TY - JOUR
T1 - Direct measurement of surface energy of CeO2 by differential scanning calorimetry
AU - Hayun, Shmuel
AU - Ushakov, Sergey V.
AU - Navrotsky, Alexandra
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - Surface energy of cerium oxide was measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Nanocrystalline CeO2 samples were synthesized by a nonaqueous sol-gel method and their surface and interfacial areas were determined from nitrogen adsorption, X-ray diffraction, and electron microscopy measurements. Three samples were repeatedly heated in a differential scanning calorimeter and the excess enthalpy was obtained from the difference in DSC traces between first heating, during which coarsening occurred, and second heating. Surface enthalpy was calculated from excess enthalpy and from changes in surface and interfacial areas. The measured surface enthalpy for CeO 2, 1.2 ± 0.2 J/m2, is consistent with values from oxide melt solution calorimetry on samples with different surface areas. This is the first successful measurement of surface energy using scanning calorimetry.
AB - Surface energy of cerium oxide was measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Nanocrystalline CeO2 samples were synthesized by a nonaqueous sol-gel method and their surface and interfacial areas were determined from nitrogen adsorption, X-ray diffraction, and electron microscopy measurements. Three samples were repeatedly heated in a differential scanning calorimeter and the excess enthalpy was obtained from the difference in DSC traces between first heating, during which coarsening occurred, and second heating. Surface enthalpy was calculated from excess enthalpy and from changes in surface and interfacial areas. The measured surface enthalpy for CeO 2, 1.2 ± 0.2 J/m2, is consistent with values from oxide melt solution calorimetry on samples with different surface areas. This is the first successful measurement of surface energy using scanning calorimetry.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04843.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04843.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80155209597
SN - 0002-7820
VL - 94
SP - 3679
EP - 3682
JO - Journal of the American Ceramic Society
JF - Journal of the American Ceramic Society
IS - 11
ER -