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The use of thermal analysis in the study of Ca3Al2O6 formation by the polymeric precursor method

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Single-phase Ca3Al2O6 was prepared via polymeric precursor method. The influence of the reactants nature in the Ca3Al2O6 synthesis was investigated. For this purpose, citric acid and soluble salts of calcium (nitrate, chloride, carbonate) and aluminium (nitrate, chloride, acetate) were used as starting materials, in the presence and, respectively, in the absence of ethylene glycol. Ca3Al2O6 resulted as single-phase after annealing at 1050 °C for 1 h only starting from calcium nitrate or carbonate and aluminium nitrate or acetate as salts precursor for Ca2+ and Al3+ cations. The formation of Ca3Al2O6 is not conditioned by the ethylene glycol presence in these mixtures. Using calcium and aluminium chlorides, the phases present at 1050 °C are Ca12Al14O33 and unreacted CaO.

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This study was partially supported by the strategic grant POSDRU/88/1.5/S/50783, Project ID50783 (2009), co-financed by the European Social Fund—Investing in People, within the Sector Operational Programme Human Resources Development 2007–2013.

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Lazău, I., Păcurariu, C. & Băbuţă, R. The use of thermal analysis in the study of Ca3Al2O6 formation by the polymeric precursor method. J Therm Anal Calorim 105, 427–434 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-010-1246-2

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