Significance of Ionic Character Induced by Ga-Doped γ-AlO on Polyethylene Degradation to the Precursors of Gasoline and Diesel Oil with a Trace Amount of Wax.

Polyethylene degradation has a significant ecological impact but is also economically beneficial because it generates fuels and useful chemical products. Our study mainly describes the cleavage of C-C and C-H bonds when polyethylene (dispersed in 1-octadecene) was low-temperature heat-treated in two steps, at 180 and 250 °C, for 24 h for each step. Finally, it was converted to a mixture of the precursors of gasoline and diesel oil with a trace amount of wax.

Synthesis of Uniform Size Rutile TiO Microrods by Simple Molten-Salt Method and Its Photoluminescence Activity.

Uniform-size rutile TiO microrods were synthesized by simple molten-salt method with sodium chloride as reacting medium and different kinds of sodium phosphate salts as growth control additives to control the one-dimensional (1-D) crystal growth of particles. The effect of rutile and anatase ratios as a precursor was monitored for rod growth formation. Apart from uniform rod growth study, optical properties of rutile microrods were observed by UV-visible and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy.

Novel eco-friendly low cost and energy efficient synthesis of (Nd-Pr-Dy)FeB magnetic powder from monazite concentrate.

Syntheses of NdFeB magnetic powder by conventional method is a complicated multi-step process, which produces harmful pollutants and consumes a huge amount of energy and resources. Herein we report a simple chemical route for the preparation of (Nd-Pr)FeB magnetic powder using monazite concentrate as a precursor. Th, U, Sm, and La impurities were removed from monazite leachate by roasting, solvent extraction and leaching the concentrate.