HOU,Wen-Hua MA,JunCHEN,Jing YAN,Qi-Jie School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Nanjing University,Nanjing,Jiangsu 210093,China Department of Applied Chemistry,Nanjing University of Chemical Technology,Nanjing,Jiangsu 210009,China
Abstract:
Europium hydroxide particles with an average diameter of 10 nm and a BET surface area of 127 m2/g have been prepared by controlled precipitation in the polyoxyethylene octylphenol (Triton X-100) (hexanol)/cyclohexane/water microemulsion system. After calcination in air at 750°C, the obtained europium hydroxide particles were readily converted to the nanosize Eu2O3 particles with an average size of 30 nm and a high BET surface area of 36.5 m2/g.