Studying the Kinetics of Extraction Treatment of Rice Husk When Obtaining Silicon Carbide

Silicon carbide is characterized by a wide range of beneficial electrophysical, anti-corrosion, and strength properties. A promising raw material for the synthesis of silicon carbide is the waste of rice production, which includes compounds of silicon and carbon-containing organic substances. The cheapness and availability of such raw materials necessitate the development of technologies to obtain silicon carbide from it. An important direction in silicon carbide synthesis technology is to obtain a high purity product. To remove impurities from rice husks, it is necessary to carry out its pre-extraction treatment. It has been established that the extraction treatment of rice husks with acid solution makes it possible to clean the raw materials from metal compounds and the excess amount of carbon-containing components. To remove impurities of metal compounds and the excess amount of carbon-containing compounds from rice husks, it has been proposed to perform the extraction with an aqueous solution of the mixture of 10 % sulfur and 15 % acetic acids. We have derived the time dependences of the degree of extraction of cellulose from rice husks. Two temporal sections of the process have been identified. It is shown that the extraction of cellulose from rice husks obeys a pseudo first-order reaction. We have calculated the constants of speed and activation energy in the course of extraction for the two time sections of the process. The activation energy of extraction over a first period is 10.75 kJ/mol; over a second period, the activation energy value is 26.10 kJ/mol. It has been established that an increase in the extraction temperature from 20 to 100 °C leads to a two-fold improvement in the process efficiency. It is shown that silicon carbide, synthesized from rice husk after its extraction treatment, is a pure crystalline material whose particles' size is from 1 to 20 micrometer

Research Into Corrosion and Electrocatalytic Properties of the Modified Oxide Films on Tin

Oxide films on tin, modified by titanium compounds, are non­toxic and serve as anticorrosion protection, material for gas sensors, photo­ and electrocatalysts. We investigated the process of anodic tin treatment in the presence of potassium metatitanate. It is shown that the two­stage technique for the formation of an oxide film at the electrode potentials of −0.3 V and 3.0 V makes it possible to substantially increase the content of titanium oxide compounds in the oxide mixture. The content of Ti(IV) reaches values of 14−15 % (mol). Films with a maximum content of titanium compounds and the largest corrosion resistance are formed at a concentration of potassium metatitanate above 1·10–3 mol/l. The time of self­activation of such films is 10 times longer than that of the unmodified films. We explored catalytic properties of the obtained films with mixed composition SnОх(TiОу). It is shown that an increase in the content of titanium oxide compounds in the film contributes to the acceleration of anodic oxidation of MTBE. It was established that this process takes place directly on the surface of the oxide film rather than during interaction with oxygen formed on the anode. The modified oxide films SnОх(TiОу) on tin with maximal corrosion resistance and electrocatalytic activity are formed from the solutions that contain 0.5M KOH

Investigation of Adsorption Behavior of Smoothing Additives in Copper Plating Electrolytes

Smoothing additives are the necessary component of copper plating electrolytes. Choice of the required additive is determined by the type of electrolyte and its pH values. Studies of adsorption behavior of such compounds in electrolytes with different acidities are of current interest. Adsorption activity of poly-N, N'-dimethylsafranine and poly-N, N'-diethylsafranine on the copper electrode in sulfate electrolytes was established in the present work. The dependencies of the differential capacitance of the double electric layer of the copper electrode on the potential which were obtained in acidic (pH 1.7) and neutral (pH 5.9) electrolytes indicate that acidity of the medium has a significant effect on the additive adsorption. The studied organic substances show high adsorption activity in an acidic solution. The likely cause of the established phenomenon in an acid medium is transition of these organic compounds to a protonated state with formation of positively charged amino groups. Cationic groups of the additives are responsible for an additional interaction with the cathode surface and provide stronger adsorption of poly-N, N'-dimethylsafranine and poly N, N'-diethylsafranine on the copper electrode in comparison with a neutral sulfate electrolyte. Poly-N, N'-diethylsafranine with its molecular weight higher than that of poly-N, N'-dimethylsafranine is characterized by higher adsorbability. Since the smoothing effect of additives in electrodeposition of copper coatings is determined by their adsorption properties, it should be expected that the most effective in this process will be the use of poly-N, N'-diethylsafranine at lower pH values of the copper plating electrolytes

Study of the Anticorrosion Effect of Polymer Phosphates on Steel at Elevated Temperatures

Technological greases based on polyphosphates of alkali metals have great prospects for application at high-temperature machining of steel. An important task is to study the anti-corrosive effect of polyphosphates on steel at elevated temperatures. Temperature ranges, in which phase transformations of metaphosphate and sodium tripolyphosphate, as well as interaction with iron oxide, occur, were established using a thermogravimetric method. Composition of products of interaction between metaphosphate and sodium tripolyphosphate and scale is determined employing an X-ray phase analysis. It was established that in the region of temperatures of hot steel deformation the iron oxides, contained in scale, are dissolved in molten metaphosphate and sodium tripolyphosphate. As a result of interaction between sodium metaphosphate and iron oxide, the mixed polyphosphates Na3Fe2(PO4)3 and Na9Fe2(P3O10)3 are formed. It is shown that sodium tripolyphosphate almost does not participate in the interaction with the iron oxide of scale. Comparison of the results of corrosion test of the steel surface, treated in the presence of a polyphosphate lubrication and sodium chloride, testifies to the high anti-corrosive effect of polyphosphates. Thus, the time before the emergence of first signs of corrosion in the presence of polyphosphates increased fourfold, while the degree of corrosion damage was reduced by 40 times. It was established that at the deformation treatment of steel at a temperature of 800 °C in the presence of a polyphosphate lubricant, corrosion resistance is due to the formation of a barrier film at the steel surface, consisting of mixed polymer phosphates

Research Into Effect of Propionic and Acrylic Acids on the Electrodeposition of Nickel

Nickel coatings are widely used in machine-building, electronics, automotive and aerospace industries. High requirements for environmental safety and operational performance of contemporary processes of electrochemical nickel plating predetermine the search for the new electrolytes. Electrolytes based on carboxylic acids are characterized by high buffer properties, ecological safety, and enhanced values of limiting current. Heuristic approach when fabricating comprehensive electrolytes, based on empirical data, does not make it possible to conduct predictable optimization of the formulations of nickel plating electrolytes. Solving this problem seems possible when using a quantum-chemical simulation. In this work, we performed quantum-chemical calculations for the propionate and acrylate complexes of nickel. It was established that coordination numbers of the propionate and acrylate complexes of nickel are equal to five and six, respectively. It is shown that electroreduction of the propionate nickel complex proceeds with the formation of an intermediate particle. The negative charge of this particle is localized on the intrasphere molecules of water. This may lead to the electroreduction of the latter and to an increase in the pH of a near-electrode layer. In the intermediate particle of the acrylate complex, localization of the charge occurs on the vinyl fragment of acrylate-ion. Electrochemical reaction of reduction of the coordinated water molecules in such a particle is not energetically favorable. It was established that the isolation of nickel from the acrylate complex proceeds with lower kinetic difficulties than from the propionate complex. An assumption was made that fewer insoluble hydroxide nickel compounds, which block the cathode surface, form in the acrylate electrolyte.Such an assumption is based on the fact that given close buffer properties of acids, electroreduction of the acrylate complexes does not imply the involvement of coordinated water molecules in the electrode process. The results obtained are very valuable for selecting the nature of carboxylic acid as a component for the complex nickel plating electrolyt