Synthesis of gold hydrosols in the presence of Na2EDTA

  • Gvidona P. Shevchenko Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieninhradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus
  • Victor A. Zhuravkov Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieninhradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus
  • Nikolaj P. Osipovich Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieninhradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus
  • Galina V. Shishko Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieninhradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33581/2520-257X-2019-1-86-94

Abstract

The possibility of  Na2EDTA applying as a reducing and stabilizing reagent in aqueous medium to obtain gold hydrosols from hydrogen tetrachloroaurate was studied. It was found that, depending on the pH of the reaction medium, both nanosized precipitates (~60 nm) and gold hydrosols, consisting of spherical nanoparticles of uniform size (12–15 nm), can be obtained. Stable gold sols are formed at pH ≥ 10.5. Sol formation process rate depends on the temperature and concentration of  Na2EDTA and increases with their increase. An electrochemical study of processes of  HAuCl4 reduction and Na2EDTA oxidation showed that the possibility of gold hydrosols formation in an alkaline medium is due to the kinetic inhibition of the reduction process of gold hydroxo complexes formed during this process.

Author Biographies

Gvidona P. Shevchenko, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieninhradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus

PhD (chemistry); leading researcher at the laboratory of nanochemistry

Victor A. Zhuravkov, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieninhradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus

researcher at the laboratory of nanochemistry

Nikolaj P. Osipovich, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieninhradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus

PhD (chemistry); senior researcher at the laboratory of chemistry of free radical processes

Galina V. Shishko, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieninhradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus

junior researcher at the laboratory of nanochemistry

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Published
2019-02-15
Keywords: gold nanoparticles, gold hydrosols, reduction of hydrogen tetrachloroaurate, Na2EDTA
How to Cite
Shevchenko, G. P., Zhuravkov, V. A., Osipovich, N. P., & Shishko, G. V. (2019). Synthesis of gold hydrosols in the presence of Na2EDTA. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Chemistry, 1, 86-94. https://doi.org/10.33581/2520-257X-2019-1-86-94
Issue
No 1 (2019): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Chemistry
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