Shape Memory Effect During Preparation of Alumia Ceramic Tubes

Pure alumina ceramic tube and 95 alumina ceramic （the ceramic with 95.84% alumina） tube were prepared by using self-prepared alumina micrometer powder without agglomeration as raw material. The ceramic green was shaped by isostatic pressing and sintered at different temperature from 800 to 1 600 ℃ for 2 h. The 95 ceramic tube sintered at 1 550 ℃ for 2 h had mean particle size of 4 μm, bend strength of 437 MPa and volume density of 3.714 g/cm3. Shape memory effect during sintering was observed. XRD results showed that no phase transition occurred during shape memory process, which indicated that shape memory effect was not caused by phase transition. Several probable causes of the alumina ceramic shape memory effect were discussed in this paper.

Treatment of Dye Wastewater by Using a Hybrid Gas/Liquid Pulsed Discharge Plasma Reactor

A hybrid gas/liquid pulsed discharge plasma reactor using a porous ceramic tube is proposed for dye wastewater treatment. High voltage pulsed discharge plasma was generated in the gas phase and simultaneously the plasma channel was permeated through the tiny holes of the ceramic tube into the water phase accompanied by gas bubbles. The porous ceramic tube not only separated the gas phase and liquid phase but also offered an effective plasma spreading channel. The effects of the peak pulse voltage, additive gas varieties, gas bubbling rate, solution conductivity and TiO2 addition were investigated. The results showed that this reactor was effective for dye wastewater treatment. The decoloration efficiency of Acid Orange II was enhanced with an increase in the power supplied. Under the studied conditions, 97% of Acid Orange II in aqueous solution was effectively decolored with additive oxygen gas, which was 51% higher than that with argon gas, and the increasing 02 bubbling rate also benefited the decoloration of dye wastewater. Water conductivity had a small effect on the level of decoloration. Catalysis of TiO2 could be induced by the pulsed discharge plasma and addition of TiO2 aided the decoloration of Acid Orange II.

Effects of Binary Mixture of Yb_2O_3-La_2O_3 on Pd/Ag Co-Deposition by Electroless Plating

The binary mixture of Yb2O3-La2O3 was used as an additive to improve the traditional electroless plating for Pd-Ag co-deposition on the inside surface of a porous ceramic tube. The main attention were paid to investigating the effects of Yb2O3-La2O3 on Pd-Ag co-deposition rate, plating temperature, Ag content in film and Pd/Ag reduction potentials. The experimental results show that the co-deposition rate is increased by 63 % , the plating temperature is decreased by 10 ~ 20℃for obtaining the same co-deposition rate and the Ag content in film basically remains unchangeable when Yb2O3-La2O3 is added into the traditional electroless plating solution. The experiment also shows that Pd/Ag reduction potentials basically remain unchangeable with the binary rare earths based on the electrochemical mathematical models An inorganic composite membrane with alloy film of 76.8(mol)% Pd-23.2(mol) % Ag and the thickness of 7.7μm on the porous ceramic tube was prepared and the permeation fluxes of hydrogen and nitrogen through the membrane are 8.65×10-3 and 1.92×10-6m3·m-2·s-1 at 350℃and 0.3 MPa respectively.