THE EFFECT OF PRECIPITATION PARAMETERS ON PREPARATION OF LITHIUM FLUORIDE (LIF) NANO-POWDER |
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Authors: | Rasoul Sarraf-Mamoory Saman Nadery Nastaran Riahi-Noori |
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Affiliation: |
a Materials Department, Faculty of Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran |
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Abstract: | Lithium fluoride powder (LiF) is a white powder with a density of 2.64 gr/cm3 and a melting point of 848°C. This powder has several applications such as flux, glaze, soldering, and aluminum melting process, but one of the most important uses of this powder is its application in dosimetry. The commercial powders currently used for this purpose have average sizes of 5 to 10 micrometers; the objective of this research is to produce LiF powder with nano-metric particle size. In this study, the reaction of LiOH + HF → LiF + H2O has been selected from among several reactions that were able to produce LiF powder, and some precipitation parameters such as temperature, time, agitation type, and supersaturation degree have been controlled. The morphology, phase analysis, and particle size distribution of the resulting powders were analyzed by SEM, XRD, and LPSA. Finally, lithium fluoride nano-powder was synthesized at a temperature of 25°C, pH about 2-3, reaction time less than 1 s, and agitation by ultrasonic bath. |
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Keywords: | Agitation Lithium fluoride Li(OH) Morphology Nano-powder Particle size Precipitation Supersaturation |
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