Synthesis and Characterization of Hematite Nanoparticles using Ultrasonic Sonochemistry Method

International Journal of Technology

MunawarKhalil¹  NingLiu²  Robert L.Lee³ 

[1]Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Indonesia,

[2]Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Lousiana at Lafayette, 70504 Lousiana, USA

[3]Petroleum Recovery Research Center (PRRC), New Mexico Tech, 87801 Socorro, NM, USA

关键词: Hematite;    Iron oxide;    Nanoparticles;    Sintering;    Ultrasonic sonochemistry;   

DOI  :  10.14716/ijtech.v8i4.575

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper presents an investigation on the method for synthesizing hematite nanoparticle using ultrasonic sonochemistry. The effect of various bases with different basicity strengths, i.e. NaOH, NH4OH, and butylamine, as well as sintering treatment on the purity and crystallinity of hematite nanoparticles was studied. In this work, the as-synthesized hematite nanoparticles were characterized using FTIR, XRD, and HR-TEM analyses. The results showed that the formation of hematite crystal can undergo two possible reaction pathways depending on the basicity of the solution. When strong bases like NaOH and butylamine were used, iron(III) ion could react with water to form iron complexes, which further grow into rod-like magnetite nanocrystals as the major product. However, direct reaction of iron(III) ion with hydroxide ion to form hematite was observed when a weak base like NH4OH was used. Furthermore, it was also found that most of the polymorphous iron oxide precursors can be transformed into hematite crystals via high-temperature sintering.

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