Determining the Aspect Ratio of Palygorskite by Dynamic Laser Light Scattering and X-Ray Diffraction Analysis Techniques

• Main Authors: Fei Xie, Jie Zhang, Jiyan Chen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Limited 2020-01-01
• Series: Journal of Nanomaterials
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5263042

As a natural two-dimensional nanomaterial, palygorskite has been widely used in the fields of biology, chemical industry, medicine, and agriculture. Recently, more and more researchers point out that the aspect ratio of palygorskite directly affects the properties of its composite materials. Due to the large specific surface area and the tiny width of the palygorskite rod-like particles, it is difficult to obtain the aspect ratio information quickly and accurately by conventional means such as microphotography method and specific surface area method. In this paper, the length and width of the crystal is measured quickly and accurately by using dynamic laser light scattering technique and X-ray diffraction technique, so that the aspect ratio of the crystal can be calculated easily. It is recommended to analyze the crystallite size and microstrain of the diffraction pattern of palygorskite that using Pearson VII function, Caglioti equation, and average (LANGFORD) method, after comparing the three modes of W.-H. method. This feasible method has a good application prospect of the study of rod-like nanomaterials.