TY - JFULL AU - D. S. Vardar and A. S. Kipcak and F. T. Senberber and E. M. Derun and N. Tugrul and S. Piskin PY - 2015/9/ TI - Zinc Borate Synthesis Using Hydrozincite and Boric Acid with Ultrasonic Method T2 - International Journal of Chemical and Molecular Engineering SP - 1051 EP - 1055 VL - 9 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10002670 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 104, 2015 N2 - Zinc borate is an important inorganic hydrate borate material, which can be used as a flame retardant agent and corrosion resistance material. This compound can loss its structural water content at higher than 290掳C. Due to thermal stability; Zinc Borate can be used as flame retardant at high temperature process of plastic and gum. In this study, the ultrasonic reaction of zinc borates were studied using hydrozincite (Zn5(CO3)2路(OH)6) and boric acid (H3BO3) raw materials. Before the synthesis raw materials were characterized by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR). Ultrasonic method is a new application on the zinc borate synthesis. The synthesis parameters were set to 90掳C reaction temperature and 55 minutes of reaction time, with 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4 and 1:5 molar ratio of starting materials (Zn5(CO3)2路(OH)6 : H3BO3). After the zinc borate synthesis, the products were analyzed by XRD and FT-IR. As a result, optimum molar ratio of 1:5 is determined for the synthesis of zinc borates with ultrasonic method. ER -