Rutile [[electronic resource] ] : properties, synthesis and applications / / It-Meng (Jim) Low, editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779507203321
• Autore: Low It-Meng
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2012
• ISBN: 1-61942-236-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Collana: Earth sciences in the 21st century
• Disciplina: 669/.7322
• Soggetti: Rutile; Titanium - Metallurgy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""RUTILEPROPERTIES, SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATIONS""; ""EARTH SCIENCES IN THE 21ST CENTURY""; ""RUTILEPROPERTIES, SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATIONS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""RECOMMENDED READINGS""; ""CHAPTER 1. TITANIUM DIOXIDE AND RUTILE:AN OVERVIEW AND ITSPHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""COMMENTARY""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 2. PHASE STABILITY ANDTRANSFORMATIONS IN TIO2""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. OVERVIEW""; ""2. PROPERTIES OF ANATASE, BROOKITE AND RUTILE""; ""3. APPLICATIONS OF TIO2 PHASES""; ""4. SYNTHESIS ROUTES FOR TIO2 PHASES""""5. STABILITY OF TIO2 PHASES""; ""5.1. Anatase to Rutile Phase Transformation""; ""5.2. Factors Affecting the Stability of Anatase""; ""5.2.1. Effect of Temperature on Anatase to Rutile Transformation""; ""5.2.2. Effect of Pressure on Anatase to Rutile Transformation""; ""5.3. Rutile/Anatase Formation from Brookite""; ""5.4. Effects of Dopants on Anatase to Rutile Transformation""; ""5.4.1. Cationic Dopants""; ""5.4.2. Anionic Dopants""; ""5.5. Surface Energy Changes during Phase Transformations of Nanoparticles""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 3. RUTILE NANOSTRUCTURES:SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND POTENTIALAPPLICATION IN PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESSES""""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PREPARATION AND STOICHIOMETRY OF PURE ANDFE-DOPED RUTILE ; TIO2 SAMPLES""; ""MORPHOLOGY AND MICROSTRUCTURE BYTEM AND HRTEM""; ""STRUCTURE ANALYSIS""; ""OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF RUTILE NANOSTRUCTURES""; ""PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF PURE AND FE-DOPEDRUTILE NANOPARTICLES""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 4. THE FABRICATION OF RUTILE NANOPARTICLES AND HOLLOW MICROSPHERES WITH MESOPOROSITY""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. THE SYNTHESIS OF RUTILE NANOPARTICLE IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION""""1.1. Introduction""; ""1.2. Preparation of Rutile Nanoparticle""; ""1.3. Characterization of Rutile Nanoparticles""; ""1.4. Formation Mechanism of Rutile Nanocrystal""; ""2. THE TRANSFORMATION PROCESS FROM ANATASENANOPARTICLE TO NANORUTILE DURING CALCINATION""; ""2.1. Introduction""; ""2.2. Preparation of Nanoanatase""; ""2.3. The Transformation Process from Anatase to Rutile""; ""2.4. The Rate Competition Determines the Size Distribution and the Diameter of Anatase Nanoparticles during Calcinations""; ""2.5. The Microstrain Determines the Rates of the Anatase Growth and the Transformation""""3. THE FABRICATION OF RUTILE HOLLOW MICROSPHERESWITH MESOPOROSITY""; ""3.1. Introduction""; ""3.2. Sample Preparation""; ""3.3. XRD""; ""3.4. SEM""; ""3.5. Specific Surface Area""; ""3.6. UV Absorption""; ""3.7. The Formation of the Hollow Structure""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 5. TITANIUM DIOXIDE UNDER AMBIENT AIR: PREPARATION AND PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTIES OF TIO2 PRECIPITATED AEROSOLS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. EXPERIMENTAL""; ""2.1. Tropospheric conditions""; ""a). Gas phase composition of troposphere""