Sains Malaysiana 38(1):
103-107(2009)
Heat Treatment And Characterization of Yb
Doped Barium
Cerate Prepared via Sol-Gel Technique
(Rawatan Haba dan Pencirian
Barium Serat Terdop Yb yang
disediakan Melalui
Teknik Sol-Gel)
Nafisah Osman*, Ibrahim Abu Talib**
&
Hamidi Abd Hamid
Faculty of Applied
Sciences
Universiti Teknologi
MARA
02600 Arau, Perlis,
Malaysia
**Faculty of Science
& Technology
Universiti Kebangsaan
Malaysia
43600 Bangi,
Selangor, Malaysia
Received: 24 March 2008 / Accepted: 10 May 2008
ABSTRACT
The BaCe0.95Yb0.05O2.975 compound was successfully prepared by the sol-gel method using metal acetate
salts as starting materials. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) results showed
that the carbonate ions residue almost disappeared at calcination temperature
of 1300 oC. Particles size of the final calcined powder obtained from
particle size distribution was in the range of 300-450 nm. Diameter of grains
for the sintered pellet (relative density ≈85 %) obtained from scanning
electron microscope was between 2-5 μm. It is interesting to note that eliminating
the carbonate ions residue enhanced the
mechanical and chemical stability of the sample.
Keywords: Yb-doped BaCeO3; sol-gel method;
microstructure; mechanical stability
ABSTRAK
Sebatian BaCe0.95Yb0.05O2.975 telah berjaya disediakan melalui kaedah sol-gel menggunakan garam berasaskan
asetat. Keputusan daripada spektroskopi transformasi Fourier infra-merah (FTIR)
menunjukkan bahawa sisa ion karbonat hampir dapat disingkirkan pada suhu
kalsinan 1300 oC. Saiz partikel bagi serbuk yang di ambil pada tahap
akhir proses kalsinan didapati berada pada julat 300-450 nm. Diameter butiran
bagi pellet yang di sinter (ketumpatan relatif ≈85 %) yang diperolehi
dari mikroskop imbasan elektron adalah berada di antara 2-5 μm. Adalah
menarik untuk di nyatakan bahawa dengan menyingkirkan sisa ion karbonat telah
didapati meningkatkan kestabilan mekanik dan kimia sampel.
Kata kunci: BaCeO3 terdop Yb; kaedah
sol-gel; mikrostruktur; kestabilan mekanik
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