• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.466-471
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• 2014

Hydrous zirconia particles were prepared from $ZrOCl_2$ aqueous solution using an electro-dialysis [ED] process. For the preparation of $(Zr,Y)(OH)_4$ precipitates, 3 mol% $YCl_3$ was added into $ZrOCl_2$ aqueous solution. During the hydrolysis of 0.5 mol/L $(Zr,Y)OCl_2$ solution at $90^{\circ}C$ a slurry solution was obtained. The ED process was used for the removal of chlorine from the slurry solution. Two kinds of slurry solution were sampled at the beginning and end of the ED process. The morphology of hydrous zirconia particles in the solution was observed using an inverted optical microscope and an FE-SEM. The hydrous zirconia particles were nano-crystalline, and easily coagulated with drying. Yttrium stabilized zirconia [YSZ] powder could be obtained by the calcination of $(Zr,Y)(OH)_4$ precipitates prepared from a $(Zr,Y)OCl_2$ solution by the ED process. The coagulated dry powders were shaped and sintered at $1500^{\circ}C$ for 2 h. The sintered body showed a dense microstructure with uniform grain morphology.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제57권1호
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• pp.133-141
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• 2019

침전법으로 환류방법 또는 수열합성법을 이용하여 산 염기점을 갖는 고비표면적 지르코니아를 합성하였다. 제조된 지르코니아는 침전제로 수산화암모늄 수용액을 사용하여 Zr 용액의 pH를 2에서 10 범위 내에서 조절하였으며 질소흡착분석, X-선 회절분석(XRD), 이소프로판올 승온탈착법(IPA-TPD), 주사전자현미경 분석, X-선 광전자분광분석, 산-염기점 분석을 통해 IPA 분해반응의 촉매활성과 연관하여 특성분석을 수행하였다. 환류방법을 사용할 시, tetragonal 상이 높은 지르코니아를 얻기 위해서는 Zr 용액의 pH가 높아야 하며, pH 9 이상에서는 순수한 tetragonal 상의 지르코니아 합성이 가능하였다. 또한, 비표면적이 큰 지르코니아를 얻기 위해서는 높은 pH가 요구되었으며, pH 10에서 합성한 경우에는 $600^{\circ}C$에서 소성 후에도 $260m^2g^{-1}$의 높은 비표면적이 얻어졌다. 하지만 같은 조건 하에서 고압이 수반되는 수열합성에는 $40m^2g^{-1}$ 이하의 매우 낮은 비표면적을 보였으며, monoclinic 상의 지르코니아가 합성되었다. 고 비표면적 tetragonal 상의 지르코니아를 얻기 위해서는 용액의 pH가 가장 큰 영향을 미쳤으며, 용액의 pH와 무관하게 높은 압력이 필요한 수열합성에서는 monoclinic 지르코니아가 생성되었으며 상대적으로 비표면적이 낮게 나타났다. 높은 비표면적과 tetragonal 상을 갖는 지르코니아는 염기점에 비해 산점이 우세하여 IPA 분해반응에서 선택적 탈수반응만 진행되는 프로필렌만 생성되었다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제23권10호
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• pp.543-549
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• 2013

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the effect of a high-energy milling (HEM) process on the particle morphology and the correlation between a thermal treatment and tetragonal/monoclinic nanostructured zirconia powders obtained by a precipitation process. To eliminate chloride residue ions from hydrous zirconia, a modified washing method was used. It was found that the used washing method was effective in removing the chloride from the precipitated gel. In order to investigate the effect of a pre-milling process on the particle morphology of the precipitate, dried $Zr(OH)_4$ was milled using a HEM machine with distilled water. The particle size of the $Zr(OH)_4$ powder exposed to HEM reduced to 100~150 nm, whereas that of fresh $Zr(OH)_4$ powder without a pre-milling process had a large and irregular size of 100 nm~1.5 ${\mu}m$. Additionally, modified heat treatment process was proposed to achieve nano-sized zirconia having a pure monoclinic phase. It was evident that two-step calcining process was effective in perfectly eliminating the tetragonal phase, having a small average particle of ~100 nm with good uniformity compared to the sample calcined by a single-step process, showing a large average particle size of ~300 nm with an irregular particle shape and a broad particle size distribution. The modified method is considered to be a promising process for nano-sized zirconia having a fully monoclinic phase.