An Instant, Green, Microwave Irradiated Process for the Preparation of Advanced, Hybrid, Nanoflower of Thorium Oxide and Thorium Oxalate Hydrate Useful for Broad Application Spectrum

• Published in: Protection of metals and physical chemistry of surfaces 2019, Vol.55 (1), p.65-71
• Main Authors: Sarika Verma, Mishra, Deepti, Sanghi, S. K., Srivastava, A. K., Amritphale, S. S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Ammonium bromides; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Chemistry and Materials Science; Corrosion and Coatings; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering; Inorganic Chemistry; Irradiation; Materials Science; Metallic Materials; Nanoscale and Nanostructured Materials and Coatings; Organic chemistry; Silicates; Thorium; Thorium compounds; Thorium oxides; Tribology
• ISSN: 2070-2051; 2070-206X
• DOI: 10.1134/S2070205119010246

We report a facile and reproducible method to synthesize advanced, homogenized, hybrid, nanoflower of thorium oxide and thorium oxalate hydrate material via a novel, green, microwave irradiated chemical process. The Nanoflowers can be successfully synthesized using thorium nitrate penta hydrate as the metal source along with two different capping agents, cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide and 4-amino-1H-pyrimidine-2-one respectively in the ubiquity of microwave irradiation having power source 230V at the temperature of 45°C for 15 minutes to get the desired product. The synthesized material was characterized by various complementary techniques namely XRD, FTIR, PL, TGA/DSC curve, SEM and EDX. The 3D nanoflowers structure, so formed, resembles a natural Peony flower. The applications of synthesized material lies in the area of making thorium metal, densified thorium oxide, carbide and nitride, anhydrous thorium complexes and thorium boron silicates glasses.