Preparation of nanoscaled Nd:YAG powders by the urea co-precipitation method

Abstract

Abstract:

Nd:YAG nanoscaled powders were prepared by co-precipitation method with Nd2O3, Y2O3 and Al(NO3)3?9H2O as the starting materials and CO(NH2)2 as the precipitator. The structure and morphology of the powders were investigated by XRD, TG-DTA, FESEM and laser particle analyzer. XRD patterns showed that YAG phase and intermediate phase YAM were detected in the sample from the precursor calcined at 900℃ for 3 hours, the precursor completely transformed to YAG phase when it was calcined at 1000℃ for 3 hours, and the intensity of YAG X-ray diffraction peaks increased with the calcination temperature increase. Lattice parameters of Nd:YAG phase calcined at 900-1200℃ changed from 1.2012 to 1.1994nm, and the particle size ranged from 31-96nm. The similar variation was given by a measure of laser particle analyzer. The TG-DTA results indicated that the mass loss value was about 43% when the precursor was heated up to 1200℃. Suspension was washed with distilled water and alcohol, respectively. The comparison results showed that alcohol was more effective for the well-dispersion of the nano-sized Nd:YAG powders. These experimental results provided references to prepare good powders of YAG transparent ceramics.

Key words: materials, nanoscaled powders, urea co-precipitation, Nd:YAG, particle size

LI Dong-Qing, DING Li-Hua, ZHANG Qing-Li, SHAO Shu-Fang, NING Kai-Jie, YIN Shao-Tang. Preparation of nanoscaled Nd:YAG powders by the urea co-precipitation method[J]. J4, 2010, 27(1): 110-115.

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