The pyrolysis of hazelnut shell, polyethylene oxide and their blends were carried out catalytically at 500 and 650 oC. Potassium dichromate was chosen according to its oxidative characteristics and decomposition temperature (500 oC) where decomposition products are CrO3 and K2CrO4. As a main effect, a remarkable increase in gasification was observed using this catalyst for pure components and b...

Potassium borates, which are widely used in welding and metal refining industry, as a lubricating oil additive, cement additive, fiberglass additive and insulation compound, are one of the important groups of borate minerals. In this study the production of a potassium borate mineral via hydrothermal method is aimed. The potassium source of potassium nitrate (KNO3) was used along with a sodium ...

Potassium monopersulfate has been decomposed in aqueous solution in the presence of Co(II). The process has been simulated by means of a mechanism based on elementary reactions. Rate constants have been taken from literature reports or, alternatively, assimilated to analogous reactions occurring in Fenton ́s chemistry. Several operating conditions have been successfully applied. Keywords—Monoper...

Laser experiments on 1.5at.%, 5at.%, and 8at.% thulium-gadolinium-lutetium-yttrium co-doped, buried, ridgetype channel waveguides in a monoclinic potassium double tungstate demonstrate a maximum slope efficiency of 70% and output powers of 300 mW at ~1.9 μm. Keywords-component; thulium; monoclinic double tungstates; channel waveguide; infrared lasers