Aluminum Powder (aluminum + powder)

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Selected Abstracts


Novel Way to Synthesize Nanocrystalline Aluminum Nitride from Coarse Aluminum Powder

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, Issue 7 2003
Yu Qiu
A new process has been developed for the synthesis of nanocrystalline AlN powder by the nitridation of coarse aluminum powder in flowing NH3 gas, using NH4Cl and KCl as additives. The resulting powders have been characterized using XRD, TEM, and XRF techniques. XRD-pure AlN nanoparticles with a diameter of 10,20 nm can be obtained by nitridation at 1273 K for 5 h. NH3 is proved to eliminate the effect of water impurity. The effects of the additives on the conversion of aluminum are also discussed. [source]


Reduction and Coupling Reaction of Carbonyl Compounds by Aluminum Powder and a Small Amount of Oxalic Acid in Water

CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, Issue 1 2006
Shi-Zhen Yuan
Abstract A convenient pinacol coupling of aromatic aldehydes and aryl methyl ketones has been achieved with high yields by aluminum powder in the presence of oxalic acid in water. However, the diastereoselectivities of pinacols were not satisfying, and most aliphatic aldehydes and diaryl ketones have been found to be unreactive under the same conditions. [source]


Kinetics of methyl methacrylate grafting polymerization onto flaky aluminum powder

JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE, Issue 5 2010
Hui Liu
Abstract With ammonium persulfate (APS) as the initiator, the kinetics of methyl methacrylate (MMA) grafting polymerization onto flaky aluminum powder (Al) was studied. It was found that the experimental apparent grafting polymerization rate, Rg = KC × C × C, was basically consistent with the theoretical result based on the theory of stable polymerization and equivalent activity, Rg = KC × C × CMMA. The activation energy of grafting, homogenous, and total polymerization rate was calculated as 65.1, 35.4, and 37.5 kJ mol,1, respectively. It could be validated that the relationship among these activation energies accorded with the theoretical result of parallel reactions. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2010 [source]


Al3BC3 Powder: Processing and Synthetic Mechanism

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, Issue 12 2009
Sea-Hoon Lee
The processing parameters for the synthesis of Al3BC3 powder were optimized, and the synthetic mechanism was investigated. The mechanical mixing of the raw powders promoted the formation of secondary phases due to mechanical alloying effect and contamination. Nearly X-ray pure Al3BC3 powder was obtained after the calcination of the raw powder mixture at 1800°C for 2 h in Ar by suppressing the vaporization of aluminum. During calcination, Al4C3 layer was formed at the surface of aluminum powder by the reaction with carbon, which maintained the morphology of the aluminum powder above its melting temperature. The nucleation and growth of Al3BC3 within aluminum melt began to occur at 1000°C, and became the main synthetic mechanism of Al3BC3 at 1100°C. The Al3BC3 particles synthesized at 1100°C were porous and were composed of fine hexagonal crystals. The main synthetic mechanism of A3BC3 changed into solid,solid reaction above 1100°C, and a gas,solid reaction promoted the densification of the porous Al3BC3 powder above 1340°C. [source]


Microwave Plasma Synthesis of Nanostructured ,-Al2O3 Powders

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, Issue 9 2003
L. Fu
Nanostructured Al2O3 powders have been synthesized by combustion of aluminum powder in a microwave oxygen plasma, and characterized by X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. The main phase is ,-Al2O3, with a small amount of ,-Al2O3. The particles are truncated octahedral in shape, with mean particle sizes of 21,24 nm. The effect of reaction chamber pressure on the phase composition and the particle size was studied. The ,-alumina content increases and the mean particle size decreases with decreasing pressure. No ,-Al2O3 appears in the final particles. Electron microscopy studies find that a particle may contain more than one phase. [source]


Novel Way to Synthesize Nanocrystalline Aluminum Nitride from Coarse Aluminum Powder

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, Issue 7 2003
Yu Qiu
A new process has been developed for the synthesis of nanocrystalline AlN powder by the nitridation of coarse aluminum powder in flowing NH3 gas, using NH4Cl and KCl as additives. The resulting powders have been characterized using XRD, TEM, and XRF techniques. XRD-pure AlN nanoparticles with a diameter of 10,20 nm can be obtained by nitridation at 1273 K for 5 h. NH3 is proved to eliminate the effect of water impurity. The effects of the additives on the conversion of aluminum are also discussed. [source]


Gel point prediction of metal-filled castor oil-based polyurethanes system,

POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, Issue 10-12 2002
Anil Srivastava
Abstract Prediction of gel point conversion and network formation is of great importance in polycondensation during synthesis as well as processing. It enables one to estimate the safe conversions for reactor operation without gelation and the cycle time during processing, and plays an important role in controlling the molding parameters used for reinforced reaction injection molding (RRIM), reaction injection molding (RIM) and compression molding. Theories of gelation have been extensively published in the literature and supported by experimental data for various polycondensation systems. However, most such studies relate to unfilled systems. In this work, metal-filled polyurethanes have been synthesized in bulk by reacting toluene di-isocyanate with castor oil and its polyols possessing different hydroxyl values. Metallic aluminum powder (10,40% by weight) was dispersed thoroughly in castor oil and its polyols before reacting at different temperatures (30,60,°C) in a moisture-free, inert environment. The gel point conversions were measured experimentally and an empirical model from the experimental data has been developed to predict the gelation behavior. The proposed model could be of immense importance in the paints, adhesives and lacquers industries, which use castor oil in bulk. From these experiments it was concluded that: (i) fine metal powder gives a rise in viscosity; (ii) metal fillers not only restrict the molecular motion due to the increase in viscosity, but also lower the conversion; (iii) the vegetable oil and its polyols have a number of bulky groups, which also impart the delay tendency in gel time; (iv) there is a change in gelation dynamics at 50,°C , this is due to the change in reactivity of di-isocyanates; (v) the presence of metal filler does not initiate the intermolecular condensation; (vi) there is a gap between theoretical and experimental gel point owing to the unequal reactivity of the secondary alcohol position; (vii) there is an inverse relationship of gel time with the reaction temperature and hydroxyl value of polyols. An empirical model based on process parameters, i.e., hydroxyl value, temperature, shape factor and filler concentration, has been derived and found to be adequate for the metal-filled system. The correlation coefficient on the data is on the lower side in some cases because the following were not taken into account: (i) the first-order kinetics followed by the reaction in the second half while it is tending towards gelation; (ii) the error in observing the gel point viscosity; (iii) errors in assuming the spherical shape of aluminum metal powder; (iv) errors due to failure to maintain the constant speed in agitation. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


Reduction and Coupling Reaction of Carbonyl Compounds by Aluminum Powder and a Small Amount of Oxalic Acid in Water

CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, Issue 1 2006
Shi-Zhen Yuan
Abstract A convenient pinacol coupling of aromatic aldehydes and aryl methyl ketones has been achieved with high yields by aluminum powder in the presence of oxalic acid in water. However, the diastereoselectivities of pinacols were not satisfying, and most aliphatic aldehydes and diaryl ketones have been found to be unreactive under the same conditions. [source]


Effect of Aluminum Doping on Microwave Permittivity of Silicon Carbide Powders

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, Issue 12 2008
Fa Luo
The permittivity and structure of commercial SiC powders before and after thermal diffusion of aluminum were explored in this study. The X-ray diffraction analysis and permittivity results show that heat treatment at 2000°C for 1 h has no influence not only on the structure of the SiC powders but also on the permittivity. Thermal diffusion of aluminum at 1800°, 1900°, and 2000°C was carried out for 1 h at 5 Pa in Ar atmospheres, respectively. A graphite die with two chambers was used during the experiment to separate the aluminum powders from the SiC powders. Aluminum vapor at high temperatures passes to the upper chamber through holes and diffuses into the SiC powders. The permittivities of the as-received SiC powders at 8.2,12.4 GHz were measured, and the results indicate that the real and imaginary parts of permittivity are improved much more than those of the original SiC powder. Both the real and the imaginary parts of the doped SiC increase with the diffusion temperatures, which could be attributed to defects from thermal diffusion of aluminum. [source]