In this paper, strontium ferrite (SrO.6Fe2O3) was synthesized by the sol-gel auto-combustion process. The thermal behavior of powder obtained from self-propagating combustion of initial gel was evaluated by simultaneous differential thermal analysis (DTA) and thermo gravimetric (TG), from room temperature to 1200°C. The as-burnt powder was calcined at various temperatures from 700-900°C to achi...

The objective of this study was to establish the mechanism(s) controlling degradation of yttria-tetragonally-stabilized zirconia (Y-TZP) powder in aqueous suspensions and determine the significance of this degradation to the aqueous physical chemistry of Y-TZP. Experiments were performed on commercially available Y-TZP powder placed in aqueous suspensions at 25°C. Experimental investigations in...

This research is focused on structural and electrical characterisation of tin oxide (SnO2) applied as a thick film and investigation of its properties as gas sensitive material. Micron sized SnO2 powder was milled in an agate mill for six hours to fabricate SnO2 nanopowder, which was afterwards sieved by 325 mesh sieve and characterized by XRD and SEM. This powder was used as functional part in...

New chiral MOFs, assembled from Y(III), Na(I) and chiral flexible-achiral rigid dicarboxylate ligands, have been obtained as single phase under hydrothermal conditions and their structures were solved by single-crystal XRD. The powder X-ray thermodiffractometry study was performed, and reveals that the dehydration of both compounds is accompanied by phase transformation, while the spontaneous r...

Department of Chemistry, Iowa State Unive Department of Chemistry, University of Ca kovnir@iastate.edu Laboratoire CRISMAT, ENSICAEN, CNRS, U Thermal Energy Conversion Research an Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA Department of Physics, University of Califo Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Am † Electronic supplementary informatio experimental powder XRD patterns; tab SEM and EDS result...

The reduction of aluminium trichloride by lithium aluminium hydride in the presence of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) or poly(methylmethacrylate) in mesitylene yielded nano aluminium particles in the matrices of respective polymers. Solution phase synthesis methodology was used successfully to produce composites of various Al/polymer ratios. The composites were characterized by powder XRD patterns and ...

Tetraphenylethene (TPE) substituted phenanthroimidazoles 3a and 3b were designed and synthesized by the Suzuki cross-coupling reaction. They show reversible mechanochromic behavior with contrast colors between sky-blue and yellow green. The powder XRD studies show that destruction of a crystalline state into an amorphous state is responsible for mechanochromism. Hydrogen bonding interaction of ...

Diagnosis of primary and secondary coxarthrosis even today remains the privilege of medical experience and is based only on patient symptoms. We propose to use thermal analysis measurements as an objective method of diagnosing bone pathology and the degree of disease severity. Thermal analysis can be performed on few milligrams of bone tissue harvested by outpatient biopsy. For validation of th...

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...