Dual role of Magnesium as a catalyst and precursor with enriched boron in the synthesis of Magnesium diboride nanoparticles

Ahmad, P. and Khandaker, Mayeen Uddin * and Jamil, S. and Rehman, F. and Muhammad, N. and Ullah, Z. and Rauf Khan, M. and Khan, G. and Alotaibi, M. A. and Alharthi, A. I. and Din, I. U. and Hussain, F. and Khan, M. I. and Ali, H. (2020) Dual role of Magnesium as a catalyst and precursor with enriched boron in the synthesis of Magnesium diboride nanoparticles. Ceramics International, 46 (17). pp. 26809-26812. ISSN 0272-8842

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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.07.156

Abstract

Nano-scale powder of Magnesium (Mg) is found to play the dual role of catalyst and precursor with Boron-10 (10B) in the synthesis of Magnesium diboride nanoparticles (Mg10B2NPs) at 800 °C. Catalytically, Mg softens and melts enriched Boron at a relatively lower temperature than its actual boiling point. As a precursor, it reacts with enriched Boron and forms the Mg10B2 compound. The nano-size catalyst and precursors help to grow the as-formed Mg10B2 compound in the form of nanoparticles. The shape or morphology of the synthesized Mg10B2NPs is revealed via field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). Energy dispersive x-ray (EDX) spectroscopy has been performed to spot the elemental composition, whereas, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) are used to verify the composition and study the phase of the synthesized particles.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Magnesium; Catalyst; Dual-role; Precursor; Nanomaterials
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General) > R895-920 Medical Physics/Medical Radiology
Divisions: Others > Non Sunway Academics
Sunway University > School of Medical and Life Sciences [formerly School of Healthcare and Medical Sciences until 2020] > Centre of Biomedical Physics [wef 2021 changed to Research Centre for Applied Physics and Radiation Technologies and moved to SET ]
Depositing User: Dr Janaki Sinnasamy
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Date Deposited: 11 Mar 2021 07:16
Last Modified: 11 Mar 2021 07:16
URI: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/id/eprint/1607

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