Quantification of Hydroxyl Content in Ceramic Oxides: A PGAA Study of BaTiO3

Published

September 1, 2008

Author(s)

Rick L. Paul, Vahit Atakan, Chun-Wei Chen, Richard E. Riman

Abstract

Thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA) and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) techniques for water content determination were compared with a neutron characterization technique, Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis (PGAA). Residual H content of the samples, heat treated at various temperatures, were measured with PGAA and compared with the results obtained from TGA data. Two major difficulties in TGA were overlapping of weight loss regimes due to removal of different species, and residual water that could not be removed, even though the samples were heated above 900 °C. After 3 h of heat treatment at 900 °C, 0.007 wt% H remained in the sample. FTIR spectra confirmed the presence of H semi-quantitatively. It is concluded that residual H remains even after high temperature treatments.

Citation

Analytical Chemistry

Volume

80

Issue

17

Pub Type

Journals

Keywords

PGAA, Prompt gamma activation analysis, BaTiO3, hydroxyl, hydrogen, proton

Citation

Paul, R. , Atakan, V. , Chen, C. and Riman, R. (2008), Quantification of Hydroxyl Content in Ceramic Oxides: A PGAA Study of BaTiO3, Analytical Chemistry (Accessed October 11, 2024)