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Poster Session, Tuesday, June 15<br />

Theme A1 - B702<br />

A rapid synthesis and charac terization of nano-crystall<strong>in</strong>e CoCr 2 O<br />

4<br />

Figen Kurtulus<br />

1 and Gulsah Celik 2 *<br />

1 Balikesir University, Faculty of Science, Chemistry Department, Balikesir 10145, Turkey<br />

2 Balikesir University, Science Institute, Balikesir 10145, Turkey<br />

Abstract- Nanocrystall<strong>in</strong>e cobalt chromite (CoCr 2 O 4 ) was synthesized by rapid microwave method us<strong>in</strong>g Cr(NO 3 ) 3·9H 2 O and<br />

Co(NO 3 ) 2·6H 2 O raw materials with molar ratio 1:2. The synthesized product was characterization by powder X-ray diffraction and Fourier<br />

Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. Nanocrystall<strong>in</strong>e CoCr 2 O 4 (ICDD Card no:78-0711) crystallizes <strong>in</strong> the face-centered cubic system, space<br />

group Fd 3 m (227), with cell parametres a = 8.334 Å and V = 578.97 Å 3 . The cristall<strong>in</strong>e gra<strong>in</strong> size of CoCr 2 O 4 was calculated as 83,5 nm<br />

by Debye Scherrer Formula.<br />

In recent years, sp<strong>in</strong>el-type oxides based on 3d<br />

transitation metals have been the subject of <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g<br />

fundamental and applied research because of their catalytic<br />

properties [1,2]. Sp<strong>in</strong>els are represented by the Formula<br />

AB 2 O 4 , <strong>in</strong> which A ions are generally divalent cations<br />

occupy<strong>in</strong>g tetrahedral sites and B ions are trivalent cations<br />

<strong>in</strong> octahedral sites; this is the structure of most chromites<br />

[3]. On the other hand, magmetism of small particles has<br />

generated <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>terest due to their unique magnetic<br />

properties as well as their technological applications [4-7].<br />

CoCr 2 O 4 , has been widely used as dye, catalyst and<br />

substrate for film growth [8]. However, few articles have<br />

reported the synthesis and magnetic of CoCr 2 O 4<br />

nanocrystallites [9]. Synthesis of nanocrystall<strong>in</strong>e cobalt<br />

chromite by different route like co-precipitation method,<br />

thermolysis of polymer-metal complex precursor at a high<br />

temperature for a long time or at low temperature for a<br />

relatively short time have been attempted <strong>in</strong> the literature<br />

[9,10]. The goal of this study is to synthesis<br />

nanocrystall<strong>in</strong>e Co Cr 2 O 4 by an alternatie and relatively<br />

new microwave asisted method and <strong>in</strong>vestigate its<br />

structural properties<br />

A rapid synthesis route of nanocrystall<strong>in</strong>e CoCr 2 O 4 is as<br />

follows: Cr(NO 3 ) 3·9H 2 O and Co(NO 3 ) 2·6H 2 O were<br />

grounded <strong>in</strong> a agate mortar <strong>in</strong> a 1:2 molar ratio, and<br />

transfer <strong>in</strong>to a porcela<strong>in</strong> crucible <strong>in</strong> powder form and<br />

subjected to microwave treatment <strong>in</strong> a domestic<br />

microwave oven (2.45 GHz, 750 W). The f<strong>in</strong>al product<br />

was homogenized. Structural properties of the material<br />

was determ<strong>in</strong>ed by XRD (PANanalytical X’Pert PRO).<br />

Fig. 1. shows the XRD pattern of synthesized product.<br />

Comparison of the XRD pattern with the Standard ICDD<br />

result <strong>in</strong> corresponds to CoCr 2 O 4 (ICDD Cart no:78-<br />

0711). The broad XRD l<strong>in</strong>es <strong>in</strong>dicate that the product is <strong>in</strong><br />

the range of nanosize. Few characteristic peaks of<br />

impurities, <strong>in</strong>dicat<strong>in</strong>g other forms of cobalt oxide (ICDD<br />

Cart no:72-1474), CoO, were detected.<br />

<br />

KT-MD29-2030<br />

+ +<br />

+<br />

+<br />

*<br />

+<br />

20 30 40 50 60 70<br />

2 theta(degree)<br />

Figure 1. XRD pattern of CoCr 2 O 4<br />

FT-IR analysis performed for p repared sample and<br />

spectra are presented <strong>in</strong> Fig. 2. Two significant peaks<br />

are<br />

observed <strong>in</strong> the range of 400-650 cm<br />

for the sample; the<br />

vibration frequency at 648,31 cm -1 is characteristic Co-Ostretch<strong>in</strong>g<br />

modes <strong>in</strong> tetrahedral sites, whereas vibration<br />

+<br />

+<br />

+ CoCr 2O 4<br />

* CoO<br />

* + +<br />

* +<br />

551,32 cm -1 corresponds to the Cr-O <strong>in</strong> an octahedral<br />

environment. The absorption band observed at ~ 1650 cm -1<br />

prove the presence of absorbed water on the surface of the<br />

nano<strong>crystals</strong>.<br />

%T<br />

1652<br />

Figure 2. FT-IR spectrum of CoCr 2 O 4<br />

In summary, Co Cr 2 O 4 nanoparticles were successfully<br />

prepared by a rapid microwave method. Nanocrystall<strong>in</strong>e<br />

CoCr 2 O 4 (ICDD Card no:78-0711) crystallizes <strong>in</strong> the facecentered<br />

cubic system, space group Fd3<br />

m (227), with cell<br />

parametres a = 8.334 Å and V = 578.97 Å 3 . Average<br />

particle size was calculated from XRD pattern by Debye<br />

Scherrer Formula [11]. Scherrer demonstrated <strong>in</strong> 1918 that<br />

the size of a diffract<strong>in</strong>g crystallite is directly related to the<br />

width of the X-ray diffraction peaks aris<strong>in</strong>g from its<br />

crystall<strong>in</strong>e structure. For crystallite sizes less than about<br />

100 nm, this size-<strong>in</strong>duced peak-broaden<strong>in</strong>g effect may be<br />

measured accurately enough to deduce an average gra<strong>in</strong><br />

size <strong>in</strong> the sample. The gra<strong>in</strong> size (D) of the CoCr 2 O 4 was<br />

calculated as 83,5 nm. The result shows that the crystall<strong>in</strong>e<br />

gra<strong>in</strong> size of the CoCr 2 O 4 has <strong>in</strong> the range of nano<br />

extension.<br />

*Correspond<strong>in</strong>g author : 0Tgulsahcelik@bau.edu.tr<br />

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