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ABSTRACT
Nano-sized γ-Al2O3 was synthesized successfully by a simple method using Al2(SO4)3·18H2O as
aluminium source and in the presence of polyethylene glycol (PEG 2000). FTIR spectroscopy,
X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and transmission electron
microscope (TEM) were used to characterize the structure and morphology of synthesized
powder. The results showed that PEG played a significant role in the decomposition of aluminum
nitrate to γ-aluminum oxide nanoparticles with a size range of 10-15 nm. The experimental results
showed that polyethylene glycol can avoid hard agglomerate during precipitation and that
calcination temperature was the major factor to particles size of the final product and it played a
significant role in the decomposition of aluminum nitrate to γ-aluminum oxide nanoparticles.
1. INTRODUCTION
In the past few years, much attention has been [7]. It is extensively used as catalyst, catalytic
focused on the research field of nano-crystalline supports [8, 9] and adsorbents [9-11]. Chemical
oxide materials, both because of their fundamental routes for production of Al2O3 include sol-gel,
importance and the wide range of potential techno- hydrothermal processing and control precipitation
logical applications [1-6]. Alumina exists in a of aluminum salts, alkoxides and metallic powders
variety of metastable structures including γ-, η-, δ-, [12-15]. Polyethylene glycol (PEG) in aqueous
θ-, κ-and χ-alumina, as well as its stable α-alumina solution is a highly mobile molecule with large
phase. Among these transitions, γ-alumina is one exclusion volume, and mainly free of charges
kind of extremely important nanosized materials which can avoid the strong interaction between the
2. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE
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