Research Article

Synthesis of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Material with a Synergistic Interface as a Release Agent for Free Acid β-Hydroxy-β-Methyl Butyrate

Table 1

XPS quantitative results for HMB, ZnAl, and ZnAl/HMB (BE values are corrected with contamination carbon as reference at 284.60 eV).

PeakBEFWHMAtomic (%)Chemical state

HMB
C1s A284.51.725.7C-C
C1s B2861.715.7C-O
C1s C288.31.721.6Carboxyl O-C=O
O1s A531.31.925.2OH
O1s B532.81.912.7Adsorbed H2O
O1s C535.21.96.6Carboxyl O-C=O
Na 1s1070.91.911.9Na+
ZnAl
C1s A284.52.26.6C-C
C1s B287.52.25.5C-O
O1s A530.11.95.8Oxides
O1s B531.61.941.6OH
O1s C533.21.99.6Nitrates
N1s406.71.82.4Nitrates
Zn2p1021.42.522.5Zn2+
Al2p73.92.25.9AlO(OH)
ZnAl/HMB
C1s A284.52.69.4C-C
C1s B287.72.65.5C-O
O1s A530.51.917.2Oxides
O1s B5321.933.5OH
O1s C533.41.93.6Nitrates
N1s404.52.71.1Nitrates
Zn2p1022.12.122.8Zn2+
Al2p73.42.25.4AlO(OH)