Adsorption mechanism of ester phosphate on baryum titanate in organic medium. Preliminary results on the structure of the adsorbed layer N. Le Bars, D. Tinet, A. Faugère, H. Van Damme, P. Levitz To cite this version: N. Le Bars, D. Tinet, A. Faugère, H. Van Damme, P. Levitz. Adsorption mechanism of ester phosphate on baryum titanate in organic medium. Preliminary results on the structure of the adsorbed layer. Journal de Physique III, EDP Sciences, 1991, 1 (5), pp.707-718. <10.1051/jp3:1991150>. <jpa-00248612> HAL Id: jpa-00248612 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/jpa-00248612 Submitted on 1 Jan 1991 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés. Phys. J. III1 (1991) 707-718 MAI 1991, PAGE 707 Classification Physics Abstracts 82.00 Adsorption mechanism of ester phosphate in organic medium. Preliminary results on adsorbed layer N. Le Bars, D. CRSOCI-CNRS, (Received15 Tinet, 16 rue A. de M. Ferollerie, la 1990, November Faugdre, H. rev~ed 31 Van baryum on titanate of the structure the Damme 45071 Orlkans Cedex January 1991, accepted and 02, lst P. Levitz France February 1991) m6canisme d'adsorption d'agents du organiques de BaTi03, ainsi que la caractbrisation rhbologique de ces suspensions. Liants et plastifiants ne sont de la structure, comportement et du de dans le systbme. Dans premier temps, composants pas utilisds, afin de rbduire le nombre un l'isotherme d'adsorption est btablie par dosage en bmission plasma, puis interprbtde sur la base de de rbsultats Microscopie Electronique I Transnfission, et de spectroscopie Rbsonance par effectudes Magnbtique Nuclbaire rhbologiques prkliminaires sont du ~'P. Des pour mesures caractbriser la des suspensions. structure Rksnmk. dispersants L'objectif phosphatbs de btude cette dans des est la comprbhension suspensions of this work is to evidence the adsorption mechanism and the structure purpose surfactant BaTi03 in organic suspension, and to relate phosphate ester stabilized characteristics reduce the these rheological behaviour. Binders and plasticizers are omitted to to of system number Firstly adsorption isotherm determined by inductively components. were coupled argon plasma technique and interpretated based on transmission electron microscopy and studies. rheological then nuclear magnetic Preliminary ~~P measurements were resonance performed and related to suspension adsorption layer is critically Structure of the structure. Abstract. of The commercial discussed. 1, Inwoduction, of multilayer parallel plate manufacture Baryum titanate is a commonly used material in the observations. capacitor. First devices were made using processing methods based on empirical Tape casting or doctor blading, mainly used as a fabrication technique for producing ceramic powder in an organic (or sheet products, is performed using a slurry containing the dielectric rarely aqueous) medium, with polymers acting as dispersant, binders plasticizers, to and insure satisfactory mechanical properties of the casted green tape. The microstructure of the microstructure of the green tape dictates the properties and consequently, the product. Poorly dispersed suspensions may result in green bodies containing voids inhomogepeities like agglomerates. One way to optimize the final capacitor performance sintered of the and tape, final JOURNAL 708 PHYSIQUE DE M III 5 the physico-chemical properties of the slurry. The of this purpose adsorption mechanism and the of adsorbed commercial structure phosphate sutfactant in stabilized BaTiO~ organic suspension, and to relate these ester characteristics rheological Binders behaviour. and plasticizers are omitted reduce the to to number of system Firstly adsorption isotherm will be measured and interpretated components. according to results given by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and nuclear magnetic ~IQMR) studies. Preliminary rheological will then be performed and measurements resonance related suspension to structure. is to work improve is to and master to the understand Experhnental, 2, Suspensions preparation is presented in figure I. BaTiO~ powder used in MATERIALS. study is referenced as ELMIC BT100, from Rhbne Poulenc. The solvent is a mixture of methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) and ethanol (EtOH) in a 2/3 :1/3 ratio, corresponding to the Sirfactants are hexaoxyethylene undecyl ester phosphate purchased azeotropic composition. from different SHPC (*), with mono/diester ratios. Chemical formulation deduced has been by Jorge (1990) from liquid chromatography results 2.I this O O R I OH- P I -&(CH~-CH~-O)~-CiiH~~ OH- -O-(CH~CH~-O)~-CiiH~~ P OH OR Diester Monoester Powders Heat Solvent 2fiMEK 1/3EtOH treatment j (120°C, 24h, pfima~y umj vac Surtac÷nt - solution ~ Suspension ice bath , fi so% pUise Pm360W ~ Centrilugation j~ Fig. (*) Suspension I. SHPC Usine, ,~t~n 62112 ~ ~~~ Dispersion ikickiy in 0eposiiion cam#nom preparation ~ and Corbehem, following France. Other treatments wtvem on TEM grids treatments chart. M PHOSPHATE ESTER 5 Characteristics mono the in exclusively almost Table of diester and a components, 50/50 ratio, ON listed are also and molecules monoester BaTiO~ powder I. ADSORPTION of BaTi03 in tables I ORGANIC and II. phosphoric residual the IN kind, same and ELMIC ~3ET (lll~/~) Surfactants contains surfactant second, The contains phosphoric of acid. BT100 ~.~ d~o (~m) II. free 709 characteristics. Reference Table One acid. is MEDIUM 0.83 characteristics. Mixture Mixture 2 mono/diester M~ wt9b H~PO~ 50/50 99,9/0.I 596 654 6 to 10 fb 13 HLB I fb < (13) Deagglomeration is performed using a 600 W Sonificator from Biocell. In of particles in organic efficiency, ultra deagglomeration the sonic suspensions has to be performed in an ice bath (Jorge 1990). The power used is 360 W, in a 50 fb pulsed mode, for 3 min. Suspensions are then gently agitated for homogeneity during 24 h, allowing adsorption equilibrium to be reached. adsorption determination, suspensions are centrifugated in tightly closed For isotherm diluted fifty with a syringe, and teflon containers, at 40 x 106 g. Supematant is withdrawn kerdane, as well as the times by-product commercially referenced with a petroleum as dilution This is solvent/surfactant the suspension. corresponding solution used to prepare reduction carbonization in the plasma torch. Phosphate avoid alcohol due to to necessary is measured by a Perkin Elmer Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma (ICP) technique content 2.2 order for METHODS. to both increase series of solutions. From results, the one rads " vi (Ct determine can surface: concentration the powder r~~~ (mol/m2) on equation following (mol/I), by the using : c~~ and the the surfactant adsorbed equilibrium concentration Ceq)l'~s Ss where Vi is the volume of liquid (f), in which a mass m~ (g) of solid with specific surface area surfactant (mol/I) before equal to S~ (m2/g) is dispersed. c; is the initial concentration adsorption. The adsorbed concentration the equilibrium concentration plot represents versus isotheirn (Figs. 2-3). the adsorption experiments are performed on BaTiO~ recovered NMR after a 25 volfb solid suspension centrifugation. The equipment used is a Br0cker MSL for which the type spectrometer, 'H frequency is 360 MHz, and the ~'P frequency is 145,8 MHz. resonance resonance Accumulations are registered after 8 000 scans with a repetition time equal to 10 s. 710 JOURNAL PHYSIQUE DE III M 5 ~ E ~ E 'O Z$ Ic fi 2 . 8 8 ~ l~ 8 O E 7l l~ ~ ~j O 10 5 15 20 t5 20 < Fig. 2. Mono/diester adsorption surfactant isotherm. "E # u# b zo c I E E ( 8 I m I o E xJ fl ~l 0 10 5 Equilibrium Fig. 3. Surface Monoester tension Preliminary mono/diester agglomeration surfactant adsorption measurements sedimentation are tests are concentration 3 (10 molfl) isotherm. performed performed suspensions, on an at room automatic Lauda tempprature, in tensiometer. glass test tubes, on containing investigate the stability and in order to of the particles. The solid 25 volffi. state content was transmission microscopy (TEM) analysis, one drop of s&pension is rapidly electron For dispersed in MEK/EtOH solution, in order to obtain a low agglomerate concentration from coated grid. Preliminary rheological which a drop is dispersed on a carbon measurements are performed on 40 volfb BaTi03 suspensions containing surfactant, using RFS8500 monoester with simple Rheometrics, from couette geometry. surfactant N 5 3, Adsorption PHOSPHATE ESTER ADSORPTION ON BaTi03 ORGANIC IN MEDIUM 711 isotherm, adsorb solutions, ionic surfactant surface charged 3.I RESULTS. In the aqueous as on entity and strongly influence stabilization. Ionization of is organic solvent reduced power and intermediate like compared to water, adsorption may require step reaction, proton transfer, for covalent bond formation. isotherms (Figs. 2-3) present a domain of higmy energetic adsorption, The two adsorption low surfactant surfactant, this domain exists, up to concentration. In the case of at monoester a of 2.5 coverage surface covered by adsorption The performed were this takes calculated step of our 10-6 mole x each place about to up average surface in part this studies, to is of molecules For non I x covered the m2 of powder. The calculated surfactant, highly energetic lo-6 mole of adsorbedmolecules per m2 of powder. by one molecule is 1.70 nm2. Desorption experiments adsorbed 0.66 nm2. of molecule per mono/diester No desorption adsorption, at low isotherm. reversible detected. was We concluded concentration. surfactant at Other techniques, like microcalorimetry and kinetic studies could be used to determine adsorption energies involved in the adsorption process for this part of the isotherm (Partyka et al., 1988, Lindheimer 1989, et al., 1990). surfactant Above the domain of higmy energetic adsorption, molecules keep on adsorbing on the powder molecules until surface adsorbed per reaching a limit corresponding to 4.9 powder surface, in the case of m2 of x 10-6 mole monoester of surfactant molecules. The energetic and probably reversible. When the plateau is reached, the calculated covered by each molecule is equal- to 0.34 nm2. In the case of mono/diester surface surfactant, the adsorption pattern is more complicated. A first plateau is observed for a 2, I x 10-6 mole calculated of 0.80nm2 corresponding to an surface coverage, average per m2 occupied by each molecule. The process limited to a 4.5 x 10-6 mole to be seems per m2 surfactant molecules. Molecular value, comparable to the adsorption limit for monoester from the plateau is about half the value calculated calculated section at the upper point cross domain. of the highly energetic adsorption sectional Cross equal to o.34 nm2 for the polar phosphate head is in good agreement area molecular section of o.35 nm2 for alkyl amine with other works. Cases (1979) found a cross adsorbed in a full monolayer configuration on oxide powder surface in aqueous molecules, dodecyl sulfate on Zirconia powder medium. studied the adsorption of sodium Grine (1990) surface in medium, and found that sulfate polar head occupies 0.39 nm2 on the aqueous pbwder surface. adsorption, the interpretation is difficult and requires the mono/diester surfactant For the values between molecular further investigations. There is no simple relation coverage isotherm. for mono/diester surfactant found for the different domains of the The the pattem and adsorption is more complex to analyze, because of residual phosphoric acid presence, adsorbed only the interactions molecules in these complexe between For state. reasons, more molecules will be emphasized. adsorption of illonoester surfactant adsorption 3.2 is less INTERPRETATION. At, this step- of our studies, we can propose two different which is close double layer adsorbed model organizations for the layer. A first to a Firstly, polar heads mechanism. organization can be discussed. It results from a two steps strongly adsorb on the solid surface, with nonpolar part of the molecule being free in the oriented A second layer is formed in a following step, with polar heads solvent medium. and polar shared by the layers. towards the solvent, two groups non during Such adsorption with an inner polar region, can be observed «bilayer» non «hydrophobic The called interaction» between alkyl adsorption from solution. water so considered the main driving force organization, chains and water is generally for such at the as 712 JOURNAL solid/liquid interface. However, solution, through a micellization this PHYSIQUE DE interaction process, and acts the two in N III similar a in way aggregative the mechanisms bulk are 5 water strongly connected. The question surfactant be strong is Whether molecules enough such promote to of hydrophobic and hydrophilic study, and the azeotropic MEK/EtOH alkyl groups aggregation in solution. notion in this used groups exist solvent, and between would it surfactant/MEK/EtOH solutions for increasing has been measured (Fig. 4). Surface tension did large of not vary over a range (10-3 to 10-~ mol/I). We have no proof of micelle concentration formation in the bulk using classical formation micelle investigation technique. We cannot, based on the available datas, notion of hydrophobic the interaction first model. to justify this use model for the A second adsorbed layer organization, also be discussed, especially from can Surface tension surfactant isotherm surface. of concentrations datas. This Molecules step would first adsorbe followed by the may be ~ ~~ in a i i monolayer densification « I I » I configuration of this lajer. on the powder I c © fi 20 1 4J I li W 0,00 Fig. 4, 4. NAIR Variation of surface 0,02 tension 0,08 0,10 Sudactant concentration (molfl) surfactant solutions 0,04 of 0,06 with increasing 0,12 surfactant concentration. specwoscopy, ~~P NMR spectroscopy is well suited for the study of the shape changes with surfactant concentration (Fig. 5), In the irreversible increases part of the isotherm, the peak is broad and its area steeply with the « surface Above this domain, broad peak area slightly -increases and stabilizes.Broad coverage. peaks are related to low mobility, that is to say, to strongly adsorbed molecules. In the reversible adsorption domain, a narrow peak appears and increases linearly with equilibrium mobile Sharper peak corresponds to more concentration. molecules, its width is about the obtained surfactant. for related than the It is dispersant molecules to free one pure same concentration equal ti the equilibrium present in the interstitial liquid of the wet residue, with 4,I METHOD adsorbed layer AND RESULTS. structure. Peak N 5 PHOSPHATE ESTER ADSORPTION c~~$~~~$~n BaTi03 ON IN ORGANIC MEDIUM 713 (#$~$ (io-3moYl) 15.5 0.74 7.8 0.867 1.9 0.946 0.8 0.970 0.3 0.975 o i peak 100 200 Fig. ~'P 5. signal NMR for various -100 0 ppm equilibrium -200 concentration. concentration, and to relatively mobile adsorbed species. NMR samples are weighed before after drying. For each sample, total of sqrfactant molecules is then calculated number from adsorption isotherm data. The overall NMR signal area is plotted total dispersant versus molecules quantity (Fig. 6). The equation of this calibration is used normalize to curve experimental peak areas. calculated Proportion of sharp over broad peak areas, from spectra decomposition, increases, witnessing an increasing mobile/fixed ratio, with molecules concentration concentration. and dry sample weight, of equilibrium From broad peak area and adsorbed domain, as well calculated is molecules (determined by in figure 7. The supematant two as curves in the ICP and plotted corresponding equilibrium versus analysis). This NMR isotherm is compared to similar. very reversible one, more are We than can say that, in the 90 fb of the Differences observed the two peak signal. between experimental by a possible contribution and accuracy, population in sharp peak formation. broad adsorbed isotherms of lightly irreversible species can be adsorbed concentration ICP isotherm adsorption contribute to explained by molecules 714 JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE N III 5 « ( d ~ . T ~ . ~ Z 0 20 Number Fig. NMR 6. normalization 60 40 sudaclant of molecules in the 80 100 sample (10' ~mol) curve. ( « ? E w o = c I fi ~ 8 8 a . o . ~ fl # # 7l l~ $ Fig. Comparison either by 7. determined Size 5, and shape of 0 of NMR the 10 adsorbed or by 20 Equilibrium concentration surfactant concentration ICP. (~l) ICP results (.) (I O" ~molfl) versus from equilibrium NMR concentration curves results. agglomerates, Generally, because powder grains have SEDIMENTATION EXPERIMENT. higher than that of the dispersing medium, large aggregates (~ 10~ nm) tend agglomeration, of course sediment under gravity force. Particle enhances this phenomenon. to sedimentation volume of the final lvhen takes place, the sediment depends on the extent of agglomeration. Compact agglomerates pack efficiently to give dense the sediment which is 5, I a PRELIMINARY density much N PHOSPHATE ESTER 5 difficult redisperse, to ADSORPTION where ON ORGANIC IN agglomerates branched as BaTi03 bridge MEDIUM readily 715 give and loose a sediment. Despite difference the (0.8g/cm3), solvent (Fig. 8). size is Particle motion. loose A evolution from slower suspensions between strong is observed attraction between containing could structure surfactant. or from unlikely interaction molecules either density (60 volfb of solid). It seems between particles. Small compact pack slowly under gravity forces. volume that forces addition by Brownian instantaneously from Sedimentation limit a of by formation, is much corresponding inhibits surfactant covered without electrostatic strong agglomerates reaches aggregates suspension free stabilization highly branched charged faces. Sediment MEK/EtOH and surfactant in result effective 60 fb to loose likely charged particles repulsion resulting in no Such months. BaTiO~ particles (6 g/cm3) between sedimentation large (~10~ nm) to explain colloidal (30volfb of solid) is obtained almost to sediment over density of almost the the surfactant 1 Fig. 8. Preliminary surface mono/diester 5.2 TEM sedimentation coverage (fJ = performed test r~~Jr~~~~~~). on 25 volfb BaTiO~ suspensions, for increasing observed for different surfactant concentrations. Agglomerates are agglomerates are observed from surfactant free suspensions. Agglomdramatically when surfactant is used (Fig. 9), higher compacity and Isolated agglomerate shapes are registered and computerized, as observed. are enveloppe which are drawn by hand. A shape factor equal to the shape convex enveloppe area is used to quantify the agglomerates compacity on a two convexe RESULTS. Large highly branched shape changes erates smaller well area sizes their as over the dimensional The visible level. efficiency of effect on surfactant agglomerate in size the and deagglomeration compacity. process has been proved here, by a DE JOURNAL 716 m~ e=o BaTi03 9. 6, Discussion. 6.I agglomerates PRELIMINARY forms by TEM for MEASUREMENTS. RHEOLOGICAL 5 JW- ~~- art observed N III e=o.55 4W- en0.84 Fig. PHYSIQUE increasing surface Rheology allows coverage. measurement Of long as as weak strains dynamic and used mode. the of rigid spheric small be in In stresses case can particles dispersed in newtonian fluid, Einstein law can be used to approximate the viscosity of the suspension, assuming an infinitely low concentration. concentrations, a For higher solid surrounding particles influence on each particle # ~ term must be added to take into account General proposed, the best known being that of motion. forms of Einstein's law have been suspension stability Guth Simha and fluid and (1966) characterization structure without its modification, : ~ = 7~s(1+ 2.5 # +14.1# ~+ ) fraction viscosity of a suspension containing a solid volume equal to #, in a viscosity is equal to 7~s. influence of the agglomerate shape can be predicted. AgglomerFrom this expression, the parts. Traped solvent does not participate as lubricant, ates trape solvent in their concave can underestimation of the volume fraction but constitutes of part of the agglomerate. It results an particles, and an overestimation of the solvent One expects a lower viscosity for a content. suspension containing more agglomerates. compact suspensions with For corresponding to the highly energetic adsorption concentrations domain, Elastic modulus is and viscosity about 10 Poise at low oscillating about 10 Pa, modulus and viscosity frequency (~ l rad/s). When surfactant increases, elastic concentration when the of the Poise respectively, increase again plateau decrease 0.5 but down to I Pa and fluidifiant behaviour: viscosity have reached. All suspensions adsorption isotherm is with increasing oscillating frequency. decreases plotted versus shear rate values de/dt, an empiric law, called values When shear stress rare data used fit the experimental law is Ostwald to power where solvent 7~ is the which r K(de/dt)n = N K n, PHOSPHATE ESTER 5 Values tend results, Table found behave to since value like the tableIII. Newtonian a (n) can Such with that seen evolution was initial 717 behaviour when surfactant increases, suspenexpected from TEM larger and less are surfactant MEDIUM newtonian from concentration agglomerates variation ORGANIC be surfactant fluid. concentration constant IN deviation It When increases. surfactant Ostwald III. n more low at reported BaTiO~ ON characterizes n are increases, concentration sion values. constant are I). (n= ADSORPTION concentration, compact. surface and coverage. Concentration fl n (10-3 mol/I) 7, lo 0.2 0,1 25 0.5 0.7 35 0.7 0.8 40 0.8 0.9 Conclusion, Adsorption mechanism hexaoxyethylene undecyl ester phosphate on baryum of titanate medium has been powder, in methyl ethyl ketonelethanol characterized. NMR spectroscopy investigation of the adsorbed layer allowed the and the species mobility. Results structure adsorption isotherm determined ICP. with the by Adsorption in good agreement was were surfactant adsorption is highly mechanism. At low concentration, shown to be a two steps concentrations, a reversible reversible. For higher surfactant energetic, and probably non completion of a monolayer mechanism involving the adsorption phenomenon A appears. study has has proposed. A parallel formation diffuse layer been followed by the of a more adsorption on agglomeration state, which is a been presented on the effect of surfactant behaviour. and rheological In the case of mono/diester fundamental stabilization parameter of deagglomeration state, probably associated with a minimum viscosity surfactant, a minimum behaviour between the two value, appeared. Phosphoric acid could explain the difference in will be performed to studies Complementary rheological and thermodynamical surfactants. surfactant the following question : how to relate results, and to confirm the present answer nanometric layer adsorption and structuration, or destructuration, of a colloidal suspension. Acknowledgements, This the work french greatfully Messier, is part of the GIS entitled government and the the staff of thanks and the CRSOCI Rhbne the staff for poudre financially De la « industries their Poulenc au composant involved Center precious help in this at and We ». would project. 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