Synthesis of spinel МgМn2О4 nanoparticles by the co-precipitation method in an ultrasonic field

Abstract

Nanoparticles of spinel MgMn2O4 were synthesized using the co-precipitation method in an ultrasonic field. It was established that at a calcination temperature of 200 °C, all peaks on the diffractogram of the synthesized material corresponded to spinel MgMn2O4 with a cubic lattice, pronounced crystallinity, and the absence of other phases. As the calcination temperature increased, the formation of new phases – Mn oxides (respectively, Mn5O8 and Mn2O3) – was recorded. The average size of MgMn2O4 particles was calculated from the diffraction peaks using the Debye-Scherrer equation and equated to 24.4 nm at a calcination temperature of 200 °C. An increase in the specific power of the ultrasonic processing of the reaction medium revealed a natural increase in the proportion of the amorphous phase and a decrease in the average size of MgMn2O4 particles.