Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Preparation of Zinc Sulfide Nano-particles by High-Gravity Method

LI Ya-Ling1; WANG Yu-Hong1; CHEN Jian-Feng1; Jimmy Yun2   

  1. 1. Research Center of the Ministry of Education for High Gravity Engineering and Technology; Beijing University of Chemical Technology; Beijing 100029; China; 2. Nanomaterials Technology Pte. Ltd.; Singapore 139944; Singapore
  • Received:2002-10-16 Revised:2002-12-20 Published:2003-11-20 Online:2003-11-20

Abstract: By using zinc nitrate and hydrogen sulfide as source materials, nanometer zinc sulfide was synthesized by a high
gravity method in a rotating packed bed. The effect of aging time on product sizes was investigated and 48h was chosen. Well-dispersed
nanometer zinc sulfide particles with a sphalerite crystal phase were prepared. The crystal structure, optical properties, size and morphology
of the product were also characterized by XRD, UV-Vis spectrophotometer and TEM. The results show that the average particle size of ZnS obtained is about
30nm and the conversion rate is 97.5 percent.

Key words: high gravity, rotating packed bed, nano-ZnS, preparation

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