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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2014.15.4.2519

A study on the synthesis of porous silica from a sodium silicate  

Yoo, Jeong-Kun (Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Hanseo University)
Keum, Young-Ho (Dept. of Environmental Engineering, Hanseo University)
Shon, Byung-Hyun (Dept. of Environmental Engineering, Hanseo University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.15, no.4, 2014 , pp. 2519-2525 More about this Journal
Abstract
WeI have studied the process for synthesizing porous silica with a specific surface area of minimum $800m^2/g$ by adding surfactant [Poly Etylene Glycol(PEG) and Hydroxy Propyl Cellulose(HPC)] to the sol-gel reaction between sodium silicate and hydrochloric acid. NaCl, the by-product of the sol-gel reaction, was water cleaned and removed; when 200 ml of water was used to clean 50 g of silica gel, NaCl remaining in the silica gel was reduced to maximum 0.81wt%. The appropriate level of surfactant for silica gel synthesizing proved to be below 5%. As a result of the experiment, for the silica synthesized by adding surfactant of HPC(2.5%)+PEG(2.5%), the surfactant area was $860m^2/g$ and grain size was $20-50{\mu}m$. From this study, we have concluded that it is of industrial significance that specific surface area is improved and silica of a regular grain size is obtained just by adding surfactant in the gel process or drying process of silica.
Keywords
Mesoporous silica; Sodium silicate; Surfactants;
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