Effects of Calcination Temperature on properties of Mg-Al mixed oxide nanoparticle.

Abstract

The limited size and high density of surface sites that characterize nanoparticles result in unique chemical and physical properties. Magnesium aluminum mixed oxide was synthesized by co-precipitation method using Al2 (SO4)3.16H2O and MgSO4.7H2O precursors in 1:1 molar ratio. The calcination temperature was varied from 250, 300 and 700o C. Nanoparticles synthesized were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and TGA-DTA. At low temperature synthesized spherical particles are amorphous and they start to transform into spinel crystalline structure around 650o C. Generally particle size increased with increase in temperature.