Production of TiO₂/Cr₂O₃ Composite Material in the Spherical Form

Spherical TiO₂/Cr₂O₃ oxides composites were obtained by template method accompanied with sol-gel method. Ion exchange resins of spherical form (TOKEM-100 and TOKEM-250) were used as an organic polymer matrix. Thermal analysis, X-ray phase analysis and micro-X-ray spectral analysis were used to identify the formation process and compositions of oxides composites. The formation of spherical oxide composite ends at 400 °C and the final products are a mixture of two oxides: Cr₂O₃ and TiO₂ regardless of the structure of the used template. According SEM data prepared TiO₂/Cr₂O₃ composites have spherical form and the size of sphere found to be in a range from 300 to 870 µm

The research was support under the state assignment (no. 10.2281.2017/4.6)

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