Hydrothermal synthesis of magnetite: investigation of influence of aging time and mechanism
- Author(s): Xiaoning Sun 1, 2 ; Kangning Sun 1, 2 ; Yanjie Liang 1, 2
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Affiliations:
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Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education), Shandong University, Jinan 250061, People's Republic of China;
2: Key Laboratory of Engineering Ceramics, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, People's Republic of China
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Affiliations:
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Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education), Shandong University, Jinan 250061, People's Republic of China;
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Volume 10, Issue 2,
February 2015,
p.
99 – 104
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2014.0344 , Online ISSN 1750-0443
© The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Received
16/06/2014,
Accepted
09/12/2014,
Revised
21/09/2014,
Published
13/02/2015
Magnetite (Fe3O4) particles are prepared by a hydrothermal method using ethylene glycol as the solvent. Aging time is a very important factor in the reaction process. The properties and morphology of the products with different aging times are investigated. In the initial stage of the reaction (1 and 2 h), the main powders were iron hydroxides. Fe3O4 particles generated (3 h) and grew into spherical shapes (4–10 h) with the extended aging time. The particle size and the specific saturation magnetisation also varied with aging time. By analysing the powders and the liquids during the reaction, a probable mechanism is studied.
Inspec keywords: ferromagnetic materials; powders; iron compounds; particle size; magnetic particles; crystal growth from solution; magnetisation; surface morphology; ageing
Other keywords: magnetite; specific saturation magnetisation; hydrothermal synthesis; morphology; time 1 h to 10 h; iron hydroxide powders; particle size; ethylene glycol solvent; aging time; mechanism research; spherical shapes; Fe3O4
Subjects: Ferromagnetism of nonmetals; Other heat and thermomechanical treatments; Fine-particle magnetic systems; Structure of powders and porous materials; Crystal growth from solution; Magnetization curves, hysteresis, Barkhausen and related effects; Powder techniques, compaction and sintering; Solid surface structure
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