Magnetic susceptibilities of UO2ThO2ZrO2 solid solutions

Magnetic susceptibilities were measured from 2.2 K to room temperature for solid solutions of UO₂ThO₂ZrO₂ of which the lattice parameters are the same as that of UO₂, i.e., Th_0.7yZr_0.3yU_1−yO₂ solid solutions. The Néel temperature decreases linearly with decreasing uranium concentration, the critical concentration being 69 mole% UO₂. The Néel temperatures of the present solid solutions are nearly in the middle of UO₂ThO₂ solid solutions and UO₂ZrO₂ solid solutions, which indicates that the magnetic dilution effect of ZrO₂ is larger than that of ThO₂. The effective magnetic moment decreases with decreasing uranium concentration, which is due to a decrease in the magnetic interactions with adjacent uranium ions, not due to a change of the strength of crystalline field. The Weiss constant decreases almost linearly with decreasing uranium concentration.     

Bubble-point pressures of the H2COCO2 system

Bubble-point pressures of the H₂COCO₂ system were measured at temperatures from 253.15 to 303.15 K and pressures up to 9 MPa. Multiple bubble-points were observed within certain limits of hydrogen compositions. The data have been compared with the calculated results by the Redlich-Kwong and the Peng-Robinson equations of state.     

Verres du systeme La2S3La2O3Ga2O3Ga2S3

The extent of the glass forming region is described as a function of the composition and of the cooling speed. The shape of this region is explained from the previously described La₂S₃La₂O₃Ga₂O₃Ga₂S₃ phase diagram. Glasses are obtained after relatively slow cooling (5°/min), in a definite region of compositions, which coincides with a relatively large concentration of ternary invariants. The thermal properties (transition temperatures and crystallization temperatures) were measured by DTA. For a relatively large region of compositions, glasses return to the equilibrium conditions with intermediate formation of the La_3.33Ga₆S₁₂O₂ metastable crystalline phase. An approach to the structure of the glasses is made by comparison with the crystal structures of the numerous ternary and quaternary crystalline compounds observed in the system, and by the comparison of the Raman spectra. It appears that these gallium oxysulfide glasses have many structural analogies with germanium sulfide glasses.     

Synthesis,chemical and biological properties of &{Pt[S(CH2)3Cl]2}6 and Pt[C6H3(oCH2CH  CH2)(p-CH3)]2

PtCl₄²⁻ with the ligand HS(CH₂)₃Cl affords a linear polymer which is converted into the hexamer title compound by heating in xylene in the presence of a small amount of dimethylsulphoxide. The hexamer undergoes Cl substitution upon reaction with NaBr or NaI. From the reaction of PtCl₂ with the Grignard reagent of o-allyl-p-methyl-chlorobenzene is obtained the monomer complex Pt[C₆H₃(CH₂CH  CH₂-o) (CH₃p)]₂. The biological properties of the complexes as inhibitors of DNA, RNA and protein synthesis has been evaluated.     

Phase equilibria of the Ag2OTeO2V2O5 system

The phase diagram Ag₂OV₂O₅TeO₃ is studied in the region rich in TeO₂ with the aid of DTA and X-ray analysis. It is found that the sections TeO₂Ag₂O.V₂O₅.2TeO₂ and Ag₂O.TeO₂Ag₂O.V₂O₅.2TeO₂ are simple ones. A new compound with a composition of Ag₂O.3V₂O₅.6TeO₂ has been found in the section 2TeO₂.V₂O₅Ag₂O.V₂O₅.2TeO₂ which melts incongruently. A part of the liquidus diagram of the system in which the two ternary compounds participate is plotted.     

Characterization of the CaCl2EuCl2 and CaCl2SrCl2 systems by X-ray powder diffraction

The systems CaCl₂SrCl₂ and CaCl₂EuCl₂ were studied over the entire composition range by X-ray powder diffraction. The CaCl₂XCl₂ (X = Sr, Eu) systems behave similarly and exhibit two single-phase regions with corresponding adjacent two-phase regions. The first single-phase region exhibits the SrI₂-type and the second the SrBr₂-type structure. The cation distribution is probably random throughout the systems.     

Compound and solid-solution formation in the system Li2ONb2O5TiO2

A systematic study of compound and solid-solution formation in the system Li₂ONb₂O₅TiO₂ has been made. Several solid-solution series, based on LiNbO₃, LiNb₃O₈, Li₂Nb₂₈O₇₁, Li₂TiO₃, phase M, Li₂Ti₃O₇, and TiO₂, have been characterized. In all cases, the principal solid-solution mechanism appears to involve stoichiometric formulae with constant overall cation content. One new phase, of approximate formula Li₁₃TiNb₅O₂₁, has been prepared. A subsolidus phase diagram for the ternary system is presented.     

The system YPO4Ca3(PO4)2Ca2P2O7

The ternary system YPO₄Ca₃(PO₄)₂Ca₂P₂O₇ has been investigated by differential thermal analysis, powder X-ray diffraction, and microscopy in reflected light. Its phase diagram and isothermal section at room temperature have been determined. The system contains only one double phosphate which is formed at the 1:1 molar ratio YPO₄:Ca₃(PO₄)₂, i.e., Ca₃Y(PO₄)₃.     

Liquid-liquid extraction model for the system LaCl3Nd(NO3)3HNO3H2OHDEHP-AMSCO

The liquid-liquid extraction model for a binary metal system successfully applied to the lanthanide nitrate system was found to be applicable to the binary metal-mixed ligand system only when equal mole fractions of each metal components are present in the feed solution. The agreement in this special case is explained satisfactorily in terms of the two-suffix Margules equations. The lack of agreement between the chemically based model and the experimental data was attributed to the effects of the stability constants and the degree of formation of the lanthanide mixed ligand complexes on the separation factors.     

Torsional potentials and conformational structures in the halogen substituted molecules HOCCH2X,HOCCHX2, XOCCH2X,XOCCHX2, XH2CCOCH3, X2HCCOCH3, (XH2C)2CO, (X2HC)2CO,and (X3C)2CO (X = Cl,Br) as determined by molecular-mechanics calculations

Parameter values of the non-blonded atom⋯atom interaction Br⋯OC have been established from gas-phase data. Conformational energies, structures, torsional barrier heights and torsional force constants of the title compounds have been estimated. For BrOCCH₂Br, (Cl₃C)₂CO and (ClH₂C)₂CO the calculated results are compared with gas-phase observations. It is suggested that hexachloroacetone ought to be reinvestigated by electron diffraction.     

Phase equilibria in the ternary system: MgONa2OP2O5: Partial system: Mg3(PO4)2Mg4Na(PO4)3Na4P2O7Mg2P2O7

The partial system Mg₃(PO₄)₂Mg₄Na(PO₄)₃Na₄P₂O₇Mg₂P₂O₇ in the ternary system MgONa₂OP₂O₅ was investigated using thermal and X-ray diffraction analyses and microscopy, and its phase diagram has been determined. In this range of composition, two binary phosphates occur: Mg₄Na(PO₄)₃ and Mg₆Na₈(P₂O₇)₅. The former melts incongruently (at 1155°C) and the latter does congruently (at 808°C). In the partial system of interest, the two sections Mg₄Na(PO₄)₃Mg₂P₂O₇ and Mg₄Na(PO₄)₃Mg₆Na₈(P₂O₇)₅ are studied, and their phase diagrams are established. The partial system is divided into three partial ternary systems in which two ternary eutectics and one ternary peritectic occur.     

Phase diagram for the system Bi2O3CaOSrOCuO in the SrO-rich region

It has been found experimentally that phase diagram for the system Bi₂O₃CaOSrOCuO in SrO-rich region at 850°C in the open air includes three elementary tetrahedra: CaOSrOSr₆Bi₂O₁₁Sr₂CuO₃, CaOSr₂CuO₃Sr₆Bi₂O₁₁Sr_3,5Ca_0,5Bi₂O₇ and Sr₃Bi₂O₆Sr₆Bi₂O₁₁Sr_3,5Ca_0,5Bi₂O₇ Sr₂CuO₃. In the considered interval of corresponding oxide concentrations quaternary oxides are not formed under the above conditions.     

New oxyborates in the MgMnBO system

Two new oxyborate compounds were synthesized during a study of the phase relationships between the pinakiolite-ludwigite series of compounds. The structural topologies of these previously unreported materials have been determined experimentally by comparing calculated with observed electron microscope images. Both of these structures are very similar to each other, and also closely related to pinakiolite which consists of flat walls of edge-sharing octahedra connected to zigzag chains of octahedra by triangular BO₃ groups. The two new structures contain similar infinite walls which are separated by slabs of octahedra that are wider than the zigzag chains found in pinakiolite. A new series of structurally related oxyborate compounds can be envisaged and are described.     

An investigation of the polythermal diagram of the H2ONa2HPO4Na2SO4 system

The polythermal diagram of the ternary system H₂ONa₂HPO₄Na₂SO₄ has been established, setting up nine isotherms obtained between 0 and 25°C by conductimetric analysis. The solubility domains of the various solid phases have been determined. One eutectic, three stable and one metastable transitional transformations have been observed. Temperature and composition of the eutectic point have been obtained by thermal analysis at constant flow.     

The excess enthalpies of liquid GaGeTe and GaSnTe alloys

The excess enthalpies of the liquid alloys GaGeTe and GaSnTe were measured in a heat-flow calorimeter at 1203 K. The enthalpy surface in the ternary space in both systems is characterized by a valley stretching from the exothermic minimum in the GaTe system to the minima of the GeTe and SnTe systems. The minima in the ternary systems were found in this valley, i.e. on the sections Ga₂Te₃-GeTe and Ga₂Te₃-SnTe. A comparison of the experimental data with those calculated from the excess enthalpies of the constituent binaries with the aid of the Bonnier model, reveals only small deviations. A preliminary investigation was made into the ternary phase diagram of GaSnTe. This system contains the two quasibinary sections Ga₂Te₃-SnTe, GaTe-SnTe and the ternary compound Ga₆SnTe₁₀. The previously reported compounds Ga₂SnTe₃ and GaSnTe₂ do not exist.     

Comparison of the magnetic properties of MmFeband NdFeB compounds

NdFeB and corresponding MmFeB compounds were studied, the high field magnetization at 4.2 K, the a.c. susceptibility (4.2 < T < 300 K) and the anisotropy field were measured using the singular point detection technique (77 < T < 570 K). At room temperature the anisotropy field of the MmFeB is about 3T, whereas that of NdFeB compounds is about 7T. The MmFeB compounds showed effects due to the cerium (lowering the Curie temperature) as well as due to the neodymium (spin reorientation at low temperatures).     

Calorimetric studies of CeCu AND CeMgCu alloys

Using different calorimeters, the following measurements have been carried out.

• 1.(i) The integral enthalpies of mixing of CeCu binary and some CeMgCu ternary liquid alloys,
• 2.(ii) The enthalpy of formation and the enthalpy of melting of the intermetallic compound CeCu₂.
• 3.(iii) The heat content of solid and liquid CeCu₂.

The observed concentration and temperature dependence of the measured values of the enthalpies of mixing as well as the glass-forming abilities of these alloys are explained on the basis of an association model.     

Glass-forming region and structure in SiS2Li2SLiX (X = Br,I)

The glass-forming region in the SiS₂Li₂SLiX (X = Br, I) system, as determined by X-ray diffraction, has been extended to higher lithium content by the use of a direct liquid nitrogen quench. The base glass, 0.4SiS₂0.6Li₂S, was synthesized and doping up to 0.28SiS₂0.42Li₂S0.30LiBr and 0.24SiS₂0.36Li₂S0.40LiI was achieved. The properties of these glasses are compared to the glasses formed by previously reported quenching methods.Vibrational assignments have been made from infrared investigation of the glasses using FT-IR. The basic glass network consists of SiS₄ tetrahedra while the addition of Li₂S as a network modifier produced nonbridging sulfur. Doping with lithium halide did not significantly change the glass network, i.e., no changes in IR peak positions were observed. However, the higher lithium ion concentration resulted in higher mobility and ionic conduction.