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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0121-7488</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Ciencia en Desarrollo]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Ciencia en Desarrollo]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0121-7488</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S0121-74882018000200095</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Synthesis and characterization of Pr2S3 binary compound]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Síntesis y caracterización del compuesto binario Pr2S3]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Quijano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Natalia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gaona J.]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sonia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ramírez S.]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alfonso]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of Cauca  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Popayán ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of Cauca  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Popayán ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>9</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>95</fpage>
<lpage>98</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0121-74882018000200095&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0121-74882018000200095&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0121-74882018000200095&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract In the current work it is shown that the synthesis method that consists in direct reaction of praseodymium and sulfur in its elemental form, using heat as a treatment, with relatively low temperatures and reaction time of one week, allows the preparation of Pr2S3 compound, with a purity of about 92%. The respective characterization of resultant materials was carried out using powder XRD, where by it was determined that the thermal treatment used, effectively leads to the binary sulfide of interest, a compound known to be semiconductor.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen En el trabajo actual se muestra que el método de síntesis que consiste en la reacción directa de praseodimio y azufre en su forma elemental, utiliza calor como tratamiento, con temperaturas relativamente bajas y tiempo de reacción de una semana, permite la preparación del compuesto Pr2S3, con una pureza de alrededor del 92%. La caracterización respectiva de los materiales resultantes se llevó a cabo utilizando polvo XRD, donde se determinó que el tratamiento térmico utilizado conduce de manera efectiva a la fuente binaria de interés, un compuesto conocido por ser semiconductor.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[tratamiento con praseodimio]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[tratamiento térmico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[semiconductor]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[praseodymium sulfide]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[thermal treatment]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[semiconductor]]></kwd>
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