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http://dx.doi.org/10.9713/kcer.2011.49.5.664

Synthesis of ${\alpha}$-Alumina Nanoparticles Through Partial Hydrolysis of Aluminum Chloride Vapor  

Park, Hoey Kyung (Department of Chemical Engineering, Kongju National University)
Yoo, Youn Sug (Department of Chemical Engineering, Kongju National University)
Park, Kyun Young (Department of Chemical Engineering, Kongju National University)
Jung, Kyeong Youl (Department of Chemical Engineering, Kongju National University)
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.49, no.5, 2011 , pp. 664-668 More about this Journal
Abstract
Spherical alumina precursors represented by $AlO_xCl_y(OH)_z$, 30~200 nm in particle diameter, were prepared by partial hydrolysis of $AlCl_3$ vapor in a 500 ml reactor. Investigated on the particle morphology and size were the effects of the reaction time, the stirring speed and the reaction temperature. The particle morphology and size was insensitive to the reaction time in the range 20 to 300 s. The variation of the stirring speed from 0 to 300 and 800 rpm showed that the particle size was the largest at 0 rpm. As the temperature was varied from 180 to 190, 200, $140^{\circ}C$, the particle size showed a maximum at $190^{\circ}C$. By calcination of the as-produced particles at $1,200^{\circ}C$ for 6h with a heating rate of $10^{\circ}C$/min, ${\alpha}$-alumina particles 45 nm in surface area equivalent diameter were obtained. The particle shape after calcination turned wormlike due to sintering between neighboring particles. A rapid calcination at $1400^{\circ}C$ for 0.5 h with a higher heating rate of $50^{\circ}C$/min reduced the sintering considerably. An addition of $SiCl_4$ or TMCTS(2,4,6,8-tetramethylcyclosiloxane) to the $AlCl_3$ reduced the sintering effectively in the calcination step; however, peaks of ${\gamma}$ or mullite phase appeared. An addition of $AlF_3$ to the particles obtained from the hydrolysis resulted in a hexagonal disc shaped alumina particles.
Keywords
${\alpha}$-Alumina Particles; $AlCl_3$ Vapor; Hydrolysis; Calcination;
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