Synthesis and characterization of Silver Chloride nanoparticles

R.Hepzi Pramila Devamani; V.Saranya; S.Vinitha

Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2019

Synthesis and characterization of Silver Chloride nanoparticles

R. Hepzi Pramila Devamani, V. Saranya, S. Vinitha

Abstract :

Silver Chloride nanoparticles were synthesized via chemical co–precipitation method from silver nitrate and sodium chloride. The formed nano particle is characterized by powder X–Ray Diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Energy Dispersive X–ray Spectroscopy, Ultra–Violet Spectroscopy and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Antibacterial activity. The XRD analysis confirmed the preferential growth of silver chloride nanoparticles that width is 28nm. The SEM image shows the synthesized silver chloride nanoparticles with spherical morphology. The EDAX spectra shows the elements present in the sample. The FTIR spectrum is used to study the stretching and bending frequencies of molecular functional groups in the sample. From UV spectrum, the band gap of silver chloride nanoparticles is found to be 5.3eV. From the antibacterial analysis, the silver chloride nanoparticles are found to have antibacterial activity.