1. Alternative beneficiation of tantalite and removal of radioactive oxides from Ethiopian Kenticha pegmatite–spodumene ores

   • Berhe Goitom Gebreyohannes
   • Velázquez del Rosario Alberto
   • Bogale Tadesse

   OriginalPaper 30 June 2017 Pages: 727 - 735

2. Solution chemistry of carbonate minerals and its effects on the flotation of hematite with sodium oleate

   • Dong Li
   • Wan-zhong Yin
   • Qi Liu

   OriginalPaper 30 June 2017 Pages: 736 - 744

3. Combustion characteristics and kinetics of anthracite with added chlorine

   • Cui Wang
   • Jian-liang Zhang
   • Kuo-chih Chou

   OriginalPaper 30 June 2017 Pages: 745 - 755

4. Effect of the CaO/SiO₂ mass ratio and FeO content on the viscosity of CaO–SiO₂–“FeO”–12wt%ZnO–3wt%Al₂O₃ slags

   • Jian-fang Lü
   • Zhe-nan Jin
   • Fa-xin Xiao

   OriginalPaper 30 June 2017 Pages: 756 - 767

5. Electrorheological effect of Ti-bearing blast furnace slag with different TiC contents at 1500°C

   • Hong-rui Yue
   • Tao Jiang
   • Xiang-xin Xue

   OriginalPaper 30 June 2017 Pages: 768 - 775

6. Isothermal oxidation behavior and mechanism of a nickel-based superalloy at 1000°C

   • Zhi-yuan Zhu
   • Yuan-fei Cai
   • Guo-fu Zhang

   OriginalPaper 30 June 2017 Pages: 776 - 783

7. Evaluation of the microstructure, secondary dendrite arm spacing, and mechanical properties of Al–Si alloy castings made in sand and Fe–Cr slag molds

   • I. Narasimha Murthy
   • J. Babu Rao

   OriginalPaper 30 June 2017 Pages: 784 - 793

8. Microwave hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of rare-earth stannate nanoparticles

   • Shuang Huang
   • Hua-lan Xu
   • Lei Wang

   OriginalPaper 30 June 2017 Pages: 794 - 803

9. Microwave absorption properties of SiC@SiO₂@Fe₃O₄ hybrids in the 2–18 GHz range

   • Peng Zhou
   • Jun-hong Chen
   • Xin-mei Hou

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 June 2017 Pages: 804 - 813

10. Effects of the deep rolling process on the surface roughness and properties of an Al−3vol%SiC nanoparticle nanocomposite fabricated by mechanical milling and hot extrusion

    • Sajjad Sattari
    • Amir Atrian

    OriginalPaper 30 June 2017 Pages: 814 - 825

11. Effects of metal binder on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Al₂O₃-based micro-nanocomposite ceramic tool material

    • Xiu-ying Ni
    • Jun Zhao
    • Zuo-li Li

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 June 2017 Pages: 826 - 832

12. Effect of vanadium carbide on commercial pure aluminum

    • Hua-ping Sun
    • Jun Wu
    • Zheng-hua Tang

    OriginalPaper 30 June 2017 Pages: 833 - 841

13. Phase transformation and crystal growth behavior of 8mol% (SmO_1.5, GdO_1.5, and YO_1.5) stabilized ZrO₂ powders

    • R. Mahendran
    • S. P. Kumaresh Babu
    • A. Vallimanalan

    OriginalPaper 30 June 2017 Pages: 842 - 849

14. Carrier transport characteristics of H-terminated diamond films prepared using molecular hydrogen and atomic hydrogen

    • Jin-long Liu
    • Liang-xian Chen
    • Cheng-ming Li

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 June 2017 Pages: 850 - 856