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dc.contributor.authorChan, Yen
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:54:27Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:54:27Z
dc.date.created2016-05-08T19:30:26Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationChan, Y. 2014. Sol - Gel synthesis and characterization of magnesium peroxide nanoparticles. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 78 (1): pp. 1-13.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16207
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/1757-899X/78/1/012005
dc.description.abstract

Magnesium peroxide is an excellent source of oxygen in agriculture applications, for instance it is used in waste management as a material for soil bioremediation to remove contaminants from polluted underground water, biological wastes treatment to break down hydrocarbon, etc. In the present study, sol-gel synthesis of magnesium peroxide (MgO2) nanoparticles is reported. Magnesium peroxide is odourless; fine peroxide which releases oxygen when reacts with water. During the sol-gel synthesis, the magnesium malonate intermediate is formed which was then calcinated to obtain MgO2 nanoparticles. The synthesized nanoparticles were characterized using Thermo gravimetric -Differential Thermal Analysis (TG- DTA), X-Ray Diffraction studies (XRD) and High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope (HRTEM). Our study provides a clear insight that the formation of magnesium malonate during the synthesis was due to the reaction between magnesium acetate, oxalic acid and ethanol. In our study, we can conclude that the calcination temperature has a strong influence on particle size, morphology, monodispersity and the chemistry of the particles.

dc.publisherIOP Publishing Ltd
dc.titleSol - Gel synthesis and characterization of magnesium peroxide nanoparticles
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume78
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage1
dcterms.source.endPage13
dcterms.source.titleIOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
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This open access article is distributed under the Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

curtin.departmentCurtin Sarawak
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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