ISIAME 2008 : Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Industrial Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (ISIAME 2008) Held in Budapest, Hungary, 17-22 August 2008

Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Industrial Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (ISIAME 2008) held in Budapest, Hungary, 17-22 August 2008 E. Kuzmann and K. Lázár (Eds.) This book provides an excellent overview on the most recent results on the industrial applications of Mössbauer spectroscopy attained on the fields of nanotechnology, metallurgy, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry, applied mineralogy, energy production industry (coal, oil, nuclear, solar, etc.), computer industry, space technology, electronic and magnetic devices technology, ion implantation technology, including topics like characterization of novel construction materials, electronic components and magnetic materials, composite materials, colloids, amorphous and nanophase materials, small particles, coatings, interfaces, thin films and multilayers, catalysis, corrosion, tribology, surface modification, hydrogen storage, ball milling, radiation effects, electrochemistry, batteries, etc. From the various reports a broad overview emerges illustrating that the method can successfully be applied in a wide variety of topics. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Preface (ISIAME 2008)....Pages 1-2 Mössbauer spectroscopy in molecular magnetism....Pages 3-19 Monitoring by Mössbauer spectroscopy the thermal reduction of hematite into magnetite: the surface effect and charge disproportionality in iron oxide nanoparticles....Pages 21-29 Iron in the brain....Pages 31-37 Analysis of powder particles of high carbon cast iron after air plasma spraying....Pages 39-44 Ion bombardment of Fe-based amorphous metallic alloys....Pages 45-52 Sigma phase—one of the main reasons for deterioration of stainless steels properties....Pages 53-61 Chemical aspects of lifetime extension at Paks Nuclear Power Plant....Pages 63-71 Magnetic phase transitions in nanoclusters and nanostructures....Pages 73-84 Effect of particle size and alloying with different metals on 57 Fe Mössbauer spectra....Pages 85-95 Characterization of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles....Pages 97-103 Formation of graphite encapsulated iron nanoparticles during mechanical activation and annealing analyzed by Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 105-110 Hydrogenation of FeCoZr–Al 2 O 3 nanocomposites studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy and magnetometry....Pages 111-117 Mössbauer study of rapidly solidified Al-Fe based amorphous alloys....Pages 119-123 Integral low-energy electron Mössbauer spectroscopic studies of the surfaces of carbon nanotube-nanocomposite powders....Pages 125-130 Microwave absorption and Mössbauer studies of Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles....Pages 131-136 Studies of oxidation of iron nanowires encased in porous aluminium oxide template....Pages 137-142 Influence of Mn-for-Fe substitution on structural properties of synthetic goethite....Pages 143-149 Synthesis and magnetic properties of Cu 0.5 Ni 0.5 Fe 2 O 4 nanoparticles produced by glycothermal and hydrothermal processes....Pages 151-158 Mössbauer spectroscopy study of iron oxide nanoparticles obtained by spray pyrolysis....Pages 159-166 Solid-state synthesis of α-Fe and iron carbide nanoparticles by thermal treatment of amorphous Fe 2 O 3 ....Pages 167-173 ILEEMS of thin α-Fe 2 O 3 films prepared by RF sputtering....Pages 175-181 The Mössbauer spectroscopy studies of matrix changes during continuous heating from as-quenched state of high carbon tool steel....Pages 183-188 Mössbauer and magnetic studies of nanosize (Fe,Co) x C 1 − x alloys....Pages 189-195 Ball milling induced interstitial atoms redistributions revealed by Mössbauer effect in Fe based alloys....Pages 197-204 Mössbauer spectroscopic investigation of retained-austenite content of high-carbon tool steel during isothermal tempering of as-quenched samples....Pages 205-210 Feature of solid–liquid metals reaction revealed by conversion electron Mössbauer spectrometry....Pages 211-218 Synthesis of Fe carbides species by reactive milling....Pages 219-224 The fate of Fe 3+ ions in the system {AlO(OH)-xerogel/Fe-compounds} after mechanical activation and different thermal treatments studied by Mössbauer, ESR spectroscopy and thermal analysis....Pages 225-231 Characterization of rapidly solidified powder of high-speed steel....Pages 233-239 Gummic acid stabilized γ-Fe 2 O 3 aqueous suspensions for biomedical applications....Pages 241-248 Iron containing vitamins and dietary supplements: control of the iron state using Mössbauer spectroscopy with high velocity resolution....Pages 249-256 Mobility of inorganic nanoparticles in soft matter....Pages 257-267 Nanoscaled biocompatible magnetic drug-delivery system: preparation and characterization....Pages 269-275 Mössbauer spectroscopic study of sulphonated poly(ether-urethane) linear ionomer doped with iron species....Pages 277-282 Mössbauer characterisation of Fe–polygalacturonate as a medicine for human anaemia: the effect of iron concentration....Pages 283-290 The characterisation of three different coal samples by means of various analytical techniques....Pages 291-296 Mössbauer studies of raw materials from Misti volcano of Arequipa (Peru) for its potential application in the ceramic field....Pages 297-301 Mössbauer study of Fe 3+ /Fe 2+ ratio in amphiboles to search correlation with hydrogen isotope fractionation....Pages 303-309 Various stages of oxidation of chlorite as reflected in the Fe 2 + and Fe 3 + proportions in the Mössbauer spectra of minerals in Boda Claystone....Pages 311-315 Iron–nickel alloy from iron meteorite Chinga studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy with high velocity resolution....Pages 317-324 Temperature dependence of the hyperfine parameters of the iron bearing phases in the Mössbauer spectra collected by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit....Pages 325-330 Mössbauer study of the Boom clay, a geological formation for the storage of radioactive wastes in Belgium....Pages 331-339 Mössbauer effect study of fly and bottom ashes from an electric generating plant....Pages 341-346 Iron Mössbauer redox and relation to technetium retention during vitrification....Pages 347-354 57 Fe Mössbauer study of sol–gel synthesized Sn 1 − x − y Fe x Sb y O 2 − δ powders....Pages 355-362 Exchange-spring magnets based on L1 0 -FePt ordered phase....Pages 363-370 Mössbauer spectroscopy study of interfaces for spintronics....Pages 371-376 Study of rapid stress annealed nano-crystalline Fe 74.5 Cu 1 Nb 3 Si 15.5 B 6 alloy....Pages 377-383 Characterization of magnetic nano-fluids via Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 385-390 Determination of foreign phases in Fe–As based superconducting systems....Pages 391-395 Detailed Mössbauer study of the cation distribution in CoFe 2 O 4 ferrites....Pages 397-404 Substitution effect of Ba at the Sr sites in Sr(Fe,Re)O 3 ....Pages 405-410 Fe(II) spin-crossover compounds based on the extremely versatile ligand system of 1-substituted tetrazoles: a comparative study....Pages 411-416 Characterization of magnetite nanoparticles supported in sulfonated styrene-divinylbenzene mesoporous copolymer....Pages 417-423 Origin of ferromagnetism in iron implanted rutile single crystals....Pages 425-432 Magnetic phase transition of the bond random mixed compound Fe(Br x I 1 − x ) 2 ....Pages 433-437 Effects of B and P content on structural and magnetic properties of cast iron based amorphous alloys....Pages 439-443 Mössbauer study of Fe in GaAs following 57 Mn + implantation....Pages 445-450 Iron films produced by an arc plasma gun....Pages 451-457 Interface mixing in Fe–B–Ag multilayers....Pages 459-464 Spin configurations and interfacial diffusion in exchange bias and spin valve systems with Ir–Mn antiferromagnetic pinning layers....Pages 465-471 Interfacial microstructure and properties of dissimilar steels joined by high energy beam melting processes....Pages 473-480 Iron oxide modified minerals....Pages 481-487 Nano-structure analysis of Fe implanted SnO 2 films by 57 Fe and 119 Sn CEMS....Pages 489-495 Surface effects in α -Fe 2 O 3 nanoparticles studied by ILEEMS and TMS....Pages 497-501 The structure and composition of novel electrodeposited Sn–Fe and Sn–Co–Fe alloys from a flow circulation cell system....Pages 503-514 Study of Au/SnO x –Al 2 O 3 catalysts used in CO oxidation by in situ Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 515-523 Comparison of Fe-AlPILC and Fe-ZSM-5 catalysts used for degradation of methomyl....Pages 525-531 Dissolution behaviour of iron silicate glass....Pages 533-538 Structural studies of iron in vitrified toxic wastes....Pages 539-544 Formation and characterization of boride coatings thermochemically grown on the Fe 64 Ni 36 alloy....Pages 545-551 Characterization of initial atmospheric corrosion of conventional weathering steels and a mild steel in a tropical atmosphere....Pages 553-561 Mössbauer and infrared spectroscopy as a diagnostic tool for the characterization of ferric tannates....Pages 563-569 Failure analysis of magnets in a servomotor by Mössbauer and X-ray diffraction....Pages 571-577 The method of invariants applied to the analysis of 57 Fe Mössbauer spectra....Pages 579-585 A versatile gas-flow proportional counter for Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 587-593 Back Matter....Pages xii-xv