<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Ceramic materials are interesting due to their properties such as chemical and thermal stability, corrosion resistance, biocompatibility, piezoelectricity, high dielectricity. Also, nano-sized materials may have properties different from the micro scale materials. Pyrosol method is an alternative method to obtain nanoscale particles. In this study alumina particles were prepared by pyrosol method using AlCl3 (0.1 M and 0.05 M) as precursor solutions. The particles were obtained by maintaining the temperature of 400 °C in the pyrolysis furnace. Then, the powders were heat treated at 1000 °C for 2 hours. The X-ray diffraction analyses indicated that the obtained nanoparticles were identified as a mixture of a and g crystalline alumina. Scanning electron microscopy images showed that the prepared Al2O3 nanoparticles obtained from the concentration of 0.05 M had smaller dimensions than those obtained from the concentration of 0.1 M. Images of transmission electron microscopy showed spherical particles with the median diameter approximately of 150 nm, using as precursor AlCl3 solution (0.05 M).</p></abstract>

Ceramic materials are interesting due to their properties such as chemical and thermal stability, corrosion resistance, biocompatibility, piezoelectricity, high dielectricity. Also, nano-sized materials may have properties different from the micro scale materials. Pyrosol method is an alternative method to obtain nanoscale particles. In this study alumina particles were prepared by pyrosol method using AlCl3 (0.1 M and 0.05 M) as precursor solutions. The particles were obtained by maintaining the temperature of 400 °C in the pyrolysis furnace. Then, the powders were heat treated at 1000 °C for 2 hours. The X-ray diffraction analyses indicated that the obtained nanoparticles were identified as a mixture of a and g crystalline alumina. Scanning electron microscopy images showed that the prepared Al2O3 nanoparticles obtained from the concentration of 0.05 M had smaller dimensions than those obtained from the concentration of 0.1 M. Images of transmission electron microscopy showed spherical particles with the median diameter approximately of 150 nm, using as precursor AlCl3 solution (0.05 M).

Nanoalumina obtained by pyrosol method

National Institute of Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Balneoclimatology, Bucharest, Romania

Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Simona, Romania

Materials Science-Poland

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Ceramic materials are interesting due to their properties such as chemical and thermal stability, corrosion resistance, biocompatibility, piezoelectricity,...

Nanoalumina obtained by pyrosol method

Online veröffentlicht: 14. Dez. 2012

Seitenbereich: 368 - 374

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-012-0045-9

Schlüsselwörter
pyrosol method, alumina nanocrystals

© 2012 Wroclaw University of Technology

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

Nanoalumina obtained by pyrosol method

Online veröffentlicht: 14. Dez. 2012

Seitenbereich: 368 - 374

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-012-0045-9

Schlüsselwörterpyrosol method, alumina nanocrystals

© 2012 Wroclaw University of Technology

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

Schlüsselwörter
pyrosol method, alumina nanocrystals