Activation Energy and Synthesis of Nano-mullite by Micro-boiling Method
YANG Zhong-zheng1, YAO Ya-gang2, WONG C P2, LU Yue-jun1
1. Henan Provincial Key Material Laboratory, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450011, China;
2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta 30332-0245, USA
Abstract：Nano-mullite was synthesized by micro-boiling method using aluminium nitrate and silica sol as raw materials, and the activation energy was studied. Grain size, phase composition and morphology of the mullite were analyzed by means of thermogravimetry-differential scanning calorimeter(TG-DSC), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM), respectively. The results show that when Al/Si mole ratio is 3:1 in the raw materials, mullite starts forming at 854℃, Al-Si spinel starts transforming into mullite at 920℃, mullitization is completed at 1200℃, and activation energy of mullite synthesis is (634.52±28.90) kJ·mol-1. After mullite is calcined at 1200℃, and the mole fraction of mullite containing Al2O3 is 59.8%, the average particle size is 31.7nm, with needle shape, and with these needle shape mullite forming a continuous network structure. The synthesizing temperature of mullite and activation energy decrease as mole ratio of Al/Si increases. Activation energy of synthesizing mullite decreases to (514.73 ± 14.40) kJ·mol-1 when mole ratio of Al/Si increases to 6:1.
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YANG Zhong-zheng, YAO Ya-gang, WONG C P, LU Yue-jun. Activation Energy and Synthesis of Nano-mullite by Micro-boiling Method. Journal of Materials Engineering, 2015, 43(6): 26-30.
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