CATALYCITY AND AGEING STUDY OF SPACE SHUTTLE MATERIAL: REGENERATION OF THEIR ORIGINAL CATALYTIC PROPERTIES

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 413-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Da Rold ◽  
C. Guyon ◽  
S. Cavadias ◽  
Jacques Amouroux ◽  
V. Micheli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Space Shuttle ◽  
Catalytic Properties ◽  
Ageing Study

The effect of back-melting on the continuity of crystallographic orientation and composition in HgZnTe

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 1696-1697
Author(s):  
H.J. Zuo ◽  
M.W. Price ◽  
R.D. Griffin ◽  
R.A. Andrews ◽  
G.M. Janowski
Keyword(s):  
Directional Solidification ◽  
Space Shuttle ◽  
Solidification Process ◽  
Space Experiment ◽  
Infrared Detection ◽  
Directionally Solidified ◽  
Crystallographic Defects ◽  
Semiconducting Alloys ◽  
Uniform Composition ◽  
Growth Experiments

The II-VI semiconducting alloys, such as mercury zinc telluride (MZT), have become the materials of choice for numerous infrared detection applications. However, compositional inhomogeneities and crystallographic imperfections adversly affect the performance of MZT infrared detectors. One source of imperfections in MZT is gravity-induced convection during directional solidification. Crystal growth experiments conducted in space should minimize gravity-induced convection and thereby the density of related crystallographic defects. The limited amount of time available during Space Shuttle experiments and the need for a sample of uniform composition requires the elimination of the initial composition transient which occurs in directionally solidified alloys. One method of eluding this initial transient involves directionally solidifying a portion of the sample and then quenching the remainder prior to the space experiment. During the space experiment, the MZT sample is back-melted to exactly the point at which directional solidification was stopped on earth. The directional solidification process then continues.

Microstructure and reactivity of small metal particles: The role of Ce additives

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 318-319
Author(s):  
L.D. Schmidt ◽  
K. R. Krause ◽  
J. M. Schwartz ◽  
X. Chu
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Pressure ◽  
Noble Metals ◽  
Mixed Oxides ◽  
Catalytic Properties ◽  
Chemical Shifts ◽  
Catalytic Converter ◽  
Structural Evolution ◽  
Single Particles ◽  
Small Metal Particles

The evolution of microstructures of 10- to 100-Å diameter particles of Rh and Pt on SiO2 and Al2O3 following treatment in reducing, oxidizing, and reacting conditions have been characterized by TEM. We are able to transfer particles repeatedly between microscope and a reactor furnace so that the structural evolution of single particles can be examined following treatments in gases at atmospheric pressure. We are especially interested in the role of Ce additives on noble metals such as Pt and Rh. These systems are crucial in the automotive catalytic converter, and rare earths can significantly modify catalytic properties in many reactions. In particular, we are concerned with the oxidation state of Ce and its role in formation of mixed oxides with metals or with the support. For this we employ EELS in TEM, a technique uniquely suited to detect chemical shifts with ∼30Å resolution.

Upgrades to the caution and warning system of the space shuttle

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey W. McCandless ◽  
Robert S. McCann ◽  
Bruce R. Hilty
Keyword(s):  
Space Shuttle ◽  
Warning System

Electron distribution change of small nickel particles encaged in X zeolite in presence of Ce3+ ions, related to their catalytic properties

1986 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 619-621 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Vergand ◽  
B. Iraqi ◽  
C. Bonnelle ◽  
E. Ramaroson ◽  
M.F. Guilleux ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Distribution ◽  
Catalytic Properties ◽  
Distribution Change ◽  
Nickel Particles ◽  
X Zeolite

Physical activity as a protective factor in a prospective ageing study in Germany

2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (05) ◽  
Author(s):  
P Toro ◽  
H Jilg ◽  
C Sattler ◽  
J Schröder
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Ageing Study
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