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The effects of Misch-Metal (MM) oxide addition on magnetic properties, crystal structure and microstructure of the M-type strontium ferrite have been studied. By MM substitution of Sr a significant increase in intrinsic coercivity and a slight decrease in remanence was observed. The highest value of energy product was obtained at 4 wt.% MM addition. By calculating the lattice constants of 4 and 8 wt.% MM added specimens, it was found that the length of c-axis decreases by 4 wt.% MM addition and then undergoes a considerable increase at 8 wt.%, while the a-axis increases monotonously. The SEM observations revealed that the migration of MM oxides to the grain boundaries could be the major... 

The variation of the applied field results in a subsequent change of magnetization with time. There is a relationship between the coercivity (Hc), as the equilibrium characteristic of the system, and its magnetic stability (1/S), as a parameter characterizing the time dependence. 1/S as a function of Hc has been measured and studied for different Fe1-xCox samples. We synthesized several samples with different values of x by applying various magnetic fields during the grains' growth, and observed a linear relationship between 1/S and Hc. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved  

Series of quaternary ammonium salts of substituted five-membered-ring iron complexes were prepared by reaction of allyl(cyclopentadienyl)iron(II) dicarbonyl with iminium salts. Also, reactions of allyl-(cyclopentadienyl) iron(II) dicarbonyl with in situ prepared iminium salts afford the same products in good to excellent isolated yields. © 2007 American Chemical Society  

Biological oxidation of ferrous sulfate by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans has proved to be a significant step in the bioleaching of sulfide minerals and the treatment of acid mine drainage. The same bioreaction also has beneficial applications in the desulphurization of coal and removal of hydrogen sulfide from gaseous effluents. In this research, the effects of some process variables such as pH, temperature, elemental sulfur, amount of initial ferrous and magnesium ions on oxidation of ferrous sulfate by a native A. ferrooxidans, which was isolated from a chalcopyrite concentrate, were investigated. All experiments carried out in shake flasks at 33 °C that was obtained as optimum... 

The single-domain particles, especially FeCo fine particles have many applications in magnetic information technology. We have prepared Fe 1-xCox fine particles for different x by borohydride method and measured the magnetic and structural properties of the samples. We have then determined the variations of coercivity and anisotropy energy versus x in Fe1-xCox fine particles. The obtained results have been analyzed on the basis of various magnetic anisotropies. Magnetic anisotropies affect the coercivity of the medium for each x as follows: shape and crystal anisotropies for x=0, surface and crystal anisotropies for x=1, shape, induced and crystal anisotropies for x=0.3 and 0.5, and shape... 

A new, simple and rapid carbon dot (CD) based fluorescent probe for speciation of Fe2+ and Fe3+ ions was developed. The as-prepared CDs contain phenol groups on their surfaces and due to the special coordination interaction of phenol groups with Fe3+ ions, this sensing system exhibits excellent sensitivity and selectivity toward Fe3+. In order to detect Fe2+ ions as well, a specific amount of H2O2 was introduced to the detection system to transform Fe2+ to Fe3+ of which the latter is the determinable form of iron. Under the optimum experimental conditions, the fluorescence intensity of the sensor decreased as the Fe3+ ion concentration increased. The relationship plot between the... 

An Iron(lV)-oxo heme(+·) complex (Compound I, Cpd I) is the proposed active species of heme enzymes such as the cytochromes P450 and Is elusive; therefore, biomimetic studies on active site mimics give valuable Insight Into the fundamental properties of heme active species. In this work we present density functional theory (DFT) calculations on substrate hydroxylatlon by a Compound I mimic [FeIV=O(Por+̇)Cl] and its one-electron reduced form [FeIV=O(Por)Cl]-. Thus, recent experimental studies showed that [FeIV =O(Por)Cl]- is able to react with substrates via hydride transfer reactions [Jeong, Y. J.; Kang, Y.; Han, A.-R.; Lee, Y.-M.; Kotani, H.; Fukuzumi, S.; Nam, W. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.... 

The oxidation of ferrous iron in solution using Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans has industrial applications in the regeneration of ferric iron as an oxidant agent for the removal of hydrogen sulfide from waste gases, desulphurization of coal, leaching of non-ferrous metallic sulfides and treatment of acid mine drainage. The aim of this attempt was to increase the biooxidation rate of ferrous sulfate by using immobilized cells. Rate of ferrous iron oxidation was determined in a packed-bed reactor configuration with low density polyethylene (LDPE) particles as support material in order to find the most practical system for scale-up. The present work studies the influence of basic parameters on... 

The change of the applied field in a medium containing anisotropic magnetic grains, makes the number of magnetic moments in the field direction, and in the opposite direction to vary. Near H = Hc, probability of transition between the two minimum energies (SW model) increases strongly and the magnetization of system varies rapidly. We measured the time dependence of magnetization for various Fe1-xCOx samples, in the presence of some step fields. These samples were grown via solving iron, and cobalt salts with borohydride and then, heat treatment was accomplished on them. The results of time measurement of magnetization in step fields reveals a linear proportionality between coercivity and... 

Fine Fe1-xCox grains with various values of × have been grown via the borohydride method in the presence of different magnetic fields, H0. In this method, the presence of magnetic moments at the bcc lattice sites of iron causes the formation of acicular single domain grains with a nearly 0.2 μm length. The magnetic field, H0, sets the magnetic moment of SD grains parallel to each other and forms some chains of these particles. This is equivalent to the presence of an effective internal field that increases the remanent magnetization, Mr. From the SW model point of view, the remanent magnetization of sample is determined by Boltzman distribution function at the two minimum energies. In fact,... 

In FeCo fine particles, induced anisotropy has a considerable contribution in increasing the coercivity. We have prepared Fe0.7Co0.3 fine particles by the borohydride method in the presence of various magnetic fields in the range 0 ≤ H0 ≤ 2 kOe. We have studied and analysed the factors affecting the induced anisotropy and magnetic structure of these particles by the use of SEM, XRD and vibrating sample magnetometer. It was found that heat treatment, and also the presence of a magnetic field of about 1 kOe during the grain growth, result in the maximum coercivity of Fe 0.7Co0.3 fine particles. The value of magnetic field intensity should be such that it causes formation of oriented atomic... 

In this investigation, fine Fe85Si10Ni5 (at.%) powders with a nanocrystalline structure were prepared by high energy ball milling. The effects of milling time on microstructure and magnetic properties of Fe85Si10Ni5 powders were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). The optimum soft magnetic properties (maximum saturation magnetization and minimum coercivity) were obtained in alloy powders with an average grain size of 8 nm after 70 h milling. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved  

CuMS2 (M=A1, In, Fe) ternary compounds were synthesized via the facile polyol method in autoclave. Depending on the functional groups of solvent and surfactant, the structure of the nanocrystals can be controlled in the form of wurtzite or chalcopyrite. The chalcopyrite structure was obtained when the precursors solved in the mixture of diethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol 600 and ammonium hydroxide. When the solvent was replaced by ethylene diamine, the wurtzite was obtained along with chalcopyrite (polytypism). The products were characterized by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) for analysis of structural properties, Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) for studying morphological... 

Electrical properties and electronic structure of Bi1-xCa xFe1-yMnyO3-δ grown by pulsed-laser deposition on BaTiO3/SiO2/Si substrate were investigated. Results showed that Ca has drastic effect on symmetry of crystal and electrical poperties of BiFeO3. On the other hand, Mn revealed to have more radical effect on optical properties and energy gap of the compound. XPS results represented that although Ca tend to decrease Fe valence state, Mn tends to stabilize it at 3+ (at least in this concentrations). UV-visible study yielded bandgap of 2.51-2.81 eV (at 300 K) for different concentrations of Ca and Mn. UV-visible spectra also revealed sub-bandgap defect transitions at 2.2 and 2.4 eV.... 

Microstructures and hardness of aluminum alloy ductile iron were investigated by SEM, XRD, EPMA and hardness measurement techniques. The results show, increasing the Al-alloying element leads to decrease of free ferrite and carbide, as well as increase in the pearlite volume fraction. It is also has been found that in the higher values of Al, about 85% of the matrix would be pearlite. It is indicated that an increase in the aluminum content also leads to a decrease in the spacing between pearlite layers. XRD results show, in the presence of Al, intermetallic compounds such as Al6Fe, AlFe3C0.5, Fe3Al and FeAl were produced. Furthermore the hardness measurements illustrate that by increasing... 

An efficient protocol was developed for the nano CoCuFe2O4-catalyzed C-N and C-S bond formation. By this catalytic system, both amine and sulfide-based structural motifs were formed efficiently in aryl halide-free route. The amination reaction of phenyl boronic acid with various types of amines was conducted under ligand-free conditions, in ethanol as a green solvent at 60°C. Unsymmetrical diaryl/aryl alkyl sulfide synthesis via the coupling reaction of arylboronic acids with thiols was also conducted. The nano cobalt-copper ferrite was used as a heterogenous efficient, inexpensive, magnetically separable and recyclable catalyst that can be used for several cycles. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons,... 

Palladium(II) have been immobilized into the nano magnetic Fe3O4 which was functionalized with glucose in order to achieve a one-pot synthesis of 2-substituted benzoxazole derivatives with high yields in the diverse range of organic solvents. The nano catalyst is highly dispersive in polar solvents and can be easily recovered and reused for 6 runs without significant loss of its activity. Finally, the catalyst was fully characterized by FT-IR, TGA, CHN, SEM, EDX and atomic absorption spectroscopy. Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd  

Pressure dependence of the onsite Coulomb interactions of the BaFe2As2 has been studied by employing the constrained random phase approximation within first-principle calculations. Analyzing total and projected density of states, a pseudogap is found for dxy band at the energy roughly 0.25 eV higher than the Fermi level. Also, by applying pressure the spectral weight of the dxy orbital vanishes while other orbitals remain metallic. The different screening channels, as discussed in four different models, affect significantly on the Hubbard U while the Hund J remains almost unchanged. The average onsite bare and partially and fully screened Coulomb interactions increase with different rates... 

Abstract: The loading of co-catalyst is an efficient way to increase the activity of synthesized carbon-based photocatalysts in the energy and environmental applications. Herein, Co and Ni decorated on g-C3N4 was synthesized as a visible light active photocatalyst and characterized with XRD, FT-IR, BET, DRS, TGA, FE-SEM, EDX, and EIS techniques. From the characterization results, it was demonstrated that cobalt and nickel which were present in the structure of the nanocatalyst, were in the metallic form. The decoration of Ni and Co reduced bandgap energy of g-C3N4 and made the synthesized nanocomposite active under visible light. The operating condition of O2 photocatalytic generation was... 

Iron corrosion in acidic media is a natural phenomenon that converts elemental iron to a more chemically-stable form, i.e. its oxide and hydroxide. In this study, the iron corrosion process is modeled as a completely implicit problem, solved by a novel finite difference model to provide insight into the ionic aspects of corrosion behavior. This new mathematical model eliminates the chemical potential parameters from the corrosion process equations, thereby reducing the need for experimental determination of chemical potentials. The eliminated-chemical-potential-parameters model predicts and quantifies key parameters (concentrations of conjugate base ion, iron (II) ion, hydrogen ion, anodic...