Oxide Nanopowder

Lead oxide nanopowder is available in two crystal structures such as tetragonal and orthorhombic crystal structure. This compound has been used in various industries such as glass, ceramics and computer components. This compound is an amphoteric compound. It is an industrial material due to it shows distinct properties, for instance, electronic, mechanical and optical properties.

Lead oxide nanopowder has many applications as network-modifiers in luminescent glassy materials, paints, sensors such as gas sensors, pigments. It is also employed in batteries, for instance, lead-acid batteries, lithium secondary batteries. It is synthesized by various methods such as thermal decomposition, spray pyrolysis, selected control synthesis, hydrothermal synthesis; sonochemical microwave irradiation, etc. this compound is also employed in waterproof types of cement and in paints.

Lead oxide powder (PbO)-containing glasses are technologically important and are potential candidates for making electron multipliers, ultra-low loss waveguides, glass-to-metal seals, IR transmitting devices and optical gratings. Optical properties like refractive index and extent of transmission in the UV–visible region can be modified by incorporating suitable additives, subjecting the samples to optical irradiation at different wavelengths and treatment under hydrogen environment, etc.

Lead oxide nanopowder is used in cathode ray tube glass to block X-ray emission, but mainly in the neck and funnel because it can cause discoloration when used in the faceplate. The consumption of lead, and hence the processing of PbO, correlates with the number of automobiles because it remains the key component of automotive lead-acid batteries.

Lead oxide nanopowder: Nanotechnology can be defined as the science and engineering involved in the design, synthesis, characterization, and application of materials and devices whose smallest functional organization in at least one dimension is on the nanometer scale or one billionth of a meter. At these scales, consideration of individual molecules and interacting groups of molecules in relation to the bulk macroscopic properties of the material or device becomes important, since it is control over the fundamental molecular structure that allows control over the macroscopic chemical and physical properties. Applications to medicine and physiology imply materials and devices designed to interact with the body at subcellular (i.e., molecular) scales with a high degree of specificity.