Abstract
Understanding the spheroidization process of micron-scaled α-Al2O3 powder in hydrothermal method is of great importance but still not completely revealed. The results demonstrated that SO42− played a significant role in the formation of spherical powder, while the bubble generated from the reaction of urea didn't work in the spheroidization process. The spheroidization process was summed up as two steps. The first was that SO42− limited the hydrolysis of Al3+ and reacted with Al3+ and OH- to form Al4(OH)10SO4, which nucleated and agglomerated into granular precipitates. The second was Ostwald ripening, which gave the spherical precursors a double-layered structure. When the spherical precursors obtained 120 °C were sintered at 1200 °C, α-Al2O3 were got and the spherical morphology still maintained with a large number of nano-sized pores. We anticipate the spherical α-Al2O3 with nano-sized pores can be applied in adsorption and filtration industries.
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