Abstract
The autoignition technique using glycine as fuel and related nitrate salts as an oxidiser is able to produce zinc aluminate spinel. The precursors were synthesised with lean and rich fuel at pH of 7.0 and the materials so obtained were calcined at various temperatures ranging from 600-1200°C. The autoignition process of precursors was studied by the simultaneous thermo-gravimetric and differential thermal analyses to determine the ignition mechanism. The calcined powders were characterised by X-ray diffraction, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller technique and transmission electron microscopy. The product contains nano-sized particles with an average size of approximately 20 nm. The XRD patterns showed the formation of ZnO in the powder obtained by the fuel-rich precursor and calcined at 600°C which disappears at 800°C due to solid-state reaction and proper crystallisation after heat treatment. The results presented here can be useful in manufacturing nano and micro-sized ZnAl2O4 on an industrial scale using the combustion technique.
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