This thesis is about the kinetics of anisotropic acidic/hydrothermal dissolution of apatite bulk single crystal vs. nanorods, and the kinetic phase change of dense nanocondensates of SnO2 vs. Ni-dissolved SnO2 prepared by laser ablation condensation technique.
In the first regard, directional dissolution of a natural (OH,F,Cl)-bearing apatite has been studied at various solution pH values (0~3) and 30 oC. This apatite showed abnormally high O-H stretching frequencies due to the substitution of Cl for OH. The advance of dissolution front indicated that steady-state directional dissolution for pH = 0-2 followed an apparent rate law of
rate(mole / m2h)¡×kaH+n,
where the rate constants (k) are 2.15 and 1.61; and the rate orders (n) are 1.44 and 1.30 for [0001] and <11 0> directions, respectively. Previous study, however, indicated a smaller n value (n = 0.55~0.70) for fluorapatite powders at higher pHs. A nonlinear pH dependence of logarithmic dissolution rate at a wide pH range implied that the surface active sites and/or rate-determining steps have changed when the acidity of solution and/or the composition of the apatite were changed. The opening of etch pits on basal planes further indicated that the dissolution rates along the three principal directions have the following relationship:
[0001] > <11-20> > <10-10> for pH=0-1,
but the order was reversed for pH > 3.
As a comparison, static immersion of needle-like hydroxyapatite nanoparticles in neutral hydrothermal solution at 100oC caused preferential dissolution along the crystallographic c-axis to form nanorods with a lower aspect ratio. The anisotropic dissolution behavior is due to diffusion-controlled rapid dissolution at the sharp tip, and interface-controlled dissolution at side surfaces in terms of active sites. Extensive dissolution was accompanied with amorphization via explosive generation of dislocations, forming corrugated surface with both negative and positive curvature regions. The amorphous residue was significantly Ca and OH depleted when treated in the hydrothermal solution at pH=3. The BET specific surface area of the apatite nanoparticles remained 45¡Ó1 m2/g after immersion in neutral solution at 100oC for 36 h, but drastically decreased to 24.5 m2/g in acidic (pH =3) solution at 100oC for 8 h due to coalescence of the partially amorphized apatite powders. The specific surface area and average pore size also remained nearly unchanged for the dry pressed powders subject to firing at 100oC, but decreased and increased, respectively when sintered shortly at 600oC in air. BJH measurements at 77 K indicated the N2 adsorption/desorption hysteresis loops shift toward high relative pressure for sintered/hydrothermally etched powders indicating a higher activation energy of forming overlain liquid-like nitrogen layers. This can be attributed to a lower surface energy of the powders due to their shape change and/or partial amorphization. Alternatively, desorption through cavitation via the small voids could occur, in particular for such treated samples with characteristic bimodal pore size distribution.
In the second subject, dense SnO2 with fluorite-type related structures were synthesized via very energetic Nd-YAG laser pulse irradiation of oxygen-purged Sn target. Combined effects of rapid heating to very high temperatures, nanophase effect, and dense surfaces account for the condensation of fluorite-type structure which transformed martensitically to baddeleyite-type accompanied with twinning, commensurate shearing and shape change. Alternatively Pa-3-modified fluorite-type hardly survived transformation to a-PbO2 type and rutile type in the dynamic process analogous to the case of static decompression. In addition, the rutile-type SnO2 nanocondensates have {110}, {100} and {101} facets, which are beneficial for {~hkl} vicinal attachment to form edge dislocations, faults and twinned bicrystals. The {011}-interface relaxation, by shearing along <011> directions, accounts for a rather high density of edge dislocations near the twin boundary thus formed. The rutile-type SnO2 could be alternatively transformed from orthorhombic CaCl2-type structure (denoted as o) following parallel crystallographic relationship, (0 1)r//(0 1)o; [111]r//[111]o, and full of commensurate superstructures and twins parallel to (011) of both phases. Furthermore, SnO2-NiO solid solution (ss) condensates were fabricated by laser ablation on Ni-Sn target at 1.1 J/pulse and oxygen flow of 50 L/min. AEM observations indicated that the particles were more or less coalesced/agglomerated as nano chain aggregate or in close packed manner. The Ni-rich condensates have rock salt structure with defect clusters not in paracrystalline distribution as would otherwise develop into the spinel phase. The Sn-rich condensates are predominantly rutile-type with minor baddeleyite-type, which are vulnerable to martensitic transformation/relaxation to form {101} incommensuare faults as well as epitaxial twin variants of rutile upon rapid cooling and/or electron irradiation. Islands of metallic Ni-Sn-NiSn were partially oxidized/solidified when deposited on silica glass.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0718106-143558 |
| Date | 18 July 2006 |
| Creators | Tseng, Wan-Ju |
| Contributors | Ker-Chang Hsieh, Po-We Kao, Der shin Gan, poyan shen |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0718106-143558 |
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