<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A rapid, safe and simple technique for the production of high purity strontium oxide powders via a chemical combustion process is reported. The combustion reactions were performed to optimize the fuel to oxidizer ratios in the reaction mixtures required to obtain pure SrO powders by varying the molar ratio of chemical precursors and the temperature. The synthesized powders were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, and N2-physisorption measurements. The results indicate that crystalline SrO was obtained using a 1:1 strontium nitrate: urea molar ratio at 1000 °C after 5 minutes. In addition, high-purity, homogeneous and crystalline SrO powders were easily produced in a short time via a chemical combustion process.</p></abstract>

A rapid, safe and simple technique for the production of high purity strontium oxide powders via a chemical combustion process is reported. The combustion reactions were performed to optimize the fuel to oxidizer ratios in the reaction mixtures required to obtain pure SrO powders by varying the molar ratio of chemical precursors and the temperature. The synthesized powders were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, and N2-physisorption measurements. The results indicate that crystalline SrO was obtained using a 1:1 strontium nitrate: urea molar ratio at 1000 °C after 5 minutes. In addition, high-purity, homogeneous and crystalline SrO powders were easily produced in a short time via a chemical combustion process.

Combustion synthesis process for the rapid preparation of high-purity SrO powders

Departamento de Química, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, A.P. 18-1027, Col. Escandón, Delegación Miguel Hidalgo., C.P. 11801, México, D.F., México

Materials Science-Poland

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A rapid, safe and simple technique for the production of high purity strontium oxide powders via a chemical combustion process is reported. The combustion...

Combustion synthesis process for the rapid preparation of high-purity SrO powders

Published Online: Dec 19, 2014

Page range: 682 - 687

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-014-0250-9

Keywords
strontium oxide, chemical combustion, XRD, IR spectral analysis, thermal analysis

© 2014 Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Combustion synthesis process for the rapid preparation of high-purity SrO powders

Published Online: Dec 19, 2014

Page range: 682 - 687

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-014-0250-9

Keywordsstrontium oxide, chemical combustion, XRD, IR spectral analysis, thermal analysis

© 2014 Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
strontium oxide, chemical combustion, XRD, IR spectral analysis, thermal analysis