Advances in life cycle assessment of plastics with mineral fillers in packaging applications 

    Civancik-Uslu, Didem (Date of defense: 2019-05-16)

    Mineral masterbatches, in other words mineral fillers, are concentrates of calcium carbonate or talc in a polymer base. In addition to their optimal cost, their use improves mechanical properties of materials and reduce ...

    Aplicación de MALDI-TOF Imaging y HPLC-MS/MS al estudio de la degradación del polímero policaprolactonadiol en diferentes medios acuáticos 

    Rivas Becerra, Daniel (Date of defense: 2017-11-20)

    Water is essential for life, human activities and ecosystems. The global climate change together the population increase causes an imbalance between the demand of water and the available water resources.. All these factors ...

    Computational and experimental thermo-mechanics of metal additive manufacturing : stress, warpage, cracks and properties 

    Lu, Xufei (Date of defense: 2022-07-15)

    The objectives of this thesis are (i) to understand the thermal, metallurgical and mechanical behavior during AM, (ii) to shed light on the generation of residual stresses and the stress-induced deformations and cracks, ...

    Determination of key master variables and radionuclide behavior in the Swedish Final Repository environment 

    González-Siso, Maria Rosa (Date of defense: 2018-12-18)

    Aquesta tesi doctoral investiga els processos clau que controlen la mobilitat d'alguns dels radionúclids sensibles al redox presents en els residus (U, Pu i Tc) i Ni com a radionúclid crític, en el repositori “Swedish Final ...

    Formation and evolution of carbonate phases upon accelerated carbonation of Mg-oxides and silicates 

    Rausis, Kwon (Date of defense: 2020-11-03)

    This work discloses new insights into the formation and evolution of Mg -carbonates as well as carbonation processes of Mg-rich oxides and silicates with the aim of providing a safe and permanent anthropogenic CO2 storage, ...

    Productos de cuidado personal en el medio ambiente : presencia, destino y efectos 

    Molins Delgado, Daniel (Date of defense: 2017-12-01)

    In this PhD. Thesis the results of eleven studies about the presence, distribution, and effects of personal care products (PCPs) in the environment are presented with the intention of giving a consolidated vision and to ...

    Study of near field processes involved in the oxidative dissolution of the spent nuclear fuel and radionuclides release 

    Espriu, Alexandra (Date of defense: 2017-07-17)

    Nowadays nuclear power plants (NPP) and dedicated facilities are storing the spent nuclear fuel (SNF). In the case of Spain, the NPP have enough space in their pools to keep storing the SNF produced from their activity; ...