Kinetic analysis for non-isothermal decomposition of unirradiated and γ-irradiated indium acetyl acetonate

Materials Research

Refaat Mohammed Mahfouz¹  Sharifa Al-ahmari¹  Amaal Al-fawaz¹  Zaid Al-othman¹  Ismail Khaleel Warad¹  Mohammed Rafiq Hussain Siddiqui¹ 

[1] ,King Saud University College of Science Department of chemistry

关键词: thermal decomposition;    gamma irradiation;    nanoparticles;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-14392011005000009

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Kinetic studies for the non-isothermal decomposition of un-irradiated and γ-irradiated indium acetyl acetonate In(acac)3 with 10² kGy total γ-ray dose were carried out in static air. The results showed that the decomposition proceeds in one major step in the temperature range of 150-250 °C with the formation of In2O3 as solid residue. The non-isothermal data for un-irradiated and γ-irradiated In(acac)3 were analysed using linear Flynn-Wall-Ozawa (FWO) and nonlinear Vyazovkin (VYZ) iso-conversional methods. The results of application of these free models on the investigated data showed a systematic dependence of Ea on α indicating a simple decomposition process. No significant changes were observed in both decomposition behaviour and (Eα-α) dependency between unirradiated and γ-irradiated In(acac)3. Calcination of In(acac)3 at 400 °C for 5 hours led to the formation of In2O3 monodispersed nanoparticles. X-ray diffraction, FTIR and SEM techniques were employed for characterization of the synthesised nanoparticles. This is the first attempt to prepare In2O3 nanoparticles by solid state thermal decomposition of In(acac)3.

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