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AUTHOR
A. Danner
The Relevance of Kneading and Extrusion Parameters in the Manufacture of Active Porous Aluminas from Pseudoboehmites
In order to study the effect-on crushing strength, attrition resistance, specific pore volume, and pore volume distribution of extrudates-of kneading and extrusion parameters in the manufacture of active porous aluminas, a commercial pseudoboehmite (Pural SB from Condea Chemie, Brunsbuttel, FRG) was employed. A minimum kneading torque was required to prepare an extrudable paste, predetermined by extrusion conditions. The torque had an upper limit with respect to certain extrudate properties. The amount of water and the concentration of nitric acid as binder solutions were found to have a decisive bearing on the mechanical properties and the distribution of the pore volume. Crushing strength…
Improved contrast for myeloma focal lesions with T2-weighted Dixon images compared to T1-weighted images
International audience; Purpose: The purpose of this study was twofold. First, to compare the contrast between spinal multiple myeloma (MM) focal lesions and surrounding bone marrow obtained on T2-weighted Dixon fat-only MR images to that obtained on T1-weighted spin-echo images. Second, to search for correlation between bone marrow fat fraction assessed by T2-weighted Dixon sequence and International Myeloma Working Group myeloma defining events.Materials and methods: A total of 39 patients with 112 focal MM lesions were included. There were 25 men and 14 women with a mean age of 68.8±9.8 [SD] years (range: 49-88 years). Contrast between focal MM lesions and surrounding bone marrow was cal…