The reactions of the chlorate ion with atomic oxygen formed under photolysis of the nitrate ion introduced to potassium chlorate crystal by co-crystallization were studied by optical and infrared absorption spectroscopy. The perchlorate ion was found to form in solids as product of addition reac...

It is a big challenge to effectively remove elemental mercury (Hg0) from coal fired flue gas with affordable adsorbents. To explore new adsorbents with low cost and high capacity for mercury removal is urgently demanded. On the other hand, it will be a good way to reduce the environmental burden...

The effects of homocystine protonation on the kinetics and the mechanism of multi-step process of Bi(III) electroreduction in chlorates(VII) with varying water activity has been studied. The methodology of the study is based on electrochemical methods: DC polarography, square wave voltammetric (...

An in-situ plated tellurium film electrode at the glassy carbon substrate (TeF-GCE) was applied for a sensitive catalytic voltammetric determination of molybdenum in the presence of 0.08 mM of mandelic acid (HA), 0.1 M of KClO3, 0.01 M of HCl and 150 μg L−1 of Te(IV). The performed cyclic and s...

The present work describes the synthesis, characterization and application of Au nanoparticles modified titanium nanotube electrode (Nano-Au/TiO2NT) as a novel and sensitive electrode material for electrochemical sensing of chlorate. For this purpose, highly ordered TiO2 nanotube (TiO2NT) electr...

Analyses of chlorate ion are essential in evaluating water quality; however, there is no standard solution of chlorate ion characterized by a metrologically valid procedure. This paper describes the measurement procedures and assays of chlorate ions with the linkage to the International System o...

The syntheses, characterization, and calorimetric measurements of enthalpies of formation of four tetravalent metal sulfate tetrahydrates (A4+(SO4)2(H2O)4 (A4+ = Zr, Ce, U): α-Zr(SO4)2(H2O)4, α-Ce(SO4)2(H2O)4, β-Ce(SO4)2(H2O)4, and β-U(SO4)2(H2O)4) are reported. Direct calorimetric measureme...

A treatment of piperazine (H2pipz) and pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid (H2pydc) with CeIII ion led to the formation of a new binuclear cerium(III) complex (H2pipz)[Ce2(pydc)4(H2O)4]·(H2O) (1). Compound 1 was characterized by elemental analyses, IR spectroscopy, thermal gravimetric and single cry...

Cerium (Ce) and cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeO2 NP) are increasingly used in different applications. Upon their release into the aquatic environment, the exposure of aquatic organisms becomes likely. In this study, the uptake of CeO2 NP and Ce3+ into the wild type and cell wall free mutant of C...

The hybrid sol-gel coatings developed in the present work serve as corrosion protection of aluminium alloy AA7075 and are based on (3-glycidyloxypropyl) trimethoxysilane (GPTMS), tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) and silica (SiO2) nanoparticles, with the addition of cerium nitrate as a corrosion i...

A novel gelatin film with antibacterial activity was prepared by electrostatic crosslinking using cerium (III) nitrate hexahydrate as the crosslinking agent. The structure and properties of the films were investigated by Fourier transform infrared spectra, tensile tests, thermogravimetric analys...

The reaction mechanism and kinetics of CeO2 synthesis using a solvent-deficient method are investigated by simultaneous thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)/differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM)...

A new synthesis process, laser ablation in an aqueous solution of target material, was applied to synthesize nanostructured CeO2/TiO2 catalyst particles. Reactivity within the laser plume (plasma) can be used to synthesize CeO2 from an aqueous solution, 2 M cerium (III) nitrate hexahydrate (Ce(N...

In this study, morphological, thermal and dielectric properties of chemically synthesized polyaniline (PANI) and its cerium(III)-nitrate-hexahydrate (Ce(NO3)3·6H2O) doped composites with various doping levels were investigated. Characteristic bands of emeraldine salt (ES)-form of PANI was clear...

Here we report synthesis of undoped/doped cerium(IV) pyrophosphate compounds by a new solution phase method employing cerium(III) nitrate as metal precursor and H2O2 as oxidizing agent. The phase composition and microstructure of various samples is studied and the importance of various reactants...

The objective of the present work is to assign radiation interaction parameters to the solutions of cerium (III) nitrate hexahydrate [(Ce(NO3)3.6H2O)] in different concentrations dissolved in acetone [(CH3)2CO]. The photons scattered from cylindrical aluminum target result in secondary photon be...

This study of vadose zone and aquifer sediments beneath a former dichromate spill site showed that the persistence of CrVI in the sediments and the large differences in released mass and rate was caused by the dissolution of multiple CrVI surface phases. Vadose zone sediments contained numerous ...

The shape and size of barium chromate nanoparticles formed using a water-in-oil microemulsion prepared from the anionic surfactant AOT were examined. As a result, nanowires, nanorods, and nanodots could be synthesized by changing the raw ion concentration and by adding ethanol as a poor solvent....

The evaluation of kinetic parameters and mechanism of the thermal decomposition of barium perchlorate trihydrate (BP) from non-isothermal analytical measurements using TG, DTG, and DTA have been obtained in the presence of β-MnO2 and Eu2O3. Both oxides catalyze the thermal decomposition of BP, ...

TG, DTG and DTA have been used in non-isothermal investigations of binary systems of Ni2O3 and La2O3 with barium perchlorate trihydrate, BP·3 H2O, in various molar ratios, carried out under an air (static) atmosphere from ambient to 1000°C. Ni2O3 catalysed the dehydration process of BP·3 H2O ...