EXAFS spectra for all K absorption edges and X-ray scattering data have been obtained on an amorphous Fe-Zr sample prepared by mechanical alloying and a rapidly quenched Co-Zr one. Partial pair distribution fnnctions have been determined as a solution of an inverse ill-posed problem for the system of integral equations describing combined experimental data. For Fe-Zr and Ca-Zr amorphous alloys ...

Very recently the atomic masses of neutron-rich Zr isotopes, from Zr to Zr, have been measured with high precision. Using a schematic Interacting Boson Model (IBM) Hamiltonian, the evolution from spherical to deformed shapes along the chain of Zr isotopes, describing at the same time the excitation energies as well as the two-neutron separation energies, can be rather well reproduced. The inter...

Novel composite membranes for high temperature polymer-electrolyte fuel cells (HT-PEFC) based on a poly[oxy-3,3-bis(4'-benzimidazol-2″-ylphenyl)phtalide-5″(6″)-diyl] (PBI-O-PhT) polymer with small amounts of added Zr were prepared. It was shown in a model reaction between zirconium acetylacetonate (Zr(acac)4) and benzimidazole (BI) that Zr-atoms are capable to form chemical bonds with BI. Thus,...

Vinylation of the chloro–ethyl and dichloro zirconium complexes [Zr(CpSi2Cp)ClX] (CpSi2Cp=1,1%,2,2%-(SiMe2)2(h-C5H3)2; X=Et, Cl) with one or two equivalents of Mg(CH CH2)Cl gave the new zirconacyclopentane [Zr(CpSi2Cp){hCH2 (CH2)2 CH2}] and (h-butadiene)zirconium [Zr(CpSi2Cp){h-(butadiene)}] complexes, respectively. Addition of a toluene solution of PhC CPh to the zirconacyclopentane compound a...

(Ti,Zr)C powder was sintered with WC-Co following an industrial process, including an isotherm at 1410 °C. A series of interrupted sintering trials was performed with the aim of studying the sintering behavior and the microstructural evolution during both solid-state and liquid-state sintering. Reference samples, using the same elemental compositions but with the starting components TiC and ZrC...

Proof. Let’s first consider mode = 3. For a fixed node (index) i, its slice matrix X (:, :, i) = ∑R r=1 yi(r) · zr ◦ zr, where yi ∈ R indicates to which cluster the node i belong. More specifically, if node i belongs to cluster r, yi(r) = 1, otherwise yi(r) = 0. Since a node cannot belong to multiple clusters, let’s say it is in cluster r. Then, X (:, : , i) = zr ◦ zr, which is rank one. When m...

With the motivation of exploring new high-strength ceramics, ab initio evolutionary simulations are performed to search for all the stable compounds in the Zr-O system. We have found that not only the traditional compound ZrO2, but also the ordered suboxides R3̅-Zr6O, R3̅c-Zr3O, P3̅1m-Zr2O and P6̅2m-ZrO are stable at zero pressure. The crystal structure of semimetallic P6̅2m-ZrO consists of Zr-graph...

Permanent modifiers (Zr, W, Ru, Zr–Ru and Zr–W) thermally deposited on platforms inserted in pyrolytic graphite tubes and Pd 1 Mg(NO3)2 conventional modifier mixture have been employed for the determination of cadmium and lead in dissolved environmental, botanic and biological samples by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS). Optimum masses and mass ratios of permanent modifiers...

We investigated the effects of the additions of Zr and other alloying elements on the mechanical properties and microstructure in Cr-Mo plastic mold steels. The addition of alloying elements changed the microstructure of the normalized samples from the upper bainite to lower bainite due to the increased hardenability. The tempering temperature influenced the strength and hardness values, especi...

in the current study, synthesis and characterization of a new nano-structured zirconium(iv)-minoxidil complex (1), where minoxidil, (c9h15n5o; 6-(1-piperidinyl)-2,4-pyrimidinediamine 3-oxide), have been investigated in two different solvents. the compound 1 has been synthesized by sonochemical method in the presence of methanol and monoethylene glycol (meg) as solvents and characterized by scan...