Although Cu and Fe are immiscible under equilibrium conditions, they can form supersaturated solid solutions by mechanical alloying. In this paper, nano-structured of the metastable Cu-Fe phase containing 10, 15, 20 and 25% wt Fe were synthesized by intensive ball milling for 15h, in order to achieve a solid solution of Fe in Cu. The phase composition, dissolution of the Fe atoms into the Cu ma...

Two experiments were conducted to study the role of feed intake and feed efficiency in Cu-stimulated growth of weanling pigs. In Exp. 1, 42 pigs were randomly assigned into three treatments: 1) control: ad libitum access to a corn-soybean meal-dried whey basal diet; 2) ad libitum/Cu: ad libitum access to the basal diet supplemented with 215 ppm of Cu; or 3) pair-fed/Cu: pair-fed the Cu-suppleme...

The title compound, [Cu(C(16)H(11)BrN(2))(C(18)H(15)P)(2)]BF(4), is composed of one Cu(I) atom, one 6-(4-bromo-phen-yl)-2,2'-bipyridine (L) ligand, two triphenyl-phosphane mol-ecules and one tetra-fluoridoborate anion. The Cu(I) ion is four-coordinated in a distorted tetra-hedral configuration by two N atoms from L and two P atoms from triphenyl-phosphane ligands. In the L ligand, the two pyrid...

Chiral properties were investigated in Cu and Cu2O composite films prepared by magneto-electrodeposition. The Cu-Cu2O films were electrodeposited in a CuSO4 and Na2SO4 aqueous solution under magnetic fields B (2 and 5 T) parallel (+B) or antiparallel (–B) to the faradaic current. The magneto-electrodeposited films were used as modified electrodes, and the chiral voltammetric behaviors were obse...

The title binuclear compound, [Cu2(CH3COO)4(C6H4N2)2], lies about an inversion center, with the Cu(II) cation bridged by four acetate anions and coordinated by a pyridine N atom in a distorted square-pyramidal geometry. The Cu⋯Cu distance is 2.5997 (15) Å. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by weak C-H⋯O and C-H⋯N hydrogen bonds into a three-dimensional supra-molecular architecture. The crys...

In the title compound, [CuI(C(13)H(12)N(2)S)(2)]·H(2)O, each Cu(I) ion is coordinated by two S atoms [Cu-S 2.2282 (16), 2.2377 (15) Å] from two N,N'-diphenyl-thio-urea ligands and one iodide ion [Cu-I 2.5170 (11) Å] in a trigonal planar geometry. The uncoordinated water mol-ecules are involved in N-H⋯O hydrogen-bonding [N⋯O 2.947 (5), 3.055 (5) Å], which link the mol-ecules into chains extended...

In the title compound, [Cu(2)(C(15)H(12)N(2)O(4))(2)(C(6)H(5)N)(2)], each Cu(II) atom is chelated by the tridentate doubly deprotonated Schiff base and a pyridine mol-ecule in a nearly planar environment (r.m.s. deviation for all non-H atoms = 0.107 Å). The metal ions are bridged by one O atom from the symmetry-related Schiff base ligands, forming a centrosymmetric dinuclear copper(II) complex....

We investigated the effects of dietary copper and vitamin E in diets containing 6% rapeseed oil on the performance and the antioxidative and oxidative status of growing pigs. The 10 dietary treatments consisted of a basal diet (9 mg of vitamin E/kg feed, 15 mg of Cu/kg feed), the basal diet + 6% rapeseed oil (Diet 1; 18 mg of vitamin E/kg feed, 15 mg of Cu/kg feed), and Diet 1 plus supplements ...

The title compound, [Cu(C(11)H(12)N(4)O(3))(C(18)H(15)P)(2)]PF(6), is the third example reported in the literature of a five-coordinated Cu(I)P(2)NO(2) system. The metal is coordinated to both PPh(3) mol-ecules through the P atoms and to the pyrazine ring of the lumazine mol-ecule through an N atom in a trigonal-planar arrangement; two additional coordinated O atoms, at Cu-O distances longer th...

In the centrosymmetric mononuclear title complex, [Cu(C₁₈H₂₀N₂O₂)₂], the Cu(II) atom is four-coordinated in a trans-CuN₂O₂ square-planar geometry with the N-Cu-O chelate angle being 89.97 (11)°. The dihedral angles made by the planes defined by the aromatic ring carbons of the 4-methyl-benzene and 2,4-dimethyl-benzene fragments with the plane defined by the chelate ring are 13.43 (15) and 82.69...