Prediction of powder characteristics of uniform NiO precursor prepared by homogeneous precipitation

Uniform NiO precursor particles were prepared by homogeneous precipitation in the presence of urea. Optimal discrimination plan, one of the chemical pattern recognition techniques, was applied to analyze the experimental data and the quantitative relationships among the process parameters and powder characteristics of the obtained particles were determined. It proves that the model fits well with the experimental results and it is quite effective to guide the process design. Based on the above results, an improved La Mer model and the reasonable formation mechanism of the particles are proposed.