| Solvent effect on the synthesis of copper nanoparticles by immersion deposit method |
| Paper ID : 1344-UFGNSM-FULL |
| Authors: |
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Fatemeh Abbasi-Kesbi1, Ali Mohammad Rashidi *2 1Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Razi University, P.O. Box 67149-67346, Kermanshah, Iran 2Razi University, University Avenue, Taq-e Bostan, Kermanshah |
| Abstract: |
| In this reaserch, copper nanoparticles have been successfully synthesized by immersion deposit method in the absence of any stabilizing and reducing agents. Copper (II) sulfate pentahydrate as precursor salt and distilled water and Ethylene glycol as solvents were used. The copper nanoparticles were deposited on plates of low carbon steel. The effects of solvent type were investigated using X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy on obtained Cu nanoparticles in order to determine the crystallite size, crystal structure, and morphology and size distribution. The results indicated that the immersion deposit method is particularly suitable method for synthesis of semispherical copper nanoparticles with the crystallites size in the range of ̴ 22 to 37 nm. The SEM results ilustrated that the finer Cu nanoparticles were formed using ethylene glycol instead water as a solvent. So, the average particles size of nanoparticles obtained from the ethylene glycol solvent was about 18 ± 1 nm lower than that obtined from the distilled water solvent. Also, the agglomeration and overlapping of nanoparticles in ethylene glycol were less than that of in water solvent. |
| Keywords: |
| Immersion deposit, synthesis, Cu nanoparticles, solvent, ethylene glycol, distilled water |
| Status : Paper Accepted (Poster Presentation) |
