Preparation and study of Magnesium oxide nanoparticles using combustion method

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha, Egypt

2 Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha, Egypt.

Abstract

    Magnesium oxide nanoparticles were synthesized through the combustion method utilizing magnesium nitrate as the oxidizing agent and tartaric acid, citric acid and urea as fuels. The synthesized magnesium oxide nanoparticles were analyzed using X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), UV-Visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis) and Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. Crystal sizes of the synthesized samples were determined from XRD.  Band gap and color axes were determined from DRS tool.

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