Zirconium nanoparticles prepared by the reduction of zirconium oxide using the RAPET method

• Michal Eshed,
• Swati Pol,
• Aharon Gedanken and
• Mahalingam Balasubramanian

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 198–203, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.23

• elemental analysis. The XRD pattern reveals that the product is composed of pure metallic zirconium, without any traces of the MgO by-product. Keywords: Let-Lok®; nanoparticles; RAPET; reduction; zirconium; Introduction Zirconium is a strong transition metal that resembles titanium. Because of its strong

• production of explosive materials for munitions. In this paper we report the successful synthesis of metallic Zr nanoparticles. The reaction is carried out by reacting zirconia with magnesium at 750 °C in a closed Let-Lok® cell. We have named this process RAPET (Reaction under Autogenic Pressure at Elevated

• Temperatures), and is described elsewhere in detail [11]. In general, a stainless steel cell is filled with a single reactant (or a combination of reactants) and heated at an appropriate temperature under its autogenic pressure. The pressure is generated by the thermal dissociation of reactants and the Let-Lok