The preparation of BaCO
3 particles was carried out by bubbling of CO
2 into the system solubilizing aqueous Ba(OH)
2 solution in the isooctane or cyclohexane solution of polyoxyethylene nonylphenyl ether (average ethylene oxide unit : 4, 6, 8 or 10, the abbreviation is NP-4, -6, -8 or -10). In NP-4/isooctane system, the monodispersed rodlike BaCO
3 particles were formed at any molar ratio of H
2O to NP-4 at 0°C.
Similar particles were also formed at 2.25 molar ratio of H
2O to NP-4 in several concentration of aqueous Ba(OH)
2 solution at 55°C. The monodispersed rodlike BaCO
3 particles were also obtained at 4.5 molar ratio of H
2O to NP-6 at several concentration of NP-6 in cyclohexane. The size of the rodlike BaCO
3 particles prepared in NP-4, 6, 8 and 10/cyclohexane system decreased with increasing oxyethylene chain length of surfactants at 25°C.
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