Synthesis and Characterizations of Cadmium Doped Aluminium Oxide Nanoparticles

The cadmium doped aluminium oxide (CdAl2O3) nanoparticles were prepared by reverse precipitation method. The prepared CdAl2O3 nanoparticles were characterized by Powder X-Ray Diffraction in order to confirm the crystalline nature of the sample and found average crystallite size in the range 27.6 nm. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy confirms the presence of metal oxygen bonds in the CdAl2O3 nanoparticle.

Microwave and Ultrasound Effect on Ammoniacal Leaching of Deep-Sea Nodules

The influence of ultrasound and microwaves on extraction of copper, nickel, and cobalt from manganese deep-sea nodules by reductive ammoniacal leaching in the presence of ammonium thiosulfate as a reducing agent was studied. The ultrasonic ammoniacal leaching provides higher metals extraction, while the effect of microwaves on the metals extraction under the studied leaching conditions is insignificant. In general, increasing leaching temperature increases significantly extraction of the metals of interest. At high temperatures, extraction efficiencies of copper, nickel, and cobalt decrease over longer leaching duration as a result of decomposition of the metals amino-complexes and reverse precipitation of metals. However, during the ultrasonic leaching at a temperature of 85 °C, the extraction of nickel remains almost unchanged over longer leaching durations and does not follow the decreasing course, observed in the extraction of copper and cobalt. The finding suggests that nickel can be selectively extracted from the nodules by the ultrasonic leaching. The maximal extraction efficiency of copper, nickel, and cobalt was 83%, 71%, and 32%, respectively, when the reductive ultrasonic ammoniacal leaching was carried out at 85 °C for 90 min. In the presence of microwaves, the maximal extraction efficiency of copper, nickel, and cobalt was 67%, 48%, and 8%, respectively, when the reductive ultrasonic ammoniacal leaching was carried out at the output power of 60 W for 210 min.

Thermal Stabilization of γ-Al2O3 with Modification of Polyethylene Glycol by Reverse Precipitation Method

A series of γ-Al2O3 modified with different content of polyethylene glycol (PEG) was prepared by a reverse precipitation method. The phase transformation, thermal stabilization and the morphology of PEG-modified γ-Al2O3 was studied by XRD, BET and TEM, respectively. The results showed that the γ-Al2O3 with 1mol% PEG-modified has the excellent thermal stabilization after calcined at 1100°C for 3h. With the content of PEG increasing, the surface area of γ-Al2O3 was reduced gradually. Simultaneity, the γ-Al2O3 phase was transferred to θ-Al2O3 with the surface area 92 m2g-1 and a pore volume of 0.77 cm3g-1. The high surface area maintained at such high treatment temperature shows the 1mol% PEG-modified γ-Al2O3 prepared by reverse precipitation method can be applied in the automotive three-way catalyst support.