Synthesis and Structural Analysis of Copper-Zirconium Oxide
A new copper–zirconium oxide was synthesized at ambient pressure in air during a thermal treatment. Its crystal structure was analyzed using X-ray Powder Diffraction, and the atomic ratio between copper and zirconium was found performing a Rietveld analysis. An accurate analysis, also comparing this...
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| description | A new copper–zirconium oxide was synthesized at ambient pressure in air during a thermal treatment. Its crystal structure was analyzed using X-ray Powder Diffraction, and the atomic ratio between copper and zirconium was found performing a Rietveld analysis. An accurate analysis, also comparing this new compound with others present in the literature and which present a similar structure, enables us to characterize the new mixed oxide well. Scanning electron microscopy and thermogravimetric analyses were also performed in order to completely characterize this new material, which is interesting both from an academic point of view for its crystal structure and from an industrial one due to the formation of copper–zirconium-based shape memory alloys during thermal treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fe3e31f46c8f46d0b598c76cb4e754422022-12-22T02:58:34ZengMDPI AGMetals2075-47012016-08-016919510.3390/met6090195met6090195Synthesis and Structural Analysis of Copper-Zirconium OxideAlessandro Figini Albisetti0Carlo Alberto Biffi1Ausonio Tuissi2EDISON S.p.A.-Research and Development Division, Via Foro Buonaparte 31, Milano 20121, ItalyCNR-IENI—Institute for Energetic and Interphases, C.so Promessi Sposi 29, Lecco 23900, ItalyCNR-IENI—Institute for Energetic and Interphases, C.so Promessi Sposi 29, Lecco 23900, ItalyA new copper–zirconium oxide was synthesized at ambient pressure in air during a thermal treatment. Its crystal structure was analyzed using X-ray Powder Diffraction, and the atomic ratio between copper and zirconium was found performing a Rietveld analysis. An accurate analysis, also comparing this new compound with others present in the literature and which present a similar structure, enables us to characterize the new mixed oxide well. Scanning electron microscopy and thermogravimetric analyses were also performed in order to completely characterize this new material, which is interesting both from an academic point of view for its crystal structure and from an industrial one due to the formation of copper–zirconium-based shape memory alloys during thermal treatment.http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/6/9/195X-ray Powder Diffractiondifferential thermal analysisRietveld refinementshape memory alloys |
| spellingShingle | Alessandro Figini Albisetti Carlo Alberto Biffi Ausonio Tuissi Synthesis and Structural Analysis of Copper-Zirconium Oxide Metals X-ray Powder Diffraction differential thermal analysis Rietveld refinement shape memory alloys |
| title | Synthesis and Structural Analysis of Copper-Zirconium Oxide |
| title_full | Synthesis and Structural Analysis of Copper-Zirconium Oxide |
| title_fullStr | Synthesis and Structural Analysis of Copper-Zirconium Oxide |
| title_full_unstemmed | Synthesis and Structural Analysis of Copper-Zirconium Oxide |
| title_short | Synthesis and Structural Analysis of Copper-Zirconium Oxide |
| title_sort | synthesis and structural analysis of copper zirconium oxide |
| topic | X-ray Powder Diffraction differential thermal analysis Rietveld refinement shape memory alloys |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/6/9/195 |
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