Abstract:
Hydrophobic metal nanoparticles are prepared by reducing a metal precursor in a non-polar or low polar organic solvent with or without volume expansion by adding CO2.
Abstract:
An article for magnetic heat exchange comprising a magnetocalorically active phase with a NaZn13-type crystal structure is provided by hydrogenating a bulk precursor article. The bulk precursor article is heated from a temperature of less than 50° C. to at least 300° C. in an inert atmosphere and hydrogen gas only introduced when a temperature of at least 300° C. is reached. The bulk precursor article is maintained in a hydrogen containing atmosphere at a temperature in the range 300° C. to 700° C. for a selected duration of time, and then cooled to a temperature of less than 50° C.
Abstract:
A hydrogen permeable membrane is disclosed. The membrane is prepared by forming a mixture of metal oxide powder and ceramic oxide powder and a pore former into an article. The article is dried at elevated temperatures and then sintered in a reducing atmosphere to provide a dense hydrogen permeable portion near the surface of the sintered mixture. The dense hydrogen permeable portion has a higher initial concentration of metal than the remainder of the sintered mixture and is present in the range of from about 20 to about 80 percent by volume of the dense hydrogen permeable portion.
Abstract:
The process for the synthesis of rhenium powders comprises the injection of ammonium perrhenate powder through a carrier gas in a plasma torch of a plasma reactor operated using a mixture including hydrogen as the plasma gas, yielding metallic rhenium under the following chemical reaction: 2NH4ReO4+4H2→2Re+N2↑+8H2O↑. The reactor is provided with a quench zone for cooling the metallic rhenium so as to yield rhenium nano and micro powders.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a Fe—Si—La alloy having the following atomic composition: (La1-a-a′MmaTRa′)1[(Fe1-b-b,CobMb,)1-x(Si1-cXc)x]13(CdNeH1-d-e)y(R)r(I)r, in which Mm is a mixture of lanthanum, cerium, neodymium and praseodymium in a weight proportion of 22 to 26% of La, 48 to 53% of Ce, 17 to 20% of Nd and 5 to 7% of Pr, wherein said mixture may include up to 1 wt % of impurities, TR is one or more elements of the rare earth family other than lanthanum, M is one or more d-type transition element from layers 3d, 4d and 5d, X is a metalloid element selected from Ge, Al, B, Ga and In, R is one or more element selected from Al, Ca, Mg, K and Na, I is one or two elements selected from O and S, with: 0≦a
Abstract:
A fuel electrode material, a method of preparing the fuel electrode material and a solid oxide fuel cell including the fuel electrode material. The fuel electrode material includes a metal oxide bound to a surface of particles, the particles including nickel, copper or a combination thereof, wherein the metal oxide is an oxide of a metal element selected from the group consisting of cerium, titanium, silicon, aluminum, zirconium and a combination including at least one of the foregoing.
Abstract:
A composite article that can be used as a substrate for coated conductors is disclosed. The composite substrate has at least three layers in which one or more inner layers of Ni—W alloys with 9 at. %-13 at. % W and two outer layers of Ni—W alloys with 3 at. %-9 at. % W. The content of W element gradually decreases from the inner layers to the outer layers. The composite substrate can be prepared using a process of designing and sintering composite ingot, rolling composite ingot and then annealing composite substrate. The composite substrate have a dominant cube texture on the outer layer of the whole substrate which have a weaker magnetism and higher strength than that of a single Ni-5 at. % W alloy substrate. the preformed composite ingot is prepared by filling and compacting the Ni—W mixed powders into a mold layer by layer according to the structure of composite substrate; in said mold, said preformed composite ingots are with the total thickness of 5-250 mm, the thickness of two outer layers being 2/9-⅔ of the total thickness.
Abstract:
The object of this invention is a suspension of metal nanoparticles with a mean size of between 1 and 20 nanometers, in at least one non-aqueous ionic liquid, whereby said suspension also contains at least one nitrogen-containing ligand, in which said metal nanoparticles comprise at least one transition metal in the zero valence state that is selected from among rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, nickel, and platinum by themselves or in a mixture and in which said nitrogen-containing ligand is selected from the group that is formed by the linear compounds that comprise at least one nitrogen atom, whereby the non-aromatic cyclic compounds comprise at least one nitrogen atom, the non-condensed aromatic compounds comprise at least one nitrogen atom, the condensed aromatic compounds comprise at least one group of two aromatic cycles that are condensed two by two, and at least one nitrogen atom, whereby the condensed aromatic compounds comprise at least 3 aromatic cycles and 1 nitrogen atom, and whereby the condensed aromatic compounds comprise at least 3 aromatic cycles and at least 2 nitrogen atoms that are located in the same aromatic cycle.
Abstract:
In accordance with invention, there are methods for fabricating hollow spheres and nanofoams. The method for making hollow spheres can include providing a homogeneous precursor solution including a first solvent and one or more anhydrous precursor species and forming aerosol droplets having a first size distribution using the homogeneous precursor solution in an anhydrous carrier gas. The method can also include transporting the aerosol droplets through an aerosol reactor including a reactant to form a plurality of hollow spheres, wherein each of the plurality of hollow spheres can be formed by one or more chemical reactions occurring at a surface of the aerosol droplet. The method can further include controlling size and thickness of the hollow spheres by one or more of the precursor solution concentration, aerosol droplet size, temperature, residence time of the aerosol droplets in the aerosol reactor, and the reactant distribution in the aerosol reactor.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing stable concentrated colloids containing metal nanoparticles in which the colloid is stabilized by adding a base. This allows the metal particles to be formed in higher concentration without forming larger agglomerates and/or precipitating. The method of manufacturing the stable colloidal metal nanoparticles of the present invention generally includes (i) providing a solution comprising a plurality of metal atoms, (ii) providing a solution comprising a plurality of organic agent molecules, each organic agent molecule comprising at least one functional group capable of bonding to the metal atoms, (iii) reacting the metal atoms in solution with the organic agent molecules in solution to form a mixture comprising a plurality of complexed metal atoms, (iv) reducing the complexed metal atoms in the mixture using a reducing agent to form a plurality of nanoparticles, and (v) adding an amount of a base to the mixture, thereby improving the stability of the nanoparticles in the mixture. The base may be added before or after forming the nanoparticles.