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Synthesis and characterisation of inorganic pigments

Synthesis and characterisation of inorganic pigments
Synthesis and characterisation of inorganic pigments

Inorganic materials, with potential application as pigments, have been synthesised in a wide range of phosphate, silicate, titanate and zeolitic systems and characterised in terms of their structure and physical properties using powder x-ray and powder neutron diffraction (PXD, PND), EXAFS, UV visible spectroscopy, colour measurements electron microscopy and thermal analysis.

Complex cobalt phosphate materials, (M,M')3(PO4)2 (M,M' = Co, Mg or Zn), have been prepared by precipitation from the metal ion solution with (NH4)2HPO4 followed by calcination. The cation distribution of the five and six coordinate sites was determined and Co was shown to prefer the five coordinate site in the (Co,Mg)3(PO4)2 system, and an almost random distribution in the (Co,Zn)3(PO4)2 system.

CsCoPO4 was synthesised via conventional solid state synthesis for the first time and was found to adopt the zeolite ABW structure with tetrahedral CoO4 units giving an intense dark blue colouration. The material was found to undergo a phase transition to higher symmetry at ca. 171°C.

The commercial pigment Manganese Violet has been synthesised and EXAFS studies of the local manganese environment has shown it to be a distorted 4+2 octahedral Mn (III) centre coordinated to phosphate oxygen atoms. Variable temperature PXD has shown that the weight loss on heating at 100-250°C is likely to be loss of surface water as the diffraction pattern remains unchanged.

The blue transition metal silicates Sr2CoSi2O7 and MCuSi4O10 (M = Ca, Sr, Ba) have been synthesised. Structural characterisation shows that substitution of larger alkaline earth metals increases the lattice parameters and effects the tetrahedral geometry in the cobalt system thus influencing the colour. The colour in the copper system changes as a result of the smaller dipole between the larger metal ions and the copper centre with the copper square planar geometry being relatively unperturbed.

Commercial transition metal substituted rutile materials (Ni,Sb,Ti)O2 have been studied and the colour was shown to arise from Ni(II) d-d and Sb(V) charge transfer transitions. The colour was shown to be dependent on the relative atomic ratios of Ni and Sb. The novel (Ni0.25Ti0.25Nb0.5)O2 has been synthesised and the green/yellow material was found to adopt the rutile structure with a = 4.69702(2) Å and c = 3.02411(2) Å.

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Hughes, Eric Martin
Hughes, Eric Martin

Hughes, Eric Martin (1999) Synthesis and characterisation of inorganic pigments. University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis.

Record type: Thesis (Doctoral)

Abstract

Inorganic materials, with potential application as pigments, have been synthesised in a wide range of phosphate, silicate, titanate and zeolitic systems and characterised in terms of their structure and physical properties using powder x-ray and powder neutron diffraction (PXD, PND), EXAFS, UV visible spectroscopy, colour measurements electron microscopy and thermal analysis.

Complex cobalt phosphate materials, (M,M')3(PO4)2 (M,M' = Co, Mg or Zn), have been prepared by precipitation from the metal ion solution with (NH4)2HPO4 followed by calcination. The cation distribution of the five and six coordinate sites was determined and Co was shown to prefer the five coordinate site in the (Co,Mg)3(PO4)2 system, and an almost random distribution in the (Co,Zn)3(PO4)2 system.

CsCoPO4 was synthesised via conventional solid state synthesis for the first time and was found to adopt the zeolite ABW structure with tetrahedral CoO4 units giving an intense dark blue colouration. The material was found to undergo a phase transition to higher symmetry at ca. 171°C.

The commercial pigment Manganese Violet has been synthesised and EXAFS studies of the local manganese environment has shown it to be a distorted 4+2 octahedral Mn (III) centre coordinated to phosphate oxygen atoms. Variable temperature PXD has shown that the weight loss on heating at 100-250°C is likely to be loss of surface water as the diffraction pattern remains unchanged.

The blue transition metal silicates Sr2CoSi2O7 and MCuSi4O10 (M = Ca, Sr, Ba) have been synthesised. Structural characterisation shows that substitution of larger alkaline earth metals increases the lattice parameters and effects the tetrahedral geometry in the cobalt system thus influencing the colour. The colour in the copper system changes as a result of the smaller dipole between the larger metal ions and the copper centre with the copper square planar geometry being relatively unperturbed.

Commercial transition metal substituted rutile materials (Ni,Sb,Ti)O2 have been studied and the colour was shown to arise from Ni(II) d-d and Sb(V) charge transfer transitions. The colour was shown to be dependent on the relative atomic ratios of Ni and Sb. The novel (Ni0.25Ti0.25Nb0.5)O2 has been synthesised and the green/yellow material was found to adopt the rutile structure with a = 4.69702(2) Å and c = 3.02411(2) Å.

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Published date: 1999

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Local EPrints ID: 464077
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/464077
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Author: Eric Martin Hughes

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