Dr. Fatma Tugce SENBERBER DUMANLI graduated with a Ph.D. (2016) in the Chemical Engineering Department at Yildiz Technical University, Turkey. She is an Associate Professor at Nisantasi University, Turkey. Her research interests and expertise include the areas of material chemistry; nanotechnology; boron technologies; adsorption on wastewater; reaction kinetic modeling; and characterization. She also has a lot of publications and academic conference experiences.
Magnesium borates are compounds including mainly magnesium (Mg), boron (B) oxygen (O), and hydrogen (H). Magnesium borates are traditionally famous for their strong thermoluminescence, mechanical and thermal features due to their high elasticity coefficient, corrosion, and heat resistance. Because of being beneficial, especially in the applications such as thermoluminescence and X-ray screening, and ease of synthesis, magnesium borates are produced by using different experimental procedures exhibiting different characteristics. Main traditional synthesis techniques can be classified as liquid state and solid-state synthesis methods. With the help of novelties in synthesis technology, new techniques are beginning to emerge in magnesium borate syntheses such as hybrid synthesis, ultrasound, microwave, and capping agent addition. The strengthened characteristics of the compounds would lead to new applications such as stomach cancer chemotherapy and wastewater treatment. In this chapter, it is aimed to make a comparison between the characteristics of synthesized magnesium borates and their properties. In addition, new types of magnesium borates obtained by various synthetic techniques are expected to be useful for industrial applications such as space technology, radiation dosimetry, X-ray screening, ion batteries, and hydrocarbon reaction catalysis. Such classification of properties and the synthesis techniques will enlighten the relationship between the characteristics and novel applications of magnesium borates.
Part of the book: Current Trends in Magnesium (Mg) Research
Boron compounds are beneficial additives for industrial applications due to their superior physical, chemical, mechanical, and thermal features. The common use of boron compounds can be listed as ceramic, glass, glazes, metallurgy, lubricating agents, non-linear optical devices, and nuclear processes. Metal borates can be classified in accordance with the metal atom in the structure. According to the metal borate type, each compound exhibits different properties and is preferred for various applications. The other significant factor of a material that makes it preferable for the industry is its morphological characteristics. With the developing technology and novel synthesis procedures, metal borates can be fabricated at different morphologies. The characteristics of the metal borates can be improved by the modification of their surfaces. Capping agents are additive materials that are used to control particle growth and/or modify the morphological features of compounds. There is a recent increase in the number of studies based on metal borates prepared by using capping agents. In this chapter, the theoretical background on metal borates, synthesis procedures of metal borates, classification of the capping agent, the effect of capping agent on particle growth and examples of capping agent use on metal borates preparation were explained. Also, the characteristics of the same metal borates at different morphological features were compared.
Part of the book: Boron, Boron Compounds and Boron-Based Materials and Structures