Thermal stability and microstructure characterization of MgAl2O4 nanoparticles synthesized by reverse microemulsion method

AUTOR(ES)

Fu, Ping, Lu, Wenzhong, Lei, Wen, Wu, Ke, Xu, Yong, Wu, Jiamin

FONTE

Mat. Res.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

07/05/2013

RESUMO

Magnesium aluminate (MgAl2O4) spinel nanoparticles were synthesized by reverse microemulsion process in cyclohexane by using two kinds of surfactants, n-amyl alcohol as cosurfactant and mixture of aluminic/magnesic salt aqueous solution as basic reagents. The effects of surfactant types and titration methods on the morphologies and sizes of the MgAl2O4 nanoparticles were characterized by TEM, TGA-DTA, XRD, HR-TEM and FT-IR. TEM images show that the particles prepared by forward-titration method with SPAN-80/Triton X-100 compound emulsifier have uniform spherical shape and good monodispersity with an average size of 9.5 nm. However, the average size of the particles prepared by reverse-titration method was about 10 nm and some particles have irregular platelike appearance. The products prepared with NP-40 surfactant and forward-titration method were agglomerated with an average size of 13 nm. TGA and XRD results show that the reverse microemulsion method has dramatically lowered the calcination temperature of MgAl2O4 with a degree of 700 °C, and the precursor can transform to single spinel phase at 900 °C.

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