AGING BEHAVIOR OF SILICONE RUBBER SEALS DURING LONG-TERM STORAGE

Aging Behavior of Silicone Rubber Seals During Long-term Storage

The aging behavior of silicone rubber seals during long-term storage was studied by scanning electron microscope, attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, thermogravimetric analysis and compression set test.The results show that the mechanical properties of silicone rubber

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Improving direct normal irradiance retrieval in cloud-free, but high aerosol load conditions by using aerosol optical depth

Measurements of the global surface solar irradiation and its direct and diffuse components performed at three Egyptian sites (Aswan, Cairo, and Port Said) are used to test the ability of two published decomposition models to estimate the hourly direct normal irradiance from the measured global horizontal one in cloud-free conditions.The tested mode

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Circulating tumour DNA in the evolving treatment landscape of locally advanced rectal cancer: where does it fit in?

The management of locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) requires multimodality treatment, typically with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) followed by total mesorectal excision.However, the treatment landscape is rapidly evolving with total neoadjuvant therapy and non-operative management for selected patients emerging as other novel treatment ap

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