Open AccessEconomically viable synthesis of Fe3O4 nanoparticles and their characterization
Author(s) -
Varsha Srivastava,
Pankaj Singh,
Chih–Huang Weng,
Yogesh Chandra Sharma
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
polish journal of chemical technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1899-4741
pISSN - 1509-8117
DOI - 10.2478/v10026-011-0015-8
Subject(s) - coprecipitation , nanoparticle , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , materials science , analytical chemistry (journal) , aqueous solution , transmission electron microscopy , nuclear chemistry , characterization (materials science) , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , chromatography , engineering
Economically viable synthesis of Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles and their characterization Nano iron oxide particles (Fe 3 O 4 ) were synthesized by coprecipitation of Fe 2+ and Fe 3+ by ammonia solution in the aqueous phase. Various instrumentation methods such as X ray Diffractometry (XRD), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) and Vibrating Sample Magnetometery (VSM) were used to characterize the properties of nanoparticles. The size of the nanoparticles was measured and was found to be between 10 to 15 nm. The value of saturation magnetization of the nanoparticles was found to be 55.26 emu/g. The BET surface area of nano iron oxide particles measured to be 86.55 m 2 /g.