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Aluminum Nitrate Nonahydrate Lab Report

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Aluminum isopropoxide (Al(-O-i-Pr)3) and aluminum nitrate nonahydrate (ANN) were used as alumina sources and tetra ethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) as a silica source. Mullite precursor gel solution was prepared by dissolving stoichiometric amounts of aluminium isopropoxide and TEOS in the aqueous solution of aluminium nitrate nonahydrate and stirring it vigorously for 2 hours. The molar ratio of Al(-O-i-Pr)3/Al(NO3)3.9H2O was kept at 7:2 in order to form spinnable sols and the mole ratio of Al/Si was 3:1. Moreover, pH of the solution was also maintained at 5. By adding aqueous solution of five concentrations of thecopper salts- 0.4 M, 0.6 M, 0.8 M, 1.0 M, and 1.2 M to the original solution and stirring it for 90 minutes, doped solutions were prepared. The solution takes the gel form after vigorous stirring and overnight heating at 60C. The samples were then pelletized and sintered at 1100C and 1400C for 3 hours in a muffle furnace under air atmosphere (heating rate 10C/min.). …show more content…

Copper doped mullite samples of different strengths were added to the solution and stirred at the temperature mentioned above for overnight. The films were preparedwith mass fractions of copped doped mullite of 20%. Then it was sonicated in a bath type sonicator for an additional hour to further enhance the dispersion and to eliminate air bubbles simultaneously. Then the ultimate solution was cast and incubated in an oven at 70C for 1-2 hours until film forms. The complete process has been shown in the form of flowchart in Fig.

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