Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) is a semicrystalline polymer whose piezoelectric performance is maximized in its polar β-phase. In this study, nano-structured PVDF matrix composites incorporating ceramic fillers were fabricated and evaluated as potential sensor materials.  The PVDF used in this work was recovered from machining waste of hi...

By Raşit Sezer, Ahmet Buğra Başer

X-ray diffraction is a crucial method for characterizing crystalline materials, widely employed in the analysis of both products and raw materials in the cement industry, including clinker, cement, and limestone. Quantitative phase analysis via X-ray diffraction necessitates sophisticated computational tools to accurately interpret diffraction patt...

By Marina Jovanović, Adnan Mujkanovic, Nevzet Merdic, Nedžad Haračić, Vinko Baranašić

For die industry where future products have decisive roles for material selection, subject of steel is an area of ​​interest with high potential for innovation. With new production technologies that prioritize knowledge, the quality of materials has improved significantly and these developments continue. Material selection in die design is an impor...

By Aslan UNAL

The aim of the research conducted in this paper is to analyze the cadmium content in particulate matter PM10 for the period of 2020–2024, and thereby provide a realistic assessment of whether there has been a significant reduction in cadmium emissions into the atmosphere of Zenica due to the replacement of fossil fuels for the city’s he...

By Farzet Bikić, Halim Prcanović, Mirnes Duraković, Naida Bikić, Sanela Beganović

  This study presents the results of applied phytoextraction as a soil phytoremediation method, based on the analysis of selected heavy metal content in soil and plant material. The selected locations where phytoextraction was applied as a phytoremediation method (Gradišće, Podbrežje, and Tetovo) are situated in the city of Zenica, in ...

By Farzet Bikić, Muvedet Šišić, Sanela Beganović, Amira Pašalić, Adnan Mujkanovic, Aida Šapčanin, Vedran Stuhli, MIrnesa Čorbić

In order to meet the increasingly stringent requirements and growing needs of customers across most industrial sectors, particularly in the modern automotive industry, environmental protection, and energy consumption reduction, new materials and methods for their joining that cannot be performed using conventional joining technologies are increasin...

By Ibrahim Plančić, Benjamin Čukle

 ABSTRACT Safety management is the implementation of activities that guarantee the achievement of high safety standards in accordance with minimum regulatory requirements. The premises of the Zenica steelwork are classified, from the point of view of safety and health protection, as hazardous areas. Occupational safety and health tasks are or...

By Aida Imamović, Mirsada Oruč, Omer Kablar, Dragana Agić, Alma Doglod

There is a significant increase in industrial applications of ferritic high-Si ductile cast irons (3 - 6%Si), such as the automotive and maritime industries, wind power technology and mechanical engineering. Ferritic high-Si ductile cast irons replace un-stable mixed ferrite-pearlite matrix, with a unique combination of high elongation, strength an...

By Iulian Riposan, Stelian Stan, Denisa Anca, Iuliana Stan, Eduard Stefan

In this study, aluminum-based composites reinforced with nano-sized boron nitride (BN) were produced by using the casting method. Particle sizes of BN were reduced down to nanoscale via milling for 96 h at room temperature. The casting process ensured a homogeneous distribution of BN within the alloy matrix by melting the aluminum alloy, introducin...

By Meltem Gürol, Mustafa Tekin, Ceyhun Kut

This paper presents some aspects of the correlation between maintenance cost reduction and accidents—specifically, damages due to plastic deformation in steel constructions at production companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the theoretical part, a tension testing diagram for typical structural steels (I, U, T, etc.) is used to explain the ...

By Faik Uzunović, Sead Spužić, Omer Beganović, Omer Beganović