Hydrothermal extraction of α-Fe2O3 nanocrystallite from hematite ore

N.M. Khalil; M.M.S. Wahsh; Elhadi E. Saad

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.21, 1214-1218, January, 2015

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2014.05.037 Export Citation

Hydrothermal extraction of α-Fe2O3 nanocrystallite from hematite ore

N.M. Khalil^{1, 2, †}, M.M.S. Wahsh², and Elhadi E. Saad³

¹Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences and Arts, Khulais, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
²Refractories, Ceramics and Building Materials Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
³Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Sebha University, Sebha, Libya, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

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α-Fe2O3 nanocrystallite has been extracted from its ore raw material by using simple chemical method. Mineralogical and chemical compositions of the raw material were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), infrared (IR) and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) techniques. Also, thermal behavior including thermogravimetry (TG) and differential thermal analysis (DTA) of the raw material was examined. Scherrer’s equation and XRD data were used to determinate the crystallite size and phase composition of the extracted hematite nanocrystallite. Morphology of the extracted α-Fe2O3 particles was tested using scanning electron microscope (SEM). About 96.80% of the total iron oxide present in the rawmaterial sample was extracted as α-Fe2O3 with the average crystallite size less than 100 nm. The extracted α-Fe2O3 nanocrystallite is considered as a promise material for great technological applications as ceramic humidity sensors, catalysts, pigments, ferrofluid, recording systems, etc.

Keywords:Chemical reactions;α-Fe2O3;Powders;Nano materials

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