• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.390-395
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• 1993

The x values and electrical conductivities of the nonstoichiometric compounds$ CeO_{2-x} have been measured in a temperature range from 600 to 1200$^{\circ}C$ under oxygen partial pressure of $2{\times}10^{-1}{\sim}1{\times}10^{-4}$ atm. The enthalpy of the defect formation shows an endothermic process with the oxygen partial pressure dependence (1/n value) of -1/3.18 ∼ -1/3.69. The activation energy and 1/n value for the electrical conductivity are estimated as 1.75 eV and -1/4, respectively. According to the x values, the $\sigma$ values, and the thermodynamic data, the defect structure of the ceria seems to be the formation of singly charged negative oxygen vacancies. The n-type semiconducting behaviors could be explained by the presence of excess metals in the lattice as the conduction electron donor.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.483-489
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• 2006

The behavior of rare earth compounds such as $La_{2}O_{3}$, $CeO_{2}$, and $Ca(OH)_{2}$ on the removal of fluoride and heavy metals in the steel wastewater has been investigated. The removal mechanism of fluoride by rare earth elements has been known to be the formation of insoluble compounds between $F^{-}$ and cations such as $La^{3+}$ and $Ce^{4+}$ produced by the dissociation of rare earth compounds (To reduce the running cost of the fluoride wastewater treatment facility, their fluoride removal efficiencies were compared with those of inexpensive rare earth minerals such as natural lanthanide and cerium compound used as a glass polishing agent). All of the rare earth oxides used in this study showed a higher removal efficiency of fluoride than $Ca(OH)_{2}$ in the wastewater. In the case of artificial HF solution, the removal efficiency of fluoride showed in the order: $CeO_{2}$-mineral < $CeO_{2}$ < $Ca(OH)_{2}$ < $La_{2}O_{3}$-mineral < $La_{2}O_{3}$. However, the removal efficiency of fluoride in the wastewater increased in the following order: $Ca(OH)_{2}$ < $CeO_{2}$ mineral < $CeO_{2}$ < $La_{2}O_{3}$ mineral < $La_{2}O_{3}$. All agents showed high efficiencies for the removal of Mn and total Cr in the rare earth compounds. In the case of $Ca(OH)_{2}$, fluoride removal decreased with increasing pH while. However, the rare earth compounds showed a higher fluoride removal in higher pH condition, the optimum pH condition seemed to be around 7 considering both water quality and fluoride removal. Under the pH 7 condition, the $Ca(OH)_{2}$ was superior to rare earth compounds in Mn removal and the lanthanide was superior to others in total Cr removal.