Comparative Assessment of Antimicrobial Efficiency of Ionic Silver, Silver Monoxide, and Metallic Silver Incorporated onto an Aluminum Oxide Nanopowder Carrier

Table 3

Physical properties of the Al₂O₃-Ag⁺, Al₂O₃-Ag₂O, and Al₂O₃-Ag nanopowders produced by the thermal decomposition (700°C, 24 h) followed by reduction (H₂, 700°C, 2 h).

Sample numbers; (Ag concentration)	Al2O3-Ag^+			Al2O3-Ag2O			Al2O3-Ag
	S BET/m^2g^−1	V BJH × 10^−3/m^3g^−1	D BJH/nm	S BET/m^2g^−1	V BJH × 10^−3/m^3g^−1	D BJH/nm	S BET/m^2g^−1	V BJH × 10^−3/m^3g^−1	D BJH/nm
0 (0.00 wt%)	252,60	0,835	4	169,60	0,758	8	—	—	—
1 (0.30 wt%)	118,50	0,506	25	161,80	0,632	6	148,50	0,616	11
2 (1.35 wt%)	198,60	0,808	2	228,10	1,346	22	208,00	1,199	11
3 (2.84 wt%)	151,30	0,490	5	175,80	0,619	8	157,60	0,642	7
4 (12.55 wt%)	228,00	0,518	4	178,60	0,539	6	172,90	0,456	6