High-pressure synchrotron X-ray diffraction studies of cobalt iodate, Co(IO3)2, reveal a counterintuitive pressure-induced expansion along certain crystallographic directions. Raman and infrared spectroscopy, combined with density-functional theory calculations, that increasing pressure, it becomes energetically favorable for I–O bonds to increase in length over the full range pressure studied ...

A comprehensive study pertaining to the emulsion liquid membrane (ELM) extraction process to enrich dilute aqueous solutions of silver salt is presented. The study has highlighted the importance and influence of membrane composition for maximizing the extraction of Ag+ ions. The liquid membrane was made up of Cyanex-302 as an extractant and the industrial solvent mainly consists of p...