Phase Transition of SiO2 Nanoparticles Prepared from Natural Sand…
Introduction Quartz sand in nature contains many oxide elements such as SiO2, Fe2O3, Al2O3, TiO2, CaO, MgO and K2O [1-3]. Silica has crystalline polymorphs namely quartz, cristobalite and tridymite, stishovite, and coesite [4-6] structures.