Development and Making of New Jewellery Palladium Based Alloys at JSC ＂Krastsvetmet＂

Complex of research and development work aimed at implementation of jewellery palladium based alloys technology has been carried out at JSC Krastsvetmet. A range of palladium alloys jewellery fabrication has been organized. Compositions of a number of jewellery palladium alloys grade 850, 900, 950 and 990 have been proposed, their production and application in jewellery manufacture has been organized. To produce palladium alloys induction melting in inert atmosphere and melt pouring into a copper mould has been used. The ingots heat treatment conditions, as well as semi-finished jewelry plastic deformation parameters have been determined.

Internal Oxidation of Some Pd-40Ag-1RE Alloys

The internal oxidation behavior of Pd-40Ag-1RE (RE = Sm, Eu, Gd, Y) alloy wires has been studied in air at 800 °C 1200°C. The dependence of internal oxidation depth ξ on reaction time t can be expressed as ξ = Ktn, the reaction index n = 0.50 approximately 0.75. The higher the oxidation temperature is, the larger the n value is. It means that the internal oxidation of wire sampls at high temperature deviates from parabola rule observed on plate sample. The activation energies of the studied alloys range over 120 approximately 160 kJ/mol. The internal oxidation process is controlled by the bulk diffusion of oxygen.

Palladium-based Membrane Applications for Hydrogen Purification

It describes the purification of hydrogen isotopes, separation with the preparation of palladium-based membrane's technology, types, application, advantages and disadvantages of palladium in this article. Due to excellent comprehensive properties palladium composite membrane will become the future direction of development. At the same time it will develop preparation methods of the membrane support body with high mechanical strength and heat resistance and low-cost and palladium-based membrane. Also it will explore high service life and high transmittance of novel composite membrane.

Progress of Palladium Alloy Membranes in Hydrogen Energy

Palladium and palladium alloy membranes have attracted wide attention in hydrogen permeation areas for their excellent permeability, perm -selectivity and thermal stability. This paper review the principle of hydrogen permeation, type of alloys and the fabrication methods. At last, the progress and achievements on palladium alloy membranes by Northwest Institute for Non-Ferrous Metal Research are emphasized.

Fundamental Laws of Structure and Form Changing of Palladium Loading with Hydrogen

There are reviewed some experimental results on metal-hydrogen and PdH x -hydrogen interaction. There is experimentally shown that penetration of hydrogen in palladium is accompanied with strong and micro structural effects, as well as grain shifts, etc. Moreover, the hydrogen saturation of palladium causes form-changing (bending) of palladium plate. These effects, undoubtedly, must be taken in account in technologies of low-temperature diffusion membrane apparatus exploitation.

Simultaneous Determination of Pt and Pd by First-and Second-Derivative Spectrometry

This paper has selected the amino-carboxylic complexing agent EDTA and KCl as the competing ligands of palladium and platinum. Their first-and second-derivative spectra with the zero-point method have been simultaneously determined. This method is simple and rapid, and moderate turbidity does not affect the determination.

Phase Equilibria in System Pd-Au-Sn and Pd-Cu-Sn at 800℃ and 500℃

Alloys of Pd-Au-Sn and Pd-Cu-Sn systems were investigated using metallography,electron microprobe,X ray diffraction and DTA.Partial isothermal sections were plots at 800oС and 500oС.Ternary τ-phase having tetragonal structure has been established in each systems.The region of existence of phases in equilibrium with the solid solution based on palladium.

Concurrent catalytic removal of typical volatile organic compound mixtures over Au-Pd/α-MnO2 nanotubes

α-MnO2 nanotubes and their supported Au-Pd alloy nanocatalysts were prepared using hydrothermal and polyvinyl alcohol-protected reduction methods, respectively. Their catalytic activity for the oxidation of toluene/m-xylene, acetone/ethyl acetate, acetone/m-xylene and ethyl acetate/m-xylene mixtures was evaluated. It was found that the interaction between Au-Pd alloy nanoparticles and α-MnO2 nanotubes significantly improved the reactivity of lattice oxygen, and the 0.91 wt.% Au0.48 Pd/α-MnO2 nanotube catalyst outperformed the α-MnO2 nanotube catalyst in the oxidation of toluene, m-xylene, ethyl acetate and acetone. Over the0.91 wt.% Au0.48 Pd/α-MnO2 nanotube catalyst,（i） toluene oxidation was greatly inhibited in the toluene/m-xylene mixture, while m-xylene oxidation was not influenced;（ii） acetone and ethyl acetate oxidation suffered a minor impact in the acetone/ethyl acetate mixture; and（iii） m-xylene oxidation was enhanced whereas the oxidation of the oxygenated VOCs（volatile organic compounds） was suppressed in the acetone/m-xylene or ethyl acetate/m-xylene mixtures. The competitive adsorption of these typical VOCs on the catalyst surface induced an inhibitive effect on their oxidation, and increasing the temperature favored the oxidation of the VOCs. The mixed VOCs could be completely oxidized into CO2 and H2 O below 320°C at a space velocity of 40,000 m L/（g·hr）. The 0.91 wt.% Au0.48 Pd/α-MnO2 nanotube catalyst exhibited high catalytic stability as well as good tolerance to water vapor and CO2 in the oxidation of the VOC mixtures. Thus, the α-MnO2 nanotube-supported noble metal alloy catalysts hold promise for the efficient elimination of VOC mixtures.

Au-Pd/mesoporous Fe_2O_3:Highly active photocatalysts for the visible-light-driven degradation of acetone

Three-dimensionally ordered mesoporous Fe2O3（meso-Fe2O3） and its supported Au, Pd,and Au-Pd alloy（xA uP dy/meso-Fe2O3; x = 0.08–0.72 wt.%; Pd/Au molar ratio（y） = 1.48–1.85）photocatalysts have been prepared via the KIT-6-templating and polyvinyl alcohol-protected reduction routes, respectively. Physical properties of the samples were characterized, and their photocatalytic activities were evaluated for the photocatalytic oxidation of acetone in the presence of a small amount of H2O2 under visible-light illumination. It was found that the meso-Fe2O3 was rhombohedral in crystal structure. The as-obtained samples displayed a high surface area of 111.0–140.8 m^2/g and a bandgap energy of 1.98–2.12 eV. The Au, Pd and/or Au–Pd alloy nanoparticles（NPs） with a size of 3–4 nm were uniformly dispersed on the surface of the meso-Fe2O3 support. The 0.72 wt.% AuP d1.48/meso-Fe2O3 sample performed the best in the presence of 0.06 mol/L H2O2 aqueous solution, showing a 100% acetone conversion within4 hr of visible-light illumination. It was concluded that the good performance of 0.72 wt.%AuPd（1.48）/meso-Fe2O3 for photocatalytic acetone oxidation was associated with its ordered mesoporous structure, high adsorbed oxygen species concentration, plasmonic resonance effect between AuPd（1.48） NPs and meso-Fe2O3, and effective separation of the photogenerated charge carriers. In addition, the introduction of H2O2 and the involvement of the photo-Fenton process also played important roles in enhancing the photocatalytic activity of 0.72 wt.%AuPd（1.48）/meso-Fe2O3.