Synthesis of Ultrafine Oxide Powders by Hydrothermal-Ultrasonic Methodстатья
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Аннотация:In the present work, a novel method of synthesis has been developed to obtain highly
dispersed oxide powders. This method is based on the combination of hydrothermal and
ultrasonic treatment and uses the effect of acoustic cavitation.
Hydrothermal-ultrasonic treatment was carried out under the following conditions: T= 423 -
523 K, t = 10 min. - 3 h. and ultrasonic frequency ν = 21.5 kHz. The control experiments
(without ultrasound) were performed under the same conditions. The products were
characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermal analysis (TGA), transmission electron
microscopy (TEM). The specific surface area was determined by the BET method.
It was found that high-temperature hydrolysis of cobalt (II) nitrate in ultrasonic field results
in formation of considerably smaller particles of Co3O4 in comparison with conventional hightemperatures
hydrolysis (mean particle size decreases from 600-650 nm to 60-70 nm). It must be
noted that Co3O4 samples obtained by hydrothermal-ultrasonic treatment possess mesoporous
structure.
Ultrasonic-hydrothermal processing of amorphous gels of zirconyl and titanyl hydroxides
leads to significant raise of the rate of crystallization process and formation of nanopowders of
zirconia and titania (mean particle size 7-16 nm).
It must be pointed that the use of ultrasonic treatment during hydrothermal processing of
amorphous gel of zirconyl hydroxide and 0.3 M aqueous solution of H2TiO(C2O4)2 leads to
increase of the content of thermodynamically stable phases in the products of synthesis.