Catalytic Effect of Some Chromites on the Thermal Decomposition of KClO4. Mechanistic and non-isothermal kinetic studies

The catalytic effect of two different groups of chromites on the non-isothermal decomposition of KClO₄was studied. TG and DSC curves of the thermal behaviour obtained for KClO₄-alkaline earth chromites (Series 1) mixtures indicate the formation of K₂Cr₂O₇, through a solid-solid interaction, before accelerating the decomposition stage of KClO₄. Such an accelerating effect becomes more pronounced in the case of admixing KClO₄ with some transition metal chromites (Series 2). The results were discussed taking into consideration the electronic configuration of cations and the electrical properties of the chromite catalysts. The presence of coordinatively active cations, able to form surface complex with the oxygen of the perchlorate anion, was proved to be necessary for obtaining an active catalyst. The kinetic parameters and models describing the catalyzed thermal decomposition process of KClO₄ were evaluated by using a computer program that allows the analysis using five different methods. It was found that the adopted kinetic model for pure KClO₄ and that mixed with catalysts from Series 1 is one-dimensional movement of phase boundary. On the other hand, random nucleation mechanism was achieved in the presence of catalysts from Series 2. Finally, a tentative reaction mechanism consistent with the obtained results was suggested. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

铬酸镧的结构特征与生长机制

通过晶体化学等效点系计算,绘制了正交结构的铬酸镧晶体单胞。对氧八面体间隙计算表明Ca的掺杂有利于Cr与O形成一种稳定结构,并促进铬酸镧的烧结。讨论了铬酸镧材料的结构特征。在扫描电镜下观察到了铬酸镧的生长台阶,并对其生长机制进行了分析和讨论。发现烧结铬酸镧表面存在明显的生长台阶,晶粒以台阶方式长。晶粒的生长表面为(001),(010)和(100)晶面。铬酸镧的(110)晶面和(001)晶面的错配度仅为0．0021,在生长过程中存在这两个晶面的交互生长。     

混合稀土氯化物催化的Diels-Alder反应

本文提出以混合烯土氯化物作为Diels-Alder反应催化剂, 催化三种有工业应用价值的环加成反应。实验结果表明, 混合稀土氯化物对具有含氧基团底物的Diels-Alder反应催化效果显著, 其中混合重烯土氯化物比混合轻稀土氯化物表现出更高的催化活性。。     

Separation of rare earth elements by high-speed counter-current chromatography

Besides being widely used in electronic and glass industries, rare earth elements have recently been found to have important biological effects including the ability to stabilize and enhance interferon activity [J.J. Sedmak and S.E. Grossberg, J. Gen. Virol, 52 (1981) 195]. In this paper, the rare earth elements have been separated using a high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) centrifuge equipped with three multilayer coils connected in series. Two-phase solvent systems were composed of n-heptane containing di-(2-ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid (stationary phase) and dilute hydrochloric acid (mobile phase) where the partition coefficient of each can be optimized by selecting the proper hydrochloric acid concentration. The mobile phase was eluted through the column at a flow-rate of 5 ml/min, while the apparatus was rotated at 900 rpm. Continuous detection of the rare earth elements was effected by means of a post-column reaction with arsenazo III and the elution curve was obtained by on-line monitoring at 650 nm. Excellent isocratic separations of closely related rare earth elements were achieved at high partition efficiencies up to several thousand theoretical plates. Versatility of the present method was demonstrated in an exponential gradient elution of hydrochloric acid concentration where fourteen rare earth elements were all resolved in about 4.5 h.     

Effects of calcination on microscopic and mesoscopic structures in Ca- and Sr-doped nano-crystalline lanthanum chromites

Calcination behavior of nano-crystalline lanthanum chromites doped with calcium and strontium has been probed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and small-angle neutron scattering as a function of temperature. Infrared spectroscopic results imply that over a range of temperatures, some intermediate phase of dopant chromates evolve and then dissolve back, which has also been confirmed by the XRD. Neutron scattering data reveal a fractal type correlation of building blocks in virgin powders. Increase in fractal dimension and reduction in upper cutoff vis-à-vis the densification of agglomerates were found with increasing calcination temperature. Calcination, beyond 900 °C, results in breaking down of the fractal morphology almost completely. Such shrinkage event also results in a modification of the microscopic structure. These changes have been attributed to the compaction of agglomerates of both Ca- and Sr-doped lanthanum chromites, assisted via liquid state sintering by the melting of the intermediate phases at intermediate calcination stages.     

Multicomponent Black Coloured Spinels from Alkoxides

Ferrites and chromites of Ni and Co synthesised by solid reaction method are usually used as black colour ceramic pigments. Due to the presence of Co and Ni in their composition they are classified as harmful substances. In this work, Co, Cr and Fe have been partially substituted by harmless Mg and Al ions, and the optimised compositions have also been synthesised by coprecipitation and gel polymeric route. Samples obtained have been characterised by CIEL*a*b colour parameters, XRD, DTA-TG, and SEM-EDAX techniques. Samples obtained by gel polymeric route presents the best reactivity and black colouring results.     

Phase Formation Study of Alkaline Earth-doped Lanthanum Chromites

In this paper the influence of alkaline-earth admixtures on the synthesis of lanthanum chromites of La_1–xM_xCrO₃ (x=0; 0.3; M=Ca, Sr, Ca+Sr) type was studied. The formation mechanism as well as the phase composition evolution, under non-isothermal and isothermal conditions, were investigated by thermal analysis and X-ray diffraction. The structure of the compounds and of the solid solutions formed depends on the solute type by means of the structural distortion induced. The crystallinity of the chromites obtained is obviously influenced by both the temperature and the thermal treatment plateau. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Radiochemical separation of rare earths by retention on lanthanum oxalate

Investigations have been made on the limit quantities of the applicability of lanthanum oxalate for the practically total retention of rare earth activities under given conditions of radiochemical group separation. The variation of the activity retention was studied by increasing the concentration of the investigated rare earth ions in the solution. The effect of the presence of another than the retained rare earth activity in the solution was also observed. Finally, the retention of scandium activity under the same conditions as those used for the rare earths was investigated.     

辉光放电质谱法测定稀土矿中的15种稀土元素

利用高纯铜粉与稀土矿石粉末均匀混合压片制样.混合15种高纯稀土氧化物制样建立标准工作曲线,校正15种稀土元素相对灵敏度因子,再进行定量分析.结果 表明,稀土元素工作曲线的线性方程相关系数R2均大于0.996,相对标准偏差(RSD)小于5％,满足定量分析要求.测定结果与电感耦合等离子体质谱法(ICP-MS)和电感耦合等离...     

Determination of Osmium Traces in Natural Samples

A method is proposed for the autoclave sample preparation of osmium-containing rocks and ores. The method is compatible with the subsequent diffusion preconcentration of osmium. The best composition of the acid mixture is found for the autoclave decomposition of chromites and other hard-to-decompose materials; the best conditions for the decomposition of rocks are found in order to avoid a loss of osmium at this stage. The detection limits of osmium in chromites are 2.5 ng/g for kinetic determination, 5 ng/g for ICP AES determination, and 0.1 ng/g for ICP MS determination.     

稀土金属离子及pH诱导牛血清白蛋白构象变化的同步荧光光谱研究

用同步荧光法并辅以普通荧光法对不同浓度稀土离子及pH诱导的牛血清白蛋白(BSA)构象变化进行了详细研究, 发现稀土离子使色氨酸(Trp)残基的荧光蓝移, 荧光强度降低; 酪氨酸(Tyr)残基荧光峰位置不变, 稀土离子浓度较低时, 荧光峰强度降低, 而当浓度较高时, Tyr残基荧光峰强度反而增强. 据此推断了稀土离子与BSA结合反应中Trp残基微环境和Tyr残基微环境及构象的变化并与pH引起的变化进行了比较.     

Uncertainty propagation through correction methodology for the determination of rare earth elements by quadrupole based inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Determination of rare earth elements by quadrupole based inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-QMS) shows several spectroscopic overlaps from M⁺, MO⁺ and MOH⁺ ions. Especially, the spectroscopic interferences are observed from the atomic and molecular species of lighter rare earth elements including Ba during the determination of Eu, Gd and Tb. Mathematical correction methods, knowing the at.% abundances of different interfering isotopes, and the extent of formation of molecular species determined experimentally, have been used to account for various spectroscopic interferences. However, the uncertainty propagated through the mathematical correction limits its applicability. The uncertainty propagation increases with the increase in contribution from interfering species. However, for the same extent of total contribution, the overall error decreases when the interfering species are more than one. In this work, chondrite as well as a few geological reference materials containing different proportions of various rare earth elements have been used to study the contributions of different interfering species and the corresponding uncertainty in determining the concentrations of rare earth elements. A number of high abundant isotopes are proposed for determining the concentrations of various rare earth elements. The proposed isotopes are tested experimentally for determining the concentrations of different rare earth elements in two USGS reference materials AGV-1 and G-2. The interferences over those isotopes are corrected mathematically and the uncertainties propagated due to correction methodology are determined for those isotopes. The uncertainties in the determined concentrations of rare earth elements due to interference correction using the proposed isotopes are found to be comparable with those obtained by the commonly used isotopes for various rare earth elements.     

Physicochemical and catalytic properties of sol gel-prepared copper-chromium oxides

Nanostructured copper-chromium oxides were prepared by the sol–gel process (SG) and were characterised by elemental analysis, thermal analysis (TG-DTA), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and by their activity in methane combustion. A comparative study was made with copper chromites commercial catalysts. The as-synthesised copper chromites sample exhibited higher specific surface area (248 m² g⁻¹) with respect to commercial solids (42 m² g⁻¹). The surface quantitative analysis evidenced a Cr⁶⁺ enrichment for the SG catalyst (Cr⁶⁺/Cr³⁺=0.56) with respect to commercial sample (0.39), while the ratio of copper species Cu²⁺/(Cu° + Cu⁺) was the same in both solids. Catalytic activity of SG solids in methane combustion was found to be comparable to that of Pt/Al₂O₃ and superior to that of commercial copper chromites tested under the same conditions.     

惰气熔融-红外吸收光谱法测定镧铈稀土钢中氧含量

高品质稀土钢要求进行精确低氧含量控制,而依据现有GB/T11261-2006标准进行氧含量测定,检测结果具有较大的不准确性。本研究以具有不同镧、铈稀土元素含量的稀土钢为对象,以其氧含量精确测定为目标,基于惰气熔融-红外吸收法,开展了分析功率、助熔剂和称样量对镧铈稀土钢中氧含量分析结果的影响研究。结果表明,对于不同镧、铈元素含量的稀土钢,需要采用不同的分析方法：当稀土钢中的镧、铈含量较低时,通过降低分析功率即可较为精确的测定稀土钢中的氧含量;对于镧、铈含量较高的稀土钢,在调控分析功率（分析功率在4000W～4500W）的基础上,需同时采用锡作为助熔剂,并将助熔剂与样品比例设定为1:1（称样量为0.3g～0.6g）,即可实现氧含量的精确测定。精密度验证实验结果显示,采用本研究所建立的方法,氧含量测试结果相对标准偏差（RSD）小于8.0%;采用钢标样进行回收率实验,回收率值在97%～108%,而加标回收率略有升高的原因在于助熔剂Sn降低了合金熔点,使少量难熔氧化物中的氧得到更充分释放。本研究所建立的分析方法可准确测定不同镧、铈元素含量稀土钢中的氧含量。     

Simultaneous determination of lanthanum and cerium in mixed rare earths with p-acetylarsenazo by spectrophotometry

A new method has been developed for the simultaneous spectrophotometric determination of small amounts of lanthanum and cerium in the presence of large amounts of rare earth elements. Lanthanum (III) and cerium (III) were determined spectrophotometrically with p-acetylarsenazo as the color reagent in the chloroacetic acid medium at pH 3.1 by measuring the absorbances of the complexes at 670 nm. The remained rare earths were masked with ethylenediaminetetracetic acid and ethylenediaminetetracetic acid-zinc during the analysis. The optimum conditions for the simultaneous determination of lanthanum and cerium have been defined. The individual content of lanthanum (III) and cerium (III) were determined by varying the amounts of EDTA and EDTA-Zn used in the analysis and solving the simultaneous absorbance equations based on the Beer's law. The proposed method has been successfully applied to the determination of lanthanum and cerium in Longnan mixed rare earth oxides and other heavy rare earths without preliminary separation with satisfactory results. The relative errors of all analytical results of the method were not more than 2% with good precision. The procedure does not require separation of lanthanum, cerium and the other rare earth elements.     

Synthesis of the rare earth compound nanosheets induced by lamellar liquid crystal

Synthesis of rare earth compound nanosheets with uniform thickness is of potential interest to the luminescent materials. Herein, whole series of rare earth hydrates and oxides nanosheets have been synthesized by using lamellar liquid crystal as a template, except Ce and Pm. Polarizing microscope images and transmission electron microscopy images show that the lamellar liquid crystal can prevent the rare earth hydrate nanosheets from curving to nanotubes in the processes of synthesis. The synthesized nanosheets have a uniform thickness of 10–15 nm and can retain morphology after being calcined at 650 °C. After facile chemical treatment, the functionalized rare earth compounds were obtained, which have unique luminescent property.     

铬铁矿中铁的快速测定方法研究

研究了铬铁矿中铁的测定方法问题。基于测定铬铁矿中铬的溶样方法原理和对传统无汞测铁程序的改进研究,推荐了一个测定铬铁矿中铁的快速方法模式:试样经沸腾硫酸湿烧(～330℃)、磷-硫混合酸溶解、直接用三氯化钛溶液还原铁(Ⅲ→Ⅱ)、过量钛(Ⅲ)自然被氧化后,用常规法滴定之。所提供的快速方法测得之结果准确可靠(RSD=0.55%～0.80%,n=8),适于普遍推广应用。     

Determination of individual rare earth elements in Vietnamese monazite by radiochemical neutron activation analysis

Radiochemical neutron activation analysis (RNAA) has been applied for determination of rare earth elements (REE) in Vietnamese monazite. The chemical separation procedure used is based on the chromatographic elution of rare earth groups, after the separation of²³³Pa(Th) in irradiated monazite samples by coprecipitation with MnO₂, the rare earth elements were retained by Biorad AG1×8 resin column in 10% 15.4M HNO₃-90% methanol solution. The elution of heavy rare earth (HREE) and middle rare earth (MREE) groups was carried out with 10% 1M HNO₃-90% methanol and 10% 0.05M HNO₃-90% methanol solution, respectively; while the light rare earths (LREE) were eluted from the column by 0.1M HNO₃ solution. The accuracy of the method was checked by the analysis of granodiorite GSP-I and the rare earth values were in good agreement.     

Synthesis of nanosized zinc and magnesium chromites starting from PVA–metal nitrate solutions

In this article, we present a detailed study regarding the preparation of nanosized zinc and magnesium chromites starting from a 4% poly(vinyl)alcohol (PVA) aqueous solution and metal nitrates. The controlled thermal treatment of these solutions has permitted the isolation of an intermediary solid product, used as precursor of the preferred mixed oxides: zinc and magnesium chromites. The as-obtained precursors were characterized by FT-IR spectrometry and thermal analysis. FT-IR spectrometry has evidenced the disappearance of the NO₃ ^? anions at 140?°C, due to the redox interaction with PVA. The thermal decompositions of the synthesized precursors were different, as resulted from both thermal analysis and FT-IR spectrometry. Thus, while ZnCrPVA precursor decomposes up to 400?°C with formation of zinc chromite, the precursor MgCrPVA decomposes up to 500?°C, with formation of MgCrO₄ as intermediary amorphous phase. By thermal decomposition of MgCrO₄ at 500?°C, weakly crystallized MgCr₂O₄ powder is obtained. The obtained chromite powders consist of fine nanoparticles with diameters ranging from 10 to 30?nm at 500?°C; on raising the annealing temperature to 1000?°C, chromite particles become octahedral, with diameter up to 500?nm, but with no sign of sintering.     

A study of fast reactions of trilon B with colored complexes formed by Xylenol orange with rare earth elements of the cerium subgroup

The stopped-flow method has been used to study the reaction of Trilon B with the colored complexes formed by Xylenol Orange with the rare earth elements of the cerium subgroup. It has been shown that the limiting stage in this reaction is the stage involving dissociation of the colored complex. The rate constants and energy and entropy of activation of the dissociation of the complexes formed by the rare earth elements of the cerium subgroup with Xylenol Orange have been determined.