Results of an experimental study of Cu-Co alloys containing 0.3 to 5.0 wt% Co are presented. A series of solution annealed Cu-Co alloys were analyzed by x-ray diffraction (XRD) and vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM). Each Ka doublet was resolved by fitting a Pearson Type VII profile. Precise lattice parameter as a function of cobalt content deviated significantly from Vegard’s law but was in r...

Reactive sputtering was used to grow thin films of ScxGa1-xN with scandium concentrations of 20%70% on quartz substrates at temperatures of 300-675 K. X-ray diffraction (XRD) of the films showed either weak or no structure, suggesting the films are amorphous or microcrystalline. Optical absorption spectra were taken of each sample and the optical band gap was determined. The band gap varied lin...

Maghemite (γ-Fe2O3) nanoparticles have been synthesized using chemical co-precipitation at a different temperature. Characterizations of the sample were performed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), alternating gradient magnetometry (AGM) and thermogravimetryanalysis (TGA). The stability of the maghemite nanoparticles suspension was studied at different pH and ti...

Zinc oxide(ZnO) is a promising material in nanotechnology applications, for example in nano-electronics and nanorobotic technology. The objectives foe our work are to study the effect of thickness on the structural, optical, electrical and mechanical properties and various susbstrates have been investigated of ZnO thin films. ZnO thin films were coated using chemical bath technique for various ...

A combination of material science techniques is used to determine the influence of the growth parameters on structure and performance of photocathode materials. In-situ x-ray diffraction (XRD) and in-situ grazing incidence small angle x-ray scattering (GiSAXS), as well as after growth xray reflectivity (XRR) and θ/2θ XRD measurements were performed at synchrotron radiation sources. K3Sb is a pr...

Solubility limits and constitutional defects in Laves phase intermetallics are investigated with the C15 HfCo2 system. Several binary alloy compositions based on HfCo2 are characterized by optical and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron microprobe analysis (EPMA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and density measurements. Rietveld refinements of XRD scans are used to determine lattice constant...

Single crystal dixanthinium tetrachlorozincate has been grown from dilute chloridric acid. Polarized Raman spectrum of the single crystalline sample, FT-Raman and FT-IR spectra of the polycrystalline samples have been examined and the bands assigned to the appropriate modes predicted by a factor group analysis for the space group Pmn21. The crystal structure has been confirmed by powder XRD mea...

TiO 2 was prepared by the homogeneous hydrolysis precipitation method from titanium tetraisopropoxide. The decrease of surface area observed with the thermal treatment can be related to the growth of crystallites, and there is good correlation between the surface area and the mean crystallite dimension. The coexistence of the three different crystalline TiO 2 phases is clearly evidenced by the ...

Magnetic hydroxyapatite nanoparticles (MNHAP) adsorbents were synthesized and were used for the removal of Cd2+ and Zn2+ from aqueous solutions. The properties of this magnetic adsorbent were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive analysis system of X-ray (EDAX), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) analysis, zeta potential, BET surface area measurements and magnetizat...

The connection between local structure and the grain size distribution in nanophase palladium is studied by XAFS and x-ray diffraction (XRD). We show that there is a reduced average coordination number in all samples; this reduction is compatible with a size effect, cmtradicting previous XAFS measurements. Both a f i t shell analysis and a full analysis up to the 8th coordination shell, includi...