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Some samples showed a trend for a higher Young’s modulus in wet conditions.

However, an unexpected trend is observed whereby the overall Poisson’s ratio approaches −1 as the inner-to-outer diameter approaches 1, although none of the material components possess a Poisson’s ratio lower than −0.5.

As the concentration of Eu in the La x Eu 1−x B 6 reaction is increased there is a clear trend of increasing amounts of B relative to M until the system becomes stoichiometric with EuB 6 (86% B or x = 1; Figure 2 B), with a slightly higher Eu content in La x Eu 1−x B 6 than was expected with x < 1 ( Figure 2 C).

However, the corrosion rate exhibits a decreasing trend when the temperature is higher than 60 °C (see Figure 4 ).

Value of p < 0.05 was deemed significant, while a p -value of p < 0.01 was regarded as highly significant.

The test results of the subsequent yield surface in all cases mentioned above show that (1) whether the subsequent yield surface measured by the single-sample method has a definite concavity is related to the test order and may be significant or may not be present.

The PEI/PC blends showed a decreasing trend for both the modulus and strength with increasing values of PC content.

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In general, because of group effects and in particular the shadowing effect [ 5 ] the efficiency of a pile-group is less than unity with a decreasing trend as the load increase.

BET analyses displayed an expected trend in which the presence of carbon nanotubes remarkably increased the surface area of composites with respect to titania ( Table 3 ).

For instance, the Rp values for the CEVCn specimens clearly show an increasing trend, i.e., improved corrosion resistance towards the end of the test ( Figure 6 b), which was not observed for CEVn specimens, where “empty” vesicles were employed.

The mass of deposited MnO 2 reached 0.600, 1.134 and 1.733 mg, thereby presenting an increasing trend with prolonged deposition time.

The fracture degree shows a slight fluctuation around 1% at different temperatures, while the fracture complexity shows an increasing trend with the rise of temperature.

The fracture fractal dimension showed a decreasing trend with the rise of temperature, which is rational because at a lower temperature, especially lower than the glass transition temperature of the binder, the brittleness of binder is enhanced, so more transgranular and trans-particle fracture will occur; while at a higher temperature, especially higher than the glass transition temperature of the binder, the viscosity of the binder is enhanced so more intergranular and inter-particle fracture will occur.

Despite the fact that the relative density follows a decreasing trend with the increase of the ammonia flow time, it should be noted that hardness follows a growing tendency.

As the curing progressed, mixture B-0-N showed a clear trend of more Al uptake in the C-S-Hs with the increasing Si/Ca ratio.

It can be seen from Figure 6 a that the storage modulus of sample D-4 increased at first and then decreased, while other samples showed an increasing trend with loading.

It is obvious that the nozzle diameter and cylinder ratio had a highly significant impact on the particle size and shape.

Contrary to other exposure conditions, the decrease in the transmission of degraded samples with exposure time in this case is quite significant.

The relationship between sliding speed and S/N ratio in Figure 3 shows a decreasing trend for speeds from 1 m/s to 3 m/s.

As an overall trend, the PS-GPs, which used the GP-liquor #1SW, gave good results of the immobilization ratios of Sr 2+ and Cs + .

There is also a decreasing trend related to the cutting speed that plateaus in a horizontal line.

It is clear from Figure 6 a that E 1 of asphalt mortars presents a decreasing trend when the proportion of river sand ( X 3 ) increases, whereas the proportions of basalt ( X 1 ) and andesite ( X 2 ) have opposite effects on E 1 .

The mean size of γ grains and the amount of γ precipitation from B2 grains increased significantly with increased temperature, whereas B2 grains showed a decreasing trend.

With increasing welding energy, the indentation depth in both sides exhibited an increasing trend, as shown in Figure 3 , and the insert image shows the three-dimensional morphology of the surface indentation.