Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry ›› 1996, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (1): 86-88.

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Preparation of Monodispersed Acicular α-Fe2O3

Wei Yu1, Zheng Xuezhong1, Liu Xiaolin1, Shao Shuxia2, Lu Ping2   

  1. 1. Department of Chemistry, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050016;
    2. Center of Analysis & Measurement, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang
  • Received:1995-05-25 Revised:1995-07-28 Published:1996-02-10 Online:1996-02-10

Abstract: Uniform acicular hematite used as starting material for magnetic recording were prepared by hydrothermal reaction from condensed ferric hydroxide gel.The simplified procedure under general experimental conditions was used.In the presence of organic chelating agent(HEDP) acicular particles were observed.However,with concentration of HEDP increasing from 1×10-3 mol/L to 1×10-2 mol/L,uniform cubic α-Fe2O3 was obtained.The experimental results show that the volume of the particles is dependent on the number of nuclei produced in the precipitation stage of Fe(OH)3.

Key words: α-Fe2O3, Fe(OH)3, acicular particlese