High-purity In₂O₃ nanoparticles were recovered from scrap indium tin oxide substrates in a stepwise process involving acidic leaching, liquid-liquid extraction with a phosphine oxide extractant, and combustion of the organic phase. The morphological and structural parameters of the recovered nanoparticles were investigated to support the formation of the desired products. These In₂O₃ nanopartic...

A full-scale treatment system for swine manure was developed to eliminate discharge to surface and ground waters and contamination of soil and groundwater by nutrients and heavy metals, along with related release of ammonia, odor, and pathogens. The system greatly increased the efficiency of liquid-solid separation by polymer injection to increase solids flocculation. Nitrogen management to red...

We investigate via quantum molecular-dynamics simulations the thermophysical properties of shocked liquid ammonia up to the pressure 1.3 TPa and temperature 120,000 K. The principal Hugoniot is predicted from the wide-range equation of state, which agrees well with the available experimental measurements up to 64 GPa. Our systematic study of the structural properties demonstrates that the liqui...

The structural and dynamical properties of Pd2+ in liquid ammonia have been investigated via quantum mechanical charge field molecular dynamics. Similar to the case of aqueous Pd2+, a six-fold coordination polyhedron in the form of a tetrahedrally elongated octahedron is observed with two ligands in axial positions forming an extended first shell. To highlight the difference in solvation betwee...

Sodium chloride or ammonia was dissolved in the water propellant of pulsed plasma thrusters to improve the performance. Pulsed plasma thrusters using liquid propellant utilize water as attractive alternative instead of Teflon. Water propellant enables the controlling propellant mass flow and leads high specific impulse. However, liquid propellant pulsed plasma thrusters have larger plasma resis...

The ammonia dimer (NH3)2 has been investigated using high–level ab initio quantum chemistry methods and density functional theory (DFT). The structure and energetics of important isomers is obtained to unprecedented accuracy without resorting to experiment. The global minimum of eclipsed Cs symmetry is characterized by a significantly bent hydrogen bond which deviates from linearity by as much ...

Swine confinement buildings typically store manure in deep pits or use flush systems that generate liquid manure. This liquid is of great concern to hog producers because of its’ potential environmental impacts, odors and effects on human and animal health. An alternative system, the High-Rise Hog Building (HRHB) attempts to address these issues by drying and partially composting hog manure in ...

Pentaammine dioxido uranium(VI) dibromide ammonia (1/1), [UO2(NH3)5]Br2·NH3, was synthesized in the form of yellow crystals by the reaction of uranyl bromide, UO2Br2, with dry liquid ammonia. The compound crystallizes orthorhombic in space group Cmcm and is isotypic to [UO2(NH3)5]Cl2·NH3 with a = 13.2499(2), b = 10.5536(1), c = 8.9126(1) Å, V = 1246.29(3) Å(3) and Z = 4 at 123 K. The UO2(2+) ca...