scholarly journals Aqueous Corrosion of Aluminum-Transition Metal Alloys Composed of Structurally Complex Phases: A Review

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (18) ◽  
pp. 5418
Author(s):  
Libor Ďuriška ◽  
Ivona Černičková ◽  
Pavol Priputen ◽  
Marián Palcut

Complex metallic alloys (CMAs) are materials composed of structurally complex intermetallic phases (SCIPs). The SCIPs consist of large unit cells containing hundreds or even thousands of atoms. Well-defined atomic clusters are found in their structure, typically of icosahedral point group symmetry. In SCIPs, a long-range order is observed. Aluminum-based CMAs contain approximately 70 at.% Al. In this paper, the corrosion behavior of bulk Al-based CMAs is reviewed. The Al–TM alloys (TM = transition metal) have been sorted according to their chemical composition. The alloys tend to passivate because of high Al concentration. The Al–Cr alloys, for example, can form protective passive layers of considerable thickness in different electrolytes. In halide-containing solutions, however, the alloys are prone to pitting corrosion. The electrochemical activity of aluminum-transition metal SCIPs is primarily determined by electrode potential of the alloying element(s). Galvanic microcells form between different SCIPs which may further accelerate the localized corrosion attack. The electrochemical nobility of individual SCIPs increases with increasing concentration of noble elements. The SCIPs with electrochemically active elements tend to dissolve in contact with nobler particles. The SCIPs with noble metals are prone to selective de-alloying (de–aluminification) and their electrochemical activity may change over time as a result of de-alloying. The metal composition of the SCIPs has a primary influence on their corrosion properties. The structural complexity is secondary and becomes important when phases with similar chemical composition, but different crystal structure, come into close physical contact.

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 83-91
Author(s):  
Thanh Tho Bui ◽  
Khung Moc Trang ◽  
Hong Van Nguyen

Superatoms, novel entities being studied extensively in recent years, can be stabilized by mixing with transition metal atoms. The aim of this paper is to present some recent theoretical results on the application of quantum calculations for examining the atomic clusters NaxV (x=1-12) made from the mixing of Nax superatoms with vanadium transition metal atom. Optimized structures of NaxV, NaxV+ and NaxV- are determined by using the TPSSTPSS / DZVP DFT calculations. Characteristics of optimized structures, as point group symmetry, chemical hardness (η), absolute electronegativity (χ), electrophilicity index (ω), fragmentation energy (Ef), secondary energy (∆2E), are calculated. The obtained results point out that among different structures of an atomic cluster, the more negative total energy the more stable structure and the Na8V cluster is the most stable in NaxV (x=1-12) clusters.


1987 ◽  
Vol 104 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kleverman ◽  
J. Olajos ◽  
G. Grossmann ◽  
H. G. Grimmeiss

ABSTRACTRecent absorption and photoconductivity studies of deep transition-metal impurities in silicon are discussed, with emphasis on optical transitions from the deep ground state to shallow Coulomb excited states. The P3/2 line spectra of the deep Au and Pt acceptors closely resemble those of group II acceptors in silicon, whereas the P1/2 lines show resonance effects due to interaction with the valence band continuum. Behavior under uniaxial stress is compatible with D2d or C 2y point-group symmetry for the Au and Pt acceptors. A line spectrum in g-dopes Si can be attributed to excitations to shallow donor states since the phononassisted Fano resonances involve characteristic inter-valley phonons. Both the Ag donor spectrum and the corresponding Au spectrum are dominated by excited s-state transitions. Thus, the traditional fingerprint of a donor in silicon, i.e. the effective-mass like p-state series, is missing or at best observed weakly


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaojing Xia ◽  
Anupum Pant ◽  
Xuezhe Zhou ◽  
Elena Dobretsova ◽  
Alex Bard ◽  
...  

Fluoride crystals, due to their low phonon energies, are attractive hosts of trivalent lanthanide ions for applications in upconverting phosphors, quantum information science, and solid-state laser refrigeration. In this article, we report the rapid, low-cost hydrothermal synthesis of potassium lutetium fluoride (KLF) microcrystals for applications in solid-state laser refrigeration. Four crystalline phases were synthesized, namely orthorhombic K<sub>2</sub>LuF<sub>5</sub> (Pnma), trigonal KLuF<sub>4</sub> (P3<sub>1</sub>21), orthorhombic KLu<sub>2</sub>F<sub>7</sub> (Pna2<sub>1</sub>), and cubic KLu<sub>3</sub>F<sub>10</sub> (Fm3m), with each phase exhibiting unique microcrystalline morphologies. Luminescence spectra and emission lifetimes of the four crystalline phases were characterized based on the point-group symmetry of trivalent cations. Laser refrigeration was measured by observing both the optomechanical eigenfrequencies of microcrystals on cantilevers in vacuum, and also the Brownian dynamics of optically trapped microcrystals in water. Among all four crystalline phases, the most significant cooling was observed for 10%Yb:KLuF<sub>4</sub> with cooling of 8.6 $\pm$ 2.1 K below room temperature. Reduced heating was observed with 10%Yb:K<sub>2</sub>LuF<sub>5</sub>


Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1435
Author(s):  
Victor G. Yarzhemsky

Sr2RuO4 and Fe-pnictide superconductors belong to the same point group symmetry D4h. Many experimental data confirm odd pairs in Sr2RuO4 and even pairs in Fe-pnictides, but opposite conclusions also exist. Recent NMR results of Pustogow et al., which revealed even Cooper pairs in Sr2RuO4, require reconsideration of symmetry treatment of its SOP (superconducting order parameter). In the present work making use of the Mackey–Bradley theorem on symmetrized squares, a group theoretical investigation of possible pairing states in D4h symmetry is performed. It is obtained for I4/mmm , i.e., space group of Sr2RuO4, that triplet pairs with even spatial parts are possible in kz direction and in points M and Y. For the two latter cases pairing of equivalent electrons with nonzero total momentum is proposed. In P4/nmm space group of Fe- pnictides in point M, even and odd pairs are possible for singlet and triplet cases. It it shown that even and odd chiral states with angular momentum projection m=±1 have nodes in vertical planes, but Eg is nodal , whereas Eu is nodeless in the basal plane. It is also shown that the widely accepted assertion that the parity of angular momentum value is directly connected with the spatial parity of a pair is not valid in a space-group approach to the wavefunction of a Cooper pair.


Nanoscale ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarina A. Novčić ◽  
Christian Iffelsberger ◽  
Siowwoon Ng ◽  
Martin Pumera

MoS2 and WS2 and their heterojunctions are used to modify thermally activated 3D-printed nanocarbon structures. Herein, the local electrochemical performance for HER of the modified structures is demonstrated by scanning electrochemical microscopy.


1970 ◽  
Vol 25 (12) ◽  
pp. 1374-1381 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Kiefer ◽  
H. W. Schrötter

The Raman spectra of four molecules absorbing in the visible region (SnJ4, GeJ4, TiBr4, and TiJ4) are presented. They were excited with a quasi-continuous ruby laser and recorded with a special electronic detection system. Except for TiJ4, complete Raman spectra of crystal powder pellets could be obtained for the first time. The assignment reported by previous authors was confirmed by accurate polarization studies of solutions or pure liquid. The assignment is also in the solid state possible on the basis of Td point group symmetry. The fundamental vibrations of TiJ4 in solutions are: ν1 (A1) =162, ν2 (E) =51, ν3 (F2) =319 and ν4 (F2) Y = 67 cm-1


1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (7) ◽  
pp. 723-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. C. Sanctuary ◽  
R. F. Snider

The gas kinetic theory of nuclear magnetic relaxation of a polyatomic gas, as formulated in the previous paper, is evaluated for ZX3Y molecules relaxing via a dipolar coupling Hamiltonian. Stress is given to a proper treatment of point group symmetry, here C3v, and the possibility of molecular inversion is included. The detailed formula for the spin traces is however restricted to X nuclei with spin 1/2. A subsequent paper uses these results to elucidate the structure of the high density dependence of T1 forCF3H.


1990 ◽  
Vol 213 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Buchanan ◽  
J. G. Kim

ABSTRACTIn this study, an acid-chloride electrolyte at pH = 4 (H2SO4) and containing 200 ppm Cl- was used to define the effects of Cr concentration (0–6 at.%) and Mo additions (0–2 at.%) on the aqueous corrosion behavior of iron aluminides containing 28 at.% Al. For the Fe-28Al composition, cyclic-anodic-polarization testing indicated passivation, but with a relatively low breakdown potential for pitting corrosion, and a protection potential lower than the open-circuit corrosion potential. Cr additions alone proved beneficial by continuously increasing the pitting potential. However, even at the highest Cr level, 6%, the protection potential was still lower than the corrosion potential, indicating that pitting could initiate after an incubation period. Mo additions were found to raise the protection potential, such that at 1 and 2% Mo levels (4 % Cr), it was higher than the corrosion potential, indicating significantly improved resistance to the initiation of localized corrosion. Immersion testing showed that the latter compositions remained passivated with no localized corrosion for a period of four months, at which point the tests were terminated. The overall results indicated that for satisfactory resistance to chlorideinduced localized corrosion, both higher Cr levels (4–6 at.%) and Mo additions (1–2 at.%) are desirable.


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