Mechanochemical synthesis of nanocrystalline nickel-molybdenum compounds and their morphology and application in catalysis: II. Effect of mechanochemical activation parameters—process power density and exposure time—on the composition and structure of nickel-molybdenum compounds

The effect of mechanochemical activation parameters-process power density and the time of treatment of a mixture of nickel hydroxocarbonate NiCO₃ · 2Ni(OH)₂ · nH₂O and ammonium paramolybdate (NH₄)₆Mo₇O₂₄ · 4H₂O -on the phase composition, specific surface area, and morphology of mechanically activated products at different Ni: Mo atomic ratios was studied. It was found that, at a mechanochemical activation process power density of 6.2 W/g, layered transition metal molybdates (LTM compounds) with different amounts of crystal water were the constituents of the products, whereas the products mechanically activated at a power density of 28.0 W/g contained a mixture of LTM compounds and heteropoly compounds with the Anderson structure regardless of activation time.