Covering steel substrates by organic films is probably the most popular way of corrosion protection, and this because organic coatings can be easily applied and adjusted to give the steel surface additionally the desired optical and mechanical properties. In order to replace chromium-based conversion coatings, nowadays steel substrates are covered by ultrathin (non-)ferrous oxide films which sh...

In this work, the feasibility of employing Cyanex 923 as an extractant into the non-cerium REE (rare earth elements) impurity analysis of high-purity cerium oxide was investigated. Through investigations on the choice of the extraction medium, the optimium extraction acidity, matrix Ce4+ effect on the non-cerium REE ion extraction, the optimium extractant concentration and suitable extracting t...

40 Å thick cerium oxide films have been grown on Si 100 substrates via physical vapor deposition of cerium metal in an oxygen background. The films have been characterized for their composition and thermal properties upon deposition and under different annealing conditions via x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and medium energy ion scattering MEIS and their morphology using atomic force microsco...

in internal combustion engines, only about a third of the total fuel input energy is converted into useful work. if the energy rejected into the cooling system and the exhaust gases could be recovered instead and put into useful work, fuel economy would have been substantially improved. the main aim of this research paper was to evaluate the effects of the hybrid nano-catalyst containing cerium...

The paper presents several experimental results regarding the influence of various procedures applied to incorporate Ce species in hydrotalcite–type chemical conver­sion coatings on overall corrosion performance for AA 7075 aluminum alloy as a metallic substrate. Two routes were envisaged: (i) incorporation by immersion cerium nitrate solutions and (ii) electrochemical deposition hydro­phobic -...

Traditional analysis of reactions catalyzed by supported metals involves the structure of the metallic particles. However, we report here that for the class of nanostructured gold- or platinum-cerium oxide catalysts, which are active for the water-gas shift reaction, metal nanoparticles do not participate in the reaction. Nonmetallic gold or platinum species strongly associated with surface cer...

The silicon–cerium oxide interface is studied using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The oxidation and reduction of species at the interface are examined as a function of annealing temperature both in vacuum and oxygen ambient, in order to determine their relative stabilities. By depositing a very thin CeO2 film ~;30 Å!, the cerium and silicon core level peaks can be monitored simultaneously. ...