Synthesis and Characterization of Selected Metal Oxide Nanoparticles

Abstract

In the present study, oxide nanoparticles of copper, cobalt, iron and zinc metals have been synthesized using a chemical co-precipitation approach. This gives a large scale production of metal oxide nanoparticles. The structural properties of the synthesized metal oxide nanoparticles were studied using X-ray diffraction (XRD). The XRD result reveals the crystalline nature of the metal oxide nanoparticles. Additional, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was also performed to study the morphology of the selected four metal oxide nanoparticles. SEM micrograph showed the spherical morphology of as prepared CuO, CO2O3, Fe2O3 and ZnO nanoparticles also they are interspersed with each other.

Keywords

• chemical co-precipitation
• metal oxide nanoparticles
• sem
• xrd