Safflorite, a naturally occurring cobalt-nickel-iron diarsenide (Co,Ni,Fe)As(2), possesses the marcasite-type structure, with cations (M = Co + Ni + Fe) at site symmetry 2/m and As anions at m. The MAs(6) octa-hedra share two edges, forming chains parallel to c. The chemical formula for safflorite should be expressed as (Co,Ni,Fe)As(2), rather than the end-member format CoAs(2), as its structur...

In this study the ability of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, with regard to the biorecovery of heavy metals inshake flask has been investigated. Adaptation experiments with the single metal ions Ni, Co, V, Mo, W anda mixture of the first four metal ions in the medium was developed through serial sub-culturing. Adaptationshowed that A. ferrooxidans could tolerate up to 2.3 g/l ...

synthesized using the conventional solid-state reaction method at 1350–1550°C in air in order to investigate the effect of dopants on sintering, crystal structure, chemical stability under CO2 and H2S, and electrical transport properties. The formation of the single-phase perovskite-type structure with an orthorhombic space group Imam was confirmed by Rietveld refinement using powder X-ray diff...

Consecutive layers of Ni(OH)2 and Co(OH)2 were electrodeposited on stainless steel current collectors for preparing charge storage electrodes of high specific capacity with potential application in hybrid supercapacitors. Different electrodes were prepared consisting on films of Ni(OH)2, Co(OH)2, Ni1/2Co1/2(OH)2 and layered films of Ni(OH)2 on Co(OH)2 and Co(OH)2 on Ni(OH)2 to highlight the adv...

A series of M[Au(CN)(2)](2)(analyte)(x) coordination polymers (M = Co, Ni; analyte = dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), pyridine; x = 2 or 4) was prepared and characterized. Addition of analyte vapours to solid M(μ-OH(2))[Au(CN)(2)](2) yielded visible vapochromic responses for M = Co but not M = Ni; the IR ν(CN) spectral region changed in every case. A single crystal structu...

Highly hexagonally ordered hard anodic aluminum oxide membranes, which have been modified by a thin cover layer of SiO2 deposited by atomic layer deposition method, were used as templates for the synthesis of electrodeposited magnetic Co-Ni nanowire arrays having diameters of around 180 to 200 nm and made of tens of segments with alternating compositions of Co54Ni46 and Co85Ni15. Each Co-Ni sin...

The chemisorption of CO on the (100) surface of Ni has been studied using an Nit, cluster and generalized valence bond (GVB) methods. CO is found to bond perpendicular to the Ni surface with optimized Ni-C and C-O bond distances of 1.94 and 1.15 A, respectively. The cakulated Ni-CO bond strength is 29.7 kcal (experimental values 30-32 kcal). Vibrational frequencies are calculated to be 401 cm-’...

There is increasing evidence that metals have a role in the etiology of diverse neurological diseases. This study used PC12 cells as an in vitro model to examine the toxicity of tungsten alloys that have important military applications. Initially, the relative concentrations of tungsten (W), nickel (Ni), and cobalt (Co) mobilized from pellets of a weapons-grade tungsten alloy incubated in physi...

A lightweight, flexible, and highly efficient energy management strategy is highly desirable for flexible electronic devices to meet a rapidly growing demand. Herein, Ni-Co-S nanosheet array is successfully deposited on graphene foam (Ni-Co-S/GF) by a one-step electrochemical method. The Ni-Co-S/GF composed of Ni-Co-S nanosheet array which is vertically aligned to GF and provides a large interf...