Application of Sonication and Microwave Irradiation to Boost Continuous Fabrication of the Copper(II) Oxide Sub-Micron Particles
Grzegorz Dzido,
Michał Drzazga,
Piotr Markowski,
Andrzej B. Jarzębski
Affiliations
Grzegorz Dzido
Department of Chemical Engineering and Process Design, Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Strzody 7, Gliwice 44-100, Poland
Michał Drzazga
Department of Chemical Engineering and Process Design, Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Strzody 7, Gliwice 44-100, Poland
Piotr Markowski
Department of Inorganic, Analytical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego 6, Gliwice 44-100, Poland
Andrzej B. Jarzębski
Department of Chemical Engineering and Process Design, Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Strzody 7, Gliwice 44-100, Poland
Viability of the continuous-flow synthesis of rhomboidal copper(II) oxide (CuO) micro- and nanonoparticles was demonstrated. It has been shown that ultrasonic mixing of reactants, in the stage of Cu(OH)2 synthesis, followed by microwave irradiation of the resulting suspension, gives very fine particles of CuO at high yield and within minutes. Near optimal parameters for the synthesis of fine particles in the continuous reactor were determined.