Authors: Zhimei Xia Shengming Jin Kun Liu
Publish Date: 2016/08/04
Volume: 47, Issue: 5, Pages: 2793-2798
Abstract
Ultrafine nickel powders containing hexagonal closepacked nickel hcpNi nanocrystallites were prepared using liquidphase reduction with NiC2O4 NaOH polyvinylpyrrolidone PVP and ethylene glycol EG The nickel powders were characterized by XRD and SEM TG analysis was used to determine the thermal stability of ultrafine nickel powders The results showed that nickel powders with 451 pct of hcpNi nanocrystallites were synthesized under the following conditions a reflux time of 3 hours an NiC2O4toEG molar ratio of 001 5 g/L PVP and 85 g/L NaOH SEM results illustrated that spherical particles of size 500 nm were obtained The results of thermal stability showed that the antioxidant property at high temperature was improved with the increase of hcpNi content The oxidation rate of nickel powders with 433 pct hcpNi was less than 50 pct even if the temperature was up to 873 K 600 °C
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