Adsorption of methanol, ethanol, propanol and isopropanol on the -alumina (1 1 0 C) surface is investigated with semiempirical (PM3) cluster calculations. It is found that all four alcohols chemisorb to the alumina surface when they come close to the surface with suitable orientation. The chemisorption is an exothermic process when the OH hydrogen interacts with a surface oxygen atom that is in...

Owing to the combined advantages of Al-Si alloy and Al2O3, Al-Si@Al2O3 is widely utilized as a heat storage material, catalyst carrier, water adsorption host. Hence, preparation corresponding precursors utmost significance. Herein, an Al-Si@Al(OH)3 precursor investigated, Al(OH)3 nanosheets are in situ formed on surface Al1-xSix, where x = 0,10, 0,20, 0,30 presence water. The influence Si conte...

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are continuously produced by bacteria during their growth and metabolism. In soils, EPS are bound to cell surfaces, associated with biofilms, or released into solution where they can react with other solutes and soil particle surfaces. If such reaction results in a decrease in EPS bioaccessibility, it may contribute to stabilization of microbial-derived ...

During the flotation of metal sulfide minerals, due to interference unavoidable ions, quartz also partially floats in some cases. The research on mechanism being activated and floating up is still insufficient. In this study, influence ions Cu2+ Ni2+ floatation was studied by micro-flotation experiments, adsorption detection, zeta potential measurement, solution composition calculation, infrare...

Electrical sensitivity of a boron nitride nanotube (BNNT) was examined toward hydroquinone (C6H4(OH)2) molecule by using density functional theory (DFT) calculations at the B3LYP/6-31G(d) level, and it was found that the adsorption energy (Ead) of hydroquinone on the pristine nanotube is  a bout -7.77kcal/mol. But when nanotubes have been doped with Si and Al atomes, the adsorption energy of hy...

The adsorption and activation of both CO2 methanol are mainly affected by the distance Lewis acid site, Zr4+, base, Zr4+/O2−, Zr-based catalysts. In this paper, Zr-incorporated SBA-15 (Zr-SBA-15) Zr-grafted (Zr/SBA-15) catalysts were prepared with different Zr environments, analyzed N2 adsorption–desorption isotherms, X-ray diffraction, UV-vis spectra, XPS. It was proposed that Zr-SBA-15 cataly...

A comparison has been made of the infrared spectra of alumina with molybdenum oxide alumina in both the oxidized and reduced forms. In the case of molybdena-alumina prepared via adsorption of gaseous MoOp(OH)t, the spectra show that a practically complete monolayer of Mo6+ oxide covers the alumina. After reduction with hydrogen the hydroxyls of the carrier appear. From the reversibility of redu...

Pure silica zeolites are potentially hydrophobic and have therefore been considered to be interesting candidates for separating alcohols, e.g., 1-butanol, from water. Zeolites are traditionally synthesized at high pH, leading to the formation of intracrystalline defects in the form of silanol defects in the framework. These silanol groups introduce polar adsorption sites into the framework, pot...

The local structure of trace amounts of lead in an adsorbent matrix that contains a high concentration of iron and magnesium (Mg6Fe2(OH)16(CO3) x 3H2O) was successfully monitored by means of X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy combined with fluorescence spectrometry. A eutectic mixture of PbCO3 and Pb(OH)2 coagulated when Pb2+ was adsorbed from a 1.0 ppm aqueous solution, and in contra...