This work deals with the synthesis and characterization of novel Fe-containing sol-gel materials obtained by modifying the composition of a binary SiO₂-CaO parent glass with the addition of Fe₂O₃. The effect of different processing conditions (calcination in air vs. argon flowing) on the formation of magnetic crystalline phases was investigated. The produced materials were analyzed from thermal...

Synthesis of an inorganic molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) composed of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) for recognize sulfonamides using a sol-gel process have been developed. The template, sulfamethazine (SMZ), was dissolved in acid aqueous solution and added into TEOS to formed the precursor solution and adjusted the pH by various ammonium hydroxide (NH4OH) and reacted for 3 days. After the reacti...

Anodic dissolution of Nb foil in an electrolyte solution containing liquid NH3 and NH4Br produces an insoluble precursor that can be calcined to yield phase-pure NbN. Infrared spectroscopy is consistent with a precursor having the general formula NbXn(NH2)5-npNH3. By changing the calcination conditions, the phase of the resulting NbN powder can be varied. For example, calcining in pure Ar yield...

In this paper, we present a mathematical model that describes the calcination and sintering of calcium-based sorbents in furnace sorbent injection (FSI) conditions. We assumed that the sorbent decomposition follows a shrinking core model with a changing pore size distribution in every layer and we used a comprehensive mathematical model for sintering. Cylindrical and plate-like or slit pore geo...

The interaction of rhenium oxide with an alumina support is examined over a wide range of conditions (rhenium oxide loading, calcination temperature and environment) using laser Raman spectroscopy (LRS) and X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy (XANES). These structural probes reveal that supported rhenium oxide on alumina is present as an atomically dispersed surface [ Re04] ads species coor...

The mechanism for the controlled synthesis of highly dispersed vanadia supported on mesoporous silica SBA-15 (VOx/SBA-15) is elucidated using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Raman and diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier-transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS). The synthesis consists of functionalization of SBA-15 using 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (APTMS) followed by HCl treatment, anion exch...

In this paper, mesoporous alumina with different pore sizes and wall crystalline structures was synthesized at calcination temperatures over 550 degrees C. The characterization of the samples calcined at 550, 800, 1100, and 1300 degrees C, respectively, was performed using TEM, XRD, FTIR, TG/DTA, and N2 adsorption/desorption techniques. The correlation between pore size and wall crystalline str...

in this research, synthesis and characterization of silver/alumina composite powders was investigated. this kind of metal/ceramic composite powders is used for fabrication of cutting tools inserts. the role of silver is toughening the final product. the powders were synthesized via co-precipitation method. the composition of the synthesized powders was ag/80% wt 〖al〗_2 o_3. silver nitrate, alum...

We report on the synthesis of TbMnO3 nanoparticles by chemical co-precipitation route and their structural, chemical bonding, magnetic and dielectric properties. It is shown that the interesting multiferroic properties of this system as reflected by the concurrent occurrence of magnetic and dielectric transitions are retained in the nanoparticles (size ~40 nm). However, the nanoparticle constit...