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An Instant, Green, Microwave Irradiated Process for the Preparation of Advanced, Hybrid, Nanoflower of Thorium Oxide and Thorium Oxalate Hydrate Useful for Broad Application Spectrum

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We report a facile and reproducible method to synthesize advanced, homogenized, hybrid, nanoflower of thorium oxide and thorium oxalate hydrate material via a novel, green, microwave irradiated chemical process. The Nanoflowers can be successfully synthesized using thorium nitrate penta hydrate as the metal source along with two different capping agents, cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide and 4-amino-1H-pyrimidine-2-one respectively in the ubiquity of microwave irradiation having power source 230V at the temperature of 45°C for 15 minutes to get the desired product. The synthesized material was characterized by various complementary techniques namely XRD, FTIR, PL, TGA/DSC curve, SEM and EDX. The 3D nanoflowers structure, so formed, resembles a natural Peony flower. The applications of synthesized material lies in the area of making thorium metal, densified thorium oxide, carbide and nitride, anhydrous thorium complexes and thorium boron silicates glasses.

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Authors are grateful to Director CSIR-AMPRI Bhopal for providing necessary institutional facilities and encouragement. Thanks are also due to Dr. D.P. Mondal, Mr. Mohd. Shafique and Mr. Deepak Kashyap of CSIR- AMPRI for analysis of samples on SEM, EDX and providing data of thermal analysis of samples. Dr Neelesh Jain, SIRT, Bhopal and MANIT, Bhopal for providing facilities for IR and PL visible spectra.

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    Sarika Verma, Deepti Mishra, S. K. Sanghi, A. K. Srivastava & S. S. Amritphale

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Sarika Verma, Mishra, D., Sanghi, S.K. et al. An Instant, Green, Microwave Irradiated Process for the Preparation of Advanced, Hybrid, Nanoflower of Thorium Oxide and Thorium Oxalate Hydrate Useful for Broad Application Spectrum. Prot Met Phys Chem Surf 55, 65–71 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2070205119010246

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