Chemical Reduction Behaviour of NiO under Various Concentration of Carbon Monoxide Using TPR and XRD Techniques

Abstract

The chemical reduction behavior of NiO under various carbon monoxide (CO) concentration as a reduction agent was studied. The NiO and Ni0 transformations were identified using TPR and XRD techniques. It was shown that, the completed reduction occurred at temperature 700 °C for 40% CO and 900 °C for 10% and 20% CO. During the chemical reduction process, nickel carbide was formed at temperature 400 °C and another formation of carbon amorphous appeared at 500 °C and proved through diffraction of XRD pattern at 2θ: 22.86 under 20% CO/N2 and and 2θ: 26.15 under 40% CO/N2. The interpretation of physisorption data showed that the pore size after reduction with various CO concentration comprised as microporous size in the range of 6-40 nm. Therefore, CO as a mild reduction agent stated that as the concentration of CO high, the rate of reduction affected and formed a very crystalline of Ni0 particle.