The Sol-Gel Method Of Gels, Glasses, And Ceramic Powders

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Sol gel method is a chemical synthesis technique for preparing gels, glasses, and ceramic powders because with the colloidal suspension-gel method we can manage to get up fine particles, control the uniformity of particle shape, control the final form of the sample, improve the particle size distribution, or develop low temperature routes [21] shown in figure 2 below. On the other hand, this process reaction are much more rapid and the degree of functionalization of the material can be kept in line [49]. The sol-gel process involves the use of metal alkoxides, which undergo hydrolysis and condensation polymerization reactions to give gels or aerogels with addition of acid as a catalyst which influence the gelation process of the solution [50]. Producing glass ceramic …show more content…

For sol-gel method Zn2SiO4 doped transition metal element ions synthesis typically uses zinc nitrate hexahydrate (Zn(NO3)2), tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) act as SiO2, and doping ions, (e.g. Cobalt (II) nitrate (Co(NO3)2), manganese (II) nitrate (Mn(NO3)2), lithium nitrate (LiNO3)) as raw materials with molar ratio of 2:1 which were valued based on possible balanced equations: 2Zn (NO3)2·6H2O + Si (OC2H5)4  Zn2SiO4 + 8H2O + 8CO2 + 6H2 + 4NH4 The response is borne out at temperatures from 600 to 1000 ºC for about 1 to 4 hours by using sol-gel method where all of the new materials were first broken up in ethyl alcohol (EtOH) and combine all in concert with different transition metal (e.g. Co (II or III), Mn, Li) concentrations [56, 57]. The mixtures solution then will be stirred around 60-80 °C till they form aerogel with the addition of catalyst acid. The aerogel were then burned or dry heat in oven till dry gel form. Finally, each of the samples is sintered at different temperatures from 600 to 1000 ºC for about 1 to 4 h till they melt [58–60]. The provision of the sample are briefly depicted in Figure 3

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