Synthesis of Hydroxyapatite and ZnO Nanoparticles via Different Routes and its Comparative Analysis
Hydroxyapatite (HAp) was prepared from egg shells by various routes using hexane and acetic acid followed by heat treatment. HAp has a wide application in water treatment by removal of metal ions. XRD of the samples showed use of acetic acid followed by high temperature sintering leads to formation crystalline phases of HAp. Strong evidence of CaCO3 in calcite phase was obtained in other samples. Zinc oxide nanoparticles have also been synthesized by different methods such as sol-gel, co- precipitate and green synthesis. The effect of different synthesis methods were investigated using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). The structural properties of nanoparticles including particle size were calculated from XRD data. The XRD reveals that the prepared ZnO samples were highly crystalline, having wurtzite crystal structure. The comparative analysis shows variations in particle size with different synthesis methods.