Inquiry Tungsten Trioxide Infrared Absorption Property

Nano tungsten trioxide is a kind of catalysis semiconductor functional materials; it has stealth features, electrochromic, photochromic gas, light-induced color multifunction, gas, superconductivity, and many other characteristics. Numerous studies show that the surface plasmon resonance can produce semiconductor materials and absorbing specific wavelengths of light. Tungsten oxide nanoparticles increase in certain third phase reduction treatment or cationic, it is capable of accumulating a large amount of free electrons on its surface, so that it has a plasma resonance absorption characteristic of near-infrared light. Since tungsten oxide under anoxic conditions can generate stable Magneli phase and cubic and hexagonal, tungsten structure introducing green copper cations that can form a stable. Therefore, when the reduction treatment can be introduced by a large number of free electrons, tungsten oxide and composite still has a stable structure and physico-chemical properties, and it can remain stable absorption properties in the long sunlight.Tungsten Trioxide

Since tungsten oxide nano powder does not have near-infrared absorption of sunlight, it needs to be subjected to reduction treatment to WO3-x. We take nanometer tungsten trioxide as starting material in a reducing atmosphere, sintering it 1 h at 350--550 ℃ the [volume ratio V (H2): V (N2) = 1: 9], then stop input H2, N2 under protection. The temperature was raised to 800 ℃, and heated at this temperature for 1 h, and then turn off the power so that the temperature dropped to room temperature to obtain WO2.92 and WO2.83. we can find that XRD peak becomes sharp with increasing temperature, the smaller the size of the nanoparticles at lower temperatures, the crystallization is not complete, as the temperature increases, the particle size becomes larger, the corresponding is more complete due to crystallization. The size of the nano-tungsten oxide particles is much smaller than the wavelength of visible light, visible light can maintain transparency.

 

Detinning Process of APT Production- Precipitation Method

Precipitation method is a common method of separation science. As the tin exists as precipitate forms in the weakly acidic, neutral, weakly alkaline environment, people take a variety of precipitation methods, such as hydrolysis precipitation, tin sulfide precipitation to remove tin of the tungsten solution.
 
Hydrolysis precipitation method
This is a classic method remove tin. Its basic principle is tin in solution can be hydrolyzed into tin hydroxide precipitate at a pH of about 2 to 11 (depending on the concentration of tin in the solution) to separate tungsten. The main reaction is:
SnO3 2-+3H2O= Sn(OH)4↓+20H-.
 
Specific operating conditions: add dilute acid(typically sulfuric acid) to sodium tungstate solution (pH is about 14), adjust pH of the solution to 9 to 10, stirring for 10 ~ 15 min, at room temperature (in the case of boiling , the advantage is not very obvious), to stand for aging. The longer the standing time, the higher the tin hydrolysis precipitation rate. It’s believed in the literature that it needs to stand for 96 h.
 
Hydrolysis detinning rate rises with the tin mass concentration of solution increased. However, when hydrolysing detinning, and the solution is often turbid, the precipitation is difficult to cake filter. Easy to form a tin-containing hydrolysis solution lower gum, gum nucleosome its low concentration, dispersion and strong, easy reunion. It is also above the longer the standing time, the higher the rate of hydrolysis precipitation in addition to tin reasons. Production, the use of tin content in the concentrate within the range of 0.03% to 0.2%, tin in solution concentration of 0.0012 ~ 0.033g / L, therefore, in addition to use of hydrolytic precipitation when tin is difficult to obtain the desired results . Moreover, the operation of acid sodium tungstate were to spend a lot of acid, and the introduction of a large number of impurities anion, seriously affecting the subsequent ion exchange process, difficult to apply to the current tungsten metallurgy most advanced "tungsten concentrate decompose an ion exchange an evaporative crystallization "technology.

Heating Selection and Normal Selection of Scheelite

Heating selection is Petrov method or improved Petrov method for separation of scheelite and calcium minerals. Petrov method is invented by Professor Petrov of Michalis Noble Mineral Processing Institute of the Soviet Union in the early fifties.
Some scholars have come to the following understanding through laboratory research:
1. When separate scheelite, quartz and silicate gangue mineral, normal selection and heating selection can both get a good effect.
2. When separate scheelite and fluorite, heating selection has a better effect instead of normal selection.
3. When separate scheelite and calcite, normal selection and heating selection can not get an ideal effect , normal selection’s effect is even worse.
Normal selection takes a long time (40-60 minutes) and strong stirring in separation, and with repeate selections. But it’s still not as good as heating selection.
 
Beneficiation Research and Design Institute of the Soviet Union, "Michalis Noble" is a large-scale comprehensive scientific research and design institutions with as the main body of the professional beneficiation and sintering process equipment , belonging to non-ferrous metallurgy industry. The institute was founded on February 1920, the existing staff of 1900, including 7 Ph.D. of technical sciences, 70 licentiates of technical sciences. The current president of the Soviet Academy of Communication Sciences, Doctor of Technological Sciences, USSR State prize winner Professor Petrov.
 
Petrov method Introduction: Before scheelite Selection section, the concentration of 60% -70% of the crude concentrate was added a lot of sodium silicate for prolonged heating stirring, and diluted to a concentration of about 20% at normal temperature then selection. (add 20-60 kg of sodium silicate per tonne of dry ore, heating to about 90 degrees, holding the temperature more than half an hour)

 

Detection Arsenic on Tungsten Trioxide

colorimetryN Carbide and alloy performance is largely determined by the quality of tungsten trioxide. Common methods of preparing tungsten trioxide including the following major steps: first of all, removing Arsenic, silicon, fluorine, arsenic, phosphorus, and molybdenum by solution purification, secondly, the precipitation of artificial scheelite based on calcium chloride solution. Thirdly, using hydrochloric acid to decompose artificial scheelite; finally, the tungsten trioxide is prepared by washed, filtered, dried and calcined in tungstate. This article focuses on the methods for determination of Arsenic in high-purity tungsten trioxide.

The definition of Colorimetry is based on the color reaction of the colored compound by measuring or comparing the depth of the colored substance solution. As a method of quantitative analysis, the basic requirements of the Colorimetry are: high sensitivity and selectivity, stable colored compound and different color. The color reaction and control of the reaction conditions is the key for colorimetric analysis.

Determination of Arsenic in High-Purity Tungsten Trioxide Method
Burning the fat high-purity tungsten trioxide at 1400 ℃, and the resultant of Arsenic sulfide reacts with oxygen form Arsenic dioxide. This compound is condensed with formaldehyde, and the purple compound can generate in 560nm colorimetric determination. The experiment of the color, the time and the sample of absorption time can reduce combustion conditions such as blank test. Finally, we can obtain the amount of available mercuric chloride, sodium, chromogenic agent, the influence of magenta and fading. Detection limit of this method is 0.5ppm; the relative standard deviation is ± 4.8%.

 

Violet Gold-plated Tungsten Bars

Violet gold-plated tungsten bars refers to plating a suitable thickness violet gold layer on the surface of tungsten bars make them have the same appearance and same high appreciation value with violet gold bars. The reserves of violet gold is fewer in China, at present, the most abundant nature violet gold mine of the world is in Russia. Violet gold in fact is a kind of alloy, which contains elements such as copper, iron, silver, gold and so on. In addition to the naturally occurring violet gold, it can also be obtained synthetically, i.e., adding the aluminum or palladium elements and making them producing the chemical reaction for obtaining the violet color. Because of its special violet appearance, so the violet gold jewelry and accessories circulated in the market is very popular. The gold content of pure violet gold is only 58.5%, so the grade of pure violet gold is usually expressed as 585.
 
Violet gold rings, violet gold bracelets and other violet gold jewelry are very popular in Europe, it is often used to symbolize wealth and status. But as the saying goes, that thing which is rare is dear, it also means that violet gold is also very expensive. violet gold-plated tungsten bars have the high ornamental, but have the cheaper price than the violet gold bars, which make violet gold-plated bars not only can satisfy the collectors hobbies, but also save the expenditures for the collectors.
violet gold-plated tungsten bars

 

Platinum-plated Tungsten Commemorative Coins

Platinum is natural white precious metal which exists  in the form of single substance, gold is also a kind of precious metals that existing in the form of a single substance, but because of the high rarity of platinum, which is higher than gold, therefore makes the platinum become even more precious. Compared to gold, platinum jewelry is demanded for the higher purity. According to the provision of the state, the platinum content must be more than 85% that can be called as platinum jewelry. Platinum because of its pure and white appearance makes it much welcomed by people, and commonly to be used to symbolize the clean and flawless love. Therefore, the platinum jewelry that commonly sold in the market are most of platinum rings and necklaces. But the high price of platinum, makes it’s purchaser and collectors discouraged.
 
Platinum-plated tungsten commemorative coins are to plate an platinum layer on the surface of the tungsten commemorative coins, makes tungsten commemorative coins have the appearance of bright color and high ornamental. Platinum is harder than gold, therefore comparing to the tungsten gold-plated commemorative coins, platinum-plated tungsten commemorative coins have the higher wear resistance, which can be stored for a long time and does not change the surface color. Platinum-plated tungsten commemorative coins can be used as gifts presentation, commemorative coins, collections and memorabilia of all kinds of occasions or events. Platinum-plated tungsten commemorative coins has high cost performance, so that makes it be welcomed by a number of the platinum coins collectors.
Platinum-plated tungsten commemorative coins

 

Tungsten Alloy Counterweights For Machine Tools

Machine tools are essential machines for modern industrial production, it plays an important role in the national economy production. The machine tools can be used to produce many machines, to manufacture many high precision parts. It has various kinds, including CNC machine tools, lathes, cutting tools, crankshaft machine tools and so on. From a wide perspective, the purpose of adding counterweights to the machine tools is on the basis of keeping the machine tools stably functioning performance  then further to increase their productivity. Motor and screw rod on the machine's overall performance play the key roles, if the burden of motor and screw rod is too large, then both will produce too much heat, it will increase the machine's vibrations, reduce the precision of products, thus reduce the using life of the machine tools.
 
The vibration of machine tools not only have great influence on products’ quality in the production process, but also will affect the normal running track of the tools so that cause the processing parts does not meet the production requirements. Since tungsten alloy has good machinability, abrasion resistance, high-temperature and high-density characteristics, and therefore the machine tools’ counterweights that produced by tungsten alloy can be well used to offset the weight of the spindle, thereby reducing the burden of motor and screw rod, reducing the eccentric distance so as to ensure the normal operation of the motor and screw rod, so the vibration machine tools will also be reduced.
tungsten alloy counterweights

 

Effect of Tungsten Powder Granularity on Hardness and Conductivity (2/2)

There are also many influencing factors of the electrical conductivity of tungsten copper electrode, such as such as impurities, chemical composition, porosity, and some microscopic structure (including the organizational structure of grain size, W-W connectivity, combined with the strength of grain boundaries, high thermal conductivity copper continuity distribution phase) and so on. Tungsten powder particle size largely affected the tungsten copper alloy electrode porosity and microstructure, thus further affecting its conductivity.

On the one hand, tungsten copper is difficult to be completely densified so that some bores emerge unavoidably, which either alone or connected to each other will have a significant impact on the electrical conductivity of tungsten copper alloy. On the other hand, the finer the grain size of tungsten powder crystal, the situation in the suppression of the process more prone to uneven, making sintered tungsten skeleton channels prone to clogging or closed, resulting in copper Cu-rich region from defects in materials or voids, thereby so that copper was infiltrated feeding inadequate or not effectively reduce the integrity of the network structure after copper infiltration, and ultimately reduce the conductivity. With the increase of the particle size of the tungsten powder, tungsten copper alloy grain size distribution is relatively more uniform, closed pores appear relatively reduced, copper Cu and better connectivity, and the electrical conductivity will gradually rise.

Effect of Tungsten Powder Granularity on Hardness and Conductivity (1/2)

Different granularity of tungsten powder has different influences on the comprehensive properties of tungsten copper electrode, such as the hardness, the density, the electrical conductivity and micro-structure and so on. Here we highlight the impact of tungsten powder particle size on copper tungsten alloy electrode hardness and conductivity.

Take W-30Cu tungsten copper electrode as an example, the impact of tungsten powder (W) on the hardness and the electrical conductivity of W-30Cu tungsten copper electrode as follow:

tungsten copper electrode





















From the figure we change the law, we can see a line of two, one of which is W-30Cu tungsten copper alloy electrode Brinell hardness (HB) changes with tungsten powder particle size curve, and the other is the conductance W-30Cu tungsten copper alloy electrode the rate of change with the tungsten powder particle granularity curve. With the tungsten powder particle size is increased by a 2.9μm to 11-13μm, the conductivity upward trend, while the hardness decreased gradually. Effect of tungsten copper alloy electrode hardness factor not only density, but also the grain granularity.

Due to tungsten (W) is the solid phase in tungsten copper electrode, the finer tungsten granularity, the harder materials. In addition, in the completely compacted conditions, the finer tungsten powder, the smaller size of W grains in alloy and the binding strength of solid phase (W) and binder phase (Cu) with net structure is higher. On the contrary, Tungsten powder particle size is too large, soft phase copper is more susceptible to aggregation, thus tungsten copper alloy electrodes W-30Cu lower hardness. As can be seen from the figure tungsten powder particle granularity is increased from 2.9μm to 11-13μm, hardness decreased from about 190HB to 178HB.

 

Preparation Blue Tungsten Oxide by Self-Reduction Method from Ammonium Paratungstate

Because of the shortcomings like cost control and environmental protection in preparation of blue tungsten oxide by traditional reduction method, in order to overcome these problems, domestic and foreign scholars, manufacturers and so on, are trying to develop new methods. Some studies have pointed out that Self-reduction method, use ammonium paratungstate (APT) as raw materials, heating APT in a sealing container to produce blue tungsten oxide. Self-reduction method, just as its name implies, is a method that reactant set under certain conditions in the environment of good airtight, the reaction itself producing some reductive substances which will has a reduction of the oxide to get target product.

Specific steps:
1. Send APT into sealed container, heated to 400℃ to 600℃, APT will decomposition into tungsten trioxide (WO3), ammonia (NH3) and water vapor (H2O);
2. Using tungsten oxide WOX as the good property catalytic for NH3 in a closed container, ammonia is further decomposed into N2 and hydrogen;
3. Control of furnace temperature at 550 to 800℃, set the pressure at 0 to 2 mbar (0~200Pa), restore WO3 to WO2.9 by using hydrogen.

The advantages of using Self-reduction method:
1. Using the ammonia generated from ammonium paratungstate to restore tungsten trioxide, and no need to inlet other reducing gas, thus to reduce the production cost and improve the economic benefit;
2. Eliminate harmful gases such as ammonia and other harmful gas emissions at the same time, reduce air pollution and improve social benefits.

 

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