Abstract:
β-CaSiO
3 powders were synthesized through a chemical coprecipitation process by using Ca(NO
3)
2·4H
2O and Si(OC
2H
5)
4 as raw materials. The effects of the precipitating agent, dropping way of precipitant, temperature and solvent on the preparation ofβ-CaSiO
3 powders were investigated systematically. The morphology and specific surface area ofβ-CaSiO
3 powders were characterized by means of XRD, SEM and BET. The results showed that well-distributed intermediate products were obtained by using NaOH as precipitant, ethanol as solvent and adding NaOH solution drop by drop at 25 °C. Pureβ-CaSiO
3 was obtained by heating the intermediate product at 680 °C for 2 h. Rod-likeβ-CaSiO
3 crystals were obtained at 700 °C as observed by SEM.