Organic fertilizers of La, Nd, and Pr with tartaric acid ligands have been successfully synthesized. The efficiency of the complexing reaction was over 80%. The molecular formula of the complex was Ln2(C4H4O6)3.nH2O (Ln: La, Nd, Pr). The synthesized complexes were tested for the ability to stimulate growth and improve productivity for Thai cucumber. The study results showed that the complexes reduced the growth time of the plants and increased the yield by 20%. Yields of cucumbers sprayed with rare earth tartrate complexes reached ~62 tons/ha and increased by 20% compared with control samples.
In this study, photocatalysis was applied to degrade methyl orange (MO) and methylene blue (MB) pollutants using nanoparticles (i.e., Fe2O3, Mn2O3, Fe2O3 – Mn2O3). The results were shown that MB was relatively easier to decompose than MO. At the same initial concentration of 10 ppm, all nanomaterials need 120 min to degrade MB from 74.4%-96.5%, while after 180 min, MO is only degraded by 50%-95%. For both pollutants, the mixed nano-oxides of Fe2O3-Mn2O3 presented a superior treatment efficiency compared to the two single oxides (i.e., Fe2O3 and Mn2O3). The degradation efficiency was recorded with the order Fe2O3-Mn2O3 Fe2O3 Mn2O3. During photodecomposition, formed intermediates due to the incomplete reaction of pollutions and hydroxyl radical were investigated using the ions trap technique.
This paper researched the use of ash from domestic waste incinerators to generate electricity and blast furnace slag for civil construction materials. Due to the presence of heavy metal elements in the ash from the domestic waste incinerator and the blast furnace slag, its use is limited. This study focused on the field of manufacturing adhesive materials based on the ash from the incinerator for power generation and blast furnace slag by activated alkaline solution and investigating the heavy metal migration into the environment. The study showed that the compressive strength of the adhesive from the ash of the electric generating incinerator - blast furnace slag (BFS) activated by alkaline solution had a compressive strength 19.98 MPa when cured at normal conditions. Ash from domestic waste incinerator (DWS) - BFS binder activated alkaline had the ability to fix heavy metals and can be used in construction works.
CoOx/magenium silicate catalysts are obtained though precipitation and calcination method. The prepared solids were analyzed by XRD, BET, EDS... Cobalt(II) ions supported-magnesium silicate catalysts expressed as effective catalysts for selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol using tert-butyl hydroperoxide as an oxidizing agent. The experimental results showed very high selectivity to the benzaldehyde product at benzyl alcohol conversion of 18-25%.
In this study, nano Fe2O3 particles were synthesized by the combustion of gel from polyvinyl acohol (PVA) and tartaric acid (TA) for the degradation of methyl blue (MB) from the aqueous solution by the photocatalytic process. Factors affecting on Fe2O3 formation such as the pH of solution, temperature of gel formation, mole ratio of TA/PVA, temperature of calcination were investigated. The structure, morphology of Fe2O3 particles were characterized by analysis methods such as Differential Thermal Analysis, X- Ray Diffraction and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy. The results showed that single-phase Fe2O3 was smaller than 60 nm of average grain size. When using Fe2O3 to investigate the photocatalytic capacity under the visible light irradiation, the results indicated that Fe2O3 catalysts showed a rather high photocatalytic ability to decompose MB. The intermediates coming from the photocatalytic degradation were identified.
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