Three different alumina sources (boehmite, aluminium nitrate and α-alumina particles) 12Ce-TZP powder containing 1 wt% lanthanum oxide were used to prepare 12Ce-TZP-based alumina-toughened-zirconia (ATZ) composites. The obtained ATZs had similar density phase composition, whereas the microstructures significantly different. Alumina-particle addition gave rise a typical ATZ microstructure consis...

• Computational studies of interfaces can help elucidate dehydration pathways. Diaspore/corundum are atomically coherent and defect-free. Defects formed at gibbsite/boehmite boehmite/γ-Al 2 O 3 interfaces. Relaxation reveals the route formation interstitial H H, OH groups. Charge transfer across interface leads to electric dipoles. Aluminum hydrate were studied using a van der Waals density fun...

Abstract The paper presents the results of studies effect electromagnetic, ultrasonic and acid treatments on structure adsorption index alkaline-earth bentonite modified with nanoparticles silicon oxide aluminum. Studies have shown that contribute to an increase in capacity by 5, 10, 25%, respectively. Modification stabilized nanodispersed hydrosols amorphous (6-10.5 nm) crystalline boehmite (3...

The thermal decomposition mechanism of synthetic Al(OH)3 (gibbsite) was studied in situ by neutron thermodiffractometry in an ambient atmosphere from room temperature to 6001C with 501C steps. Gibbsite decomposed to yield AlO . (OH) (boehmite) and then poorly crystallized v-Al2O3. Rietveld analysis was used to refine the cell parameters’ variation of gibbsite and its thermal expansion coefficie...

The reaction of 3-chloropropyl boehmite nanoparticles with caffeine and sulfuric acid afforded BNPs-3-propyl-imidazolopyridinium hydrogen sulfate [BNPs-Caff]HSO4 as a new BNPs-supported ionic liquid (IL) catalyst. [BNPs-Caff]HSO4 proved to be an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of pyrazolopyranopyrimidines via a one-pot four-component reaction of...

Polymer nanocomposites have attracted great interest over many years, because of the enhanced properties exhibited by such systems. However, it is only recently that the electrical characteristics of this class of material have begun to be studied in detail. Whenever fillers are added to a host polymer matrix, dispersion is of critical importance since, while a well dispersed nanophase may be b...

The investigation of the metal oxide/inorganic ion interface at the atomic level represents a fundamental issue for the understanding of chemical and physical processes involved in several fields such as catalysis, adsorption, directed synthesis and the mechanistic study of crystal growth. In this paper, a combined hydrothermal synthesis and computational approach based on DFT theory is adopted...