Synthesis and Charaterization of Magensium Oxide Mesoporous Microstructures Using Pluronic F127

Mesoporous  MgO  microstructures  were  synthesized  using magnesium  acetate  tetrahydrate,  ammonium  oxalate  monohydrate and  Pluronic  F127  via  heating  at  40  °C  for  24  h  and  subsequent calcination. The mesoporous structure of magnesium oxide with the specific  surface  area  of  47m2 /g,  pore  volume  0.30  cm3 /g  and  the average pore size 24 nm is produced. According to XRD studies, the diffraction peaks of  the product pattern can be  indexed  to  the cubic structure magnesium oxide with  the  lattice parameter of a = 4.22 Å and  showing  no  impurities.  The  product  was  characterized  by Fourier  transform  infrared  spectroscopy,  X-ray  powder  diffraction analysis,  N2  adsorption-desorption  and  Scanning  electron microscopy.