A series of polycarboxylate ether-based copolymers that include acrylic acid, 2acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid, and polyethylene glycol-1000 was synthesized and the performance of these copolymers as rheology modifiers in aqueous alumina suspensions was characterized. We discussed the effect of monomer feed ratio and molecular weight on dispersing ability of these copolymers and on ext...

Electrical conductivity in the Earth's mantle is sensitive to temperature and chemical environment. Recent laboratory measurements of electrical conductivity are combined with candidate mantle geotherms to produce synthetic electrical conductivity profiles. These profiles are used to forward model the Earth's geomagnetic response function C, results of which are compared with the observed globa...

A process involving the filtration of graphene oxide (GO) dispersion through an alumina membrane, followed by oxygen annealing to synthesize alumina nanoparticles exclusively at the edges of holes or vacancies in the reduced graphene oxide (rGO) plane, is used to prepare paper-like composites with a 21% enhanced electrical conductivity. Moreover, the rGO/alumina nanocomposites have a smaller ba...

To study the photodegradation of organic pollutants at the interface of minerals and water in natural environment, three series of alumina-coupled iron oxides (Al(2)O(3)-Fe(2)O(3)-300, Al(2)O(3)-Fe(2)O(3)-420, and Al(2)O(3)-Fe(2)O(3)-550) with different alumina fraction were prepared and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) and Barret-Joyner-Halender (BJH), and...

Alumina nanostructures, nanowires, and semicolumn nanotubes with high aspect ratios were synthesized by the chemical etching of porous alumina membranes (PAMs) in phosphoric acid solution. The morphology and structure of alumina nanostructures were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectrum (EDS), and X-ray diffraction (XRD), respectively. The results showed that...

Alumina is an inorganic material, which is widely used in ceramics, catalysts, catalyst supports, ion exchange and other fields. The micromorphology of alumina determines its application in high tech and value-added industry and its development prospects. This paper gives an overview of the liquid phase synthetic method of alumina preparation, combined with the mechanism of its action. The pres...

This paper demonstrates that seeding nanocrystalline transition alumina powders is a viable option for producing high quality, alumina-based ceramics. By using a-Al2O3 concentrations of 51.25 wt.% a-Al2O3 seed particles (equivalent to 5 10 seeds/cm of g-Al2O3) the sintering temperature is reduced from 1600 C for unseeded g-Al2O3 to 1300–1400 C in dry pressed powders. The scale of the sinteredmi...

BACKGROUND The mechanical properties of alumina ceramic, now in its third generation, have been markedly improved through the evolution of design features and manufacturing processes and the introduction of proof-testing. Nonetheless, because of the lack of ductility of alumina ceramic, there is concern regarding the risk of fracture during insertion or in vivo use. The purpose of the present s...

We examined the role of silver and alumina in Ag–alumina catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx by methane in gas streams containing excess oxygen. A cogelation technique was used to prepare Ag–alumina materials with high dispersion of silver even at high metal loadings (>10 wt%) and after air calcination at 650 ◦C. Typically, a part of silver is present as fine nanopartic...

A steady incompressible boundary layer flow and heat transfer past on a moving thin needle saturated with hybrid nanofluid are investigated the effects of solar radiation viscous dissipation. The simulation is also influenced by thermophoresis Brownian motion. We consider (Al2O3-Cu-water) as nanofluid, where water base fluid alumina copper nanoparticles. By utilizing technique similarity transf...