Discover the physical mechanisms behind grease thickening, the impact on lubrication systems, and practical engineering ...

Elemental barium adopts a series of high-pressure phases with such complex crystal structures that some of them have eluded structure determination for many years. Using single-crystal synchrotron ...

Barium sulfate 1 (BaSO 4) is also known as barite, the mineral in which it is found, its principal use is as a densifying additive to oil well drilling fluids, or “muds”. BaSO 4 works well in ...