Influence of processing variables on the pore structure of silica gels obtained with tetraethylorthosilicate



Título del documento: Influence of processing variables on the pore structure of silica gels obtained with tetraethylorthosilicate
Revista: Materials research
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000312395
ISSN: 1516-1439
Autores: 1
Instituciones: 1Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Engenharia Metalurgica e de Materiais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Brasil
Año:
Periodo: Jul
Volumen: 2
Número: 3
Paginación: 197-200
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Descriptivo
Resumen en inglés In this work it was evaluated the influence of the type and concentration of the acid catalyst and the gelation temperature on the structure of pores of silica gels obtained with TEOS. The values of the major structural parameters related to the pores such as volume fraction of pore (VV), surface area per unit volume (SV), the average pore size (rP) and the connectivity of pores (GV), obtained in this work showed the possibility of tailoring the pore structure of silica gels by changing the processing variables. For the HF catalyzed gels the values of average pore radius varied from 6.8 nm to 21.6 nm, and the gelation time varied from 2 min to 140 min. For the gels obtained in this work the activation energy for gelation (E) was found to be 11.8 kcal/mole
Disciplinas: Ingeniería
Palabras clave: Ingeniería de control,
Nanoestructuras,
Silicio,
Gel,
Sol-gel
Keyword: Engineering,
Control engineering,
Nanostructures,
Silicon,
Gel,
Sol-gel
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