1016 results about "Cerium nitrate" patented technology

The invention provides a method for making a fuel element for a smoking article comprising forming a combustible carbonaceous material into a fuel element adapted for use in a smoking article; incorporating a metal-containing catalyst precursor into the fuel element or onto the surface thereof to form a treated fuel element, the incorporating step occurring before, during, or after said forming step; and optionally heating or irradiating the treated fuel element at a temperature and for a time sufficient to convert the catalyst precursor to a catalytic metal compound. Examples of metal-containing catalyst precursors include iron nitrate, copper nitrate, cerium nitrate, cerium ammonium nitrate, manganese nitrate, magnesium nitrate, and zinc nitrate. Fuel elements treated according to the invention, and smoking articles including such fuel elements, are also provided.

The invention provides a method for making a fuel element for a smoking article including the steps of mixing a metal-containing catalyst precursor with a filler material or graphite or a combination thereof to form a pre-treated fuel element component; optionally calcining the pre-treated fuel element component in order to convert the catalyst precursor to a catalytic metal compound; after the optional calcining step, combining the pre-treated fuel element component with a carbonaceous material and a binder to produce a fuel element composition; and forming the fuel element composition into a fuel element adapted for use in a smoking article. Examples of metal-containing catalyst precursors include iron nitrate, copper nitrate, cerium nitrate, cerium ammonium nitrate, manganese nitrate, magnesium nitrate, and zinc nitrate. Fuel elements treated according to the invention, and smoking articles including such fuel elements, are also provided.

A Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) catalyst was prepared by slurry coating ZSM-5 zeolite onto a cordierite monolith, then subliming an iron salt onto the zeolite, calcining the monolith, and then dipping the monolith either into an aqueous solution of manganese nitrate and cerium nitrate and then calcining, or by similar treatment with separate solutions of manganese nitrate and cerium nitrate. The supported catalyst containing iron, manganese, and cerium showed 80 percent conversion at 113 degrees Celsius of a feed gas containing nitrogen oxides having 4 parts NO to one part NO₂, about one equivalent ammonia, and excess oxygen; conversion improved to 94 percent at 147 degrees Celsius. N₂O was not detected (detection limit: 0.6 percent N₂O).

This invention provides a method for preparing cerium oxide nanoparticles with a narrow size distribution. The cerium oxide nanoparticles obtained by the method of the invention are nearly all crystalline. The method comprises providing a first aqueous solution comprising cerium nitrate and providing a second aqueous solution comprising hexamethylenetetramine. The first and second aqueous solutions are mixed to form a mixture, and the mixture is maintained at a temperature no higher than about 320° K to form nanoparticles. The nanoparticles that are formed are then separated from the mixture. A further aspect of the present invention is an apparatus for preparing cerium oxide nanoparticles. The apparatus comprises a mixing vessel having a first compartment for holding a first aqueous solution comprising cerium nitrate and a second compartment for holding a second aqueous solution comprising hexamethylenetetramine. The mixing vessel has a retractable partition separating the first and second compartments. When the retractable partition is retracted, rapid mixing of the first aqueous solution with the second aqueous solution takes place to form a mixture, and the mixture is maintained at a temperature no higher than about 320° K to form nanoparticles therein.

The invention specifically relates to a reduced graphene oxide and nano cerium oxide composite microwave absorbing material and a preparation method thereof. The method comprises the following steps: preparing graphene oxide by using an improved Hummers method; mixing a graphene oxide aqueous solution with cerium nitrate in a mass ratio of 1:25, and adjusting the pH value to 10; and by using a one-step hydrothermal method, simultaneously generating nano cerium oxide and reducing the graphene oxide, so that a reduced graphene oxide and nano cerium oxide composite microwave absorbing material is obtained. The microwave absorption parameters of the composite material are tested by using a vector network analyzer, and the microwave reflection loss of the composite material is calculated by using a classical coaxial line theory. Results show that the reduced graphene oxide and nano cerium oxide composite microwave absorbing material has excellent microwave absorbing properties, high absorption strength and wide absorption band, and compared with nano cerium oxide, the microwave absorbing properties are greatly improved. Thus, the reduced graphene oxide and nano cerium oxide composite microwave absorbing material disclosed by the invention has broad application prospects, and is of great significance to the expansion of industrial application of rare earth oxides and the national defense construction.

The invention relates to a preparation method for cerium oxide rhombus nanometer sheet material, belonging to the technical field of preparation process for the inorganic nanometer material. The preparation method is characterized in that by using heating backflow method, three-valent cerium nitrate is organic or inorganic solvent in which surfactant and precipitant exist, then the solution goes through ultrasonic dispersion for 20 to 30 minutes, and enters heating backflow reaction process; the temperature for the heating backflow reaction is 90 to 140 DEG C, and the reaction time lasts 2 to 10 hours; subsequently, suction filtering or centrifugal separation is conducted, the resultant precipitate is washed to be neutral, then washed by alcohol, and dried under 60 DEG C; next, the precipitate is calcined under the temperature of 400 to 600 DEG C for 2 to 6 hours, finally, the CeO2 rhombus nanometer sheet microcrystal material is obtained. Furthermore, the acquired CeO2 material enjoys tremendous potential application prospects in the fields of shielding ultraviolet light and automobile exhaust catalysis.

A microspherical Fe-base catalyst for slurry-bed Fischer-Tropsch synthesis contains Fe, Ce, Cu, K and SiO2. Its preparing process includes such steps as preparing the deposit slurry from the mixed solution of iron nitrate, cerium nitrate, copper acetate, and sodium carbonate, adding the mixed solution of K2C2O4 and silica sol, spray drying, and calcining.

Production of rare earth ammonium dimolybdate is carried out by adding ammonium tetramolybdate with ammonium tetramolybdate : soft water: ammonia water = 1kg: 4-5L: 1L, heating agitating, forming mother liquid, regulating the pH value of mother liquid between 7-8.5, adding the cerium nitrates, lanthanum nitrates or illinium nitrates into the mother liquid, heating evaporating for 2.0-6.0hrs with heating temperature 100deg.C-130deg.C until the solution transparent, discharging the materials, pumping filtering, drying with temperature 110-150deg.C for 6-8hrs, and obtaining the rare earth ammonium dimolybdate. It achieves low cost, higher material processing and using performance and no environmental pollution.

The invention provides an iron-based low-temperature SCR denitration catalyst and a preparation method thereof. Iron and cerium compounds are taken as active components, or iron, manganese and cerium compounds are taken as active components, titanium oxide is taken as a carrier, the molar ratio of iron, manganese and cerium is 1:(0.5-4):(0.5-1.5), and the molar ratio of iron and titanium oxide is 0.15-0.25. The preparation method comprises the steps of dissolving iron nitrate, manganese nitrate and cerium nitrate in deionized water, adding the titanium oxide, stirring intensely so as to mix the above compounds thoroughly, then performing ultrasonic mixing, putting the mixture into an oven for drying, calcining in an air atmosphere, and then grinding the mixture into powder. The iron-based low-temperature SCR denitration catalyst provided by the invention has an obvious advantage in cost, and meanwhile, the iron-based low-temperature SCR denitration catalyst has higher denitration efficiency under a medium and low temperature.

The invention provides a smoke-free polishing treatment solution for a high-gloss aluminum sectional material and a use method thereof. The smoke-free polishing treatment solution is characterized by comprising 85% H3PO4, 98% H2SO4, 30% hydrogen peroxide or potassium permanganate or perchloric acid or sodium molybdate or ammonium persulfate or sodium vanadate, cerium nitrate or sodium silicate, imidazoline or benzotriazole or phytic acid or thiourea, sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate or sodium benzene sulfonate or sodium toluene sulfonate or sodium xylene sulfonate, and nickel chloride or nickel sulfate or lead acetate. Compared with the prior art, the smoke-free polishing treatment solution provided by the invention has advantage of no generation of high-pollution NOx yellow smoke, and enables the surface of the aluminum sectional material to have excellent gloss and no pitting microscopic defects.

The invention discloses a mesoporous metal oxide catalyst for photo-catalytic CO2 reduction and a preparation method. The mesoporous metal oxide catalyst for the photo-catalytic CO2 reduction consists of an active component and a doping agent, wherein the active component is mesoporous CeO2, and the doping agent is transition metal ions. In the preparation process, transition metal nitrate and cerium nitrate are dissolved into acetone, mesoporous silica materials are added into an obtained metal nitrate acetone solution and are uniformly mixed, the mixture is naturally dried to obtain first powder, the first powder is calcined in a muffle furnace to obtain second powder, the second powder is etched by using a sodium hydroxide aqueous solution to remove the mesoporous silica materials, and the second powder is washed by using pure water and then is dried to obtain the mesoporous metal oxide catalyst for the photo-catalytic CO2 reduction, which has higher specific surface area, larger aperture and a regular pore structure. The mesoporous metal oxide catalyst is high in activity and selectivity in terms of photo-catalytic CO2 conversion, and the preparation method is relatively simple, and easy to expand.

The invention discloses a cerium-doped nano titanium dioxide/activated carbon fiber composite photocatalyst for air purification and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: doping cerium nitrate into nano titanium dioxide to obtain the cerium-doped nano titanium dioxide suspension, putting proper amount of activated carbon fiber into the suspension, soaking for 20-60 minutes under ultrasonic conditions, taking out, airing, and keeping the temperature at 200-220 DEG C for 2-4 hours, thereby obtaining the cerium-doped nano titanium dioxide/activated carbon fiber composite photocatalyst for air purification. Compared with the prior art, the rare-earth cerium is doped into the nano titanium dioxide, thereby prolonging the service life of photovoltaic electron-hole pairs, enhancing the quantum effect of the nano titanium dioxide, and further enhancing the photocatalytic activity of the nano titanium dioxide; and the whole method is simple and easy to control; and the product prepared by the method has high degradation efficiency for volatile organic pollutants, especially formaldehyde gas, reaching more than 90%.

The invention discloses a low-temperature preparation method of ceria nano-crystalline microsphere of graduation structure. The non-aqueous system low-temperature preparation method is used and cerium chloride, ammonium ceric nitrate, cerium nitrate or cerium sulfate is used as the precursor and benzyl alcohol is used as solvent and surfactant and the raw materials react for a certain time in oil-bath heating condition to obtain the ceria nano-crystalline microsphere powder of graduation structure. The prepared ceria has three-dimensional graduation spheroidal structure. The ceria nano-crystalline microsphere powder of graduation structure can quickly and effectively absorb the inorganic and organic pollutant in waste water at room temperature with very high absorption capacity. The low-temperature preparation method has features of simple technology, low cost, friendly environment, high yield, accordance with the practical production requirement.

The present invention relates to a field of control of nitrogen oxide pollution, and involves a high-efficient catalyst for denitration at low temperature and preparation method thereof, which comprises the steps: (1) preparing aqueous solution of cerium nitrate; (2) soaking mesoporous silica materials SBA-15 with aqueous solution from step (1), after stirring, filtrating, washing and drying; (3) calcining materials from step (2) to obtain evenly dispersed CeO₂-SBA-15 materials; (4) preparing ethanol solution of manganese nitrate; (5) soaking CeO₂-SBA-15 materials from step (3) with ethanol solution of manganese nitrate from step (4) and volatilizing ethanol, washing and drying; (6) calcining materials from step (5) to obtain evenly distributed Mn_xO_y/CeO₂-SBA-15 catalyst for denitration; The preparation method has simple process with lower cost, and the obtained Mn_xO_y/CeO₂-SBA-15 catalyst has uniform and ordered pores, large specific area, narrow pore size distribution, well dispersity of catalytic components, high catalytic activity, better effect of denitration at low temperature range and wider temperature range available for denitration.

The invention which belongs to the technical field of catalysis relates to a catalyst for methanation and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: 1, fully mixing alumina (or pseudoboehmite) with a pore forming agent and a binder, adding deionized water, granulating, drying, compression-molding, and roasting to prepare a catalyst carrier; and 2, dipping the catalyst carrier in a solution of nickel nitrate and lanthanum nitrate (or potassium nitrate, or potassium carbonate, or cerium nitrate, or cerous nitrate), drying, and roasting to prepare the catalyst. The catalyst prepared through the method of the invention, which has the advantages of high mechanical strength and good hydrothermal stability, is suitable for methanation reactions carried out under conditions that the CO content is high and the reaction temperature is high, and can effectively prevent carbon deposition.

The invention relates to a Mo-La-Ce rare-earth molybdenum alloy wire and its process for preparing. The invention is characterized in that the said molybdenum alloy wire contains 0.4 %-1.0% lanthanum oxide and cerium oxide(mass %) and the proportion by weight of lanthanum oxide and cerium oxide is 4:1. The process for preparing is different from the traditional powder metallurgy productive technology, which includes performing vacuum drying and liquid-solid doping for molybdenum dioxide, lanthanum nitrate and cerium nitrate solution, then performing secondary reduction to prepare binary rare-earth doping molybdenum powder, finally preparing rare-earth doping molybdenum wire with Mo-La-Ce of 0.5-0.8mm diameter by impression, agglomeration and pressure processing procedure. The raw materials of this invention is cheap and facile, and the prepared molybdenum wire is of high tensile strength, strong abrasive resistance and simple process and is inflexible, and has high rate of finished products, good compatibility and long durability.

The invention relates to a modified starch-chitosan copolymer flocculating agent and a preparation method thereof. The flocculating agent and the method are characterized in that: modified starch and chitosan are adopted as raw materials; ammonium cerium nitrate is adopted as an initiator; and the modified starch/chitosan copolymer flocculating agent is synthesized under an alkaline condition. In the steps, the mass ratio of the modified starch to chitosan is (1-4):1, the reaction temperature is 45-90 DEG C, a reaction time is 12-16h, and the initiator accounts for 0.1-1% of a total mass of the system. With the method provided by the invention, the prepared modified starch/chitosan copolymer flocculating agent is highly efficient, cheap, and environment-friendly. With the modified starch/chitosan copolymer flocculating agent, heavy metal ions can be removed. Compared with common flocculating agents, aiming at different sewages, wastewater decolourization rate, wastewater turbidity removal rate, and heavy metal removal rate are higher than 99% with a small dosage.

The invention discloses a fuel cell catalyst and a preparation method thereof. The fuel cell catalyst Pt-CeO2/GN takes graphene as a carrier, and Pt-CeO2 is taken as the catalyst of active components, wherein composite nano particles of Pt and CeO2 are uniformly distributed on the surface of the graphene, and the particle size of the Pt is 3-5 nm; the catalytic activity of the fuel cell catalyst is improved by 20-35 percent, compared with the catalytic activity of Pt/GN catalyst; and the electrochemical activity area of the fuel cell catalyst reaches 59.1-66.4 m<2>/g<-1>, and the density of current for catalyzing methanol oxide reaches 279.5-440.1 mA/g<-1>Pt. The preparation method comprises the following steps: graphite oxide and cerium nitrate are dispersed in water, ammonia is used to regulate the pH value, and CeO2/GN is obtained via reaction; and prepared CeO2/GN is dispersed in ethylene glycol solution in an ultraphonic manner, chloroplatinic acid solution is added, the pH value is regulated, and Pt-CeO2/GN catalyst is obtained via reaction. The preparation method disclosed by the invention is simple, can prepare catalysts provided with higher catalytic activity and stability, and has a broad application prospect in the filed of fuel cells.