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A study of zinc silicate phases produced via a simplified method

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Silica hydrogel derived from serpentine minerals was first used for the preparation of intermediate systems from the mixture composed of different SiO2/ZnO molar ratios via adapting a simple precipitation method previously developed. The effects of both stirring time and sintering temperature variation on the evolution and morphology of zinc silicate phases in those systems were examined by thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction study, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Whatever the initial parameters are, well-crystallized α-Zn2SiO4 transformed from β-Zn2SiO4 exists at 900 °C. In the systems with the stoichiometric proportion of the initial reagents, the transformation of β-Zn2SiO4 into α-Zn2SiO4 starts at about 700 °C. In the ones wherein the content of SiO2 is a little greater (SiO2/ZnO 2:2) than that required, the stirring time extended up to 120 min decreases the temperature of α-Zn2SiO4 crystallization up to such lower values as 600 °C. The subsequent increase of SiO2 portion (SiO2/ZnO 3:2 and 4:2) promotes both the formation of β-Zn2SiO4 single phase distinguished by thermal stability up to 800 °C including and a product composed of α-Zn2SiO4 and cristobalite above 800 °C. α-Zn2SiO4 crystallites sizes variable from 57 up to 92 nm can be manipulated by stirring time. The increase of SiO2 excess substantially reduces the size of β-Zn2SiO4 particles from 60 up to 10 nm.

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  1. Serpentinite is a rock largely composed of serpentine group minerals (Mg(Fe))6[Si4O10](OH)8.

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The work was supported by the Science Committee of RA, in the frames of the research projects No. 21SCG-1D013 and No. 21T-1D131. The authors express their gratitude to their colleagues from the Institute of Chemical Physics after A.B. Nalbandyan who assisted with the FTIR, SEM and EDS measurements.

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Beglaryan, H., Isahakyan, A., Zulumyan, N. et al. A study of zinc silicate phases produced via a simplified method. J Therm Anal Calorim 148, 3249–3262 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-023-11949-0

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