Topical Problems in Elemental Analysis of Advanced Ceramic Materials

Selected prominent problems in the analysis of advanced ceramic materials are surveyed. The importance of reliability of results is discussed in the field of elemental trace- and microanalysis in view of its interaction with economy, power of detection, local resolution and speciation selectivity. Particular problems in the analysis of major constituents, trace components and microlocal distributions are based on the striking propertics of ceramics; they are exemplified. Analytical assistance must start from the beginning of the production processing, in the preparation of the powdered base materials. Determination of the stoichiometry requires high accuracy and differentiation of chemical species in bulk and surface analysis of ceramic base powders. Element trace determination by direct instrumental methods requires standard reference materials for calibration; these are currently inavailable in a sufficient variety. For optimum reliability and power of detection, element traces must be prepared in isolated form in a small excitation volume for analysis. A review on the state-of-the-art of wet-chemical combined procedures is presented. Decomposition position procedures are emphasized, due to their risk of contributing severe systematic error. Combustion in elementary fluorine is presented for decomposition of refractory materials. The performance of some direct procedures is discussed. Very efficient methods are available for element trace determinations in ceramic materials, offering high detection power. Several approaches for high-resolution local microanalysis in non-conductive ceramic materials are identified as the most promising development in the analysis of sintered compact ceramic products and devices.     

NiO/SnO2-ZrO2催化剂的制备及甲烷燃烧催化性能的研究

利用正交分析，通过溶胶凝胶－超临界干燥及复合浸渍的方法制备了NiO/SnO2-ZrO2催化剂，进行了活性评价，考察了前驱物、NiO、SnO2含量及制备方法对催化剂活性及稳定性的影响，并采用XRD、TEM对催化剂进行了表征分析，结果表明：NiO/SnO2-ZrO2催化剂具有良好的甲烷燃烧催化性能（t100%=640 ℃），其活性、稳定性与制备参数密切相关，其中NiO含量是影响催化剂活性、稳定性的最主要参数，它对催化剂稳定性和活性的影响规律正相反； SnO2组分的添加使ZrO2单斜相稳定，对催化剂起到了良好的稳定化作用，发现当SnO2含量在6 mol％左右时，催化剂具有较好的稳定性；对于制备方法，在凝胶前加入活性组分有利于催化剂的高活性，而在凝胶后加入活性组分，则有利于催化剂保持较好的稳定性；活性组分前驱物对催化剂性能影响不大，采用Ni(NO3)2作为前驱物较为合适。     

Catalytic Combustion of Methane over CO1-xMgxO/Al2O3/FeCrAl Monolithic Catalysts

A series of CoxMgxO/Al2O3/FeCrAl catalysts （x=0-1） were prepared. The structures of the catalysts were characterized using XRD, SEM, and TPR analyses. The catalytic activity of the catalysts for methane combustion was evaluated in a continuous flow microreactor. The results indicated that the active washcoats adhered well on the FeCrAl foils. The phases in the catalysts were Co--xMgxO solid solutions, α-Al2O3, and γ-Al2O3. The surface particle size of the catalysts varied with variations in the molar ratios of Co to Mg. The Co component of the Co1_xMgxO/Al2O3/FeCrAl catalysts played an important role in the catalytic activity for methane combustion. In the Co1-xMgxO/AluO3/FeCrAl series catalyst （x=0.2-0.8）, the catalytic activity in terms of x was in the order of 0.5〉0.2〉0.8 under the experimental conditions. The presence of Mg in these catalysts could promote the thermal stability to a large extent. There were strong interactions between the Co1-xMgxO oxides and the AluO3/FeCrAl supports.     

新型反相微乳液制备纳米结构甲烷催化燃烧催化剂La0.95Ba0.05MnAl11O19-α的研究

提出一种由水, 异丙醇, 正丁醇组成的新型微乳液, 并以其为反应介质制备了甲烷高温燃烧La_0.95Ba_0.05MnAl₁₁O_19-a催化剂. 采用¹H NMR, FT-IR, 电导法及激光粒度散射法研究了新型微乳液中水的结构及相特性. 新型微乳液中水的体积分数小于一定值时, 电导率与水含量成非线性关系, k～φ曲线上存在一临界值(φ^P＝0.15). 水质子的化学位移随水含量的降低移向高场. 加入4% D₂O测定的O—D键的伸缩振动随水含量增加而向高波数方向移动. 异丙醇铝在新型微乳液中水解形成的Al(OH)₃ 胶体粒子的粒径范围为226～329 nm. 采用新型微乳液作为反应介质制备的Ba_0.05La_0.95MnAl₁₁O_19-α催化剂的粒径在30 nm, 明显小于纯水制备的样品(100 nm). BET 比表面积为65 m²/g, 比纯水制备样品高出约一倍. XRD结果显示, 1200 ℃焙烧10 h即可获得含单一β-Al₂O₃相的催化剂. Ba_0.05La_0.95MnAl₁₁O_19-α催化剂甲烷催化燃烧的T₁₀为420 ℃, 比纯水制备样品下降了90 ℃. 甲烷催化燃烧活性提高是由于含有较多Mnⁿ+纳米结构六铝酸盐的形成.     

Catalytic Combustion of Methane over Ti-Pillared Clay Supported Copper Catalysts

A natural montmorillonite, produced from Laiyang of Shandong Province, was pillared by Tipolycations to form Ti-pillared clay (Ti-PILC), and characterized by BET surface area, infrared spectra and thermal analysis. The characterization results show that Ti-PILC has a larger surface area and more hydroxyl groups than that of the natural clay, thus was used as the catalytic carriers to prepare supported Cu catalysts (Cu/TiopILC). The 20%Cu/Ti-PILC with 10mmol/g of Ti/clay shows a high catalytic performance of methane combustion in the temperature range of 400-500℃.     

The enthalpies of combustion and formation of <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis>-α-glutamic and 6-aminohexanoic acids

Summary The energies of combustion of crystalline L-α-glutamic and 6-aminohexanoic acids were measured in a static bomb adiabatic calorimeter, in pure oxygen at 3040 kPa. Corrections were made for the heats due to the ignition of sample and for the nitric acid formation. The derived enthalpies of formation for L-α -glutamic and 6-aminohexanoic acids are Δ_fH_cr⁰= -1002.6±1.1 kJ mol^-1and Δ_fH_cr⁰= -641.6±1.2 kJ mol^-1, respectively. The data of enthalpy of formation are compared with literature values and with estimated values by means of group additivity, using parameters recommended by Domalski and Hearing.     

Thermochemistry of Amines: Experimental Standard Molar Enthalpies of Formation of N-Alkylated Piperidines

The standard molar enthalpies of formation _f H _m ^° (l) at the temperature T = 298.15 K were determined using combustion calorimetry for N-methylpiperidine (A), N-ethylpiperidine (B), N-propylpiperidine (C), N-butylpiperidine (D), N-cyclopentylpiperidine (E), N-cyclohexylpiperidine (F), and N-phenylpiperidine (G). The standard molar enthalpies of vaporization _l ^g H ^{m °} of these compounds were obtained from the temperature variation of the vapor pressure measured in a flow system. From these data the following standard molar enthalpies of formation in gaseous phase _f H _m ^° (g) were derived for: A –(61.39 ± 0.88); B –(88.1 ± 1.3); C –(105.81 ± 0.66); D –(126.2 ± 1.3); E ( –88.21 ± 0.75); F –(135.21 ± 0.94); G (70.3 ± 1.4) kJ · mol^–1. They are used to determine the strain enthalpies of the cyclic amines A–G. The N-alkylated piperidine rings have been found to be about strainless.     

VmTi和KnV0.04Ti担载氧化物催化剂的表征与催化燃烧柴油炭黑的性能

用FTIR和UV-Vis研究了2个系列不同V和K负载量的VOx/TiO2和K-VOx/TiO2催化剂结构的变化;并使用程序升温氧化反应技术对这两种催化剂催化柴油炭黑燃烧活性进行了考察.结果表明,当VOx/TiO2催化剂中n(V)∶n(Ti)=0.04时,催化剂活性最好(tm=389℃).添加K能显著改善VOx/TiO2催化剂活性,n(K)∶n(V)∶n(Ti)=0.04∶0.04∶1时,炭黑燃烧的反应温度最低(tm=343℃).FTIR和UV-Vis结果表明,当VOx/TiO2催化剂n(V)∶n(Ti)>0.04∶1时,催化剂表面有V2O5形成,由于V2O5氧化能力较弱,因而催化剂的活性反而降低.而当K-VOx/TiO2催化剂中n(K)∶n(V)达到1∶1时,由于形成的KVO3物种与TiO2载体有很好的协同作用,所以催化剂活性最好.     

神木煤显微组分加氢热解特性的研究

在加压热天平上终温900℃，升温速率20℃／min,0.1MPa-3MPa的条件下考察了神木煤显微组分加氢热解的热失重行为、半焦元素分布、脱硫脱氮率及半焦的燃烧反应特性。结果表明：镜质组和丝质组的加氢热解失重行为相似，在378℃－718℃出现明显失重峰，但镜质组加氢热解失重峰温低，失重速率大，在实验压力范围（0.1MPa－3MPa)内，随热解压力升高，半焦中C含量增加，H、O含量下降，脱硫脱氮率增加，在压力为3MPa时，镜质组的脱硫率显著高于丝质组，镜质组加氢热解半焦的燃烧反应性高于丝质组半焦，随加氢热解压力的增加，半焦的燃烧反应性表现出先下降后增加的趋势。     

Convergence issues in using high‐resolution schemes and lower–upper symmetric Gauss–Seidel method for steady shock‐induced combustion problems

This paper reports numerical convergence study for simulations of steady shock‐induced combustion problems with high‐resolution shock‐capturing schemes. Five typical schemes are used: the Roe flux‐based monotone upstream‐centered scheme for conservation laws (MUSCL) and weighted essentially non‐oscillatory (WENO) schemes, the Lax–Friedrichs splitting‐based non‐oscillatory no‐free parameter dissipative (NND) and WENO schemes, and the Harten–Yee upwind total variation diminishing (TVD) scheme. These schemes are implemented with the finite volume discretization on structured quadrilateral meshes in dimension‐by‐dimension way and the lower–upper symmetric Gauss–Seidel (LU–SGS) relaxation method for solving the axisymmetric multispecies reactive Navier–Stokes equations. Comparison of iterative convergence between different schemes has been made using supersonic combustion flows around a spherical projectile with Mach numbers M = 3.55 and 6.46 and a ram accelerator with M = 6.7. These test cases were regarded as steady combustion problems in literature. Calculations on gradually refined meshes show that the second‐order NND, MUSCL, and TVD schemes can converge well to steady states from coarse through fine meshes for M = 3.55 case in which shock and combustion fronts are separate, whereas the (nominally) fifth‐order WENO schemes can only converge to some residual level. More interestingly, the numerical results show that all the schemes do not converge to steady‐state solutions for M = 6.46 in the spherical projectile and M = 6.7 in the ram accelerator cases on fine meshes although they all converge on coarser meshes or on fine meshes without chemical reactions. The result is based on the particular preconditioner of LU–SGS scheme. Possible reasons for the nonconvergence in reactive flow simulation are discussed.Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.