Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1998, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (4): 507.

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Synthesis of Rare Earth Ultrafine Powders by Spray Pyrolysis (Ⅰ) Particle Morphology and Formation Mechanism of Y2O3 Powder

ZHAO Xin-Yu, ZHANG Yu, GU Hong-Chen, GAO Wei   

  1. Institute of Technical Chemistry and Physics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237
  • Received:1997-06-24 Online:1998-04-24 Published:1998-04-24

Abstract: Spray pyrolysis is a promising process for mass-production of high quality ultrafine powder. However, studies for preparation of rare earth powder by spray pyrolysis are relatively few until now. In this study the spray pyrolysis process was used to prepare Y2O3 ultrafine powder. First, the thermal properties of precursor Y(NO3)3·6H2O were determined by DTAand TG. It was indicated that Y(NO3)3·6H2Owas fully decomposed into Y2O3 above 580 ℃ at a heating rate 20 ℃/min. Based on the thermal analysis results, pure cubic phase Y2O3 powders with uniform size of 0.50~1.50 μm were prepared by spray pyrolysis from aqueous solution of Y(NO3)3·6H2O. The particle size can be adjusted by controlling the operation parameters such as droplet size and concentration of precursor solution. It was proposed that the formation mechanism of Y2O3 powders conforms with One-Droplet One-Particle mechanism(ODOP). This spray pyrolysis process can also be adapted to prepare other kinds of rare earth powders.

Key words: Spray pyrolysis, Y2O3, Ultrafine powders, Rare earth

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