Preparation and characterization of α-Fe2O3 via auto-combustion synthesis | ||
Journal of Basic and Environmental Sciences | ||
Volume 5, Issue 3, July 2018, Pages 252-255 PDF (128.25 K) | ||
Document Type: Original Article | ||
DOI: 10.21608/jbes.2018.370486 | ||
Authors | ||
Ayman A. Ali; Mostafa Y. Nassar; Abd elazeem M. El sharkwy; Alaa S. Amin; Esraa A. Abdel Lateif | ||
Chemistry Department, Faculty of science, Benha University, Benha, Egypt | ||
Abstract | ||
Hematite nanoparticles (α-Fe2O3) have been successfully fabricated by using auto-combustion method followed by calcination at 600 oC for one hour. The synthesized iron oxide nanoparticles were characterized by different tools such as Xray powder diffraction (XRD), Field-emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) and Fourier transform infrared analysis (FT-IR). The average crystallite size of the as-fabricated iron oxide was calculated to be 54 nm. The characteristic absorption peaks at 535 and 450 cm-1 correspond to iron-oxygen stretching and bending vibration mode of α-Fe2O3, respectively. The FE-SEM photograph displayed that the synthesized hematite nanoparticles are agglomerated in quasi- spherical shapes with hard agglomeration and the average particle size in the range 1 µm | ||
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