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- Title
Effects of Milling pH and Hydrothermal Treatment on Formation of Nanostructured Boehmite Binder for Alumina Extrusion.
- Authors
Lima, Maurício Batista de; Tercini, Marcela Bergamaschi; Santos, Sydney Ferreira; Ortega, Fernando dos Santos; Yoshimura, Humberto Naoyuki
- Abstract
The in situ formation of nanostructured aluminum hydroxides on the surface of alumina particles, which can work as inorganic binder, was reported in this paper. The effect of the suspension pH during milling of alumina powder and subsequent hydrothermal treatment for the hydroxide formation and microstructure was depicted. Under acidic pH condition, the formation of hydroxides was not observed. When the pH of suspension changed from acidic to basic during milling, bayerite [Al(OH)3] nanoparticles were formed, but only a fraction of this hydroxide was converted to boehmite (AlOOH) during subsequent hydrothermal treatment. The aluminum hydroxide and oxyhydroxide formed in this condition improved the smoothness of extruded rods and the strength of presintered segments. For the powder milled under basic pH condition, the mechanochemically formed bayerite was completely converted into boehmite nanoparticles during the hydrothermal treatment. The presence of boehmite nanoparticles contributed to improving plasticity during extrusion, which allowed the reduction of organic binder and increased the strength of presintered alumina rods.
- Subjects
ALUMINUM oxide; ALUMINUM hydroxide; BOEHMITE; ORGANIC solvents; NANOPARTICLES; BINDING agents; THERMAL properties
- Publication
Journal of Nanomaterials, 2017, p1
- ISSN
1687-4110
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2017/6273095