In the current work, phase equilibria of CaO-SiO2-La2O3-Nb2O5 system at 1200 °C in reducing atmosphere (PO2 = 10−15 atm) was investigated according to melting separation process for extracting lanthanum and niobium resources from Bayan Obo tailing. High temperature equilibrium experiment, scanning electron microscope, energy dispersive spectrometer (SEM-EDS) were used determine compositions pha...

Solid solutions of CeO2 with Yb2O3, Y2O3, Sm2O3, Gd2O3, La2O3, Nb2O5, Ta2O5, and Pr6O11 were prepared by sol-gel methods. All of the samples exhibited a single, cubic phase in x-ray diffraction and the lattice parameters were consistent with formation of the solid solutions. Surprisingly, all of the mixed oxides exhibited a much lower catalytic activity for n-butane oxidation than that of pure ...

The oxidative coupling of methane was investigated over alumina supported La2O3/CeO2 catalysts under microwave dielectric heating conditions at different oxygen concentrations. It was observed that, at a given temperature using microwave heating, selectivities for both ethane and ethylene were notably higher when oxygen was absent than that in oxygen/methane mixtures. The differences were attri...

Structure property relationships in two series of BaO-ZnO-La2O3-Al2O3-B2O3-SiO2 glasses have been investigated to assess their suitability for use as sealants solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) applications. Density, mechanical properties, thermal and electrical properties a function composition. Raman Fourier transfer infra-red spectroscopies were undertaken obtain insights into the glass structure....