although cu and fe are immiscible under equilibrium conditions, they can form supersaturated solid solutions by mechanical alloying. in this paper, nano-structured of the metastable cu-fe phase containing 10, 15, 20 and 25% wt fe were synthesized by intensive ball milling for 15h, in order to achieve a solid solution of fe in cu. the phase composition, dissolution of the fe atoms into the cu ma...

Many soils have clay-enriched horizons that are thought to result from pedogenic processes. Various hypotheses are proposed for expected clay size-distributions in soil profiles. The average size of clay crystallites determined by the amount of broadening of x-ray diffraction peaks ranged from 160 to >2000A 0 , but the lack of trends in four loess-de• rived soils did not permit the hypotheses t...

The microstructure of three different nanocrystalline materials with hexagonal crystal structure are studied by X-ray diffraction peak profile analysis. The crystallite size distribution and the dislocation structure are determined in plasmathermal silicon nitride powder, sintered tungsten carbide and severely deformed titanium and are compared with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) result...

Ceria (CeO2) is an important rare earth oxide and has been widely investigated in the automotive exhaust puri cation, oxygen storage and release catalysis, and solid oxide fuel cell applications. In recent years, due to the excellent physical and chemical properties of nanosized particles, which are signi cantly different from those of bulk particles, there is considerable interest in enhancing...

The calcination reaction of limestone (CaCO3) to yield lime (CaO) is at the heart of many industrial applications as well as natural processes. In the recently emerged calcium-looping technology, CO2 capture is accomplished by the carbonation of CaO in a gas-solid reactor (carbonator). CaO is derived by the calcination of limestone in a calciner reactor under necessarily high CO2 partial pressu...

Development of homogenous metal matrix nanocomposites with uniform distribution of nanoreinforcement, preserved matrix nanostructure features, and improved properties, was possible by means of innovative processing techniques. In this work, Al-SiC nanocomposites were synthesized by mechanical milling and consolidated through spark plasma sintering. Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (F...

Received 10 April 2015 Accepted 11 October 2015 Available online 30 September 2015 In this work, structural and magnetic properties of the LaMnO3+δ compound prepared by citrate precursor method and annealed in the presence of oxygen are investigated. The structural characterization of LaMnO3+δ by X-ray powder diffraction and X‟pert package and Fullprof program provides evidence for a rhombohedr...