Leachate water from sanitary landfills represents one of the most complex global environmentalproblems. This paper examines the possibility of using aluminosilicate material, pyrophyllite, fromthe Parsovići deposit, as an adsorbent. It was researched the influence of two granulations ofpyrophyllite (0-53 μm and 0-100 μm) on the degree of adso...

By Jasmina Kustura, Belma Halilhodžić, Enita Kurtanović, Amra Čizmić, Kenan Kozlo, Adnan Teletović, Atif Hodzić, Muhamed Harbinja

Pyrophyllite (Al2Si4O10(OH)2) is a layered phyllosilicate mineral with a basic 2:1 crystal structure,consisting of an aluminum octahedral layer placed between two silicon tetrahedral layers (T-O-T),connected by weak Van der Waals forces, which results in easy structural disruption. Naturalpyrophyllite has an electroneutral surface, which causes a h...

By Jasmina Kustura, Belma Halilhodžić, Enita Kurtanović, Kenan Kozlo, Amra Čizmić, Adnan Teletović, Atif Hodžić, Muhamed Harbinja

In this paper, an analysis of the surface water and sediment of the Drina River was carried out.Samples were taken from different six locations along the course of the Drina River in Bosnia andHerzegovina. Selected heavy metals were determined in the sediment after acid digestion usingatomic absorption spectrometry - flame technique. The same metho...

By Aida Bilajac, Sabina Žero, Amar Karadža

Heavy metals can enter into rivers through industrial and consumer waste, activities of acidic rainto soils, etc. Long-term exposure can result in damaging: mental and nervous function, bloodcomposition, lungs, kidneys, liver, and other vital organs. Estimating a health risk based on thecontents of heavy metals found in river Bosna was the aim of t...

By Aida Šapčanin, Farzet Bikić

This paper examines the possibility of producing metallurgical cement type CEM III/A 42.5N at theKakanj Cement Factory. The tested samples contain respectively 46%, 41%, and 38% of granulatedblast furnace slag and the rest is clinker. According to the test results, all cement samples meet theEN 197-1 standard in terms of physical-mechanical propert...

By Nevzet Merdić, Nedžad Haračić, Ilhan Bušatlić, Nadira Bušatlić, Adnan Mujkanovic

Two clays from deposits located in the region of Central Bosnia, and kaolin obtained from a localspark plug and technical ceramics factory were calcined at 800, 900, and 1000 ºC. The pozzolanicactivity of calcined raw materials was determined using the P test. Calcined clay from the depositBilalovac showed slightly better reactivity compared t...

By Marina Jovanović, Adnan Mujkanovic, Nadira Bušatlić, Nedžad Haračić, Amina Čaušević

Some specific aspects of metallurgy consulting in the industrial transition of Bosnia andHerzegovina are presented in this paper. The theoretical part of the paper is mostly concerned witha short overview of ZELJEZARA ZENICA cum ARCELORMITTAL-ZENICA (AMZ) product-mixand the facilities transition, as an example of the a.m. transition, although these...

By Faik Uzunović

We have introduced a theory for the calculation of thermodynamic characteristics for somecharacteristic nanostructures (ultrathin films and superlattices), using the adapted method of twotimetemperature Green's functions. In this paper, we have determined the coefficient of thermalconductivity using the definition of free energy and then compared t...

By Siniša M. Vučenović, Jovan P. šetrajčić

The translational symmetry of the distribution of atoms (ions) of the charge carriers (electrons orholes) system is broken by sputtering (doping),and due to the existence of two boundary surfaces.This is a model of high-temperature superconductors in which the observed symmetry breakingorthogonal to the CuO plane is treated as a perturbation. Singl...

By Jovan P. šetrajčić, Siniša M. Vučenović

Three new neutral complexes of copper(II) containing chalcone ligands derived from 2'-hydoxyacetophenone and 4-substituted benzaldehydes were synthesized. Complexes were preparedby solution synthesis and characterized by spectroscopy. The catalytic activity of complexes wasexamined in the reaction of 3,5-di-test-butyl catechol (DTBC) oxidation. The...

By Selma Hadžalić, Irnesa Osmaković, Adnan Zahirović