Coating of Fe, Ni on α-alumina microspheres by heterogeneous precipitation

Abstract

The precursors with NiCO₃ · 2Ni(OH)₂ · 2H₂O, Fe₂O₃ · nH₂O coated alumina microspheres were prepared by the aqueous heterogeneous precipitation using metal salts, ammonium bicarbonate and α-Al₂O₃ micropowders as the starting materials. Magnetic metal Ni, α-Fe coated alumina, core-shell structural microspheres were successfully obtained by thermal reduction of the precursors at 700 °C for 2 h, respectively. Powders of the precursors and the resultant metal (Ni, α-Fe) coated alumina micropowders were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. The results show that optimized precipitation parameters are concentration of alumina micropowders of 15 g/L, rate of adding reactants of 5 mL/min and pH value of 7.5. And under the optimized conditions, the spherical precursors without aggregations or agglomerations are obtained, then transferred into Ni, α-Fe coated alumina microspheres by thermal reduction. It is possible to adjust metal coating thicknesses and fabricate a multilayer structured metal/ceramics, core-shell microspherical powder materials.

Keywords

heterogeneous precipitation / metal-coated alumina microsphere / Ni / α-Fe

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