Thermal stability of nanometric TiC-carbon composites: effects of carbon allotropes and Zr milling impurities

In the ISOL (Isotope Separator OnLine) method a target at high temperatures (up to 2300?°C), is bombarded with high energy protons in order to produce isotopes through nuclear reactions which are simultaneously extracted from the target, ionized and delivered to physics experiments. Due to the enhanced isotope release properties of nanosized porous materials, titanium carbide-carbon porous nanocomposites have been developed at CERN and tested up to 1500?°C. In the interest of the ISOL application, in this study we extended the range of temperatures up to 1800?°C, to test the sintering hindering capabilities of different carbon allotropes. Carbon black was the most effective with the smallest TiC crystallite size: <80?nm at 1800?°C. Additionally, using thermodynamic modelling, ex-situ X-ray powder diffraction and in-situ gas phase analysis, we show that there are interesting additional phase and lattice parameter changes due to the ZrO₂ impurities from the attrition milling.     

Microwave-assisted solution synthesis,microwave sintering and magnetic properties of cobalt ferrite

A simple, soft, and fast microwave-assisted hydrothermal method was used for the preparation of nanocrystalline cobalt ferrite powders from commercially-available Fe(NO₃)₃?9H₂O, Co(NO₃)₂?6H₂O, ammonium hydroxide, and tetrapropylammonium hydroxide (TPAH). The synthesis was conducted in a sealed-vessel microwave reactor specifically designed for synthetic applications, and the resulting products were characterized by XRD, FE-SEM, TEM, and HR-TEM. After a systematic study of the influence of the microwave variables (temperature, reaction time and nature of the bases), highly crystalline CoFe₂O₄ nanoparticles with a high uniformity in morphology and size, were directly obtained by heating at 130?°C for 20?min using the base TPAH. Dense ceramics of cobalt ferrite were prepared by non-conventional, microwave sintering of synthesized nanopowders at temperatures of 850–900?°C. The magnetic properties of both the nanopowders and the sintered specimens were determined in order to establish their feasibility as a permanent magnet.     

组合赋权的TOPSIS在冲击地压危险性评价中的应用

为了合理准确地评价煤矿冲击地压危险性,在现有评价冲击地压危险性实例的基础上,从煤矿地质因素和开采因素2个方面,选取10个主要的影响指标,利用熵权法和指标相关性权重法分别计算影响冲击地压危险性的各评价指标权重,再根据组合赋权的方法得出各指标的综合权重,构建基于逼近理想解理论的冲击地压危险性评价模型。以重庆砚石台煤矿为例,选取20组评价冲击地压危险性样本数据进行分析,确定评价冲击地压危险性的最优和最劣状况,然后计算出各个评价方案与最优和最劣状况的距离,最后综合最优与最劣距离,确定评价对象的相对贴近度。应用结果表明:评价结果与实际情况一致,且该模型相较其他模型的评价结果更加科学准确,表明该方法有良好的实用价值。     

Influence of Zr dopant on polarization in rutile (In0.5Nb0.5)0.005(Ti1-xZrx)0.995O2 ceramics

(In_0.5Nb_0.5)_0.005(Ti_1-xZr_x)_0.995O₂ (INZT, x = 0-0.10) ceramics were synthesized using a conventional sintering method, and the effects of Zr content on the microstructures, dielectric properties and electron-pinned defect-dipoles (EPDD) polarization of the resultant products were investigated. The solubility limit of INZT was x = 0.075, and a secondary ZrTiO₄ phase appeared at x = 0.10. Ceramics with x = 0-0.10 exhibited excellent dielectric properties, ie, colossal permittivity (CP, εʹ > 10³) and low dielectric loss (tanδ < 0.1), over a wide range of frequencies (10⁰-10⁶ Hz at 300 K) and temperatures (50-350 K at 1 kHz). The dielectric spectra and XPS results confirmed that the CP property of the ceramics could be ascribed to their EPDD polarization. The activation energy (E_a) for EPDD polarization was continuously enhanced by increasing x values. EPDD relaxation parameters at different x values were revealed using Cole-Cole equation fitting. Moreover, α, which characterize the relaxation time τ distribution, increased with x values, thus indicating that Zr was involved in and affected electron localized states. The high E_a, temperature T_p of the peak εʹʹ at 1 kHz, and dielectric relaxation time τ_p at 30 K were related to increases in hopping distance of electrons among defect clusters with Zr addition.     

陶瓷超滤膜用于盐湖卤水提锂合格液的中试研究

为解决纳滤膜用于盐湖卤水镁锂分离中长时间运行后出现通量下降、膜污染和分离效率下降的问题,开展了将陶瓷超滤膜作为纳滤预处理措施用于盐湖卤水提锂合格液的中试研究。中试设在吸附提锂车间,进水为提锂工序中的合格液。结果表明,在冬天低温环境合格液浊度<50 NTU的条件下,以及在合格液浊度上升至50~170 NTU的极端进水水质条件下,陶瓷超滤膜均可在300 L/（m ²·h）的测试通量下稳定运行,过滤时间为30~50 min/周期。产水浊度稳定<0.1 NTU,优于后续纳滤系统进水要求。     

碳酸钠溶液结晶抑制剂的制备与应用

以乙二胺、羟基乙腈、异丙醇为原料,合成一种碳酸钠结晶抑制剂ELYZ-09,并研究了反应温度与搅拌速率对结晶抑制剂效果的影响,当合成温度为70 ℃、搅拌速率为420 r/min时,合成的结晶抑制剂效果最好。对研制的结晶抑制剂做了现场应用实验,当自制的碳酸钠抑制剂ELYZ-09加注质量分数≥0.12%时,20%（质量分数）的碳酸钠溶液冷却到10 ℃时没有晶体析出,抑制结晶率达到100%,同时不会对碳酸钠溶液的pH、碳酸根含量产生影响。     

汽车用钢弹性模量测试探讨

采用静态拉伸试验方法对系列汽车用钢材料进行测试，得到了汽车用钢材料的弹性模量，分析了强化方式、轧制方向、塑性变形等对材料弹性模量的影响。结果表明：强化方式影响材料的弹性模量，固溶强化的汽车用钢材料弹性模量最大；材料的弹性模量表现出各向异性特点，垂直于轧制方向的弹性模量最大；塑性变形降低材料的弹性模量。研究结果为工程设计、冲压模拟、碰撞模拟、回弹模拟等提供计算依据。     

Scandium recovery from raffinate copper leach solution as potential new source with ion exchange method

Raffinate copper leach solution of the Iran Sarcheshmeh copper complex has up to 3 mg/L scandium (Sc), which is significantly better than many existing sources, making it a possible source for the recovery of Sc using the ion exchange method. Visual Minteq software was employed to ascertain the ionic species likely to be formed under operational conditions in the mine and for selecting the suitable ion exchange resin. The cationic resin thus chosen was employed statically with ions-bearing synthesized solutions and statically/dynamically for actual copper mining raffinate solution. Room temperature and pH of 1.5 showed the highest Sc adsorption. The dynamic tests established the full saturation of the resin at 450 BV of the raffinate solution flow. Using sodium carbonate for elution, desorption of Sc, Y and Ce from the resin during static elution tests at constant duration was higher than that of Fe, Al and Cu. The results from the dynamic tests followed similar trends for the priority and the extent of the elution process. Desorption results from specimens of dynamic tests show a 60:1 concentration ratio leading to a 186 mg/L Sc-rich solution.     

Coherency strain induced hardening in bulk polycrystalline ceramics: A case study with MgO-based “ceramic alloys”

The role of coherency strain at the matrix/precipitate interface toward hardening of bulk polycrystalline “ceramic alloys” has been established here. Formation of “near ideal” bulk polycrystalline ceramic microstructure characterized by the presence of uniformly distributed coherent “ultra-fine” MgCr₂O₄ particles (size: ~25 nm) within matrix (MgO) grains was achieved via solid-state precipitation during aging treatment of bulk supersaturated MgO–Cr₂O₃ solid solutions (formed during pressureless sintering in air, followed by fast cooling). The as-aged MgO–MgCr₂O₄ “ceramic alloys” exhibited hardness increment by ~73% over that of phase pure bulk MgO upon aging for just 10 hours at 1000°C in air. Evidences toward the presence of significant coherency strains across the MgO/MgCr₂O₄ coherent interfaces were obtained with transmission electron microscopy. Analysis based on hardening mechanisms and comparisons with MgO–MgFe₂O₄ system, having lesser hardening due to lower misfit strain at MgO/MgFe₂O₄ coherent interfaces (despite greater content of second-phase particles), confirm the dominant role of coherency strains toward hardness enhancement in “ceramic alloys.”     

W掺杂对Nb固溶体抗氢脆及透氢性能的改性研究

元素掺杂是消除Nb金属氢脆问题的有效方法。本文制备了W掺杂的Nb100-xWx (x=2,5,8,10,16)合金，采用XRD、SEM、Sieverts 气体吸附技术、电化学方法和三点弯曲试验研究了掺杂量对合金结构、氢化物形成焓、氢扩散系数和抗氢脆机械力学性能的影响。研究证实，熔炼制备Nb100-xWx为Nb-bcc结构的固溶体合金，W掺杂引起晶体结构畸变收缩，其畸变行为随掺杂量增大更为明显。Nb基固溶体在匀晶转变时存在非平衡转变，形成富W和贫W区相间分散的枝状结晶形貌。随W掺杂量增大，其枝状结构趋于更加细化和致密、分界明显。W掺杂引起合金的氢化物形成焓增大、有利于H原子的释放，Nb84W16合金样品具有最大的氢扩散系数（1.66×10-9 cm2·s-1），约是Nb98W2合金的1.8倍。W掺杂提高Nb100-xWx固溶体合金的抗氢脆性能，Nb84W16合金膜有最大的临界载荷值（78.4N）和最大位移量（0.83mm），分别是Nb98W2合金膜的1.9倍和1.8倍，力学性能的改善与其枝状结晶结构有关。