Síntese e Caracterização de nanopartículas de maghemita revestidas com ácido oléico para obtenção de fluidos magnéticos a base de óleos isolantes

• Autor(a) principal: VIALI, Wesley Renato
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFG
• dARK ID: ark:/38995/0013000000q89
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tde/1059
• topic: Fluido magnético, nanopartículas, oxido de ferro; Magnetic fluid, naoparticles, iron oxide; CNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::QUIMICA

In this work maghemite nanoparticles were synthesized by co-precipitating Fe2+ and Fe3+ in alkaline medium. The freshly prepared magnetite was oxidized by two different routes: by bubbling O2 through an acid suspension of magnetite nanoparticles or by hydrothermal treatment of magnetite with ferric nitrate/nitric acid solution. After oxidation, the nanoparticles were covered with oleic acid and the grafting coefficient was evaluated according to the oxidation method and pH employed in the adsorption experiments. The covered particles were dispersed in mineral and vegetable insulating oils, resulting in magnetic fluids whose colloidal stability was investigated in regard to the following parameters: dilution, heating, water content, chemical composition of insulating oils and addition of oleic acid. The nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray diffratometry, thermogravimetric and differential thermal analyses and infrared spectroscopy. The Fe3+/Fe2+ molar ratio in the solids was determined by UV-Vis spectrometry. The magnetic fluids were characterized regarding the volume fraction of nanoparticles, the water content, and their colloidal stability was monitored by dynamic light scattering measurements and visual observations. The results obtained from the analyses indicated that the oxidized magnetite nanoparticles (5 to 10 nm) have inverse spinel structure and Fe3+/Fe2+ molar ratio varied from 20 to 70, depending on the oxidation method and employed conditions. The grafting coefficient varied from 2,1 to 4,8, reflecting the oleic acid adsorption conditions, and the further treatments. It was also observed that by controlling the experimental conditions, a grafting coefficient very close to a Langmuir s monolayer can be achieved, together with a decrease in the amount of physisorbed species which contribute negatively to the colloidal stability. The study of colloidal stability showed that dilution, heating and XVII water content have a great influence in the sedimentation of diluted magnetic fluids, when they are diluted with minerals insulating oils. It was verified that the magnetic fluids diluted with vegetable insulating oil showed very high colloidal stability in the accelerated thermal aging experiment