Novel Synthetic Method for the Catalytic Use of Thermally Stable Zirconia: Thermal Decomposition of Zirconium Alkoxides in Organic Media.

Abstract Thermal treatment of zirconium n-propoxide in glycol at 300°C yielded microcrystalline tetragonal zirconia (ZrO2). The crystallite size of the product depended on the carbon number of the glycol and increased in the following order (carbon number of glycol): 2