The homogeneously dispersed, less agglomerated YAG nanopowders are synthesized by the citrate-gel method followed by low-temperature self-propagating combustion reaction, using Y2O3, Al(NO3)3?9H2O and citric acid as s...The homogeneously dispersed, less agglomerated YAG nanopowders are synthesized by the citrate-gel method followed by low-temperature self-propagating combustion reaction, using Y2O3, Al(NO3)3?9H2O and citric acid as starting materials. This method effectively solves the problems caused by solid-state reaction at high temperature and the hard ag-glomerates brought by the chemical precipitation method. The powders are characterized by TG-DTA, XRD, FT-IR and TEM respectively. The experiments show that the forming temperature of YAG crystal phase is 850°C and the pseudo-YAG crystalline appears during the calcination and transforms to pure YAG at 1050°C. The powders with sizes less than 50 nm are observed by TEM micrography, which is consistent with the result calculated by Scherrer's formula. The powders consist of single grains.展开更多
Shear thickening implies that the viscosity of a fluid increases with increasing rates of shear. In the past work reported, all shear thickening phenomena were observed in concentrated solid/liquid colloidal suspensio...Shear thickening implies that the viscosity of a fluid increases with increasing rates of shear. In the past work reported, all shear thickening phenomena were observed in concentrated solid/liquid colloidal suspension. In this paper, the shear thickening was observed in colloidal dispersion gel, with very lower volume fraction, of partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide(PHPA)/aluminum citrate. Colloidal dispersion gels are made of low concentrations of polymer and crosslinker. Polymer mass fractions normally range from 0.01% to 0.12%. In this concentration regime, there is not enough polymer to form a continuous network, so a conventional bulk type gel cannot form. Instead of a solution of separate gel bundles forms, and it is a mixture of predominantly intramolecular and minimal intermolecular crosslinks. In the work reported here, the colloidal dispersion gels are made of PHPA of 0 03%, KCl of 0.5%, thiourea of 0.1% and Al 3+ with a mass fractions range of 0—0 003%, the Al 3+ ∶PHPA mass ratio changes from 0 to 0.1. The critical shear rates(CSR) for the onset of shear thickening are about 200 s -1 for all CDG systems studied, i.e ., the Al 3+ ∶PHPA mass ratio don’t affect the CSR. In the lower shear regime than CSR shear thinning was observed and in the higher shear regime than CSR the shear thickening was observed. The shear thickening may be explained with cluster formation mechanism.展开更多
基金This work is financially supported by the Excellent Teachers Fund by the Ministry of Education of China (No. KB200226).
文摘The homogeneously dispersed, less agglomerated YAG nanopowders are synthesized by the citrate-gel method followed by low-temperature self-propagating combustion reaction, using Y2O3, Al(NO3)3?9H2O and citric acid as starting materials. This method effectively solves the problems caused by solid-state reaction at high temperature and the hard ag-glomerates brought by the chemical precipitation method. The powders are characterized by TG-DTA, XRD, FT-IR and TEM respectively. The experiments show that the forming temperature of YAG crystal phase is 850°C and the pseudo-YAG crystalline appears during the calcination and transforms to pure YAG at 1050°C. The powders with sizes less than 50 nm are observed by TEM micrography, which is consistent with the result calculated by Scherrer's formula. The powders consist of single grains.
文摘Shear thickening implies that the viscosity of a fluid increases with increasing rates of shear. In the past work reported, all shear thickening phenomena were observed in concentrated solid/liquid colloidal suspension. In this paper, the shear thickening was observed in colloidal dispersion gel, with very lower volume fraction, of partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide(PHPA)/aluminum citrate. Colloidal dispersion gels are made of low concentrations of polymer and crosslinker. Polymer mass fractions normally range from 0.01% to 0.12%. In this concentration regime, there is not enough polymer to form a continuous network, so a conventional bulk type gel cannot form. Instead of a solution of separate gel bundles forms, and it is a mixture of predominantly intramolecular and minimal intermolecular crosslinks. In the work reported here, the colloidal dispersion gels are made of PHPA of 0 03%, KCl of 0.5%, thiourea of 0.1% and Al 3+ with a mass fractions range of 0—0 003%, the Al 3+ ∶PHPA mass ratio changes from 0 to 0.1. The critical shear rates(CSR) for the onset of shear thickening are about 200 s -1 for all CDG systems studied, i.e ., the Al 3+ ∶PHPA mass ratio don’t affect the CSR. In the lower shear regime than CSR shear thinning was observed and in the higher shear regime than CSR the shear thickening was observed. The shear thickening may be explained with cluster formation mechanism.
