Arsenic contamination due to anthropogenic and natural activities has posted a great risk to humans through several pathways. As such, development of cost-effective technologies for arsenic decontamination is very important from both social and economic standpoints. In this paper, we are reporti...

A new four tranexamic acid (TXA) complexes of some transition metal ions yttrium(III), tungsten(VI), and non-transition metal ion gallium(III) and silicon(IV) have been prepared. The TXA synthesized complexes have been characterized by molar conductance, magnetic susceptibility, infrared, electr...

The enantiopure mononuclear coordination compounds [Ln(L1)]Cl3·nH2O (Ln = Y(III), Nd(III), Sm(III), Eu(III), Tb(III), Yb(III)) of the chiral macrocyclic (2+2) imine L1 (L1RRRR and L1SSSS), derived from (1R,2R) and (1S,2S)-1,2-diaminocyclopentane (DACP) and 2,6-diformylpyridine (DFP), have been ...

Colourless, water- and air-stable single crystals of yttrium(III) oxoarsenate(V) Y[AsO4] in the xenotime-type crystal structure were prepared by the reaction of yttrium sesquioxide (Y2O3) dissolved in aqueous nitric acid (13%) with a solution of arsenic(V) oxide hydrate (As2O5·3H2O) and subsequ...

The complex formation model is used to explain the anomalous behaviour of electrical resistivity and entropy of mixing of Li-Pb and Na-Pb liquid alloys as a function of concentration. The interionic pairpotentials (φij) are evaluated within the framework of the pseudo-potential theory which in ...

The decomposition of organic samples using open-tube fusion with sodium-lead alloy was demonstrated to be safe, complete, and controlled, in most cases. The detection of heteroelements in the fusion mixture of common organic samples was successful with samples of 10 to 20 mg. Detection of chlori...

In this work the corrosion behavior of an AlCrFeNiMn high entropy alloy is investigated to test its suitability for geothermal environments. The corrosion behavior in geothermal environments is unknown for high entropy alloys, the results obtained in this study add to the knowledge on this subje...

Alloy 709 austenitic stainless steel is being investigated as a candidate structural material for the next generation fast neutron reactors at service temperature of 500–550 °C. However, the study of deformation mechanisms on Alloy 709 and of tensile response of aged Alloy 709 is lacking. In t...

Sodium hexa meta phosphate (SHMP) is an inorganic salt with a polymeric structure which produces massive branches of hexa meta phosphate anions (HMP−) in an acidic environment. The main goal of the presented work is to investigate the influence of SHMP as an electrolyte additive on the performan...

Sm3+-doped sodium lead alumino borosilicate glasses with the composition 20Na2O-10PbO-(5-x)Al2O3-40B2O3-25SiO2:xSm2O3 have been prepared by the melt-quenching technique and are characterized through various physical parameters. Optical absorption spectrum from the near infrared to visible region...

The creep-resistant austenitic stainless steel Alloy 709 (Fe-20Cr-25Ni (wt%) based steel) is being investigated as a candidate structural material for the next generation fast neutron reactors at service temperature of 500–550 °C. However, the study of microstructural evolution of Alloy 709 du...

A series of Pb–Na alloys were synthesized by adding sodium to lead. Linear sweep voltammetry (LSV), cyclic voltammograms (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), open circuit potential (OCP), and other analytical methods were used to investigate the electrochemical performances of th...

Theoretically, tri-ammonium phosphate (NH4)3PO4 embeds considerable amount of hydrogen. Typically, the expected hydrogen release from this cheap and stable material is 73.83 mmol/gsalt if a proper catalyst is exploited in the hydrolysis reaction. In this study FexCo1−x-doped titanium oxide nanot...

PurposeTitanium and titanium alloys are one of the main metallic materials in the medical and dental fields because of their biocompatibility. In this review, the application of titanium and its alloys as the substitute materials for Ag–Pd–Au alloy in the casting of fixed dental prostheses was...

Designing a new porous nanomaterial for eco-friendly catalytic reactions is very challenging. Here, a new crystalline microporous oxyfluorinated titanium phosphate material (TIPO-1) has been synthesized under hydrothermal conditions in the absence of any structure directing agent. The triclinic ...

A critical parameter in Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) is the applied current composed of electronic current caused by sparking and ionic current caused by diffusion of electrolyte ions into the oxide. A wide spectrum of current densities was applied on pure titanium to investigate the PEO ...

A composite coating of rutile and sodium titanate with similar color of human natural tooth was successfully prepared on TC4 titanium alloy substrate with anodic oxidation method for dental implant application. The color of the coating could be regulated by the anodic oxidation treatment. The co...

A novel phosphate-ceramic coating was developed for high-temperature oxidation protection of Ti65 titanium alloy. Aluminum phosphate binder was strategically mixed with Al2O3+SiC ceramic particles as the filler material and subsequently deposited on Ti65 titanium alloy by air spraying. High temp...

It is highly desired to fabricate efficient micro-mesoporous structured photocatalysts with strong oxygen activation ability for CO oxidation. Herein, a layered micro-mesoporous structured titanium phosphate (L-MMS-TiP) with high photocatalytic activity for CO oxidation has been successfully syn...

Removal of phosphate from industrial is important to prevent the occurrence of eutrophication and adsorption may serve as a powerful supplement to chemical or biological phosphate sequestration. Here, a novel nanocomposite material Ti-NS is proposed to enhance phosphate removal from aqueous syst...