scholarly journals The Characterization of Heterogeneous Nanocatalyst of Biohydroxyapatite-Lithium and its Application for Converting Malapari Seed Oil (Milletia pinnata L.) to Biodiesel

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 1817-1823
Author(s):  
I. Nengah Simpen ◽  
I. Made Sutha Negara ◽  
Ni Made Puspawati

Heterogeneous nanocatalyst of biohydroxyapatite-lithium (HA-Li) has been prepared through modification of HA extracted from bovine bone waste with Li at various calcination temperatures (400-700oC). Characterizations of the heterogeneous catalysts were including surface acidity-basicity, functional groups, BET surface area, particle size, and surface morphology. Optimization of catalyst ratios (1-7%) with the best characterization was applied for converting Malapari seed oil (Milletia pinnata L.) to biodiesel. The characterization results showed that HA-Li catalyst calcinated at 600oChad the highest surface basicity and Lewis acid sites revealing specific functional group of O-Li at wavenumber of 1612.49 cm-1. BET surface area of HA-Li catalyst decreased with increased average particle size. SEM analysis suggested that morfology of catalysts formed stack of agglomerates. The highest yield of biodiesel obtained on a catalyst ratio of 5% was 88.16%. GC-MS analysis showed 10 peaks, and 5 of the peaks exhibiting the highest percentage area were identified as methyl oleic, methyl palmitic, methyl erusic, methyl stearic, and methyl linoleic.

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 3770-3779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umar Farooq ◽  
Farheen Naz ◽  
Ruby Phul ◽  
Nayeem Ahmad Pandit ◽  
Sapan Kumar Jain ◽  
...  

This paper reports the attempt to develop an efficient heterostructure photocatalyst by employing SrZrO3 as ferroelectric substrate with deposited nanostructured CdS semiconductor on the surface. Primarily bare SrZrO3 and CdS nanoparticles were synthesized by using polymeric citrate precursor and co-precipitation routes, respectively. The chemical deposition technique was used to develop the CdS over the surface of the pre-synthesized SrZrO3 nanoparticles. The synthesized bare nanoparticles and their heterostructure were characterized by XRD which shows the formation of orthorhombic and face centred cubic (FCC) phases of SrZrO3 and CdS, respectively. TEM was used to estimate the morphology and particle size of as-synthesized nanoparticles, which shows the average particle size of 14, 24 and 25 nm for SrZrO3, CdS and SrZrO3/CdS, respectively. The BET surface area of SrZrO3, CdS and SrZrO3/CdS samples was found to be 299, 304 and 312 m2/g respectively. Methylene blue was used as model pollutant to determine the photocatalytic activity of the synthesized nanomaterials. The heterostructure shows an enhanced activity as compared to bare nanoparticles. Dielectric constant and dielectric loss of the nanoparticles was investigated as a function of frequency at room temperature and as a function of temperature at 500 kHz. The room temperature dielectric constant for SrZrO3, CdS and SrZrO3/CdS was found to be 13.2, 17.8 and 25.5 respectively at 100 kHz.


2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (10) ◽  
pp. 2489-2494
Author(s):  
S.S. Sagar ◽  
R.P. Chavan

The present study deals with hydrothermal synthesis of SiO2 composite MgMnO3 catalyst. The obtained polycrystalline product was analyzed by using physical investigative techniques including XRD, SEM, EDAX, TEM, SAED and BET surface area. The product corresponded to average particle size of 100 nm by TEM images. The BET surface area was found 234.38 cm2/g for SiO2 composite MgMnO3 catalyst which indicates a good catalytic property. The synthesized catalyst was applied for the synthesis of 1H-pyrazolo[1,2-b]-phthalazine-5,10-dione in presence of ethanol as a solvent at 80 ºC. The current procedure and catalyst offers the gains of clean reaction, short reaction time, high yield, easy purification and financial availability of the catalyst.


2016 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 721-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek Wojnarowicz ◽  
Roman Mukhovskyi ◽  
Elzbieta Pietrzykowska ◽  
Sylwia Kusnieruk ◽  
Jan Mizeracki ◽  
...  

Mn-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles were prepared by using the microwave solvothermal synthesis (MSS) technique. The nanoparticles were produced from a solution of zinc acetate dihydrate and manganese(II) acetate tetrahydrate using ethylene glycol as solvent. The content of Mn2+ in Zn1− x Mn x O ranged from 1 to 25 mol %. The following properties of the nanostructures were investigated: skeleton density, specific surface area (SSA), phase purity (XRD), lattice parameters, dopant content, average particle size, crystallite size distribution, morphology. The average particle size of Zn1− x Mn x O was determined using Scherrer’s formula, the Nanopowder XRD Processor Demo web application and by converting the specific surface area results. X-ray diffraction of synthesized samples shows a single-phase wurtzite crystal structure of ZnO without any indication of additional phases. Spherical Zn1− x Mn x O particles were obtained with monocrystalline structure and average particle sizes from 17 to 30 nm depending on the content of dopant. SEM images showed an impact of the dopant concentration on the morphology of the nanoparticles.


2010 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 163-169
Author(s):  
Hong Xia Qiao ◽  
Zhi Qiang Wei ◽  
Ming Ru Zhou ◽  
Zhong Mao He

Copper nanoparticles were successfully prepared in large scales by means of anodic arc discharging plasma method in inert atmosphere. The particle size, specific surface area, crystal structure and morphology of the samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), BET equation, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and the corresponding selected area electron diffraction (SAED). The experiment results indicate that the crystal structure of the samples is fcc structure as same as that of the bulk materials. The specific surface area is is 11 m2/g, with the particle size distribution ranging from 30 to 90 nm, the average particle size about 67nm obtained from TEM and confirmed from XRD and BET results. The nanoparticles have uniform size, higher purity, narrow size distribution and spherical shape can be prepared by this convenient and effective method.


2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lizina Khatua ◽  
Rudrashish Panda ◽  
Avanendra Singh ◽  
Arpan Nayak ◽  
Pravakar Satapathy ◽  
...  

In this work, the ZnO-TiO2 mixed phase nanoparticles were prepared by solid state reaction method by using ZnO and TiO2 powder as precursors. The X-ray diffraction pattern shows a dominant phase of Zinc Orthotitanate (Zn2TiO4). The average particle size (58?18 nm) calculated by the analysing FESEM data closely matches with the particle size calculated by Scherrer?s equation. The calculated average particle size is significantly smaller than the previously published results of nanoparticles, prepared by same method. In the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) study the specific surface area of the nanoparticles was found as 8.78 m2/g which is similar to the surface area reported in this material prepared by mechanochemical method. The method which we report is simpler and cost effective unlike the previous reported.


2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongxia Qiao ◽  
Zhiqiang Wei ◽  
Hua Yang ◽  
Lin Zhu ◽  
Xiaoyan Yan

NiO nanoparticles with average particle size of 25 nm were successfully prepared by anodic arc plasma method. The composition, morphology, crystal microstructure, specific surface area, infrared spectra, and particle size distribution of product were analyzed by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and the corresponding selected area electron diffraction (SAED), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrum, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET)N2adsorption. The experiment results show that the NiO nanoparticles are bcc structure with spherical shape and well dispersed, the particle size distribution ranging from 15 to 45 nm with the average particle size is about 25 nm, and the specific surface area is 33 m2/g. The infrared absorption band of NiO nanoparticles shows blue shifts compared with that of bulk NiO.


2016 ◽  
Vol 680 ◽  
pp. 198-202
Author(s):  
Chao Wang ◽  
Si Qin Zhao ◽  
S. Asuha

In this paper, a series of mesoporous TiO2 photocatalyst were prepared by hydrothermal method using block copolymer P123 as template and Ti (OBu)4 as titanium source. The microstructure and spectroscopy performance of the prepared TiO2 were characterized by means of XRD, SEM, TEM, BET, and BJH analysis, and the photocatalytic activity of mesoporous TiO2 were examined by measuring the photodegradation of methyl orange , then discussed the best prepared conditions of mesoporous TiO2 photocatalyst. The results showed that the products were all anatase mesoporous TiO2 nanopowder, the average particle size is about 7nm and all have the Langmuir type IV pore structure. The best prepared condition: hydrothermal temperature is 160°C, hydrothermal time is 24h, mesoporous TiO2 photocatalyst has the BET surface area of 146m2/g , it’s photocatalytic degradation rate is 97.07% in an hour.


2007 ◽  
Vol 121-123 ◽  
pp. 97-100
Author(s):  
D. Yang ◽  
Ming Fen Wen ◽  
Ch.L. Song ◽  
Jian Chen ◽  
Yong Wan Gu

Herein mesoporous CeO2 with high thermal stability was synthesized via a new hydroxycarbonates based hydrothermal threatment approach in present of hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). IR and XRD prove the coexistence of hydroxycarbonate cerium and CTAB in precursors. TEM micrographs show that non-ordered pore structure is formed in the product, and average particle size of 20 nm is obtained even after calcined at 1173 K. BET results exhibit that the pore structure is stable when the calcination temperature is below 923 K. However, While calcinated at 1173 K, the average particle size is 20 nm, the BET surface area and pore volume can remain as high as 31.07 m2/g and 0.21 cm3 g-1.


Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Methakarn Jarnthong ◽  
Chutarat Malawet ◽  
Lusheng Liao ◽  
Puwang Li ◽  
Zheng Peng ◽  
...  

Ultra-fine oil palm ash (OPA) particles were successfully prepared using ultrasonication along with optimal chemical deagglomeration. The influence of chemical treatment by sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution on the OPA particles was found to be an important factor in enhancing deagglomeration efficiency. The average particle size of the original OPA (41.651 μm) decreased remarkably more than 130 times (0.318 μm) with an obvious increase of Brunauer–Emmet–Teller (BET) surface area after treating the OPA with 3M NaOH, followed by ultrasonication for 30 min. The changes in particle size and surface morphology were investigated using transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Moreover, the chemical functional groups of the untreated and treated OPA showed different patterns of infrared spectra by the presence of sodium carbonate species owing to the effect of NaOH treatment. The incorporation of both untreated and treated OPA in natural rubber by increasing their loading can improve cure characteristics (i.e., reducing optimum cure time and increasing torques) and cure kinetic parameters (i.e., increasing the rate of cure and reducing activation energy). Nevertheless, the strength, degree of reinforcement, and thermal stability of treated OPA as well as wettability between treated OPA particles and NR were greater than that resulting from the untreated OPA.


2014 ◽  
Vol 698 ◽  
pp. 452-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekaterina A. Nosova ◽  
Antonina A. Kuzina ◽  
Anna V. Kuts

Compacting after pressing and sintering of briquettes made from an aluminum powder with an average particle size from 50 to 150 microns, the specific surface area Ssp=0.26 m2/g and a nickel powder with an average particle size from 25 to 100 microns, the specific surface area Ssp= 0.03 m2/g has been investigated. Pressing load varied from 15 to 25 MPa for the aluminum powder and from 20 to 45 MPa for the nickel powder. Sintering of aluminum powder briquettes was carried out at temperatures (0.5-0.83) of melting temperature, (0.3-0.46) of melting temperature from the nickel powder. It is shown that the application of high pressure, low temperatures and short time makes it possible to receive pseudo-ligatures from an aluminum powder with porosity about 32% and a nickel powder with porosity about 30%.


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