Mike Reports

TocontroltheratiooftheCesurfacesizes,wesynthesizeceriumoxide
nanoparticlesofvarioussizes,from5nmto40nm.

For all pure cerium oxides, the surface area was within 80-90 % of the expected surface as
determined by the average particle diameter. However, for the mixed cerium oxides, the surface
areas were 10-30 % of the surface area predicted from the average particle diameter. Regardless
of composition, however, the CeO2 showed little microporosity and Type I desorption behavior,
viz., cylindrical pores.

Typical values for average pore diameter and pore volume for CeO 2 were circa 16.5 and 0.06
mL/g, respectively