CONDITIONS OF ORGANOSOL FORMATION FROM METAL SOAPS IN HIGHER ALCOHOLS AND THE SHAPE OF THE DISPERSED PARTICLES

ABSTRACT

Seven bivalent metal soaps and six trivalent metal soaps were prepared from the various kinds of fatty acids. Upon heating metal soap suspensions in organic solvents, organosols of metal oxides were formed and they showed the special characteristics in color. The scanning electron microscopic examination of the organosol particles showed the spherical, cubic, or irregular shape of 0.3~3.0 μm size. The shape and size of the particles were affected by the type of netal, the concentration of soaps, heating temperature, and the presence of a reducing agent. No relationship between the particles size of organosol and the carbon number of metal soaps was observed in this study. The stable organosol of monodispersed particles were successfully formed upon heating from Co, Mn and Fe metal soaps in 1-decanol containing a reducing agent.