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Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS)-Assisted Synthesis and Thermoelectric Characterization of Magnéli Phase V6O11
2018
The Magneli phase V6O11 was synthesized in gram amounts from a powder mixture of V6O11/V7O13 and vanadium metal, using the spark plasma sintering (SPS) technique. Its structure was determined with synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data from a phase-pure sample synthesized by conventional solid-state synthesis. A special feature of Magneli-type oxides is a combination of crystallographic shear and intrinsic disorder that leads to relatively low lattice thermal conductivities. SPS prepared V6O11 has a relatively low thermal conductivity of κ = 2.72 ± 0.06 W (m K)-1 while being a n-type conductor with an electrical conductivity of σ = 0.039 ± 0.005 (μΩ m)-1, a Seebeck coefficient of α = -(3…
Experimental set up for determining the temperature-oxygen partial pressure conditions during synthesis of spinel oxide nanoparticles
1997
Abstract Nanometric spinel oxide powders, Fe 3− x M x O 4 , where M is a transition element, have been synthetized by soft chemistry. This method generally leads to a non-stoichiometric phase, Fe 3− x M x O 4+δ where δ is the deviation from stoichiometry so that further annealing at low temperatures around 450°C and low oxygen partial pressure around 10 −25 Pa given by N 2 /H 2 /H 2 O gas mixtures is required: this enables a stoichiometric compound to be obtained and a nanometric size to be maintained. The complete set up consisting of a gas mixer, a thermogravimetric apparatus and a preparative furnace is described. Some results concerning the conditions of temperature and oxygen partial p…
Structural Evolution and Vanadium Distribution in the Preparation of V4+-ZrSiO4 Solid Solutions from Gels
2004
Vanadium-containing ZrSiO4-gel precursors with nominal compositions Vx-ZrSiO4 with x= 0.0, 0.002, 0.004, 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04, 0.05, 0.06, 0.1, and 0.2 were prepared using a previously reported procedure and thermally treated over a range of temperature up to the formation of the V4+-ZrSiO4 solid solution. The structural evolution and the V4+ location and its homogenous distribution were followed using powder X-ray diffractometry and electron spin resonance spectroscopy (ESR). Our experiments showed that a tetragonal form of V4+-ZrO2 was the first crystalline phase obtained on heating the gels. On further heating, a phase transformation to the monoclinic form of V4+-ZrO2 took place. Final…
Oxidative dehydrogenation of propane and n-butane on V-Mg based catalysts
1994
Abstract The catalytic properties of vanadium supported catalysts for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane and n-butane has been studied. Natural Sepiolite and magnesium oxalate were used as starting support materials. Large differences in the type of crystalline phases were detected on the calcined catalysts depending on the vanadium content and nature of the support. The active and selective sites for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane and n-butane, are related with isolated V 5+ with atetrahedral coordination. The presence of vanadium species with coordination higher than 4 negatively influence the selectivity to dehydrogenation products.
A Superoxovanadium(V) Complex Linking the Peroxide and Dioxygen Chemistry of Vanadium.
2001
A missing link: A superoxovanadium(V) complex is the first reaction intermediate in the oxidative conversion of a peroxovanadium(V) complex into a vanadyl(IV) complex and molecular oxygen. The superoxo species appears also to play an essential role in the formation of the peroxovanadium(V) complex from the vanadyl(IV) complex and molecular oxygen.
Colorimetric method for the determination of vanadium with tannic acid in water and oils
1994
A new spectrophotometric method was developed to determine vanadium using tannic acid as a complexing reagent to form a coloured reaction product which can easily be extracted by 1-pentanol in the presence of cetylpyridinium. The developed method can successfully be applied to determine trace levels of 10 ng/ml of vanadium in natural waters without any preconcentration step. It can also determine less than 1 mg/kg of vanadium in edible oils and petroleum products.
Statistical characterisation of heavy metal contents inParacentrotus lividusfrom Mediterranean Sea
2014
This work focuses on the estimation of Hg, As, Cr, Ni, Cu, V, Cd and Pb by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry in 135 adult specimens of Paracentrotus lividus collected in different coastal areas of Sicily (Gela, Punta Secca, Ragusa (RG), Siracusa, Priolo, Catania, Messina, Milazzo, Brolo and Filicudi), in order to monitor the Mediterranean marine ecosystem by use of sea urchin as bioindicator. Moreover, the paper deals with the statistical classification of the tested samples according to the sampling area based on metal concentrations. The descriptive statistics findings were obtained and, a starting multivariate matrix was built. Data-sets were subjected to Kruskal-Wallis test t…
Gas-phase selective oxidation of chloro- and methoxy-substituted toluenes on TiO2–Sepiolite supported vanadium oxides
2009
Abstract Catalytic behaviour of vanadium oxide systems (5–20 wt.% V2O5) supported on TiO2–Sepiolite (with titania loading around the theoretical monolayer, 12 wt.%, 12Ti–Sep) and, as reference, on Sepiolite calcined (Sepc) in the p-substituted toluene derivatives selective oxidation was studied. In all the catalysts studied p-chloro (p-ClBA) and p-methoxybenzaldehyde (p-MeOBA) were the main products. The yields to benzaldehydes obtained with %V/12Ti–Sep are comparable with some of those reported in the literature under similar kinetically controlled experimental conditions (Sp-ClBA = 70% and X = 19% were obtained at 653 K on 20 V/12Ti–Sep). The activity for benzaldehyde derivatives formatio…
Synthesis and characterization of vanadyl(IV) complexes of Schiff bases derived from anthranilic acid and salicylaldehyde (or its derivatives) or ace…
1997
Anhydrous, dimeric vanadyl(IV) complexes of Schiff bases derived from [1+1] condensation of salicylaldehyde (or its derivatives) and anthranilic acid, have been synthesized from CH3CN and were characterized by elemental analysis, FTIR, EPR, absorption, TGA, cyclic voltammetry and room temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements. These complexes were found to be oxidized by air in polar solvents like MeOH and DMF to V-V products. The E(1/2) values were found to be around 660 mV indicating that the carboxylate group favours vanadyl(IV) binding when compared to the alkoxo-bound vanadium complexes. Oxidative instability of these complexes are dependent on the substituent on the salicylalde…
Synthesis and Stability Region of Stoichiometric Nanocrystalline Vanadium−Iron Spinel Powders
2000
Vanadium-iron spinels with nanometric sizes have been synthesized by a soft chemistry route. This way of elaboration consists of a coprecipitation followed by thermal treatments at low temperatures. The last thermal annealing is performed under a reducing atmosphere in order to obtain the exact oxygen stoichiometry (four oxygen atoms for three metal atoms in AB 2 O 4 ). Because of the low temperatures used, very low oxygen partial pressures (between 10 -20 and 10 -30 Pa) have to be applied. For this purpose, a reducing setup has been used. It consists of H 2 /N 2 /H 2 O gas mixtures, creating a reducing atmosphere with low oxygen partial pressure. This atmosphere can be applied to a sample …