%0 Journal Article
%T Effect of different parameters on sonochemical synthesized nanocrystalline TiO2 particles
%A Abedini Reza
%A Mousavi Mahmoud Seyed
%J Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly
%D 2012
%I Association of the Chemical Engineers
%R 10.2298/ciceq110826059a
%X An ultrasonic-assisted method to directly prepare nanocrystalline TiO2 has been used. TiO2 was synthesized by the hydrolysis of Tetraisopropyl titanate (TIPT) in the presence of de-ionized water and ethanol under high-intensity ultrasonic irradiation (24 KHz, 300 W/cm2) at different conditions. The effect of water content, water-to-TIPT ratio, water-to-ethanol ratio and sonication time on the particle size of TiO2 has been investigated by using design of experiment (DOE). The water content, water-to-TIPT ratio, water-to-ethanol ratio and sonication time were varied in the range 100-150 ml, 50-75 v/v, 20-30 v/v and 3-4 hr, respectively. Particle size of TiO2 was characterized using particle size analyzer. The results of DOE show that water content has the greatest effect on the particle size of TiO2.
%K ultrasonic
%K parameters
%K nanocrystalline TiO2
%K particle size
%K Taguchi method
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