Preparation and electrochemical properties of Pb-0.3wt%Ag/Pb-WC composite inert anodes

We prepared Pb-0.3wt%Ag/Pb-WC(WC stands for tungsten carbide,the same below) composite inert anodes by double-pulse electrodeposition on the surface of Pb-0.3wt%Ag substrates,and investigated the electrochemical properties of the composite inert anodes,which were obtained under different forward pulse average current densities from 2 A/dm~2 to 5 A/dm~2 and WC concentrations from 0 g/L to 40 g/L in bath.The kinetic parameters of oxygen evolution,corrosion potential and corrosion current of the composite inert anodes were obtained in a synthetic zinc electrowinning electrolyte of 50 g/L Zn~(2+) and 150 g/L H_2SO_4 at 35 ℃,by measuring the anodic polarization curves,Tafel polarization curves and cyclic voltammetry curves.The results show that Pb-0.3wt% Ag/Pb-WC composite inert anodes obtained under forward pulse average current density of 3 A/dm~2 and WC concentration of 30 g/L in an original acid plating bath,possess higher electrocatalytic activity of oxygen evolution,lower overpotential of oxygen evolution,better reversibility of electrode reaction and corrosion resistance in [ZnSO_4+H_2SO_4] solution.The overpotential of oxygen evolution of the composite inert anode is 0.926 V under 500 A/m~2 in [ZnSO_4+H_2SO_4] solution,and 245 mV lower than that of Pb-1% Ag alloy;the corrosion current of the composite inert anode is 0.95×10~(-4)A which is distinctly lower than that of Pb-1%Ag alloy,showing the excellent corrosion resistance.     

Technology of black coloring for stainless steel by electrochemical method

The technology of black coloring for stainless steel by electrochemical method was studied. The optimum bath compositions and operating conditions were obtained as follows. 40 - 50 g/L K2Cr2O7, 15 - 20 g/L MnSO4, 15 -20 g/L （NH4）2SO4, 20 -40 g/L H3BO3, 20 -30 g/L additive A, 2 g/L （NH4）6Mo7O24 ; time 9 -20 min; temperature 15 - 30 ℃ ; potential 3 V and current density 1 - 2 mA/cm^2. The effects of the compositions of the bath on the quality of black colored film were discussed. The influences of passivation process on the black coloring velocity and performances of black colored film layer were investigated. The results show that the passivation process can improve the corrosion resistance and the stability to bear color-change; （NH4）2 SO4 can control the black coloring velocity and prolong black coloring bath life remarkably; and additive A can improve the evenness and compactness of black colored film layer. The results of scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectra show that the microstructure is of cylindrical lump, the filling process can decrease the crackles, and the main elements of black colored film are Fe, Cr, Mn and Ni.     

Electroless copper plating process of N, N, N′, N′-tetrakis (2-hydroxypropyl) ethylenediamine system with high plating rate

Electroless copper plating process of N, N, N′, N′-tetrakis (2-hydroxypropyl) ethylenediamine (THPED) chelating agent was researched comprehensively. The results indicate that plating rate decreases with the increase of concentration for THPED, CuSO₄ · 5H₂O and HCHO, pH value and bath temperature. The additive of K₄[Fe(CN)₆] · 3H₂O, 2, 2′-dipyridyl and polyethylene glycol(PEG) decrease plating rate and K₄[Fe(CN)₆] · 3H₂O has a bad effect on deposits quality, but 2, 2′-dipyridyl and PEG make deposits quality improve greatly. Low concentration of 2-mercaptobenzothiozole (2-MBT) increases plating rate and improves deposits quality, but decreases plating rate and worsens deposits quality when 2-MBT reaches 5 mg/L. The optimal conditions of this electroless copper plating process are that the concentration of THPED, HCHO, CuSO₄ · 5H₂O, PEG, 2, 2′-dipyridyl and 2-MBT are 16.8 g/L, 16.0 mL/L, 13.3 g/L, 0.5 g/L, 5.0 mg/L and 2.0 mg/L, respectively, pH value is 12.75, bath temperature is 30 °C. Plating rate reaches 9.54 μm/h plating for 30 min in the bath. The SEM images demonstrate that the surface of copper film is smooth and the crystal is fine. Foundation item: Project supported by Hubei Daye Nonferrous Metal Corporation of China     

Fermentation optimization to improve production of antagonistic metabolites by Bacillus subtilis strain BS501a

To improve antagonistic metabolites production of Bacillus subtilis strain BS501a,physical parameters of fermentation and metal inorganic salts in medium,namely initial pH value,culture temperature,fermentation time,concentrations of CaCl2,FeSO4,ZnSO4,MnSO4 and MgSO4,were optimized using one-factor-at-a-time and orthogonal tests.The results show that the optimal physical parameters of fermentation are an initial pH of 7.0,a culture temperature of 30 °C,and a fermentation time of 48 h.The optimal concentrati...     

Dissolution kinetics of malachite in ammonia/ammonium sulphate solution

The dissolution kinetics of malachite was investigated in ammonia/ammonium sulphate solution. The effects of ammonia and ammonium sulphate concentration, pH, leaching time, reaction temperature, and particle size were determined. The results show that the optimum leaching conditions for malachite ore with a copper extraction more than 96.8% are ammonia/ammonium concentration 3.0 mol/L NH₄OH + 1.5 mol/L (NH₄)₂SO₄, liquid-to-solid ratio 25:1 mL/g, leaching time 120 min, stirring speed 500 r/min, reaction temperature 25 °C and particle size finer than 0.045 mm. The dissolution process of malachite with an activation energy of 26.75 kJ/mol is controlled by the interface transfer and diffusion across the product layer. A semi-empirical rate equation is obtained to describe the leaching process and the reaction orders with respect to concentration of ammonia and ammonium sulphate are 2.983 0 and 0.941 1, respectively.     

Influence of La-dopant on the material characteristics and supercapacitive performance of MnO<Subscript>2</Subscript> electrodes

Manganese dioxide was synthesized by electrodeposition method with Mn (CH3COO)2?4H2O as a raw material. La(NO3)3?6H2O was doped in electroyte during the preparing process to improve the performance of MnO2 electrodes. The micrographs, crystal structure and element content of electrodes were analyzed by SEM, XRD and atomic absorption spectroscopy, respectively. It is found that the La content ratio in the dioxide can be easily controlled by adjusting the composition of the plating solution. Appropriate amoun...     

不同电流密度下混凝土裂缝电沉积产物的分布特性

选用ZnSO₄作为电沉积溶液,以混凝土裂缝处电阻及裂缝填充深度为评价指标,研究电流密度对电沉积修复钢筋混凝土裂缝效果的影响及对沉积物矿物成分和微观形貌的影响。研究结果表明：经过电沉积修复36 d,混凝土试件电阻显著增加,电阻增加速率随着通电时间增加而减小,电流密度越大,早期电阻增加速率越快,但裂缝填充深度越小。X射线衍射结果表明,沉积物主要矿物成分为ZnO。电镜扫描结果表明,沉积物颗粒大小随着电流密度增大而变大,电流密度越小,沉积物排列越有序,结构越致密。     

Solvent extraction of zinc from zinc sulfate solution

The extraction of zinc from zinc sulfate solution was investigated, using 20% saponified D2EHPA as an extractant and 260^# sulfonate kerosene as a diluent. The solution was stirred for 8 min at phase ratio (V _o/V _a) of 1.0:1.0, initial pH of 2.0 and stirring speed of 200 r/min. The results show that 75% zinc can be extracted from the zinc sulfate solution when the concentration of zinc is 18.7 g/L after being settled for 10 min. 88.60% zinc can be stripped by 196 g/L sulfuric acid, and zinc ion can be separated from ferric ion.     

掺硼金刚石薄膜电极电化学氧化对铜绿微囊藻的生长抑制

阳极材料采用掺硼金刚石薄膜板状电极,研究了电化学氧化中电流密度、电解时间、pH、氯离子浓度、硫酸根离子浓度对铜绿微囊藻生长抑制的影响,以及电解前后藻细胞形态的变化。结果表明,4个影响因素对铜绿微囊藻生长抑制效果显著。抑藻效果随电流密度、电解时间的增加而增加,电流密度为17 mA/cm²时藻细胞出现破裂、细胞内物质流出的现象,抑藻效果较好;当电解时间为20 min时,可完全抑制藻细胞生长;再增大电解时间,对抑藻效果无明显促进作用,初始pH在中性及酸性条件下可完全抑制藻细胞生长。抑藻效果与溶液中氯离子、硫酸根离子浓度成正相关,当溶液中氯离子浓度为6 mg/L时,可完全抑制藻细胞生长;无氯离子时,藻细胞在4 d后出现继续增长现象。     

电沉积法制备高孔率泡沫金属的电流密度控制

针对高孔率泡沫金属的电阻特性，通过电流密度随时间的变化转换为镀区内的位置分布，建立了稳恒状态下，带状高孔率泡沫金属与阳极平行电沉积的理论模型，进而推导出表观电流密度分布的表达式，并对电化学步骤控制的泡沫金属电沉积进行了设备优化设计，使得泡沫金属电沉积的电流密度控制在最佳范围，保证泡沫金属的质量。这一工作，为电沉积法制备高孔率泡沫金属的设备制造和在线控制提供了理论依据，具有实际应用价值。     

Electrodeposition of copper by IMPC method

Ｕｎｄｅｒｔｈｅｐｒｅｓｓｕｒｅｏｆｉｎｃｒｅａｓｉｎｇｌｙｓｔｒｉｃｔｅｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎ ｔａｌｌａｗａｎｄｔｈｅｓｔｉｍｕｌａｔｉｏｎｏｆｔｅｃｈｎｉｃａｌａｄｖａｎｃｅｍｅｎｔ,ｈｙ ｄｒｏｍｅｔａｌｌｕｒｇｙｏｆｃｏｐｐｅｒｈａｓｇｏｔｅｎｏｒｍｏｕｓｄｅｖｅｌｏｐｍｅｎｔｗｏｒｌｄｗｉｄｅ[1 3] .Ｎｏｗｔｏｔａｌｔｈｒｏｕｇｈｐｕｔｏｆｃｏｐｐｅｒｂｙｈｙ ｄｒｏｍｅｔａｌｌｕｒｇｙｉｓｉｎｃｒｅａｓｉｎｇｂｙ 2 5%ａｎｎｕａｌｌｙ .Ｉｎ 1998,ｔｈｅｔｏｔａｌｔｈｒｏｕｇｈｐｕｔａｃｈｉｅ…     

Polyaniline-graphite composite film glucose oxidase electrode

1 INTRODUCTION Conducting polymers, such as polyaniline (PANI), polypyrrole (PPY) and polythiophene, have attracted much attention as an enzyme-immobilizing matrix for biosensors [1?3]. Conducting polymers are known to be compatible with biological molecules in neutral aqueous solutions. Due to the reversibility doping-undoping processes and the rapid electron transfer, the conducting polymers are promising in the immobilization of biomolecules and fabrication of efficient biosensors[4]…     

Preparation and microstructure of spinel zinc ferrite ZnFe<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>4</Subscript> by Co-precipitation method

Spinel zinc ferrites ZnFe₂O₄, prepared by co-precipitation method using the zinc nitrate Zn(NO₃)₂·6H₂O and ferric nitrate Fe(NO₃)₃·2H₂O as the raw materials, were characterized by the thermo gravimetric analysis (TG) and differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The influence of synthesis conditions, such as Zn/Fe molar ratio, pH value, the sintering temperature and time, on the microstructures was detailedly investigated. The relationships between the microstructures and the synthesis conditions were discussed. The results show that the pure spinel zinc ferrites ZnFe₂O₄ are formed when the Zn/Fe molar ratio is 1.05:2 at pH=8.5 or Zn/Fe molar ratio is 1:2 at Ph=9-10, and the precursors are sintered at 1100 °C for 4 h. Especially no other phases are observed when the Zn/Fe molar ratio is 1:2 at pH=10 and the precursor is sintered above 700 for 4 °C h. The higher sintering temperature and longer sintering time contribute to grain growth.     

Molten salts/ceramic-foam matrix composites by melt infiltration method as energy storage material

A new type of high temperature energy storage material was obtained through the melt infiltration method, using compounding SiC ceramic foam as matrix and Na₂SO₄ as phase change material. The resulting composite material was measured by XRD, SEM, TG-DSC methods. The experimental results indicate that the composite is composed of silicon carbide, sodium sulfate and square quartz, and no chemical reactions occurs between Na₂SO₄ and SiC matrix. Na₂SO₄ has a good bonding with the SiC ceramic foam matrix. As the composite material is characterized by high thermal energy storage density and high thermal conductivity, it is suit for energy storage under high temperature. Funded by the “863” Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (2008AA05Z418)     

Thermal Decomposition of Leightonite,K2Ca2Cu（SO4）4·2H2O

The thermal decomposition of Leightonite, K2Ca2Cu（SO4）4·2H2O, was studied by thermal gravimetric analysis（TGA）, differential thermal analysis（DTA）, X-ray diffraction（XRD）, etc. The results show that the Leightonite is dehydrated around 170 ℃ to 390 ℃ and transformed to be new intermediate （K-Cu-SO4） sulphate salt with bright-green color. Moreover, the chemical structure changes during the thernal decomposition process was describled in detail. And the as-resulting phases are demonstrated to be K2Ca2（SO4）3, K2SO4, CaSO4 ,and Cu2O.     

Pulse Electrodeposition and Nanoindentation Test of ZrO2/Ni Nanocomposite

ZrO2/Ni nanocomposite was produced via pulse electrodeposition using a nickel sulfmate bath. The effects of main factors including pH value, temperature T, current density Dk and ZrO2 content p on the electrodeposit were dealt with by the Taguchi method. Experimental results show that the current density and ZrO2 content affect the electrodepositing process significantly. Nanocomposite with an average grain size of about 50 nm and ZrO2 content of up to 0.4 wt% was produced under the optimal condition. The Young＇s modulus of the achieved composite is similar to that of polycrystalline Ni. The microhardness is much higher than that of common pure Ni, primarily due to the ultrafine grains of Ni matrix by the Hall-Petch mechanism. The homogeneous dispersion of stiff ZrO2 particles in the Ni matrix acting as dislocation pinning and microcrack pinning also results in the strengthening effect.     

Octacalcium phosphate fiber synthesized by homogeneous precipitation method

Calcium phosphate fiber was synthesized by homogeneous precipitation method using urea as precipitation agent. Effects of the reactant concentration and hydrothermal temperature on the calcium phosphate morphology and composition were studied using SEM, FTIR and XRD. It is found that fine octacalcium phosphate(OCP)fiber can be synthesized when the reactant concentrations are 0.167 mol/L for Ca(NO3)2, 0.1 mol/L for (NH4)2HPO4, and 0.6-0.7 mol/L for (NH2)2CO, respectively, with the initial reactant solution pH value around 2.2, hydrothermal temperature 90 ℃ and termination reaction at pH value around 5.0. At very low urea concentration, the product size distribution is highly inhomogeneous, however, at an excessively high concentration the product becomes larger and shorter and a mixture of OCP and hydroxyapatite (HA). Increasing the hydrothermal temperature is favorable to the fast precipitation of OCP, higher productivity and finer product.     

Surface properties of activated carbon from different raw materials

Activated carbons (ACs) with different surface properties were prepared from different raw materials. N₂ adsorption, pH value, Boehm titration, Temperature-programmed reduction (TPR) and FTIR were employed to characterize the pore structure and surface chemical properties of the ACs. The results show that AC from bituminous coal (AC-B) has more meso-pores, higher pH value, more carboxylic groups and basic site than ACs from coconut shell and hawthorn(AC-C, AC-H). Oxygen in the mixture gas has great effect on SO₂ catalytic oxidation/oxidation ability of AC-B. In the absence of oxygen, the adsorbed SO₂ on AC-B is 0.16 mmol/g and the conversion ratio of adsorbed SO₂ to SO₃ is 22.07%; while in the presence of oxygen, the adsorbed amount of SO₂ is 0.42 mmol/g, and all of the adsorbed SO₂ was totally converted to SO₃. This feature of AC-B is consistent with its higher pH value, basic site and the reaction ability with H₂ from TPR. The conversion ratios of SO₂ absorbed on both AC-C and AC-H were 100%, respectively.     

Ni-P/Al_2O_3复合镀层性能的表征与测试

为了提高镀层的耐磨性和硬度,在45碳钢基材上实施Ni-P/Al2O3化学复合镀,使纳米Al2O3微粒均匀分布于Ni-P基体中.研究了化学复合镀工艺条件和镀液组分对镀层性能的影响.镀件的耐蚀性实验和XRD分析表明:当硫酸镍25 g/L,次亚磷酸钠30 g/L,纳米Al2O3微粒加入量为5 g/L,乳酸20 mL/L和柠檬酸5 g/L,在pH=5.5,施镀温度为(85±2)℃,获得的Ni-P/Al2O3复合镀层表面光滑、胞状物致密,镀层的耐腐蚀性较高、硬度可达600HV,有利于得到综合性能较高的镀层.     

Preparation of calcium phosphate coating on pure titanium substrate by electrodeposition method

The influences of pH value, electrolyte temperature and loading time on depositing calcium phosphate coating on pure titanium substrate by electrodeposition process were investigated. The process was carried out with an electrochemical work-station supplying a direct current power at potential of -0.8V (vs SCE). The electrolyte consists of 7 mmol·L-1 CaCl2·2H2O, 3 mmol·L-1 Ca(H2PO4)2·H2O and 2.5% H2O2. NaOH and HCl solutions were used to adjust pH value. The deposited samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope. The comparison of the deposits obtained at lower and higher pH values demonstrates that the crystallization process at the interface is favoured by high pH value. With temperature increasing, the deposited hydroxyapatite is occasionally of plate-like shape, and the width and the length of the deposited calcium phosphates at 65 ℃ are larger than those at 55 ℃. Therefore, it is confirmed that the morphology and microstructure of electrochemically deposited calcium phosphates can be regulated. Additionally, the coating formed in electrolyte with H2O2 additive is homogeneous and the evolution of H2 bubble can be eliminated.