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Soft Solution Processing for the Synthesis of Alumina Nanoparticles in the Presence of Glucose

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Title Soft Solution Processing for the Synthesis of Alumina Nanoparticles in the Presence of Glucose
 
Creator Naskar, Milan Kanti
 
Subject Engineering Materials
 
Description Alumina nanoparticles were synthesized following hydrothermal process at 170 degrees C for 6 h, using glucose and other water-based precursor materials. The uncalcined and calcined (550 degrees-1200 degrees C) particles were characterized by differential thermal analysis, thermogravimetry, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and multipoint Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area. The microstructures of the calcined (at 550 degrees C) particles were examined by field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). XRD and FTIR studies revealed that gamma-alumina (gamma-Al(2)O(3)) persisted up to 1000 degrees C followed by the appearance of alpha-alumina (alpha-Al(2)O(3)) at 1200 degrees C. BET surface area analysis confirmed that the specific surface area of gamma-Al(2)O(3) was higher compared with alpha-Al(2)O(3). Because of particle agglomeration, the crystallite sizes obtained by the BET method showed larger values than those determined by the XRD method for the samples calcined at 550 degrees-1200 degrees C. For 550 degrees C-treated sample, FESEM micrograph showed the aggregated particles of size 20-80 nm, while TEM image of the same sample revealed a particle size of 5-10 nm.
 
Publisher WILEY-BLACKWELL
 
Date 2010-05
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
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Identifier http://cgcri.csircentral.net/847/1/milan'10.pdf
Naskar, Milan Kanti (2010) Soft Solution Processing for the Synthesis of Alumina Nanoparticles in the Presence of Glucose. Journal of the Amecican Ceramic Society, 93 (5). pp. 1260-1263. ISSN 0002-7820
 
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