In the course of some investigations on the function of cholesterol in the animal body, the results of which will be reported at a later time, I found that cholesterol was readily soluble in quite a number of anhydrous inorganic chlorides and bromides. Among these solvents are the following: PCl,, AsC&, AsBr3, SbC13, SnCL, Sic&, SiBra, Tic&, SOC12, POCl,, SeOC&, and CBr4. Since colorless soluti...

Thanks to their refractoriness, carbides are sensed as fuel coating for the IV generation of reactors. Among those studied, the Ti3SiC2 ternary compound can be distinguished for its noteworthy mechanical properties: the nanolamellar structure imparts to this material some softness as well as better toughness than other classical carbides such as SiC or TiC. However, under irradiation, its behav...

A. Śliwa, M. Bonek, Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials, Gliwice, Poland Investigations include FEM simulation model of alloying the PMHSS6-5-3 steel surface layer with the carbides and ceramic powders, especially WC, VC, TiC, SiC, Si3N4 and Al2O3 particles using the high power diode laser (HPDL). The FEM computations were performed using ANSYS...

We have deposited Ti-Si-C thin films using high-power impulse magnetron sputtering (HIPIMS) from a Ti3SiC2 compound target. The as-deposited films were composite materials with TiC as the main crystalline constituent. X-ray diffraction and photoelectron spectroscopy indicated that they also contained amorphous SiC, and for films deposited on inclined substrates, crystalline Ti5Si3Cx. The film m...

The article titled “Enhanced microwave absorption properties of polymer-derived SiC/SiCN composite ceramics modified by TiC”, written Xiaoling Liu, Zhiming Tang, Jimei Xue, Hanjun Wei, Xiaomeng Fan, Yongsheng Liu & Laifei Cheng, was originally published electronically on the publisher’s internet portal (currently SpringerLink) January 2021 with open access. With author(s)’ decision to step back...