Preparation porous bio-char and activated carbon from rice husk char study has been conducted in this study. Rice husk char contains high amount silica that retards the porousness of bio-char. Porousness of rice husk char could be enhanced by removing the silica from char and applying heat at high temperature. Furthermore, the char is activated by using chemical activation under high temperatur...

The crystal growth of high-temperature oxide superconductors has been hampered by the complexities of these materials and the lack of knowledge of corresponding phase diagrams. The most common crystal growth technique adopted for these materials is the so-called “Flux” method. This method, however, suffers from several drawbacks: (i) crystals are often crucible and flux contaminated; (ii) cryst...

Abstract In this work, a systematic study on the interactions between aluminum oxide films and TiB 2 grain refiner particles their effect refinement behavior have been conducted. Oxide were introduced into commercial purity melt by adding AA 6061 alloy chips while Al-3T-1B master alloy. Strong sedimentation of was observed in without chip addition during long-time settling. Most settled accumul...

The solubility of nitrogen in liquid silicon equilibrated with silicon nitride and its dependence on the composition of the atmosphere has been studied in the temperature region 1428–1542 C. High purity silicon was melted in silicon nitride crucibles under Ar and N2 atmospheres. The equilibrium was observed to be established within minutes, after which no evolution of the nitrogen content with ...

High density BaZrO3 ceramic crucibles have been successfully fabricated and used to grow high quality YBa2Cu3O7-x single crystals by the BaO-CuO self flux method. The ceramic crucibles are inert and insoluble in the Y2O3-BaO-CuO melt, have a long lifetime, and can be used repeatedly for crystal growth runs. The crystals grown using the crucibles have not only high chemical purity (99.99-99.995%...