In order to expand the application of the basic magnesium carbonate in the field of flame retardant,the plate-like basic magnesium carbonate(Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2.4H2O)was prepared successfully by template-mediated/homogeneo...In order to expand the application of the basic magnesium carbonate in the field of flame retardant,the plate-like basic magnesium carbonate(Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2.4H2O)was prepared successfully by template-mediated/homogeneous precipitation method,using magnesium chloride hexahydrate(MgCl2.6H2O)and urea(CO(NH2)2)as reaction materials.Phase and morphology of the product were characterized by X-ray diffraction(XRD),scanning electron microscope(SEM)and atomic force microscope(AFM),respectively.The results showed that well-crystallized plate-like Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2.4H2O can be prepared at the water bath temperature of 100°C,water bath time of 24 h,the aging time of 5 h after adding organic template agent.The investigation on organic template mediated mechanism shows that the template affects the crystal morphology by changing surface energy of different crystal plane.Through a preliminary study on the growth mechanism of the product,it is found that the generation of the plate-like Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2.4H2O could be explained by two-dimensional nucleation/step growth mechanism.展开更多
基金Project(51374155)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2014BCB034)supported by the Hubei Province Key Technology R&D Program,ChinaProject(2014CFB796)supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province of China
文摘In order to expand the application of the basic magnesium carbonate in the field of flame retardant,the plate-like basic magnesium carbonate(Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2.4H2O)was prepared successfully by template-mediated/homogeneous precipitation method,using magnesium chloride hexahydrate(MgCl2.6H2O)and urea(CO(NH2)2)as reaction materials.Phase and morphology of the product were characterized by X-ray diffraction(XRD),scanning electron microscope(SEM)and atomic force microscope(AFM),respectively.The results showed that well-crystallized plate-like Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2.4H2O can be prepared at the water bath temperature of 100°C,water bath time of 24 h,the aging time of 5 h after adding organic template agent.The investigation on organic template mediated mechanism shows that the template affects the crystal morphology by changing surface energy of different crystal plane.Through a preliminary study on the growth mechanism of the product,it is found that the generation of the plate-like Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2.4H2O could be explained by two-dimensional nucleation/step growth mechanism.
