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CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN
Volume 13, Issue 8, Pages 3637-3644Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/cg400627c
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- CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI)
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India
- CSIR Engineering Science Cluster program on BIOCERAM [ESC 0103]
- Indo-Japanese programme of Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
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The phase evolution of iron oxide was monitored by carefully controlling the addition of hydrazine monohydrate (N2H4 center dot H2O) during ultrasonication. The manner in which hydrazine was added affected the hydrolysis of iron(III) nitrate resulting in two different phases of iron oxides such as maghemite (gamma-Fe2O3) or goethite (alpha-FeOOH) as the major products. The formation of ferric hydroxide and Fe2+ during the addition of hydrazine monohydrate to iron salt solution at low pH was confirmed by structure analysis and 1,10-phenanthroline tests, respectively. Synchrotron X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed the formation of spherical maghemite (gamma-Fe2O3) during dropwise addition of hydrazine, whereas the formation of rod-shaped goethite (alpha-FeOOH) was confirmed by the instantaneous addition of hydrazine. Through these experiments, we were able to unequivocally establish the importance of hydrazine addition in controlling the phase formation and growth of iron oxide nanoparticles during sonication.
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