Synthesis and analysis of high surface area vanadium carbide nanoparticles

M. Mahajan, K. Singh, O. P. Pandey

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Abstract

Vanadium carbide is known for its applications due to extreme hardness and high melting point. In this present work, vanadium carbide nanoparticles have been synthesized in a specially designed stainless steel autoclave by solvothermal route using vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) as precursor along with a hydrocarbon acetone (C3H6O) in the presence of reducing agent magnesium (Mg). The optimization of reaction time was studied at constant temperature of 800oC. The product powder was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscope (SEM), Transmission electron microscope (TEM) and Brunauer - Emmett - Teller (BET) techniques. The results indicate that the product was vanadium carbide having particle size of about 30 nm with high surface area.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Materials and Processing
Pages95-99
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Conference on Advanced Materials Processing - Challenges and Opportunities, AMPCO 2012 - Roorkee, India
Duration: 2 Nov 20124 Nov 2012

Publication series

NameAdvanced Materials Research
Volume585
ISSN (Print)1022-6680

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Advanced Materials Processing - Challenges and Opportunities, AMPCO 2012
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityRoorkee
Period2/11/124/11/12

Keywords

  • Autoclave
  • Thermochemical -reduction Thermogravimetric analysis
  • Vanadium carbide nanoparticles
  • X-ray diffraction

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