A field investigation was performed to study the content, speciation and mobility of vanadium, as well as microbial response in soil from a stone coal smelting district in Hunan province of China. The results showed t...A field investigation was performed to study the content, speciation and mobility of vanadium, as well as microbial response in soil from a stone coal smelting district in Hunan province of China. The results showed that the contents of soil V ranged from 168 to 1538 mg/kg, which exceeded the maximum permissible value of Canadian soil quality for V. The mean soil V content from wasteland area reached 1421 mg/kg, and those from the areas related with slag heap, ore pile and smelting center were 380, 260 and 225 mg/kg, respectively. Based on the results of the modified BCR sequential extraction procedure, V contents in the mobile fractions varied from 19.2 to 637 mg/kg accounting for 7.4%-42.3% of total V, and those of V(+5) species were between 21.9 and 534.0 mg/kg. Soil enzyme activity and microbial basal respiration were adversely affected by high level of soil V. More attention should be paid to soil V pollution and potential hazardous surrounding the stone coal smelting district.展开更多
[Objective] This study aimed to investigate the impact of vanadium at dif- ferent concentration on enzyme activity and microbial biomass in soils. [Method] Us- ing pot experiments in the growth cabinet, we would like ...[Objective] This study aimed to investigate the impact of vanadium at dif- ferent concentration on enzyme activity and microbial biomass in soils. [Method] Us- ing pot experiments in the growth cabinet, we would like to investigate the changes of the soil enzyme activity and microbial biomass at different growing stages of rape (Brassica juncea L.) at different soil vanadium concentrations (soil background value was 147 mg/kg, spiked with 0, 50, 100, 150, 250 and 500 mg/kg of exogenous vanadium). [Result] Among all enzymes examined, polyphenol oxidase was most sensitive to soil vanadium. Addition of 50 mg/kg vanadium decreased its activity up to 56% of the control probably due to the vanadium toxicity. In comparison, the ac- tivities of sucrase, urease and catalase was less affected by soil vanadium. Surpris- ingly, the activity of sucrase, urease and catalase at the rape seedling stage differed significantly from at the maturity stage, highlighting the potential impact of plant growth on the vanadium-soil enzyme interaction. Different soil vanadium concentra- tions led to increases of microbial biomass to different extents. However, the corre- lation between soil microbial biomass carbon and phosphorus with vanadium con- centrations was insignificant. This revealed that the presence of additional factors (eg. plant) affected soil microbial biomass carbon and phosphorus aside from soil vanadium. [Conclusion] Polyphenol oxidase may be considered as an indicator of soil vanadium contamination. Due to the highly complicated interaction between vanadium and soil biological activities during plant growth, more investigations are required to reveal the mechanisms beyond our findings here.展开更多
This paper inroduces the research background,technology,product property and application of burned microporous high alumina-graphite brick (Al2O3-C brick) used in blast furnace,The difference of property between Al2O3...This paper inroduces the research background,technology,product property and application of burned microporous high alumina-graphite brick (Al2O3-C brick) used in blast furnace,The difference of property between Al2O3-C brick and other blast furnace refractories is discussed .The results of simulative tests show that ,Al2O3-C brick has good alkali resistance,slag resistance,thermal shock resistance,oxidation resistance,high thermal conductivity,low permeability and low solubility in molten iron,The brick with micropores of average radius less than 1μm has been successively applied to fourteen blast furnaces, the lining life of the brick is almost as long as that of Si3N4 bonded SiC brick Al2O3-C brick will be widely used in lower stack ,belly,bosh and hearth in the future.展开更多
A series of zeolites,including USY zeolites without sodium,Na-USY at different Na contents,La-USY with different rare earth(RE) contents and La-Na-USY with RE and Na were prepared by an ion exchange method.They were...A series of zeolites,including USY zeolites without sodium,Na-USY at different Na contents,La-USY with different rare earth(RE) contents and La-Na-USY with RE and Na were prepared by an ion exchange method.They were investigated to understand the activation barriers for the destruction of Y zeolite structure under hydrothermal treatment and the effect of V using the solid-state kinetic model.The results showed that the pathways for Y zeolite destruction were dealumination,desiliconization and the disappearance of La-O bonds.Zeolites were destroyed by steam through acid hydrolysis,which was accelerated by V.In addition,Na and V exerted a synergistic effect on the framework destruction,and the formation of NaOH was the rate-determining step.The presence of RE elements decreased hydrolysis and stabilized the structure of the zeolites.The interaction between V and RE destroyed zeolite structure by eliminating the stabilizing La-O[RE-OH-RE]^(5+)bridges in the sodalite cages.展开更多
A titania pillared interlayered clay(Ti-PILC) supported vanadia catalyst(V2O5/TiO2-PILC) was prepared by wet impregnation for the selective catalytic reduction(SCR) of NO with ammonia. Compared to the traditiona...A titania pillared interlayered clay(Ti-PILC) supported vanadia catalyst(V2O5/TiO2-PILC) was prepared by wet impregnation for the selective catalytic reduction(SCR) of NO with ammonia. Compared to the traditional V2O5/TiO2 and V2O5-MoO3/TiO2 catalysts, the V2O5/TiO2-PILC catalyst exhibited a higher activity and better SO2 and H2O resistance in the NH3-SCR reaction. Characterization using TPD, in situ DRIFT and XPS showed that surface sulfate and/or sulfite species and ionic SO4^(2-)species were formed on the catalyst in the presence of SO2. The ionic SO4^(2-) species on the catalyst surface was one reason for deactivation of the catalyst in SCR. The formation of the ionic SO4^(2-) species was correlated with the amount of surface adsorbed oxygen species. Less adsorbed oxygen species gave less ionic SO4^(2-) species on the catalyst.展开更多
A novel and environmentally friendly route to directly prepare metallic vanadium from NaV03 by molten salt electrolysis is proposed. The feasibility about the direct electro-reduction of NaV03 to metallic vanadi- um i...A novel and environmentally friendly route to directly prepare metallic vanadium from NaV03 by molten salt electrolysis is proposed. The feasibility about the direct electro-reduction of NaV03 to metallic vanadi- um is analyzed based on the thermodynamic calculations and experimental verifications. The theoretical decomposition voltage of NaV03 to metallic vanadium is only 0.47 V at 800 ℃ and much lower than that of the alkali and alkali earth metal chloride salts. The value is slightly higher than that of low-valence vanadium oxides such as V203, V305 and VO. However, the low-valence vanadium oxides can he further electro-reduced to metallic vanadium thermodynamically. The thermodynamic analysis is verified by the experimental results. The direct preparation of metallic vanadium from NaV03 by molten salt electrolysis is feasible.展开更多
The acid bio-leaching process of vanadium extraction from clay vanadium water-leached residue was studied and the effect of the performance of iron transformation was investigated.Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans affect...The acid bio-leaching process of vanadium extraction from clay vanadium water-leached residue was studied and the effect of the performance of iron transformation was investigated.Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans affects the dissolution of vanadium through the catalytic effect on Fe^3+/Fe^2+couple and material exchange.The passivation of iron settling correlates with ferrous ion content in bio-leaching solution.In medium containing A.ferrooxidans and Fe(Ⅲ),the increment in Fe(Ⅱ)concentration leads to the formation of jarosite,generating a decline in vanadium extraction efficiency.Analysis of cyclic voltammetry shows that Fe(Ⅱ)ion is apt to be oxidized and translated into precipitate by A.ferrooxidans,which strongly adsorbed to the surface of the residue.Fe(Ⅲ)ion promotes the vanadium extraction due to its oxidizing activity.Admixing A.ferrooxidans to Fe(Ⅲ)medium elevates the reduction of low valence state vanadium and facilitates the exchange of substance between minerals and solution.This motivates 3.8%and 21.8%increments in recovery ratio and leaching rate of vanadium compared to the Fe(Ⅲ)exclusive use,respectively.Moreover,Fe(Ⅱ)ion impacts vanadium extraction slightly in sterile medium but negatively influences vanadium leaching in the presence of bacteria.展开更多
The microscopic defects have been investigated for crystal Tm3+/Yb3+:YVO4. These defects mainly include the inclusions (solid inclusions, bubbles and inclusions of the liquid phase), dendrites and growth stripes. They...The microscopic defects have been investigated for crystal Tm3+/Yb3+:YVO4. These defects mainly include the inclusions (solid inclusions, bubbles and inclusions of the liquid phase), dendrites and growth stripes. They are caused by in-pure raw materials, unstable growth conditions, super-cooling component and so on. Tm3+/Yb3+:YVO4 crystals of large size and excellent optical quality are grown by improving the growth conditions to eliminate these defects.展开更多
The nanoscale core/shell heterostructure is a particularly efficient motif to combine the promising properties of plasmonic materials and rare-earth compounds; however, there remain significant challenges in the synth...The nanoscale core/shell heterostructure is a particularly efficient motif to combine the promising properties of plasmonic materials and rare-earth compounds; however, there remain significant challenges in the synthetic control due to the large interfacial energy between these two intrinsically unmatched materials. Herein, we report a synthetic route to grow rare-earth-vanadate shells on gold nanorod (AuNR) cores. After modifying the AuNR surface with oleate through a surfactant exchange, well-packaged rare-earth oxide (e.g., Gd2O3:Eu) shells are grown on AuNRs as a result of the multiple roles of oleate. Furthermore, the composition of the shell has been altered from oxide to vanadate (GdVO4:Eu) using an anion exchange method. Owing to the carefully designed strategy, the AuNR cores maintain the morphology during the synthesis process; thus, the final Au/GdVO4: Eu core/shell NRs exhibit strong absorption bands and high photothermal efficiency. In addition, the Au/GdVO4:Eu NRs exhibit bright Eu^3+ fluorescence with quantum yield as high as -17%; bright Sm^3+ and Dy^3+ fluorescence can also be obtained by changing the lanthanide doping in the oxide formation. Owing to the attractive integration of the plasmonic and fluorescence properties, such core/shell heterostructures will find particular applications in a wide array of areas, from biomedicine to energy.展开更多
基金Project(41201492)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘A field investigation was performed to study the content, speciation and mobility of vanadium, as well as microbial response in soil from a stone coal smelting district in Hunan province of China. The results showed that the contents of soil V ranged from 168 to 1538 mg/kg, which exceeded the maximum permissible value of Canadian soil quality for V. The mean soil V content from wasteland area reached 1421 mg/kg, and those from the areas related with slag heap, ore pile and smelting center were 380, 260 and 225 mg/kg, respectively. Based on the results of the modified BCR sequential extraction procedure, V contents in the mobile fractions varied from 19.2 to 637 mg/kg accounting for 7.4%-42.3% of total V, and those of V(+5) species were between 21.9 and 534.0 mg/kg. Soil enzyme activity and microbial basal respiration were adversely affected by high level of soil V. More attention should be paid to soil V pollution and potential hazardous surrounding the stone coal smelting district.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41101484)Swiss National Science Foundation PZ00P2(142232)~~
文摘[Objective] This study aimed to investigate the impact of vanadium at dif- ferent concentration on enzyme activity and microbial biomass in soils. [Method] Us- ing pot experiments in the growth cabinet, we would like to investigate the changes of the soil enzyme activity and microbial biomass at different growing stages of rape (Brassica juncea L.) at different soil vanadium concentrations (soil background value was 147 mg/kg, spiked with 0, 50, 100, 150, 250 and 500 mg/kg of exogenous vanadium). [Result] Among all enzymes examined, polyphenol oxidase was most sensitive to soil vanadium. Addition of 50 mg/kg vanadium decreased its activity up to 56% of the control probably due to the vanadium toxicity. In comparison, the ac- tivities of sucrase, urease and catalase was less affected by soil vanadium. Surpris- ingly, the activity of sucrase, urease and catalase at the rape seedling stage differed significantly from at the maturity stage, highlighting the potential impact of plant growth on the vanadium-soil enzyme interaction. Different soil vanadium concentra- tions led to increases of microbial biomass to different extents. However, the corre- lation between soil microbial biomass carbon and phosphorus with vanadium con- centrations was insignificant. This revealed that the presence of additional factors (eg. plant) affected soil microbial biomass carbon and phosphorus aside from soil vanadium. [Conclusion] Polyphenol oxidase may be considered as an indicator of soil vanadium contamination. Due to the highly complicated interaction between vanadium and soil biological activities during plant growth, more investigations are required to reveal the mechanisms beyond our findings here.
文摘This paper inroduces the research background,technology,product property and application of burned microporous high alumina-graphite brick (Al2O3-C brick) used in blast furnace,The difference of property between Al2O3-C brick and other blast furnace refractories is discussed .The results of simulative tests show that ,Al2O3-C brick has good alkali resistance,slag resistance,thermal shock resistance,oxidation resistance,high thermal conductivity,low permeability and low solubility in molten iron,The brick with micropores of average radius less than 1μm has been successively applied to fourteen blast furnaces, the lining life of the brick is almost as long as that of Si3N4 bonded SiC brick Al2O3-C brick will be widely used in lower stack ,belly,bosh and hearth in the future.
基金supported by the Exploratory Research Program of Petrochemical Research Institute,PetroChina~~
文摘A series of zeolites,including USY zeolites without sodium,Na-USY at different Na contents,La-USY with different rare earth(RE) contents and La-Na-USY with RE and Na were prepared by an ion exchange method.They were investigated to understand the activation barriers for the destruction of Y zeolite structure under hydrothermal treatment and the effect of V using the solid-state kinetic model.The results showed that the pathways for Y zeolite destruction were dealumination,desiliconization and the disappearance of La-O bonds.Zeolites were destroyed by steam through acid hydrolysis,which was accelerated by V.In addition,Na and V exerted a synergistic effect on the framework destruction,and the formation of NaOH was the rate-determining step.The presence of RE elements decreased hydrolysis and stabilized the structure of the zeolites.The interaction between V and RE destroyed zeolite structure by eliminating the stabilizing La-O[RE-OH-RE]^(5+)bridges in the sodalite cages.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21277009,21577005)~~
文摘A titania pillared interlayered clay(Ti-PILC) supported vanadia catalyst(V2O5/TiO2-PILC) was prepared by wet impregnation for the selective catalytic reduction(SCR) of NO with ammonia. Compared to the traditional V2O5/TiO2 and V2O5-MoO3/TiO2 catalysts, the V2O5/TiO2-PILC catalyst exhibited a higher activity and better SO2 and H2O resistance in the NH3-SCR reaction. Characterization using TPD, in situ DRIFT and XPS showed that surface sulfate and/or sulfite species and ionic SO4^(2-)species were formed on the catalyst in the presence of SO2. The ionic SO4^(2-) species on the catalyst surface was one reason for deactivation of the catalyst in SCR. The formation of the ionic SO4^(2-) species was correlated with the amount of surface adsorbed oxygen species. Less adsorbed oxygen species gave less ionic SO4^(2-) species on the catalyst.
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2013CB632606)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51474200)+1 种基金the Youth Innovation Promotion AssociationCAS(2015036)
文摘A novel and environmentally friendly route to directly prepare metallic vanadium from NaV03 by molten salt electrolysis is proposed. The feasibility about the direct electro-reduction of NaV03 to metallic vanadi- um is analyzed based on the thermodynamic calculations and experimental verifications. The theoretical decomposition voltage of NaV03 to metallic vanadium is only 0.47 V at 800 ℃ and much lower than that of the alkali and alkali earth metal chloride salts. The value is slightly higher than that of low-valence vanadium oxides such as V203, V305 and VO. However, the low-valence vanadium oxides can he further electro-reduced to metallic vanadium thermodynamically. The thermodynamic analysis is verified by the experimental results. The direct preparation of metallic vanadium from NaV03 by molten salt electrolysis is feasible.
基金Project(DY135-B2-15) supported by the China Ocean Mineral Resource R&D AssociationProject(2015ZX07205-003) supported by Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment,ChinaProjects(21176242,21176026) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘The acid bio-leaching process of vanadium extraction from clay vanadium water-leached residue was studied and the effect of the performance of iron transformation was investigated.Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans affects the dissolution of vanadium through the catalytic effect on Fe^3+/Fe^2+couple and material exchange.The passivation of iron settling correlates with ferrous ion content in bio-leaching solution.In medium containing A.ferrooxidans and Fe(Ⅲ),the increment in Fe(Ⅱ)concentration leads to the formation of jarosite,generating a decline in vanadium extraction efficiency.Analysis of cyclic voltammetry shows that Fe(Ⅱ)ion is apt to be oxidized and translated into precipitate by A.ferrooxidans,which strongly adsorbed to the surface of the residue.Fe(Ⅲ)ion promotes the vanadium extraction due to its oxidizing activity.Admixing A.ferrooxidans to Fe(Ⅲ)medium elevates the reduction of low valence state vanadium and facilitates the exchange of substance between minerals and solution.This motivates 3.8%and 21.8%increments in recovery ratio and leaching rate of vanadium compared to the Fe(Ⅲ)exclusive use,respectively.Moreover,Fe(Ⅱ)ion impacts vanadium extraction slightly in sterile medium but negatively influences vanadium leaching in the presence of bacteria.
基金The work was supported by the National Natura1 Science Foundation of China(5997203)
文摘The microscopic defects have been investigated for crystal Tm3+/Yb3+:YVO4. These defects mainly include the inclusions (solid inclusions, bubbles and inclusions of the liquid phase), dendrites and growth stripes. They are caused by in-pure raw materials, unstable growth conditions, super-cooling component and so on. Tm3+/Yb3+:YVO4 crystals of large size and excellent optical quality are grown by improving the growth conditions to eliminate these defects.
基金The authors thank Dr. Zhonghua Hao for technique help. The authors acknowledge financial support from the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2011CB922201), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51372175 and 11374236), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2014202020203).
文摘The nanoscale core/shell heterostructure is a particularly efficient motif to combine the promising properties of plasmonic materials and rare-earth compounds; however, there remain significant challenges in the synthetic control due to the large interfacial energy between these two intrinsically unmatched materials. Herein, we report a synthetic route to grow rare-earth-vanadate shells on gold nanorod (AuNR) cores. After modifying the AuNR surface with oleate through a surfactant exchange, well-packaged rare-earth oxide (e.g., Gd2O3:Eu) shells are grown on AuNRs as a result of the multiple roles of oleate. Furthermore, the composition of the shell has been altered from oxide to vanadate (GdVO4:Eu) using an anion exchange method. Owing to the carefully designed strategy, the AuNR cores maintain the morphology during the synthesis process; thus, the final Au/GdVO4: Eu core/shell NRs exhibit strong absorption bands and high photothermal efficiency. In addition, the Au/GdVO4:Eu NRs exhibit bright Eu^3+ fluorescence with quantum yield as high as -17%; bright Sm^3+ and Dy^3+ fluorescence can also be obtained by changing the lanthanide doping in the oxide formation. Owing to the attractive integration of the plasmonic and fluorescence properties, such core/shell heterostructures will find particular applications in a wide array of areas, from biomedicine to energy.