A cleaner recovery of rare earth bearing minerals by Pickering emulsification: Improvement of processing conditions toward an economic operation

Magnesium alloy wires with rare earth elements were fabricated using friction extrusion by varying tool rotational speed in the range of 400 to 1200 rpm. Microstructure of wires fabricated usin 800 rpm consists finer equiaxed mg grains with finer precipitates homogeneously distributed along the grain boundaries. The strength of the wires fabricated under optimum parametes exhited a strength of 304 MPa which is 45 % higher than the tensile strength of as-cast material. Improper processing conditions results in undesirable microstrucutre and loss of strength values.-

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Silicon Nitride Containing Rare Earth Silicate Intergranular Phases

MRS Proceedings ◽

10.1557/proc-287-359 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 287 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Stephen D. Nunn ◽

Terry N. Tiegs ◽

Kristin L. Ploetz ◽

Claudia A. Walls ◽

Nelson Bell

Keyword(s):

Rare Earth ◽

Ternary Phase ◽

Gas Pressure ◽

Trivalent Cation ◽

Processing Conditions ◽

Microstructure Development ◽

Sintering Aids ◽

Conventional Sintering ◽

Compositional Variations ◽

Gas Pressure Sintering

ABSTRACTSi3N4 ceramics prepared with refractory grain boundary phases to improve high temperature properties are difficult to densify by conventional sintering methods. Gas-pressure sintering may be used to promote densification and development of acicular grains for improved fracture toughness. The current study examined rare earth silicate sintering aids with the composition M2Si2O7, where M is a trivalent cation (Y, La, Nd). M2O3 and Si02 additions were varied to develop a number of compositions in the Si3N4—Si2N2O—M2Si2O7 ternary phase field. Pressureless sintering and gas-pressure sintering were used to densify the samples. Densification, microstructure development, oxidation resistance, and mechanical properties were evaluated and compared with respect to compositional variations and processing conditions.

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Dispersoid Modification of Ti3Al-Nb Alloys

MRS Proceedings ◽

10.1557/proc-58-359 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 58 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

R. G. Rowe ◽

J. A. Sutliff ◽

E. F. Koch

Keyword(s):

Fracture Toughness ◽

Rare Earth ◽

Titanium Aluminide ◽

Melt Spinning ◽

Room Temperature ◽

Beta Transus ◽

Processing Conditions ◽

Room Temperature Ductility ◽

Rapidly Solidified ◽

Titanium Aluminide Alloys

ABSTRACTTitanium aluminide alloys with matrix compositions of essentially Ti3Al plus 0, 5, 7.5, and 10 a/o Nb and with and without rare earth elements for dispersoid formation were prepared. The alloys were rapidly solidified by melt spinning. Ribbon was consolidated by HIP and extrusion at temperatures below the beta transus temperatures of the alloys. The effects of processing conditions and dispersoid additions on room temperature ductility and fracture toughness were studied.

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MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF SUPERCONDUCTING nMBa2Cu3Ox:Ag (M = Y, Gd, and Eu) COMPOSITES

Modern Physics Letters B ◽

10.1142/s0217984989001928 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 03 (16) ◽

pp. 1251-1265

Author(s):

C. Y. HUANG ◽

T. J. LI ◽

Y. D. YAO ◽

L. GAO ◽

Z. J. HUANG ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Properties ◽

Rare Earth ◽

High Temperature ◽

High Temperature Superconductors ◽

Hysteresis Loops ◽

Residual Magnetization ◽

Rare Earth Ions ◽

Pinning Force ◽

Processing Conditions ◽

The Rare Earth

We measured the M-H hysteresis loops of n YBa 2 Cu 3 O x: Ag (n = 3, 5, and 7) and 3RBa 2 Cu 3 O x: Ag (R = Gd and Eu) as a function of temperature, and found that the residual magnetization and, hence, pinning is independent of n and the rare-earth ions (R and Y), but depends greatly on the processing conditions. These samples exhibit the strongest pinning force for high-temperature superconductors developed to date.

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Characterization of Rare-Earth Fluoride Anti-Stokes Phosphors by Scanning arid Transmission Electron Microscopy

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100064761 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 29 ◽

pp. 142-143

Author(s):

N. M. P. Low ◽

L. E. Brosselard

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Rare Earth ◽

Elevated Temperatures ◽

Stoichiometric Composition ◽

Rare Earth Ions ◽

Crystalline Solid ◽

Precipitation Process ◽

Rare Earth Fluoride ◽

Earth Fluoride ◽

Rare Earth Fluorides

There has been considerable interest over the past several years in materials capable of converting infrared radiation to visible light by means of sequential excitation in two or more steps. Several rare-earth trifluorides (LaF3, YF3, GdF3, and LuF3) containing a small amount of other trivalent rare-earth ions (Yb3+ and Er3+, or Ho3+, or Tm3+) have been found to exhibit such phenomenon. The methods of preparation of these rare-earth fluorides in the crystalline solid form generally involve a co-precipitation process and a subsequent solid state reaction at elevated temperatures. This investigation was undertaken to examine the morphological features of both the precipitated and the thermally treated fluoride powders by both transmission and scanning electron microscopy.Rare-earth oxides of stoichiometric composition were dissolved in nitric acid and the mixed rare-earth fluoride was then coprecipitated out as fine granules by the addition of excess hydrofluoric acid. The precipitated rare-earth fluorides were washed with water, separated from the aqueous solution, and oven-dried.

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Formation of defects in implanted hipox-structures

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100131668 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 50 (2) ◽

pp. 1406-1407

Author(s):

Peter Pegler ◽

N. David Theodore ◽

Ming Pan

Keyword(s):

High Pressure ◽

Cross Section ◽

Semiconductor Devices ◽

Silicon Substrates ◽

Processing Conditions ◽

Pressure Oxidation ◽

Deep Trench ◽

Local Oxidation ◽

Trench Isolation ◽

And Behavior

High-pressure oxidation of silicon (HIPOX) is one of various techniques used for electrical-isolation of semiconductor-devices on silicon substrates. Other techniques have included local-oxidation of silicon (LOCOS), poly-buffered LOCOS, deep-trench isolation and separation of silicon by implanted oxygen (SIMOX). Reliable use of HIPOX for device-isolation requires an understanding of the behavior of the materials and structures being used and their interactions under different processing conditions. The effect of HIPOX-related stresses in the structures is of interest because structuraldefects, if formed, could electrically degrade devices.This investigation was performed to study the origin and behavior of defects in recessed HIPOX (RHIPOX) structures. The structures were exposed to a boron implant. Samples consisted of (i) RHlPOX'ed strip exposed to a boron implant, (ii) recessed strip prior to HIPOX, but exposed to a boron implant, (iii) test-pad prior to HIPOX, (iv) HIPOX'ed region away from R-HIPOX edge. Cross-section TEM specimens were prepared in the <110> substrate-geometry.

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Study of segregation in La1.8Sr0.2CuO4 superconductor by STEM-EDS microanalysis

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100125294 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 45 ◽

pp. 54-55

Author(s):

T. F. Kelly ◽

P. J. Lee ◽

E. E. Hellstrom ◽

D. C. Larbalestier

Keyword(s):

Rare Earth ◽

High Field ◽

Transport Current ◽

Total Thickness ◽

New Class ◽

Ceramic Superconductors ◽

Current Densities ◽

Group Ii ◽

Eds Microanalysis

Recently there has been much excitement over a new class of high Tc (>30 K) ceramic superconductors of the form A1-xBxCuO4-x, where A is a rare earth and B is from Group II. Unfortunately these materials have only been able to support small transport current densities 1-10 A/cm2. It is very desirable to increase these values by 2 to 3 orders of magnitude for useful high field applications. The reason for these small transport currents is as yet unknown. Evidence has, however, been presented for superconducting clusters on a 50-100 nm scale and on a 1-3 μm scale. We therefore planned a detailed TEM and STEM microanalysis study in order to see whether any evidence for the clusters could be seen.A La1.8Sr0.2Cu04 pellet was cut into 1 mm thick slices from which 3 mm discs were cut. The discs were subsequently mechanically ground to 100 μm total thickness and dimpled to 20 μm thickness at the center.

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Microstructural characterization of a cast RENi5-based alloy

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100151714 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 51 ◽

pp. 1176-1177

Author(s):

G. M. Micha ◽

L. Zhang

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Rare Earth ◽

Microstructural Characterization ◽

Binary Compound ◽

Nickel Metal ◽

Cast Material ◽

Nickel Metal Hydride ◽

Transmission Electron ◽

Cast Condition

RENi5 (RE: rare earth) based alloys have been extensively evaluated for use as an electrode material for nickel-metal hydride batteries. A variety of alloys have been developed from the prototype intermetallic compound LaNi5. The use of mischmetal as a source of rare earth combined with transition metal and Al substitutions for Ni has caused the evolution of the alloy from a binary compound to one containing eight or more elements. This study evaluated the microstructural features of a complex commercial RENi5 based alloy using scanning and transmission electron microscopy.The alloy was evaluated in the as-cast condition. Its chemistry in at. pct. determined by bulk techniques was 12.1 La, 3.2 Ce, 1.5 Pr, 4.9 Nd, 50.2 Ni, 10.4 Co, 5.3 Mn and 2.0 Al. The as-cast material was of low strength, very brittle and contained a multitude of internal cracks. TEM foils could only be prepared by first embedding pieces of the alloy in epoxy.

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