Preparation of Aluminumtriethoxide by Application of Aluminum Corrosion

Abstract

Aluminumtriethoxide were obtained when aluminum powder was refluxed in dehydrated ethanol containing aluminum chloride for 10 ks. It is shown that aluminumtriethoxide powder made in our laboratory coincided with that supplied in commercial market by similar pattern of XRD-analysis, particle size distribution analysis and particle morphology observation. It is considered that aluminumtriethoxide in our laboratory was electrochemically interpreted as corrosion product which has been oxidized in ethanol containing aluminum chloride as catalyst.