Preparation and characterization of iron oxide pillared montmorillonite

Clay Minerals ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. Doff ◽  
N. H. J. Gangas ◽  
J. E. M. Allan ◽  
J. M. D. Coey

AbstractPillared smectites in which the pillars consist of iron oxide are expected to have interesting and unusual magnetic properties. Several possible routes by which such materials might be made have been investigated, namely intercalation of hydroxy-Fe(III) polycations, mixed hydroxy-Fe(III)/Al polycations, phenanthroline-Fe(II) cations, and trinuclear Fe(III) acetato cations into Na-montmorillonite. Only the last of these yielded a pillared clay (PILC) on calcination. The products have been characterized using X-ray powder diffraction and 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy. The precursor Fe-PILC has a d-spacing of 21 Å and expands to 23 Å on solvation with glycol. The calcined Fe-PILC has a d-spacing of 19 Å (gallery height 9·4 Å) and does not expand with glycol, confirming cross-linking of the layers. From Mössbauer spectra at 4·2 K it is estimated that there are of the order of some hundred Fe atoms per pillar.

2010 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Harmening ◽  
Rainer Pöttgen

Samples of EuRu4B4 and of the new boride EuRuB4 were prepared from europium, RuB, and RuB4 precursor alloys, respectively, in sealed tantalum tubes in an induction furnace. EuRu4B4 crystallizes with the LuRu4B4 structure, a = 748.1(1), c = 1502.3(4) pm. The structure of EuRuB4 was refined on the basis of X-ray diffractometer data: Pbam, a = 599.7(1), b = 1160.7(3), c = 358.06(7) pm, wR2 = 0.0691, 474 F2 values, and 38 variables. The four crystallographically independent boron sites build up layers which consist of almost regular pentagons and heptagons which sandwich the ruthenium and europium atoms, respectively. Within the two-dimensional [B4] networks each boron atom has a slightly distorted trigonal-planar boron coordination with B-B distances in the range 172 - 186 pm. Temperature-dependent 151Eu Mössbauer spectra show stable trivalent europium for EuRu4B4 and EuRuB4


1987 ◽  
Vol 01 (03n04) ◽  
pp. 989-992 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.T. Causa ◽  
S.M. Dutrús ◽  
C. Fainstein ◽  
G. Nieva ◽  
H.R. Salva ◽  
...  

We report here normal and superconducting properties of ABa 2 Cu 3 O 7−δ (with A=Y, Gd, Dy, and Er) and of Fe doped YBa2Cu3O7−δ . Results from X-ray powder diffraction, electrical resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, ESR, and specific heat measurements are presented, leading to a characterization of the magnetic properties of these materials. The effect of structural modifications of the lattice on the superconducting properties and the relative insensitivity of Tc to the presence of magnetic moments is discussed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 966 ◽  
pp. 237-242
Author(s):  
Fahmi Astuti ◽  
Mizuki Miyajima ◽  
Takahito Fukuda ◽  
Masashi Kodani ◽  
Takehito Nakano ◽  
...  

Polycrystalline rubidium superoxide (RbO2) has been synthesized by using solution method followed by the reaction process under the cooling condition of-40 °C. X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRD) spectra showed that RbO2 was successfully synthesized by this method. The magnetic susceptibility and pulsed muon spin relaxation (μSR) measurements were carried out in order to study the magnetic properties of RbO2.


2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph H. Reibenspies ◽  
Nattamai Bhuvanesh

A method to characterize iron oxide microparticles by microquantity X-ray powder diffraction is presented. The method employs small sections of acrylic tubing and double sided Mylar® tape that fits over a standard 170 mm collimator for a Bruker-AXS SMART 1000 or APEXII three-circle single-crystal diffractometer (Mo X-ray tube). The tubing will hold and position a sample that is placed on the double-sided Mylar® tape and allow for rapid specimen mounting/dismounting and data collection. The method is simple, portable, and readily adapted to a variety of single-crystal X-ray diffractometers.


1989 ◽  
Vol 03 (03) ◽  
pp. 249-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z.Z. SHENG ◽  
Y.H. LIU ◽  
X. FEI ◽  
L. SHENG ◽  
C. DONG ◽  
...  

A preparation procedure for the Tl-Ba-Ca-Cu-O superconducting samples which can be levitated above or beneath a magnet is described. X-ray powder diffraction data for these samples are presented and discussed. Their electronic and magnetic properties are presented. The explanation for the unusual levitation is briefly discussed.


2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (05) ◽  
pp. 1250036 ◽  
Author(s):  
WEIGAO WANG ◽  
FAGEN LI ◽  
FAN ZHAO ◽  
JUN WANG ◽  
GUOMENG ZHAO

Fe7S8 nanorods have been successfully synthesized using a chemical evaporation method. X-ray diffraction pattern showed that the as-prepared products were Fe7S8 with no impurity phase. The results of scanning electron microscopy indicated that the samples synthesized at 750°C and 900°C were rod and sheet-like, respectively. The magnetic properties of the iron sulfide nanorods were measured over a wide temperature range (4 K–750 K) using a quantum design vibrating sample magnetometer. It was found that the nanorods were ferromagnetic with the Curie temperature of about 581 K. The Mössbauer spectra showed that the iron sulfide nanorods consisted of hexagonal pyrrhotites, whose spectra were asymmetrical according to correlation between the isomer shift and the hyperfine field.


2007 ◽  
Vol 2007 (suppl_26) ◽  
pp. 61-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Peplinski ◽  
B. Adamczyk ◽  
G. Kley ◽  
K. Adam ◽  
F. Emmerling ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan Müssig ◽  
Björn Kuttich ◽  
Florian Fidler ◽  
Daniel Haddad ◽  
Susanne Wintzheimer ◽  
...  

The controlled agglomeration of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) was used to rapidly switch their magnetic properties. Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and dynamic light scattering showed that tailored iron oxide...


Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge A. Ramírez-Gómez ◽  
Javier Illescas ◽  
María del Carmen Díaz-Nava ◽  
Claudia Muro-Urista ◽  
Sonia Martínez-Gallegos ◽  
...  

Atrazine (ATZ) is an herbicide which is applied to the soil, and its mechanism of action involves the inhibition of photosynthesis. One of its main functions is to control the appearance of weeds in crops, primarily in corn, sorghum, sugar cane, and wheat; however, it is very toxic for numerous species, including humans. Therefore, this work deals with the adsorption of ATZ from aqueous solutions using nanocomposite materials, synthesized with two different types of organo-modified clays. Those were obtained by the free radical polymerization of 4-vinylpyridine (4VP) and acrylamide (AAm) in different stoichiometric ratios, using tetrabutylphosphonium persulfate (TBPPS) as a radical initiator and N,N′-methylenebisacrylamide (BIS) as cross-linking agent. The structural, morphological, and textural characteristics of clays, copolymers, and nanocomposites were determined through different analytical and instrumental techniques, i.e., X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Adsorption kinetics experiments of ATZ were determined with the modified and synthesized materials, and the effect of the ratio between 4VP and AAm moieties on the removal capacities of the obtained nanocomposites was evaluated. Finally, from these sets of experiments, it was demonstrated that the synthesized nanocomposites with higher molar fractions of 4VP obtained the highest removal percentages of ATZ.


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