ఆధునిక కెమిస్ట్రీ & అప్లికేషన్స్

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Effect of Thermal Annealing on the Cd(OH)₂ and Preparation of Cdo Nanocrystals

Nadana Shanmugam, Balan Saravanan, Rajaram Reagan, Natesan Kannadasan, Kannadasan Sathishkumar and Shanmugam Cholan

Nanosized β-Cd(OH)₂ were successfully synthesized via simple chemical precipitation method using cadmium nitrate as a precursor in a solution of sodium hydroxide. The CdO nanoparticles were harvested from β-Cd(OH)₂ by thermal decomposition at 400°C. The structural, optical, and magnetic properties of the as prepared and annealed products of β-Cd(OH)₂ were studied. The morphology of the CdO nanocrystals annealed at 400°C analyzed by FETEM exhibits pseudo spherical morphology with sizes around 60 nm.