Electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) is considered the most common and advanced technique to determine trace lithium in biological fluids. However, chloride existing in samples has been reported to create serious interferences. Nitric acid was verified as a chemical modifier to eliminate the interference of chloride in determining trace lithium in urine samples and the possible...

In the present research, to form niobium carbide coating on the surface of AISI L2 steel Thermo-Reactive Deposition method (TRD) in a molten bath was used. Niobium carbide coating treatment was carried out at 1173 K, 1273 K, and 1373 K for 2, 4, and 8 hours. The molten bath contained 20wt.% borax (Na2B4O7), 5 wt.% boric acid (B2O3), and 75 wt.% ferro-niobium. The presence and properties of...

The promoting effect of niobium in a Li/MgO catalyst for the oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) and for the oxidattve dehydrogenation of ethane (ODHE) has been studied in some detail. it has been found that a Li/Nb/MgO catalyst with 16 wt % niobium showed the highest activity for the C, production in the OCM reaction; the activity at 600 “C was ten times that of the Li/MgO catalyst at the same...

We describe here the synthesis and characterization of a ternary cluster compound [As3Nb(As3Sn3)](3-) (1), in which a niobium(v) atom is coordinated by an As3(3-) triangle and a bowl-type As3Sn3(5-) ligand. Cluster 1 was synthesized by dissolving K8NbSnAs5 (2) in the presence of [2.2.2]crypt in ethylenediamine solution, filtered and layered with toluene, then crystallized in the form of [K([2.2...

In spite of the simple body-centered-cubic crystal structure, the elements of group V, vanadium, niobium and tantalum, show strong interactions between the electronic properties and lattice dynamics. Further, these interactions can be tuned by external parameters, such as pressure and temperature. We used inelastic x-ray scattering to probe the phonon dispersion of single-crystalline vanadium a...

The electrochemical behavior of niobium(V) fluoro and oxofluoro complexes in eutectic LiF-NaF-KF (FLINAK) melts at 700°C has been studied by cyclic voltammetry. The fluoro complexes NbF, introduced into the melt by the addition of K2NbF7, can be reduced to niobium metal in two reversible steps involving one and four electrons, respectively. At 700°C the diffusion constants of the fluoro niobate...

Compared to the large number of main group Zintl compounds there are only a few that contain transition metals.[1] This is not surprising since the traditional definition of Zintl phases automatically excludes transition metals. However, many such compounds with transition metals can qualify for Zintl phases when a broader definition is used. The latter includes compounds of transition metals w...