Abstract:

In this study, the synthesis and characterization of potassium borate were studied using KCl, NaOH and H3BO3 asthe starting materials. The effects of the boron precursor, reaction temperature and time on the structure of the synthesized potassium borate were investigated. X-ray diffraction (XRD) showed the synthesized sample was santite, which has the chemical formula KB5O84H2O (Powder diffraction file number: 01-1072-1688). The XRD scores increased upon decreasing the reaction temperature and time. The characteristic band values observed for boron and oxygen were investigated using Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) and Raman spectroscopy. The morphology of the synthesized samples was characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The samples were found to be on the micro-scale with particle sizes <2.54 µm. The reaction yields were in the range of 75.01–95.03% for Set-1 and 72.04–92.22% for Set-2.

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