Domains in magnesium pyroborate

Effect of Surfactants on the Structure and Morphology of Magnesium Borate Hydroxide Nanowhiskers Synthesized by Hydrothermal Route

“…The Szaibelyite is also an important source of anhydrous magnesium borate [8]. Magnesium borate can be used as thermo-luminescent phosphor [9], antiwear and friction reducing additive [10], ferro-elastic material [11], which is a candidate for tunable laser applications [12], and can be used as a luminescent material for fluorescent discharge lamps, cathode ray tube screens, and X-ray screens [13]. Recently variety of magnesium borate nanostructures such as nanorods [14], nanowires [15,16], nanobelts [17], nanoparticles [10] and nanotubes [18] have been fabricated by different synthesis techniques including thermal evaporation, chemical vapor deposition, ethanol supercritical fluid drying technique, and thermal evaporation in IR-irradiation heating furnace [10,14-18].…”

Thermodynamic assessment of B2O3–MgO binary system

“…Magnesium borate compounds Mg 2 B 2 O 5 , Mg 3 B 2 O 6 and MgB 4 O 7 have many applications involving catalysts for conversion of hydrocarbons [1], thermoluminescence phosphor [2], ferroelastic materials [3], nanomaterials [4,5], reinforcements for production of composite materials [6][7][8], and the fused cast refractory that possesses corrosion-erosion resistance in basic oxygen steel making environments and high degree of thermal shock resistance [9]. Thus, various synthesis methods for preparation of magnesium borate compounds with different morphological forms such as nanorods [5] and whiskers [10][11][12] have been proposed.…”

“…However, to find a model formula for our system, it is advantageous to reflect features of the true structure of the liquid phase to some extent. In previous studies of the BaO-B 2 O 3[48] and CaO-B 2 O 3[49] systems, Yu et al[48,49] adopted a ionic two-sublattice model, (Me 2 þ ) P (O 2 À , BO3 3− , B 2 O 3 ) Q (Me ¼Ca or Ba), to describe the liquid phase. However, we found it is difficult to use this formula in the MgO-B 2 O 3 system, because the critical point of the liquid-miscibility gap occurs at a high B 2 O 3 content.…”

Synthesis of magnesium borates using sodium borate and magnesium sulfate

“…Mg-borates of varying compositions and properties were synthesized using different reagents and methods on the possible potential uses as thermoluminescent material [10], as anti-wear and anti-friction additive [11], as nanotubular structure [12,13], as glass [14], as catalyst for the conversion of hydrocarbons [15], as whisker material [16], as a ferroelastic material [17], as a preservative and as an antiseptic [18,19].…”