title: Application of far infrared rare earth mineral composite materials to liquefied petroleum gas.
abstract: Far infrared rare earth mineral composite materials were prepared by the coprecipitation method using tourmaline, cerium acetate, and lanthanum acetate as raw materials. The results of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy show that tourmaline modified with the rare earths La and Ce has a better far infrared emitting performance. Through XRD analysis, we attribute the improved far infrared emission properties of the tourmaline to the unit cell shrinkage of the tourmaline arising from La enhancing the redox properties of nano-CeO2. The effect of the composite materials on the combustion of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) was studied by the flue gas analysis and water boiling test. Based on the results, it was found that the composite materials could accelerate the combustion of LPG, and that the higher the emissivity of the rare earth mineral composite materials, the better the effects on combustion of LPG. In all activation styles, both air and LPG to be activated has a best effect, indicating the activations having a cumulative effect.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Power Source and Ecomaterials Science, Hebei University of Technology, Box 1055, Tianjin 300130, PR China.
authors.forename: Dongbin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jinsheng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Anping
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Xu