Sol-gel synthesis of barium hexaferrite and their catalytic application in methyl ester synthesis

13th Joint Conference on Chemistry

Sulaiman, Nur Izzana^1 ; Bakar, Mohamad Abu^1 ; Abu Bakar, Noor Hana Hanif^1 ; Hussin, Mohd Hazwan^2

Nanoscience Research Laboratory, School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang

11800, Malaysia^1

Materials Technology Research Group (MaTReC), School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang

11800, Malaysia^2

关键词: Barium hexaferrites;    Calcination temperature;    Catalytic applications;    Heterogeneous acid catalysts;    Methyl esters;    Reaction conditions;    Reaction temperature;    Sol;    Gel synthesis;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/509/1/012103/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/509/1/012103

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Fine barium hexaferrite, BaFe12O19 has been synthesized through sol-gel technique using barium chloride dihydrate (BaCl2.2H2O) and iron (III) chloride hexahydrate (FeCl3.6H2O) as starting materials. The BaFe12O19 particles were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), TGA, Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and N2 Adsorption-Desorption Isotherm. XRD revealed that high calcination temperature is beneficial for the formation of fine BaFe12O19. The results show that the crystallite size of the produced samples increased with an increase in calcination temperature. It was found that the crystalline BaFe12O19 phase was well formed above 700°C. BaFe12O19 was as employed as a new heterogeneous acid catalyst for the application production of methyl ester. The suitability of BaFe12O19 as catalyst for esterification of palmitic acid was evaluated on the basis of catalyst dosage, reaction time and molar ratio of the reactants to optimize the reaction condition. The catalyst gave excellent methyl ester yield of 91.7% at optimum conditions. The optimum esterification conditions for of 0.5 g palmitic acid are; 2 wt.% of BaFe12O19 with 1:15 molar ratio of palmitic acid to methanol at reaction temperature 120°C for 2 hours.