Low Temperature Synthesis of Hexagonal Shapedα-Al2O3Using a Solvothermal Method
This study demonstrates the low temperature synthesis ofα-Al2O3by solvothermal method using gibbsite alumina precursor in 1, 4-butanediol solvent according to various pH conditions. In acidic solution, an orthorhombic boehmite (AlOOH) structure was obtained after solvothermal reaction. A significant result in this study was that the solvothermally synthesized alumina inpH=9at 300 °C for 36 h represented a rhombohedralα-Al2O3structure hexagonal shaped with about 1.5~2.0 μm of particle size. Otherwise, theα-Al2O3structure was rather changed to the mixture of a boehmite andα-Al2O3structures abovepH=11. In the case ofα-Al2O3synthesized atpH=9, the specific surface area was 26.18 m2/g, and the particles that were stable in acidic solution resulted in 61.80 mV of zeta potential.