A new hybrid method—combined heat flux method with Monte-Carlo method to analyze thermal radiation

A new hybrid method, Monte-Carlo-Heat-Flux （MCHF） method, was presented to analyze the radiative heat transfer of participating medium in a three-dimensional rectangular enclosure using combined the Monte-Carlo method with the heat flux method. Its accuracy and reliability was proved by comparing the computational results with exact results from classical ＂Zone Method＂.

Selective precipitation and non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of britholite from low grade REE-bearing slag

In order to improve the recovery rate of rare earth,the effect of P_(2)O_(5) and cooling rate on the selective precipitation of CaO-SiO_(2)-TiO_(2)-P_(2)O_(5)-Nb_(2)O_(5)-CeO_(2)-CaF_(2) slag system was explored using X-ray powder diffraction,a scanning electron microscope,an electron probe micro-analyzer and a confocal laser scanning microscope.The apatite(Ca_(2.02)Ce_(7.98)Si_(6.00)O_(26.00))is tiny and difficult to be separated from the slag without P_(2)O_(5).When the addition of P_(2)O_(5) is 6 wt%-10 wt%,the cerium and phosphorus are found to be enriched in britholite(Ca_(5-x)Ce_(x)[(SiO_(4))_(x)(PO_(4))_(3-x)]F)phase while x is negatively correlated with P_(2)O_(5) content in the slag.The influence of P_(2)O_(5) and cooling rate on the non-isothermal crystallization kinetics was also investigated.For the cooling rate between 5 and 40℃/min,continuous cooling transformation diagram of britholite was constructed when the P205 content is between 6 wt%-10 wt%.The modified Avrami model was applied to determine the crystallization mode of slag with 10 wt%P_(2)O_(5).It is shown that the crystallization mode is diffusion-controlled with constant nucleation rate and one-dimensional growth.In consideration of quantity and volume of crystals,the reasonable cooling rate is between 10and 30℃/min.

Molten salt synthesis of neodynium oxyfluoride in various fluoride media with different fluoride ion activities

Neodymium oxyfluoride has received much attention in the fields of anionic solid electrolytes.luminescent,catalytic and magnetic materials because of its structure combined advantages of rareearth cations with F^(-)and O_(2)^(-)anions.In this work,neodynium oxyfluoride was synthesized by the reaction between neodymium oxide and four fluoride media with different fluoride ion activities.The synthesis processes in molten LiF-CaF_(2)-NdF_(3),LiF-NdF_(3),NaF-CaF_(2)-NdF_(3)and NaF-KF-NdF_(3)are observed in situ by a confocal scanning laser microscope.The expansion of neodymium oxide particle is observed in the LiF-CaF_(2)-NdF_(3),LiF-NdF_(3),and NaF-KF-NdF_(3)melts,and the growth of needle crystals on neodymium oxide particle is clearly observed in molten NaF-CaF_(2)-NdF_(3).Based on scanning electron microscopy(SEM)-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy(EDS)and X-ray diffraction(XRD)analyses of products,neodynium oxyfluoride was successfully synthesized in the four fluoride media.The neodynium oxyfluoride generated in the LiF-CaF_(2)-NdF_(3),LiF-NdF_(3),and NaF-KF-NdF_(3)melts is a tetragonal structure.However,in molten NaF-CaF_(2)-NdF_(3),neodynium oxyfluoride with a rhombohedral structure is formed.It is suggested that the substitution of Na(Ⅰ)and Ca(Ⅱ)for Nd(Ⅲ)can transform NdOF from tetragonal structure to rhombohedral structure.The growth rate of needle crystals generated in molten NaF-CaF_(2)-NdF_(3)was calculated based on the result of a confocal scanning laser microscope,and it is found that the reaction kinetics of crystal formation is zero-order reaction.The effect of fluoride media on the structure and morphology of formed NdOF were evaluated by XRD,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS)and SEM.The neodymium oxyfluoride prepared in the fluoride media with high fluoride ion activity has low binding energy of F 1 s.The ratio of adsorbed oxygen to lattice oxygen for neodymium oxyfluoride prepared in molten LiF-NdF_(3)is larger than those in the other three fluoride media,so it can have better catalytic performance.