Structural and Superconducting Property Variations with Nominal Mg Non‐Stoichiometry in MgxB2 and Its Enhancement of Upper Critical Field

By applying a combination of characterisation tools, changes in structural and superconducting properties with nominal Mg non‐stoichiometry in Mg_xB₂ are found. The non‐stoichiometry produces enhanced in‐field critical current densities (J_c's) and upper critical field / irreversibility field (H_c2/H_irr(T)) values. Upper critical fields of ～ 21 T (4.2 K) were obtained in nominal Mg‐deficient samples compared to ～ 17 T (4.2 K) for near‐stoichiometric samples.     

用AIR-C2H2原子吸收光谱法测定镉镍电池正极浸渍液中钴含量

本文主要简述与运用AIR-C2H2原子吸收光谱法进行镉镍电池正极浸渍液中钴含量的测定，介绍了钴最佳测定条件及呈良好线性范围的浓度。同时对样品消化处理条件，在测定中样品的干扰因素进行了综合考虑，该方法具有很好的灵敏度，很好的重复性，干扰小，同时具有方法步骤简单，操作容易掌握等特点，对样品钴含量的测定，其相对标准偏差均小于1.0%（n=6），标准加入回收率均在97.0%～102.0%(n=5）范围内，结果表明，运用AIR-C2H2原子吸收光谱法测定镉镍电池正极浸渍液中钴含量的分析，达到了实验室分析质量控制的要求，完全适用于镉镍电池正极浸渍液中钴含量的控制分析和样品系统分析。     

A Micellar Route to Ordered Arrays of Magnetic Nanoparticles: From Size‐Selected Pure Cobalt Dots to Cobalt–Cobalt Oxide Core–Shell Systems

Starting with Co‐salt‐loaded inverse micelles, which form if the diblock copolymer polystyrene‐block‐poly(2‐vinylpyridine) is dissolved in a selective solvent like toluene and CoCl₂ is added to the solution, monomicellar arrays of such micelles exhibiting a significant hexagonal order can be prepared on top of various substrates with tailored intermicellar distances and structure heights. In order to remove the polymer matrix and to finally obtain arrays of pure Co nanoparticles, the micelles are first exposed to an oxygen plasma, followed by a treatment in a hydrogen plasma. Applying in‐situ X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, it is demonstrated that: 1) The oxygen plasma completely removes the polymer, though conserving the original order of the micellar array. Furthermore, the resulting nanoparticles are entirely oxidized with a chemical shift of the Co 2p_3/2 line pointing to the formation of Co₃O₄. 2) By the subsequent hydrogen plasma treatment the nanoparticles are fully reduced to metallic Co. 3) By exposing the pure Co nanoparticles for 100 s to various oxygen partial pressures pequation/tex2gif-inf-5.gif, a stepwise oxidation is observed with a still metallic Co core surrounded by an oxide shell. The data allow the extraction of the thickness of the oxide shell as a function of the total exposure to oxygen (pequation/tex2gif-inf-7.gif × time), thus giving the opportunity to control the ferromagnetic–antiferromagnetic composition of an exchange‐biased magnetic system.     

Passivation and corrosion behaviours of cobalt and cobalt-chromium-molybdenum alloy

Passivation and corrosion behaviour of the cobalt and cobalt-base alloy Co30Cr6Mo was studied in a simulated physiological solution containing chloride and bicarbonate ions and with pH of 6.8. The oxido-reduction processes included solid state transformations occurring at the cobalt/electrolyte interface are interpreted using theories of surface electrochemistry. The dissolution of cobalt is significantly suppressed by alloying it with chromium and molybdenum, since the alloy exhibited “chromium like” passivity. The structural and protective properties of passive oxide films formed spontaneously at the open circuit potential or during the anodic polarization were studied using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in the wide frequency range.     

改善Fe-B-C合金韧性的研究

为了提高Fe-B-C合金的韧性,应用稀土-钛-氮复合变质剂改善Fe-B-C合金组织和性能。结果发现,Fe-B-C合金复合变质处理后的凝固组织明显细化,且组织分布均匀,并出现钛硼化合物,钛硼化合物不同于普通Fe-B-C合金中的Fe2B呈网状分布,而是呈断网状和块状分布,特别是经高温热处理后,硼化物变成球状和棒状,Fe-B-C合金韧性明显提高,由8～10 J/cm2提高至22～25 J/cm2。经变质处理的Fe-B-C合金可用于制造轧钢机导卫板,其耐磨性比高镍铬合金钢提高1.3倍。     

Catalytic feasibility of Ce-doped LaCoO3 systems for chlorobenzene oxidation: An analysis of synthesis method

A family of Ce-doped LaCoO₃ perovskites are presented as possible catalysts for Cl–VOCs elimination. These materials with different contents of Ce were obtained through the citrate and the reactive grinding methods. The insertion of Ce in the original perovskite structure favours the presence of Co²⁺/Co³⁺ and Ce³⁺/Ce⁴⁺ redox pairs and a higher content of oxygen vacancies that enhances the catalytic performance in chlorobenzene combustion based on differential kinetics studies. The family obtained by the grinding method presents a performance as high as that synthesized by citrate method. Thus, the reactive grinding is a feasible green chemistry alternative to obtain a catalyst with the same performance as that obtained from traditional methods. Finally, the stability of samples was evaluated under total combustion reaction conditions showing an excellent activity during 45 h time on stream.     

淬火温度对铸造Fe—B—Ti合金组织和性能的影响

通过不同的热处理淬火温度改变铸造Fe—B—Ti合金的组织，探讨了铸造Fe—B—Ti合金不同组织与性能的关系。试验结果表明：淬火温度较低时，硼化物变化较小，网状分布趋势明显；淬火温度较高时，硼化物断网和团聚化趋势明显加快。淬火温度1050℃时，硼化物网状特征消失，基本上都变成了团块状、颗粒状和杆棒状分布。随着淬火温度升高，硬度和韧性增加，超过1000℃，硬度和韧性变化不明显。淬火温度1050℃时，综合性能良好。     

Microstructure and Sliding Wear Behaviour of Ni(Cr)-TiB_2 Coatings Deposited by HVOF Spraying of SHS Powders

THERMAL SPRAYING provides a large range ofcoatings,which increase the wear resistance ofsubstrates[1].One of the major coating families is thecermet,composed of hard ceramic particles with ametallic binder.The most commonly used cermetcoatings in industrial applications are based on eitherthe WC-Co or the Cr3C2-Ni(Cr)systems with WC-17wt%Co and Cr3C2-25wt%Ni(Cr)being typicalcompositions[2,3].Although WC-Co deposits are hardand wear resistant at ambient temperatures their rangeof ap…     

Selective oxidation of styrenes under oxygen catalyzed by cobalt chloride

The cobalt(II) chloride-catalyzed oxidative cleavage of -methylstyrene with oxygen in t-BuOH gives acetophenone and formaldehyde in good yield. The competing reactions between C=C cleavage and formation of polymeric products are strongly affected by the solvent, cobalt catalyst and concentration used, as well as the reaction temperature. A free radical mechanism involving a cyclic peroxide intermediate is proposed to give the cleavage products. Oxidation of various alkenes using CoCl₂/t-BuOH/O₂ system shows that only activated styrenes can be oxidized effectively. The reactivity of various styrenes and their selectivity towards giving cleavage products or polymers are strongly influenced by the electronic and steric properties of the substrate.     

Self-assembled monolayers of a disulphide-derivatised cobalt-porphyrin on gold

A self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of a novel cobalt(II)porphyrin disulphide derivative was prepared on flat gold(1 1 1) electrode. Evidence for surface modification was provided by electrochemical reductive desorption of the monolayer and ellipsometry, consistent with a coverage of 2.5 × 10⁻¹⁰ mol cm⁻² and a thickness of 13 Å, respectively. Both results support the presence of SAMs where the molecules share an intermediate position between perpendicular and flat orientation. Scanning tunnelling microscopy have also proven the formation of CoPSS SAMs, however high-resolution images could only be obtained when the CoPSS molecules were diluted in an hexanethiol SAM. The electrocatalytic activity of the surface confined Co-porphyrin was evaluated for the oxygen reduction. Voltammetric data indicate that reaction involves two electrons consistent with the formation of hydrogen peroxide. Under similar experimental conditions the data obtained for an iron-porphyrin analogue points for a full reduction of dioxygen to water.