A New Approach of Obtaining Sodium Metasilicate from Dealuminated Kaolin for The Synthesis of Amorphous Silicon Dioxide Nanoparticles

  • D.B. Puzer Department of Physics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4470-681X
  • A.C.K. Amuzu Department of Physics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
  • A. Abandoh Department of Physics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2465-8277
  • I. Nkrumah Department of Physics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4030-7931
  • B. Kwakye-Awuah Department of Physics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8842-681X
  • F.K. Ampong Department of Physics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3562-8183
  • R.K. Nkum Department of Physics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0404-760X
  • F. Boakye Department of Physics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26565/2312-4334-2025-2-38
Keywords: Amorphous silica, Sol-gel synthesis, Nanoparticles, Characterization, Metakaolin, Sodium metasilicate

Abstract

Silicon Dioxide nanoparticles of high purity was synthesized using a novel technique of obtaining sodium metasilicate from de-aluminated metakaolin. The process involved taking the de-aluminated metakaolin through several recrystallization steps to form sodium metasilicate. This was then converted into silicon dioxide nanoparticles using the sol gel technique. The nanoparticles were studied by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray analysis, thermogravimetric analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and UV-visible optical absorption spectroscopy. The results from all the characterization techniques confirmed that the synthesized product was amorphous silicon dioxide nanoparticles with a high level of purity. This study gives an alternate pathway for obtaining sodium metasilicate from de-aluminated metakaolin for the synthesis of amorphous silicon dioxide nanoparticles for industrial applications.

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2025-06-09
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Puzer, D., Amuzu, A., Abandoh, A., Nkrumah, I., Kwakye-Awuah, B., Ampong, F., Nkum, R., & Boakye, F. (2025). A New Approach of Obtaining Sodium Metasilicate from Dealuminated Kaolin for The Synthesis of Amorphous Silicon Dioxide Nanoparticles. East European Journal of Physics, (2), 313-319. https://doi.org/10.26565/2312-4334-2025-2-38
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