Synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties of new layered phosphate halides Sr2Cu5(PO4)4X2·8H2O (X = Cl, Br) with a crown-like building unit

New compounds Sr2Cu5(PO4)4X2·8H2O (X = Cl and Br) are synthesized by a conventional hydrothermal method, showing a layered structure with a crown-like building unit.

BaCo4(OH)2(H2PO4)(HPO4)2(PO4): Archimedean lattice T11 in distorted layers built from Co4O12(OH)4 squares

The last number of Archimedean lattice was realized for the first time in a layered phosphate, BaCo4(OH)2(H2PO4)(HPO4)2(PO4).

In-situhigh-pressure powder X-ray diffraction study of α-zirconium phosphate

The high-pressure structural chemistry of α-zirconium phosphate, α-Zr(HPO4)2·H2O, was studied usingin-situhigh-pressure diffraction and synchrotron radiation. The layered phosphate was studied under both hydrostatic and non-hydrostatic conditions and Rietveld refinement carried out on the resulting diffraction patterns. It was found that under hydrostatic conditions no uptake of additional water molecules from the pressure-transmitting medium occurred, contrary to what had previously been observed with some zeolite materials and a layered titanium phosphate. Under hydrostatic conditions the sample remained crystalline up to 10 GPa, but under non-hydrostatic conditions the sample amorphized between 7.3 and 9.5 GPa. The calculated bulk modulus,K0= 15.2 GPa, showed the material to be very compressible with the weak linkages in the structure of the type Zr—O—P.

Corrosion Behavior of Phosphate Conversion Coating on AZ31 Mg Alloy in 3.5% NaCl Solution

A duplex-layered phosphate conversion coating was obtained on AZ31Mg alloy through a phosphate bath with citric. Morphology, composition and corrosion behavior of the coating immersed into 3.5% NaCl solution for various time were investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffractometer (XRD) and electrochemical method. The results show that the coating is completely degraded after immersed in NaCl solution for 48h. The corrosion mediums mainly peel coating through the cracks among particles. The phosphate coating is damaged and falls out primarily, then the intermediate layer is degraded, and the substrate happens to dissolve with increasing of immersion time.