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molybdenum iv oxide is an inert, lead-gray, nonvolatile powder that is slightly soluble in hydrochloric acidand hydrogen fluoride and sparingly soluble in sulfuric acid. It is used as a catalyst in the reformation of hydrocarbons and in petroleum cracking. It has a Mo/MoO2 bonding ratio of about 1:1 and has a low thermal expansion. It is very stable in air and is resistant to oxidation. It is a useful precursor to other metal oxides and can be easily synthesized by reduction with hydrogen.
The molybdenum oxide crystal structure is a tetrahedral structure with distorted MoO6 octahedra linked by comers or edges. The octahedra are arranged in a rich variety of arrangements that affect surface properties such as catalytic activities, thermal and electrical conductivity, and chemical insertion behavior. Vanadium and molybdenum oxides, which represent commercially important materials, are particularly interesting because of the wide range of their microscopic properties.
The supported molybdate catalysts are the essential precursors for a large number of industrial chemical processes. In spite of the importance of these molecules, their structural characteristics are largely unknown. Raman spectroscopy is an excellent tool to investigate the interactions between the MoO2 species and the support. The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of biofield energy treatment on the physical and thermal properties of molybdenum oxide powder using X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy.
The XRD results showed that Mr. Trivedi’s biofield energy treatment significantly changed the lattice parameters, unit cell volume, density and molecular weight of the molybdenum oxide. FT-IR spectra revealed that the treatment also significantly altered the vibrational modes of the molecules. Nitrogen adsorption isotherms showed that the surface area of the control and treated samples increased, while the adsorbed volume decreased for both the samples.