Once on Mars, maintenance and repair will be crucial for humans as supply chains including Earth and Mars will be very complex. Consequently, the raw material available on Mars must be processed and used. Factors such as the energy available for material production play just as important a role as the quality of the material that can be produced and the quality of its surface.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGraphene oxide (GO) is an advanced additive improving the properties of various types of coatings and intensifying the deposition process. In this work, GO is used as an additive to the traditional phosphating solution of the widely used Russian low-carbon steel 08YU (DC04). The anticorrosion properties of the obtained phosphate coatings were investigated in neutral (0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNumber and size of aggregated lymphoid nodules in the small intestine of mice exposed to radiation using a γ-irradiation unit GOBO-60 with Cs source were measured using the methods of visual microscopy and morphometry. Morphological status of the nodules was estimated on days 4, 28, 60, and 90 after the exposure. Significant changes were observed in the lymphoid system of the small intestine after exposure to low-intensity radiation.
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