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Synthesis of titanium dioxide by ultrasound assisted sol-gel technique: effect of amplitude (power density) variation
Krishnamurthy Prasad1, D V Pinjari, A B Pandit
1Polymer Engineering and Technology and Surface Coating Technology Division, Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai 400 019, India.
Abstract:
Titanium dioxide was successfully synthesized by utilizing sol-gel technique modified by incorporation of ultrasound as a reaction aid. The effect of amplitude of irradiation (power input varied from 19.9 to 80.8 W) on % Rutile, % yield, % crystallinity, crystallite size and morphological (scanning electron microscopy) properties of the obtained nano-TiO(2) was studied. Calcination temperatures of all the samples were kept constant at 750 degrees C. With increasing ultrasonic irradiation amplitude it is observed that the values of % Rutile (after calcination) increased and reached a peak value after which further increase in amplitude resulted in a decrease in the % Rutile. A similar trend was observed in the case of % crystallinity and % yield of the reaction. On the basis of these results an optimum operating ultrasonic irradiation amplitude for the reaction has been suitably established.
