MICROSTRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF BOEHMITE FORMED UNDER HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS

Citation
S. Music et al., MICROSTRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF BOEHMITE FORMED UNDER HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS, Materials science & engineering. B, Solid-state materials for advanced technology, 52(2-3), 1998, pp. 145-153
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science","Physics, Condensed Matter
ISSN journal
09215107
Volume
52
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
145 - 153
Database
ISI
SICI code
0921-5107(1998)52:2-3<145:MPOBFU>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The microstructural properties of boehmite formed in an alkaline mediu m under hydrothermal conditions were investigated using X-ray diffract ion (XRD), Fourier transform IR (FT-IR) spectroscopy, transmission ele ctron microscopy (TEM) and microelectrophoresis. The bayerite formed a t the beginning of the precipitation process converted to boehmite by the dissolution/ reprecipitation mechanism. Boehmite crystallites were in the nanosize range and of anisotropic shape, as determined by XRD. A tendency toward an increase in the crystallite size with prolonged duration of autoclaving was evident both at 160 and 120 degrees C. The boehmite particles produced by autoclaving at 160 degrees C for 10 h looked like thin microfoils, i.e. different from the boehmite morpholo gy usually obtained (rods, fibrils and very small plates). The factors that influence the pH(iep) of boehmite particles are discussed. The F T-IR spectra of bayerite and boehmite are interpreted. (C) 1998 Elsevi er Science S.A. All rights reserved.