Co-precipitation technique to prepare BiTaO4 powders
Title | Co-precipitation technique to prepare BiTaO4 powders |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2008 |
Authors | Muthurajan, H, Gupta, UN, Rituraj, B, N. Rao, K, Pradhan, S, Radha, R, Ravi, V |
Journal | Materials Letters |
Volume | 62 |
Issue | 3 |
Pagination | 501-503 |
Date Published | FEB |
Type of Article | Article |
ISSN | 0167-577X |
Keywords | BiTaO4, Ceramics, Chemical synthesis, Electron microscopy, Oxides, X-ray diffraction |
Abstract | A simple co-precipitation technique has been successfully used for the preparation of pure ultrafine single phase BiTaO4. A standard ammonium hydroxide solution was used to precipitate Bi3+ and Ta5+ cations as hydroxides simultaneously under basic conditions. This precursor, on heating at 600 degrees C, produced product phase. This is the lowest temperature for the formation of BiTaO4 phase so far reported in the literature. For comparison BiTaO4 powders were also prepared by the traditional solid state method. The phase contents and lattice parameters were studied by the powder X-ray diffraction (XRD). (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
DOI | 10.1016/j.matlet.2007.05.074 |
Type of Journal (Indian or Foreign) | Foreign |
Impact Factor (IF) | 2.437 |
Divison category:
Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry
Physical and Materials Chemistry