Sensing Behavior Study of Manganese Zinc Ferrite Nanoparticles Against Carbon Tetrachloride at Various Temperatures

Aboutalebi, Gholam Reza; Ebrahimi, Hamid Reza; Emami, Hossein; Daneshmand, Saeid; Amiri, Gholam Reza

doi:10.30486/mjee.2022.696509

Document Type : Reseach Article

Authors

¹ Department of Electrical Engineering, Majlesi Branch, Islamic Azad University, Majlesi, Isfahan 9631656769, Iran.

² Advanced Engineering Research Center, Majlesi Branch, Islamic Azad University, Majlesi, Isfahan, Iran

³ Department of Electrical Engineering, Majlesi Branch, Islamic Azad University, Majlesi, Isfahan 9631656769, Iran

⁴ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Majlesi Branch, Islamic Azad University, Majlesi, Isfahan 9631656769, Iran

⁵ Department of Physics, Falavarjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30486/mjee.2022.696509

Abstract

In this study, zinc ferrite nanoparticles with a diameter of less than 50 nm were synthesized. Using XRD (X-ray Diffraction), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) the morphology and structure of this ferrite was investigated. The formation of spinel phase in Zn-Mn ferrite was shown by X-ray analysis. SEM photograph has shown spherical shape of nanoparticles and the dimensions of the samples were confirmed by Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) at the nanoscale. Using the Debye-Scherrer formula, the size of Mn ferrite nanoparticle crystals was calculated to be about 13 nm. To check the properties related to the sensitivity of this ferrite, a fully insulated Plexiglass box was used and placed in it. By injecting 1 mL of liquid and vapor it, we will have 200 ppm concentration of each sample in this box. Then the injected vapored sample in this box is exposed to the ferrite. After this step, the conductivity of the ferrite in a closed circuit was changed. By changing the sample type, amount of this conductivity was varied. Five gases were tested in this project: ethanol, dimethyl formamid, carbon tetrachloride, acetonitrile and acetone. Among these samples the carbon tetrachloride had the best sensitivity performance. Finally, the sensor equation for carbon tetrachloride was extracted by applying different concentrations of it from 20 to 200 ppm.

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Sensing Behavior Study of Manganese Zinc Ferrite Nanoparticles Against Carbon Tetrachloride at Various Temperatures

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Volume 16, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
September 2022
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Sensing Behavior Study of Manganese Zinc Ferrite Nanoparticles Against Carbon Tetrachloride at Various Temperatures

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Volume 16, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3September 2022Pages 85-89

Volume 16, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
September 2022
Pages 85-89