To find a suitable treatment in the preparation of Nb surface for platinum electrodeposition, different methods such as thermal oxidation, anodic oxidation, mechanical roughening, and mechanical roughening with subsequent anodic etching were examined. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was used to study the chemical composition of depth analysis of the surface. Moreover, in order to examine the m...

High thermal conductivity, low thermal expansion and low density are three important features in novel materials for high performance electronics, mobile applications and aerospace. Spark plasma sintering was used to produce light metal-graphite composites with an excellent combination of these three properties. By adding up to 50 vol.% of macroscopic graphite flakes, the thermal expansion coef...

1,2-Dispirodienones were synthesized by hypervalent iodine-mediated phenolic oxidation of p-hydroxy acetanilides. The reaction is compatible with several substituted anilides and affords a new class of 1,2-dispirodienones that are remarkably stable under thermal or acidic conditions.

Well faceted CuO nanoparticles, were synthesized by thermal-assisted dissociation method at reflux temperature in a short period of time. A possible mechanism for synthesis of such highly pure and stable nanoparticles is tentatively proposed by FT-IR study. The large surface area and rich exposed active sites are expected to endow such nanoparticles with excellent performances in catalysis as d...

nanocrystalline ceria has been considered as support for carbon monoxide preferentially oxidation. in this study ceria was prepared by precipitation method and the effects of preparation conditions, such as ph of solution (8-10), aging time (1-12 hr), drying temperature (80-120 °c), calcination time (2-6 hr) and temperature (400-600 °c) were investigated on ceria synthesized powders properties....

The life of quench oil is dependant upon its thermal stability. The thermal stability is a function of the quality of the base oil, the antioxidant package used, and the presence of heat and catalysts. In this paper, the mechanism of quench oil degradation and the function of antioxidants will be explained. An example of oxidation testing to determine the role of the base oil and antioxidants i...

Composites based on graphite benefit a number of applications where low density, high-temperature strength and thermal shock resistant materials are needed. Carbon composites are currently used in applications such as thermal barriers for reentry vehicles and aircraft brakes[1,2]. However, despite the unique hightemperature properties of these composites, their susceptibility to gasification in...