Thermal Evolution of Zinc Aluminate Spinel Nanoparticles Prepared by Coprecipitation Technique

Authors

  • Dr. Shyam Sunder  Department of Applied Science and Humanities, Ch. Devi Lal State Institute of Engineering & Technology Panniwala Mota, Sirsa, India
  • Dr. Wazir Singh  Department of Applied Science and Humanities, Ch. Devi Lal State Institute of Engineering & Technology Panniwala Mota, Sirsa, India

Keywords:

Zinc aluminate, Nanoparticle, Coprecipitation, Structure Characterization

Abstract

Zinc aluminate (ZnAl2O4) has the spinel structure and has been used as a catalyst itself, catalyst support, catalysis and in many catalytic reactions, such as cracking, dehydration, hydrogenation, dehydrogenation reactions, the phosphor host etc. At calcination temperature 700°C (4h), an intermediate phase (γ-Al2O3, a rock salt type structure) of cubic ZnAl2O4 was formed. At calcination temperature 800°C (4h), interfacial interaction between high reactive decomposed products γ-Al2O3 and ZnO and their mixing at molecular level yielded ZnAl2O4 face-centred cubic spinel nanopowder via distribution of cations among the interstitial sites. It is observed that calcination enhances the crystallinity and transmission of the spinel; and also controls dislocation density and amount of stress at the surface and hence yields the strength of the material. A single phase ZnAl2O4 face centred cubic spinel nanopowder (grain size ~ 25 nm) can be obtained by using  co-precipitation method followed by thermal treatment at temperature 900°C for 4h, in air.

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Dr. Shyam Sunder, Dr. Wazir Singh, " Thermal Evolution of Zinc Aluminate Spinel Nanoparticles Prepared by Coprecipitation Technique, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 3, Issue 8, pp.1302-1315, November-December-2017.