Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2001, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (1): 91.

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Preparation of Carbon-coated Iron Carbide Nanocrystals by Using AC Carbon Arc Discharge Method

ZHANG Xun-Gao, JIANG Ming, LIU Ying, HAO Guang-Ming, XU Zhi-San, ZHU Ling, SHENG Rong-Sheng   

  1. Center of Analysis and Measurement, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
  • Received:1999-08-18 Online:2001-01-24 Published:2001-01-24

Abstract: Ahighly effective method for preparation of carbon-coated iron carbide nanocrystals by ACcarbon arc discharge was studied, the yield of magnetic micro powder was over 90%. The result of thermogravometric analyses(TG)(>800 ℃, O2, 5 ℃/min) indicated that there was 17.5% of Fe wrapped by graphite carbon in the magnetic micro powder. The structural characterization by X-ray diffraction(XRD) and transmission electron microscopy(TEM) revealed that Fe3C and Fe5C2 particles were wrapped by graphite carbon, no evidence of α-Fe was observed. The size of the wrapped iron carbide particles was typically in the range 3—10 nm. The formation mechanism of carbon-coated iron carbide nanocrystals was discussed. The magnetic hysteresis loop(B-H) at room temperature was investigated, it showed that Bs=2.6×10-2 T, Br=2.5×10-3 T, Br/Bs=9.7%, Hc=5.52 kA/m.

Key words: AC carbon arc discharge, Carbon-coated iron carbide nanocrystallite, Nanoparticle, Magnetic micro powder, Magnetic properties

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