of these processes...

By Nediljka Vukojević Medvidović, Ladislav Vrsalović, Sandra Svilović, Senka Gudić, Ivona Čule

The translational symmetry of the distribution of atoms (ions) of the charge carriers (electrons or holes) system is broken by sputtering (doping) due to the existence of two boundary surfaces. This is a model of high-temperature superconductors in which the observed symmetry breaking orthogonal to the CuO plane is treated as a perturbation. Single...

By Jovan Šetrajčić, Siniša Vučenović

Metallic materials in granular packings show different electrical properties from their bulk counterparts. In this paper, we investigate the temporal evolution of the electrical conductivity of granular metals. We use metallic beads arranged in different one-, two- and three-dimensional ensembles through which different constant currents are inject...

By Maja Đekić, Ajla Karić, Amra Salčinović Fetić, Melisa Baždar, Belma Husković, Dijana Dujak, Diana Ćubela

Modern steel production cannot be imagined without manganese, because almost all steels contain manganese.In this paper, we present the impact of manganese on the tensile strength values of high-carbon steel. This paper presents an improvement in the quality of wire rolling with control of manganese content in steel and the value of C-equivalent, i...

By Aida Imamović, Omer Kablar, Mirsada Oruč, Vedina Purić-Selimović, Lamija Sušić

This paper describes the difference in the creep rate of pre-strained and no pre-strained samples of superalloy N07080. The primary strengthening mechanism of this superalloy is based on the precipitation of fine and coherent particles of the intermetallic γ' phase Ni3(Al,Ti) that ensure good creep resistance. In the case of additional streng...

By Omer Beganović, Belma Fakić, Derviš Mujagić

The production of concrete structural steel using controlled cooling with Tempcore technology enables the production of high-strength steel with improved adhesion to concrete while ensuring homogeneous properties for the construction of buildings, bridges, highways, and other construction facilities in any geographical environment. Concrete reinfor...

By Vedina Purić, Omer Beganović

The assessment of workplace hazards involves recognizing the likelihood of occurrence and the severity of potential injuries or occupational diseases to employees. The risk assessment is performed by a team of experts from various scientific and professional fields to objectively evaluate the attributive and/or numerically expressed level of risk, ...

By Branko Radović, Bojana Zlatković, Anica Ranđelović

In this article we present the original Georgi-Glashow  model with gauge and fermion sector derivation in order to show grand unified theory (GUT) through this model, but also to correlate  and Standard Model (SM). One of the correlations reside in neutrino mass sector where both and Standard Model (SM) see neutrinos as massless particles...

By Emina Džaferović-Mašić

Shape memory alloys are of great commercial importance from biomedical applications to smart materials. The electrochemical behavior of Cu-Al-Zn alloy in phosphate buffer without and in the presence of amino acid was investigated. Electrochemical researches were performed in a traditional three-electrode system by means of the Tafel extrapolation m...

By Safija Herenda, Merima Begović, Edhem Hasković, Vanja Asanović