Precipitates, aging

Precipitation (Age) Hardening Alloys. Only a few copper alloys are capable of responding to precipitation or age hardening (7). Those that do have the constitutional characteristics of beiag siagle-phase (soHd solution) at elevated temperatures and are able to develop iato two or more phases at lower temperatures that are capable of resisting plastic deformation. The copper alloy systems of commercial importance are based on iadividual additions of Be, Cr, or Ni + X where X = Al, Sn, Si, and Zr. 

During precipitate ageing, a gradual transformation of an initially precipitated metastable phase into a final crystalline form often occurs. The metastable phase may be an amorphous precipitate, a polymorph of the final material, a hydrated species or some system-contaminated substance (Mullin, 2001). In 1896, Ostwald promulgated his rule of stages which states that an unstable... 

Potentiometric titrations - continued EDTA titrations, 586 neutralisation reactions, 578, 580 non-aqueous titrations, 589, (T) 590 oxidation-reduction reactions, 579, 581, 584 precipitation reactions, 579, 582 Potentiometry 548 direct, 548, 567 fluoride, D. of, 570 Potentiostats 510, 607 Precipitants organic, 437 Precipitate ageing of, 423 digestion of, 423... 

The activity of the Au/metal oxide catalysts is extremely sensitive to the method of preparation. The Au/metal oxide catalysts were prepared by the co-precipitating method [1]. During the course of this study, we have determined that the activity and the stability of the catalyst for room temperature CO oxidation were a function of Ph of the solution, temperature of precipitation, aging temperature and time, catalyst wash procedure, and calcination. 

How would you expect the solubility of a solid to depend on crystal size What happens as a newly formed precipitate ages in contact with its supernatant liquid ... 

Whittle DM, et al. Co-precipitated copper zinc oxide catalysts for ambient temperature carbon monoxide oxidation effect of precipitate ageing on catalyst activity. Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2002 4(23) 5915-20. 

Additional work in progress includes optimization of parameters affecting the oxalate precipitation step this includes determination of the chloride concentration required to solubilize lead the oxalate ion concentration required for maximum americium recovery with minimum impurity precipitation precipitate aging and hydrogen ion concentrations that will minimize americium solubility yet maximize impurity solubilization. 

As a rule, the fresh precipitates are X-ray amorphous. Crystallization is accelerated at increased temperature of the mother solution crystallization also takes place during precipitate ageing. 

In the last decade the chemistry of aluminium salts hydrolysis related to the application of the products of their partial hydrolysis in coagulation has been studied in detail [5]. It has been found that as well as the pH value, temperature, precipitate ageing and solution, the composition of the hydrolysis product also depends on the initial ratio of the concentration of OH ions and aluminium, as well as on the rate of the base addition. The hydrolysis of aluminium salts influences a number of side reactions depending on the overall composition of water, since aluminium forms complexes with other ligands, such as sulphate, phosphate and fluoride. 

The solubility of hydrated aluminium oxide depends on the modifications connected with precipitate ageing. The precipitate ageing reduces the amount of hydrated aluminium oxide due to the formation of crystalline thermodynamically stable modifications, and the minimum solubility pH is shifted into the more acid pH region [6]. 

In the case of other alloys, such as Al-base precipitation age-hardened materials, a range of environments have also been proposed (see Table 2) and test methods standardized [52, 53]. The NaCl-H202 environment probably induces widespread pitting. In this case, the local chemistry and electrochemical conditions that develop in the pit environment then induce IGC of exposed grain boundaries within the pit. 

IGC is observed in heat-treatable, precipitation age-hardened Al alloys, particularly after slow cooling of thick sections or after certain isothermal heat treatments. In fact, quench rate over the temperature range from 400 to 315 °C is a very strong factor deterrnining both IGC and IGSCC suscep-tihihty in Al-Cu and Al-Cu-Mg alloys that are, subsequently, naturally aged [75]. 

In a former study, we have prepared very highly loaded nickel catalysts, efficient for the hydrogenation of edible oil, by a (DP) method and examined the influence of the carrier surface area on the metallic dispersion and on the metal interaction with the silica. The best activity in soybean oil hydrogenation was obtained using a macroporous support with an intermediate surface area, the FC Celite (Manville) (16). We also observed that precipitate aging, at the end of the (DP) method, induced important modifications in the textural properties of the catalysts. 

Exploit the full capabilities of defect engineering to avoid one-, two-, and three-dimensional defects of critical sizes, and spacings that tri er certain corrosion modes and their spreading. This is especially necessary in classes of alloys where heterogeneity is unavoidable, as in the case of precipitation age-hardened alloys. 

Under certain conditions, however, the micropores may be closed or reduced in size so that the BET nitrogen adsorption method measures only the exterior surface of the microgel particles. Such a product may thus have a low specific area especially when the process is conducted hot and the precipitate aged at High pH, as done by Acker and Winyall (424). 

A detailed study of the RF3, R = La-Lu, exc. Pm, behavior in aqueous solutions was completed by Menon and James (1989). Solubilities and solubility products were determined by conductometric, potentiometric, and radiometric techniques as a function of pH. Stability constants for the mono- and difluorocomplexes in aqueous solution were also measured. The effect of precipitate aging was considered for Dyp3. Solubilities and pfC p values of the RF3 do not vary systematically with atomic number, but instead remain relatively constant, varying by no more than three units across the series, with values of 15.2 for Lap3 and 14.4 for LUF3. 

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Traditionally, metallic coatings serve only one or two functions. For example, zinc has excellent corrosion resistance and functions as a sacrificial anode (Tsura, 2005). Zinc galvanizing provides sacrificial cathodic protection and acts as a barrier (Jones, 1996) but does not nsnally supply inhibitor ions. The release of zinc ions during the sacrificial protection of galvanized steels (Tsuru, 2005 Pourbaix, 1974) only provides a small additional benefit compared with galvanic protection provided by the potential driving force. Metallic coatings used to protect Al alloys (Reddy et al., 2000 Walton et al, 1953) consist of a thin layer of nearly pure Al mechanically bonded to standard precipitation age... 

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