Synthesis of Y_2O_3 Nano-Powder from Yttrium Oxalate under Ambient Temperature

High purity Y_2O_3 nano-powders was synthesized directly from solution ofindustrial YCl_3 by method of oxalate precipitation through super-micro-reactors made by complexnon-ionic surfactant. The purity and diameter of Y_2O_3 particles were controlled by such processingparameters as concentration of YCl_3 and oxalic acid and complex non-ionic surfactant etc. TEMphotomicrographs show that Y_2O_3 particles are spherical in shape, with an average diameter of lessthan 30 nm. Test results certify that the purity and particle diameter as well as the dispersion ofY_2O_3 nano-powder depend on the concentrations of YCl_3, oxalic acid and complex non-ionicsurfactant. The optimum ranges of the concentrations for YCl_3 and complex non-ionic surfactant whenthe diameter of Y_2O_3 particles is smaller than 100 nm are 0.43 ～1.4 mol ? L^(-1) and0.031～0.112 mol·L^(-1) respectively, while the mass fraction range of oxalic acid is 10% ～18% .The purity of Y_2O_3 nano-powder tested by ICP-AES analysis is 99.99% .

Progress on grain growth dynamics in sintering of nano-powders

Nanostructured materials, characterized by an ultrafine grain size, have stimulated much research interest by virtue of their unusual mechanical, electrical, optical, and magnetic properties. In this paper, the sintering process of nano-powders were reviewed, to which sintering of the traditional materials compared. The microstructural development, i.e., grain growth and densification during sintering as well as the mechanism of crystal surface diffusion and boundary migration were analyzed, and the dynamic models on sintering process were summarized by the relationship of grain growth and pores size, interface diffusion, densification rate, and sintering temperature. Finally, the research tendency of this major on the basis of above models was discussed.

ITO nano-powders prepared by microwave-assisted co-precipitation in aqueous phase

By using microwave-assisted co-precipitation in aqueous phase, adding surface activation agent PEG-6000 into the mixture of InCl3 solution and SnCl4 solution, and dropping the ammonia solution with the density (volume ratio) of 1-0 to 1-4, ITO precursor was prepared at different reaction system temperatures of 35 ℃-85 ℃, then ITO nano-powder was obtained after it was calcinated at 800 ℃ for 1 h. The morphology of ITO nano-powder was characterized by SEM and its electrical conductivity was determined by conductivity meter. The effects of different temperatures and ammonia concentration in microwave-assisted reaction system on its morphology and electric conductivity were discussed. The experimental results indicate that with the dilution of the ammonia solution or the rise of reacting system temperature, the morphology of ITO particles is transformed from spherical to rod-like one with the decline of its electric conductivity. And the electric conductivity of ITO nano-powders with spherical morphology is higher than that of ITO nano-powders with rod-like morphology.

Effects of Yb ^(3+)-Doping on Phase Transformation and Photocatalytic Activities of TiO_2 Nano-Powders

Yb 3+-doped TiO_2 composite nano-particles were prepared by the acid-catalyzed sol-gel method using Ti(OC_4H_9)_4 and Yb(NO_3)_3 as precursors. The effects of the amount of Yb 3+ doping and calcination temperature on the phase transformation, crystallite size, surface texture of the nanopowders were investigated by XRD and BET specific surface area. Their photocatalytic activities were evaluated using the photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue in aqueous solution as a probe reaction. At the interface, titanium ions substitute for ytterbium ions in the lattice of Yb_2O_3 to form Ti-O-Yb bonds, which cause distortion and inhibit the anatase to rutile phase transformation in TiO_2. The results indicate that Yb 3+-doping can enhance the photocatalytic activity of TiO_2 nano-powders as compared with pure TiO_2. 0.125%(mass fraction) Yb 3+ doped TiO_2 nano-powders calcined at 600 ℃ for 2 h show the highest photocatalytic activity. The increase in photoactivity is due to the effects of the factors such as crystal phase, crystallite size, surface chemical property, surface density of OH groups, and surface texture properties of the TiO_2 nano-powders.

Influence of current injection ways on efficiency and size of powders in preparation of nano-powders with electrical explosion

Wire electrical explosion may result in the existence of micro-sized large particles in powders while current injection ways may influence the size and content of micro-sized large particles. Therefore, two kinds of electrical explosion devices with different electrodes by gas discharge were designed in this paper. The pole-board electrodes and the cone electrodes were used respectively for studying copper wire electrical explosion process. The current and voltage data were measured with the Rogowski coil and high voltage probe. The results show that the pulverizing process of electrical explosion is more efficient when the wire electrode current density injected into the cone electrodes is approximately twice as much as the pole-board electrodes. The content of micro-sized large particles is the least among the products of the electrical explosion, when the total deposition energy of the wire prior to vaporization stage is 2. 5 times larger than that of the theoretical value of the completed vaporization.

Molybdenum Carbide Nano-Powder for Production of Mo-99 Radionuclides

At present, there are two ways to produce 99Mo in a reactor: 1) fission process—from U fission product by reaction 235U (n, f) 99Mo and 2) activation process—by radiation capture reaction 98Mo (n, γ) 99Mo. This paper presents the results of experiments performed with molybdenum carbide nano-powder to produce 99Mo. These results show the implementation of the above idea in practice.

ZrO_2棒形纳米粉末的制备及吸光特性研究

以ZrOCl2·8H2O为锆源,利用水热法制备ZrO2棒形纳米粉末,并采用X射线衍射仪、傅立叶变换红外光谱仪、能谱仪及扫描电镜分别对样品的物相和形貌进行分析,采用紫外-可见吸收光谱表征样品的吸光特性。结果表明所制备样品是四方相和单斜相共存的ZrO2棒形纳米粉末,其对200～370nm的紫外光有较强的吸收作用。

砧用瓠瓜抗枯萎病相关性及杂种优势分析

枯萎病是一种严重危害瓜类蔬菜生产的土传病害,嫁接栽培是防治瓜类枯萎病的有效方法。该文研究了砧用瓠瓜种质幼苗生长指标与抗病性的相关性,并对抗病杂种优势进行了分析。结果表明:(1)砧用瓠瓜种质H041对西瓜枯萎病表现高抗(HR),对瓠瓜枯萎病表现抗病(R),种质H01、H05和杂交组合H01×H041、H041×H05、H05×H041对两种枯萎病均表现抗病(R)。(2)砧用瓠瓜幼苗接种西瓜枯萎病菌后,病情指数与下胚轴粗度呈显著负相关;接种瓠瓜枯萎病菌后,总根长、根系表面积与病情指数呈极显著负相关,表明砧用瓠瓜对枯萎病的抗病性与根系生长具有相关性,可以根据根系生长情况快速评价砧用瓠瓜对瓠瓜枯萎病的抗性表现。(3)分析砧用瓠瓜杂交组合的抗病性杂种优势显示,供试杂交组合H05×H041对西瓜枯萎病具备超中亲优势;杂交组合H01×H041和H02×H041对瓠瓜枯萎病抗性具有负向杂种优势。综合研究结果发现,种质H01、H041、H05兼抗西瓜枯萎病和瓠瓜枯萎病,且配制出的杂交组合表现抗性杂种优势,可作为选育抗两种枯萎病的砧木或栽培品种的抗源亲本,其中H041可作为优势骨干亲本。

Effect of Sulfate Ions on YAG Powders Synthesized by Microwave Homogeneous Precipitation

Using A1(NO3)3·9H2O, NH4Al(SO4)2·12H2O, Y(NO3)3as mother salts, and urea as precipitant, YAG nano-powders were synthesized by microwave homogeneous precipitation. The composition, morphology, and phase transformation of precursor were analyzed by IR, XRD and TEM. The size distribution of YAG powders was characterized using laser diffraction method. The results show that sulfate ions influence the dispersion, composition and morphology of the YAG precursors. The addition of moderate sulfate ions can produce YAG powders with nano size and excellent dispersion at 1100℃.

Preparation of Nano-sized Zirconium Carbide Powders through a Novel Active Dilution Self-propagating High Temperature Synthesis Method

High quality nano-sized zirconium carbide （ZrC） powders were successfully fabricated via a developed chemical active dilution self-propagating high-temperature synthesis （SHS） method assisted by ball milling pretreatment process using traditional cheap zirconium dioxide powder （ZrO2）, magnesium powder （Mg） and sucrose （C12H22Oll） as raw materials. FSEM, TEM, HRTEM, SAED, XRD, FTIR and Raman, ICP- AES, laser particle size analyzer, oxygen and nitrogen analyzer, carbon/sulfur determinator and TG-DSC were employed for the characterization of the morphology, structure, chemical composition and thermal stability of the as-synthesized ZrC samples. The as-synthesized samples demonstrated high purity, low oxygen content and evenly distributed ZrC nano-powders with an average particle size of 50nm. In addition, the effects of endothermic rate and the possible chemical reaction mechanism were also discussed.

Preparation of CeB_6 nano-powders by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis(SHS)

CeB6 powders were prepared by high-temperature self-propagating synthesis （SHS） in which CeO2, B203 and Mg were taken as reactants. The adiabatic temperature and dynamics of SHS reactions were investigated. The SHS reaction products and leached products were characterized by X-ray diffraction （XRD） and scanning electron microscopy （SEM）. The results indicated that the adiabatic temperature of Mg-B2Oa-CeO2 reaction system was rather higher than 1800 K to make the reaction propagate by itself, and the apparent activation energy （Ea） and reaction order （n） of exothermic peak on Mg-BzO3-CeO2 differential scanning calorimetry （DSC） curve were 23.03 kJ/mol and 1.31, respectively. The apparent activation energy was lower, so the reaction occurred easily. The SHS products consisted of MgO, CeB6 and little MgaB2O6. The leached products consisted of single CeB6 phase and its purity was higher than 99.0%, and the average particle sizes of CeB6 were smaller than 150 nm.

Fabrication,microstructures,and optical properties of Yb:Lu_(2)O_(3) laser ceramics from co-precipitated nano-powders

The Yb:Lu_(2)O_(3)precursor made up of spherical particles was synthesized through the co-precipitation method in the water/ethanol solvent.The 5 at% Yb:Lu_(2)O_(3)powder is in the cubic phase after calcination at 1100℃ for 4 h.The powder also consists of spherical nanoparticles with the average particle and grain sizes of 96 and 49 nm,respectively.The average grain size of the pre-sintered ceramic sample is 526 nm and that of the sample by hot isostatic pressing grows to 612 nm.The 1.0 mm-thick sample has an in-line transmittance of 81.6%(theoretical value of 82.2%)at 1100 nm.The largest absorption cross-section at 976 nm is 0.96×1^(0-20)cm^(2) with the emission cross-section at 1033 nm of 0.92×10^(-20)cm^(2) and the gain cross sections are calculated with the smallest population inversion parameter β of 0.059.The highest slope efficiency of 68.7% with the optical efficiency of 65.1% is obtained at 1033.3 nm in quasi-continuous wave(QCW)pumping.In the case of continuous wave(CW)pumping,the highest slope efficiency is 61.0% with the optical efficiency of 54.1%.The obtained laser performance indicates that Yb:Lu_(2)O_(3)ceramics have excellent resistance to thermal load stresses,which shows great potential in high-power solid-state laser applications.

PREPARATION OF PMNT NANO-POWDERS

Sol-gel-derived nano-powders of lead magnesium niobate and lead titanate solid solutions （PMN-PT or PMNT） were prepared from lead acetate trihydrate （Pb（CH3COO）2·3H2O）, magnesium acetate trihydrate （Mg（CH3COO）2·3H2O）, niobium ethoxide （Nb（OC2H5）5） and titanium isopropoxide （Ti（OCH（CH3）2）4）. The key steps in the preparation process were discussed, The crystalline phases in the powders were investigated using X-ray diffraction （XRD） analysis and the size of grains was observed by field-emission scanning electron microscopy （SEM）. These powders, with good dispersion characteristics and narrow grain size distribution （ranging from 50 nm to 200 nm）, may be used to prepare PMNT thick films and ceramics.

Effect of Al_2O_3on Structure and Wearability of Composite Coating

The composite coating was prepared by thermal spray welding after making composite powder,which is composed of Ni-based self-melted alloy and AlOceramic powder including nano,sub-micron and micron powders.The influences of contents and sizes of AlOon the structure and wearability were investigated.The results show that the wear resistance of the coating would be increased greatly by adding AlO,but the spray weldability decreases with increasing AlOcontent.So there is an optimal content of AlOpowder.The composite coating with AlOnano or sub-micron powder of 0.5% has the best abrasive resistance,while the optimal content of AlOmicron powder is 1 %.

Evaluation of Layered Inorganic Nano-powder Modified Bitumen

Thermal oxidative and aging as an inevitable process in the practical application of road asphalt has great effect on the properties of asphalt. In this paper,the influences of short-term thermal oxidative ageing and ultraviolet radiation(UV) aging on the dynamic viscosity,penetration,softening point and rheological properties of two kinds of layered inorganic nano-powder including organo-modified montmorillonite (OMMT) and nanometer brucite (Mg(OH)2) modified asphalts were studied respectively. The rheological properties of these binders have been determined using a dynamic shear rheometer (DSR) through temperatures sweep tests.The rheological and physical analysis showed the two major influences of ageing on the properties for two kinds of layered inorganic nano-powder modified bitumens. On one hand,ageing decreased the viscous behaviors of modified binders,on the other hand,ageing improved the elastic behaviors of modified binders. The performances of binders after aging depended on the combined effect between the modifier and the bitumen. Both the two modifiers resisted the aging of bitumens and the effect of OMMT was better.

Synthesis and Characterization of Sm_xGd_yCe_(1-x-y)O_(2-δ) Nanopowders

SmxGdyCe1-x-yO2-δ (x+y=0.2 and x=0, 0.04, 0.08, 0.12, 0.16, 0.2) nanopowders were prepared by a copre-cipitation method. The zeta potential and sedimentation volume of Ce(OH)4 aqueous dispersions at different pH values were measured. The isoelectric point (IEP) of Ce(OH)4 suspensions is 7.0. The maximum potential value of -18.5 mV and maximum sedimentation volume of 19 ml are reached at pH=10. The evolution behaviors of the xSm(OH)3·yGd(OH)3·(1-x-y)Ce(OH)4 dried powders in the heating process was characterized by DTA/TG and XRO. The powders decompose to ceria based solid solution at a temperature below 300℃ and forms cubic fluorite structure ceria at about 650℃. The properties of SmxGdyCe1-x-yO2-δ solid solutions were characterized by XRD, TEM and BET. The lattice parameter of doped Ce02 increases linearly with increasing Sm3+ substitution (or decreasing Gd3+ substitution). The particle size of the doped ceria powders is from 5 nm to 10 nm.

Friction and wear properties of ultra-high molecular mass polyethylene reinforced with Al2O3 nano-particle

The ultra-high molecular mass polyethylene (UHMMPE) as an artificial joint acetabular material was filled with nano-powder of Al2O3 of various mass fractions. The effect of Al2O3 mass fraction on the hardness, wetting property and tribological properties of the Al2O3-UHMMPE composites under dry friction sliding against both stainless steel and Ti-6Al-4V alloy was investigated. The morphologies of the worn surfaces of composites were observed with optical microscope. The results show that, wetting property and wear resistance of the composites are improved by filling Al2O3, while the friction coefficient is decreased largely under dry friction as compared with that of the unfilled UHMMPE. This is attributed to the reinforcing function of the nano-powder of Al2O3 in the composites. The wear of UHMMPE is dominated by plowing, plastic deformation and fatigue wear; while the Al2O3-UHMMPE composites are characterized by the mild fatigue wear.

A Novel Low Temperature Synthesis of KNN Nanoparticles by Facile Wet Chemical Method

Sodium potassium niobate (KNN) (K0.5Na0.5NbO3) nanopowder with a mean particle size of about 20 - 30 nm was synthesized by wet chemical route using Nb2O5 as Nb source. A solution of K, Na and Nb cations was prepared, which resulted in a clear gel after the thermal treatment. Phase analysis, microstructure and morphology of the powder were determined by X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM). The obtained gel was first analyzed by Thermo Gravimetric Analyzer (TGA) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), and then calcined at different temperatures of 400℃, 500℃, 600℃ and 700℃. The X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) patterns of the synthesized samples confirmed the formation of the orthorhombic crystal phase of K0.5Na0.5NbO3 at 500?C, a temperature significantly lower than that typically used in the conventional mixed oxide route. The process developed in this work is convenient to realize the mass production of KNN nanopowders at low cost and suitable for various industrial applications.

CuO结构特性及其对固体推进剂的催化特性

为了解不同粒度和不同形态下CuO的催化能力,采用热重/差热联用(TG/DTA),水下声发射实验方法,研究了普通球形CuO、球形纳米级CuO、棒状纳米级CuO对A3、PBT、HMX、AP等含能材料的热分解影响,并测试了不同种类CuO对固体复合推进剂燃烧速率的影响。结果表明,CuO类催化剂均能催化A3、PBT、HMX、AP等含能材料的热分解,但催化效果和CuO的形态关系密切,和粒度关系不大;棒状纳米CuO可有效地提高推进剂的燃速;而球形纳米CuO只在低压条件下可提高推进剂的燃速,高压下反而抑制了推进剂的燃速。

NB122型低汽气比高变催化剂的性能研究

研究了NB122型低汽气比高变催化剂的物理性能、还原性能和催化性能,剖析了催化剂微观结构与催化剂性能之间的关系,指出独特的棒状微晶结构是NB122型催化剂良好的强度、活性和稳定性的基础。