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The equimolar AlCoCuFeNi-(Cr,Ti) HEAs were synthesized by nonconsumable arc melting to investigate the effects of Cr and Ti on the mechanical and corrosion properties of the HEAs. The results showed that as-cast AlCoCuFeNi-(Cr,Ti) HEAs have a multi-phase microstructure, of which the solid-solution face-centered cubic (FCC), body-centered cubic (BCC) phases, and intermetallics can be observed. Ab initio molecular-dynamics (AIMD) simulations exhibit the existence of the preferred short-range ordering of Al-Ni, Co-Cr, Cr-Fe, and Ti-Co pairs in the AlCoCuFeNiCrTi liquid structure. The AIMD simulations are consistent with the experimental observation during solidification. The segregations and the FCC Cu-rich phase appear in the AlCoCuFeNiCrTi alloy, which is in agreement with AIMD calculations. The Cr addition to AlCoCuFeNi facilitates the formation of the BCC phases in the AlCoCuFeNiCr alloy, which can be explained by the larger Ω and smaller δ values. The addition of large Ti atoms facilitates the formation of the FCC phase, which is due to the fact that Ti will easily induce the breakdown of the BCC solid-solution of the AlCoCuFeNi alloy in terms of decreasing the Ω value and increasing the δ value. The Cr addition improves the corrosion resistance of AlCoCuFeNi alloys.

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In the present study, struvite decomposition was performed by air stripping for ammonia release and a novel integrated reactor was designed for the simultaneous removal and recovery of total ammonia-nitrogen (TAN) and total orthophosphate (PT) from swine wastewater by internal struvite recycling. Decomposition of struvite by air stripping was found to be feasible. Without supplementation with additional magnesium and phosphate sources, the removal ratio of TAN from synthetic wastewater was maintained at >80% by recycling of the struvite decomposition product formed under optimal conditions, six times. Continuous operation of the integrated reactor indicated that approximately 91% TAN and 97% PT in the swine wastewater could be removed and recovered by the proposed recycling process with the supplementation of bittern. Economic evaluation of the proposed system showed that struvite precipitation cost can be saved by approximately 54% by adopting the proposed recycling process in comparison with no recycling method.

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Glycine, as a kind of commercially available and inexpensive ligand, is used to prepare an air-stable and water-soluble catalyst for the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction in our study. In the presence of 0.1% [PdCl2(NH2CH2COOH)2] as the catalyst, extremely excellent catalytic activity towards the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of aryl halides containing the carboxyl group with various aryl boronic acids is observed at room temperature under air in neat water.