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    STUDIA CHEMIA - Issue no. 1 / 2016  
         
  Article:   SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LEAD-FREE SODIUM NIOBATE POWDER.

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  Abstract:   Sodium niobate (NaNbO3) fine powders were synthesized by hydrothermal method using ammonium niobate (V) oxalate hydrate (C4H4NNbO9 x H2O), sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and sodium citrate hydrate (C6H9Na3O9) as precursors. The samples were characterized by X-Ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), AFM (Atomic Force Microscopy), UV-VIS spectroscopy and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR).
X-ray diffraction for powder obtained by hydrothermal method revealed three phases mixture (NaNbO3, Nb2O5, Na2C2O4). In order to obtain a material with perovskite structure, the powder was treated for 6 h at 600°C. After calcination, the X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) patterns shown reflections of a pure cubic structure (space group Pm-3m) with lattice parameters (a=b=c=3.909Å) comparable to those reported in the literature. The average particle sizes estimated by SEM image were 2-3 micrometers.

Keywords: sodium niobate, hydrothermal method, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy
 
         
     
         
         
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