The enhanced basicity and Ni dispersion of the Ni/LaZr and Ni/CeZr samples as well as the high oxygen ion lability of the lattice oxygen in the latter, were considered to be the major factors involved in the superior efficiency and durability of these samples in comparison to Ni/Zr sample.
The microstructure analyses demonstrate that both NaCl and KAc have negative impacts on the durability of concrete samples after F/T and W/D cycles.
There are two main measurements in this section, which is cyclic voltammetry (CV), to measure electrocatalytic performance, and chronoamperometry (CA), to test long-term stability and durability of the samples.
On the other hand, in the lateral force profile extracted from the LFM image, we can find the significant differences between the durability of two samples, i.e., AuNPs bound to SA and SD, respectively.
Furthermore, the durability of stabilized samples was also examined using soaking tests and results revealed that these polymers improve the durability of clay soils once they are soaked under water.
After these testing cycles, weight loss of the masonry samples was measured and the durability of each sample was assessed by the percentage of weight lost.
Importantly, there is no decrease in the current with successive cycling (as shown in Fig. 6), which in turn is the measure of the durability of the sample, as reported elsewhere [46, 47, 48].
Strength and durability of internally cured samples having MCA as internal curing medium and polythene sheet covering are significantly higher than those of control samples with conventional stone chips as coarse aggregate in the absence of proper external curing.
