Improvement of hot-dip zinc coating by enriching the inner layers with iron oxide

The performance of hot-dip galvanic coating formed on steel not only depends on the alloy composition of the superficial layer but also significantly, on the composition of the inner alloy layers at the coating/substrate interface. Further, the presence of barrier oxide layers, if any can also improve the performance of galvanic coating. In the present work, the effect of inner iron oxide barrier layer formed prior to hot-dip galvanization was investigated. A continuous and adherent iron oxide layer was formed on steel by anodic oxidation of the steel substrate. Although the wettability of oxide surface by liquid zinc was initially poor, the increase in dipping time and the transition of the oxide layer to unstable form due to the presence of Cl⁻ ion in the flux facilitated localized growth of Fe-Zn alloy phases. The inhibitive nature of the oxide layer was temporary, since the presence of Cl⁻ induces micro cracks on the oxide surface thereby facilitating better zinc diffusion. The modification of the substrate structure during galvanization was found to influence the galvanizing process significantly. The present study predicts scope for application of this process for protection of rusted steel specimens too.     

The role of halide ions on the electrochemical behaviour of iron in alkali solutions

Active dissolution and passivation of transition metals in alkali solutions is of technological importance in batteries. The performance of alkaline batteries is decided by the presence of halides as they influence passivation. Cyclic voltammetric studies were carried out on iron in different sodium hydroxide solutions in presence of halides. In alkali solutions iron formed hydroxo complexes and their polymers in the interfacial diffusion layer. With progress of time they formed a cation selective layer. The diffusion layer turned into bipolar ion selective layer consisted of halides, a selective inner sublayer to the metal side and cation selective outer layer to the solution side. At very high anodic potentials, dehydration and deprotonation led to the conversion of salt layer into an oxide.     

FAAS法测定硫酸中的铁和锌

本文建立了火焰原子吸收光谱法测定硫酸中铁和锌的方法，确定了最佳仪器工作条件和样品处理方法。在选择好的实验条件下，测定铁的特征浓度为0.014μg/mL/1%吸收；测定锌的特征浓度为0.002μg/mL/1%吸收。回收率分别为铁98.8%-103.4%，锌92.5%-98.6%。     

A new method for preparation of magnetite from iron oxyhydroxide or iron oxide and ferrous salt in aqueous solution

In this study, a new method is proposed for the preparation of Fe₃O₄ from iron oxyhydroxides (goethite, akaganeite, lepidocrocite, feroxyhyte and ferrihydrite) or iron oxide (hematite) and ferrous salt in aqueous solution. The product is magnetite with various particle sizes. Products are characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, IR spectra and vibrating sample magnetometery.     

FAAS法测定硫酸中的铜、铁和锌

采用火焰原子吸收光谱法测定硫酸中铜、铁和锌,确定了最佳仪器工作条件和样品处理方法.在选择好的实验条件下,测定铜的特征浓度为0.005μg/mL/1%;铁的特征浓度为0.014μg/mL/1%吸收;锌的特征浓度为0.002μg/mL/1%吸收.回收率分别为铜97.7%-98.2%,铁98.2%-99.4%,锌96.8%-98.7%.     

FAAS测定电解镉中的Zn、Cu和Fe

采用火焰原子吸收光谱法测定电解镉中铜、铁和锌的方法,确定了最佳仪器工作条件和样品处理方法.在选择好的实验条件下.测定铜的特征浓度为0.006#g/mL/1%吸收;铁的特征浓度为0.015μg/mL/1%吸收;锌的特征浓度为0.0031μg/mL/1%吸收.回收率分别为铜97.5%-98.0%,铁99.1%-100.2%,锌97.4%-99.1%.     

Visualizing iron in multiple sclerosis

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocols that are designed to be sensitive to iron typically take advantage of (1) iron effects on the relaxation of water protons and/or (2) iron-induced local magnetic field susceptibility changes. Increasing evidence sustains the notion that imaging iron in brain of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) may add some specificity toward the identification of the disease pathology. The present review summarizes currently reported in vivo and post mortem MRI evidence of (1) iron detection in white matter and gray matter of MS brains, (2) pathological and physiological correlates of iron as disclosed by imaging and (3) relations between iron accumulation and disease progression as measured by clinical metrics.     

锌原子的受激发射

用与4~1S_o-4~3P_1跃迁共振的307.59nm脉冲激光激发锌原子,获得4~3D—4~3P_J,5~3S~L—4~3P_J和4~1D_2—4~1P_1七条受激发射线,对其布居数产生机制进行了讨论.     

The effect of Al and Cr additions on pack cementation zinc coatings

Zinc is widely used as a protective coating material due to its corrosion resistant properties. The structure and oxidation resistance of Al and Cr mixed zinc coatings, deposited by pack cementation process, is thoroughly examined in this work. The morphology and chemical composition of the as-deposited and oxidized samples was accomplished by electron microscopy while the phase identification was performed by XRD diffraction analysis. The experimental results showed that the addition of aluminum or chromium in the pack mixture forms only Al and Cr rich phases on the surface of the specimens without affecting significantly the phase composition of the rest zinc coatings. In the case of Zn-Al coatings, the overlying layer contains high concentrations of Al together with lower amounts of zinc and iron and in Zn-Cr coatings this layer contains Cr, Fe and Zn atoms and has much smaller thickness. The presence of these additional layers promotes significantly the oxidation resistance of the zinc pack coatings and they preserve most of their initial thickness and chemical content when exposed to an aggressive environment while their oxidation mass gain was measured at low levels during the oxidation tests.     

The influence of oxygen on the optical properties of RF-sputtered zinc oxide thin films

In this article, we investigate the effects of oxygen partial pressure in the deposition chamber on the optical properties of zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films; in particular, we examine the variation of the refractive index with oxygen flux.ZnO thin films were deposited by radio-frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering and studied by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD) and spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE). We have found a preferential c-axis growth of ZnO films, with slightly variable deposition rates from 2.6 to 3.8 Å/s. Conversely, the refractive index exhibits, from ultraviolet (UV) to near infrared (IR), a considerable and almost linear variation when the oxygen flux value in the deposition chamber varies from 0 to 10 sccm.     

The influence of structural disorder on the phonon modes in zinc oxide

Undoped zinc oxide thin films and nanostructured layers were grown by pulsed laser deposition on different substrates. They were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and Raman backscattering spectroscopy. Larger substrate mismatch leads to higher structural disorder in the thin films. Simultaneously, the intensity of the phonon mode at 580 cm⁻¹ increases. However, for the nanostructured layers it remains constant. These observations are discussed in terms of the disorder activation of forbidden Raman modes.     

Correlation between liver iron content and magnetic resonance imaging in rats

Currently, serum ferritin concentration is the best noninvasive estimator of liver iron content. This study investigated the ability of magnetic resonance imaging to determine hepatic iron concentration. Fisher rats were treated with either parenteral iron to increase levels or phlebotomy to lower them and achieved a wide range of liver iron concentrations. Rats were imaged using a clinical whole body scanner at 1.5 Tesla with a 15-cm Helmholtz surface coil and a 23-cm field of view. The ratio of signal intensity of liver to skeletal muscle from images of the live intact rats correlated well with chemically measured iron concentration of the liver (r = −.89, p < .0001, linear regression analysis). Transverse relaxation rates (1/calculated T₂ relaxation times) also correlated with liver iron content (r = .66, p < .0001). The observation of a significant correlation between liver iron content and both signal intensities and T₂ relaxation rates, obtained by magnetic resonance imaging, may have considerable clinical relevance. If adapted to humans, this technique would have obvious applications in the diagnosis and management of diseases associated with iron overload as well as in the investigation of the overall role of iron in various human liver diseases.     

Flame propagation and quenching in iron dust clouds

Laminar flames propagating in fuel-rich suspensions of iron dust in air were studied in a reduced-gravity environment provided by a parabolic flight aircraft. Experiments were performed with four different dusts having average particle sizes in the range 3–27 μm. Uniform dust suspensions were created inside glass tubes (ID = 48 mm, L = 70 cm) and then ignited at the open end via an electrically heated wire. Quenching distances were determined as the flames propagated through assemblies of equally spaced steel plates installed in the tubes. Flame propagation speeds in the open tubes and within the quenching plates were determined from video recordings, and emission spectra recorded by a spectrometer were used to determine flame temperature. Flame quenching distance was found to increase linearly with particle size from less than 2 mm quenching distance for the 3 μm-sized dust to 10 mm quenching distance for the 27 μm-sized dust. The flame speeds in the open tubes were found to be inversely proportional to the dust particle size, and the minimum speeds observed near quenching within the plate assemblies were found to be a factor of smaller than the flame speeds in the open tube. The experimental results were in good agreement with the predictions of a simple one-dimensional dust flame model with conductive heat loss that assumes the diffusive regime of particle combustion.     

Fabrication and wear protection performance of superhydrophobic surface on zinc

A simple two-step process has been developed to render zinc surface superhydrophobic, resulting in low friction coefficient and long wear resistance performance. The ZnO film with uniform and packed nanorod structure was firstly created by immersing the zinc substrates into 4% N,N-dimethylformamide solution. The as-fabricated surface was then coated a layer of fluoroalkylsilane (FAS) by gas phase deposition. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and water contact angle (WCA) measurement have been performed to characterize the morphological feature, chemical composition and superhydrophobicity of the surface. The resulting surfaces have a WCA as high as 156° and provide effective friction-reducing and wear protection for zinc substrate.     

Characteristics of electrochemically grown dendritic metallic zinc

A simple electrochemical process has been implemented to fabricated fractal structured leaf-like metallic zinc. The fabricated material was structurally characterized using X-ray diffraction that reveals the hexagonal unit cell structure. Also the growth of the structure is anisotropic. Field emission scanning electron microscopic images revealed clearly the leaf-like morphology of the fabricated material is fern like and ∼500 μm in length, ∼50-60 μm wide and the platelets thickness is ∼5 μm. The growth of this structure is diffusion controlled and locally accomplished with the oriented attachment. Raman shift measurement revealed the existence of surface optical phonon modes which is very significant for surface defects.     

火焰原子吸收光谱法测定人发中镁,锌,铜,铁消化方法的比较

本文考查了火焰原子吸收光谱法测定人发中镁、锌、铜、铁的影响因素,讨论了干法、湿法及压力溶样器处理发样的方法,对十种消化方法及所用容器的测定结果做了比较,进行了t检验,确定同时测定这四种元素的理想方法为压力溶样消化法。     

The effects of iron oxides on proton relaxivity

The magnetic properties and relaxivities of superparamagnetic, ferromagnetic and paramagnetic iron oxides are presented and compared. The iron in colloids of ferromagnetic iron oxide has a large spin-spin relaxivity and a small spin-lattice relaxivity. The iron in colloids of paramagnetic iron oxide has a low spin-spin and spin-lattice relaxivity. The iron in colloids of highly dispersed superparamagnetic iron oxides has a large spin-spin relaxivity and a large spin-lattice relaxivity. Superparamagnetic colloids with various particle sizes in solution have been made by varying the number of superparamagnetic iron oxide crystals per particles in solution. Superparamagnetic colloids of larger solution particle size have a lower spin-lattice relaxivity than colloids comprised of smaller solution particle sizes.     

Optical whispering gallery modes in dodecagonal zinc oxide microcrystals

We have investigated optical modes in zinc oxide micropillars with dodecagonal cross section using polarization-resolved microphotoluminescence spectroscopy. Luminescence spectra of such pillars show series of resonance lines with characteristic line widths and spacings. The spectral positions of the observed lines can be explained assuming a circular two-dimensional dielectric resonator. Lowest radial mode numbers (n=1,2) indicate optical whispering gallery modes.     

Raman scattering and photoluminescence of zinc telluride nanopowders at room temperature

Zinc telluride (ZnTe) powders were synthesized in sodium hydroxide solution by the hydrothermal method under different conditions, in which zinc and tellurium powders were used as precursors. Their structures were characterized by X-ray diffractometer, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and micro-Raman spectrometer. The results indicate that the powders are composed of ZnTe nanocrystals with zincblende structure and contain some impurities, and the average sizes of ZnTe nanocrystals are about 67, 92, and 112 nm when they were grown at 120 °C for 1, 2, and 6 h, respectively. The Raman spectra show three peaks centered at about 205, 410, and 616 cm⁻¹, which are attributed to the longitudinal optical phonon vibration modes of ZnTe. The photoluminescence (PL) of ZnTe nanopowders were also investigated at room temperature and the PL spectra show three emission peaks at about 555, 578, and 701 nm, which are related to the complex defects and isolelectronic oxygen trap.     

Growth of zinc oxide nanostructures

Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowhiskers have been prepared using a multilayer ZnO(50 nm)/Zn(20 nm)/ZnO(2μm) structure on a polished stainless steel (SS) substrate by high rate magnetron sputtering. The formation of uniformly distributed ZnO nanowhiskers with about 20 nm dia. and 2 to 5 μm length was observed after a postdeposition annealing of the prepared structure at 300–400° C. An array of highlyc-axis oriented ZnO columns (70–300 nm in dia. and up to 10 μm long) were grown on Si substrates by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) at a high pressure (1 Torr), and Raman studies showed the activation of surface phonon modes. The nanosized powder (15–20 nm) and nanoparticle ZnO films on glass substrate were also prepared by a chemical route. Nanowhiskers showed enhanced UV light detection characteristics, and the chemically prepared ZnO nanoparticle films exhibited good sensing properties for alcohol