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Molybdates oxides as AMoO4 (A = Cu, Co), have remarkable properties. These properties depend strongly on the crystallite size. Nanostructured Powders of these molybdates make their applications more usable. The aim of our work is to synthesize oxide CoMoO4 by soft chemistry method, which has the advantage of producing very fine and homogeneous powders, which increases their reactivity. The products obtained were characterized by XRD, SEM and TEM.

Amorphous Co75Er17B8 ribbons were prepared by the melt spinning technique, and their magnetic properties were studied. Mean field theory was used to describe the temperature dependence of magnetization. High-field magnetization studies performed in magnetic fields up to 15 T have revealed a magnetic behavior typical of a non-collinear magnetic structure of Er and Co sublattices. The simulated magnetization curves show the existence of two critical fields at Hcri1 = 9.5 T and Hcri2 = 94.2 T, corresponding to collinear ferrimagnet, and collinear field-forced ferromagnetic behaviors. The high value of Hcri2 highlights the strong antiferromagnetic interaction between Er and Co sublattices. From the non-collinear regime, the inter-subnetwork molecular field coefficients of the ferrimagnetic alloy were accurately evaluated. In addition, it is shown that the region of canted moments can be satisfactorily described by a phase diagram in the H-T plane. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order to avoid potential environmental pollution from geopolymer-based material wastes, this work investigated the feasibility of using these materials as alternative raw materials in the preparation of cement clinker. The geopolymer binders and mortars were used as substitutes for natural mineral clays since they are rich in silica and alumina. Simulated geopolymer wastes were prepared by the activation of metakaolin or fly ash by an alkaline silicate solution. The cement-clinkers fired at 1450 °C for 1h were characterized by XRD, XRF, SEM-EDS, and a free lime (CaO f ) content test. The anhydrous clinker mineral phases C 3 S (Ca 3 SiO 5 ), C 2 S (Ca 2 SiO 4 ), C 3 A (Ca 3 Al 2 O 6 ), and C 4 AF (Ca 4 Al 2 Fe 2 O 10 ) were well-crystallized in all investigated formulations. The free lime was lower than 1.3 wt% in all elaborated clinkers, which indicates a high degree of clinkerization. The results demonstrate that geopolymer binder and mortar materials are suitable substitutes for natural mineral clay incement clinker preparation.