scholarly journals Manufacture of Fine-Pored Ceramics by the Gelcasting Method

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bronisław Psiuk ◽  
Anna Gerle ◽  
Małgorzata Osadnik ◽  
Andrzej Śliwa

The fine-pored materials represent a wide range of applications and searches are being continued to develop methods of their manufacturing. In the article, based on measurements on fine-grained powders of Al2O3, TiO2, and SiO2, it has been demonstrated that gelcasting can be relatively simple method of obtaining of nanoporous materials with high values of both specific surface area and open porosity. The powders were dispersed in silica sol, and the gelling initiator was NH4Cl. The usefulness of experiment design theory for developing of fine-pored materials with high porosity and specific surface area was also shown.

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (02) ◽  
pp. 2151011
Author(s):  
Jingwen Jia ◽  
Longfu Wei ◽  
Ziting Guo ◽  
Fang Li ◽  
Changlin Yu ◽  
...  

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are the electrocatalytic materials with large specific surface area, high porosity, controllable structure and monodisperse active center, which is a promising candidate for the application of electrochemical energy conversion. However, the electrocatalytic performance of pure MOFs is seriously limited its poor conductivity and stability. In this work, high-performance electrocatalyst was fabricated through combining NiFe/MOF on nickel foam (NF) via in-situ growth strategy. Through rational control of the time and ratio in reaction precursors, we realized the effective manipulation of the growth behavior, and further investigated the electrocatalytic performance in water splitting. The catalyst presented excellent electrocatalytic performance for water splitting, with low overpotential of 260 mV in alkaline condition at a current density of 50 mA[Formula: see text], which is benefited from the large specific surface area and active sites. This study demonstrates that the rational design of NiFe MOF/NF plays a significant role in high-performance electrocatalyst.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1017 ◽  
pp. 11-20
Author(s):  
Evgeny A. Shoshin ◽  
Valeria V. Strokova ◽  
Zheng Mao Ye

Silicate micro- and nano-additives are multifunctional in relation to cement systems. Their application can solve a wide range of technological problems while maintaining the economic efficiency of technical solutions. The effect of silicate additives and fillers is determined by their level of dispersion, due to which the technologies for producing nano- and submicro-sized dispersed materials are being developed. The combination of mechanochemical synthesis of modified calcium hydrosilicates with subsequent thermolysis makes it possible to produce calcium silicate dispersions (SCD), which differ in polymodality of the fractional composition including submicro (10–7–10–6 m) and microdimensional (≥10–6 m) modes. The main element of the technology is the use of modifying carbohydrate, which acts as a stabilizer of hydrated phases of silicates. A comparative study of SCD produced using sucrose (sSCD) and lactose (lSCD) revealed the effect of these carbohydrates on the properties of sSCD and lSCD, as well as their effectiveness as a component of cementitious composite binder. It was found that the level of adsorption of modifying carbohydrate determines the physical properties of SCD (granulometry, specific surface area). The relatively high residual content of free sucrose (0.24%) in the composition of sSCD prevents the consolidation of silicates nanoparticles formed during the thermolysis, causes a high content of submicro sized fractions and a high specific surface area with sSCD (26.3 ± 0.7 m2/g). Lactose is absorbed by the silicate phase; the residual content of free lactose does not exceed 0.028% of lSCD. The low content of stabilizing carbohydrate contributes to the development of nanoparticle consolidation, a decrease in the specific surface area of lSCD to 13.0 ± 0.2 m2/g and content of submicrosized fractions. The residual content of free carbohydrates and particle size characteristics of sSCD and lSCD determine the nature of their influence on Cement-SCD-based concrete setting and hardening. The presence of residual sucrose in the composition of sSCD and fine fractions determines the competitive nature of the processes of retardation of hardening and acceleration of hardening of the cement system due to the nucleation effect, as a result of which the curve of the setting time is extreme. In addition, the inhibitory effect of sucrose reduces the strength of concrete on the 7th day. By the 28th day, the inhibitory effect of sucrose has been overcome, and concrete samples demonstrate an 18% increase in compressive strength with a sSCD content of 30%. The low content of residual free lactose in the composition of lSCD causes the nucleation effect. As a result, there is a monotonous reduction in the setting time of concrete mix with an increase in the content of lSCD in the composition of HF, as well as a significant increase in concrete strength (up to 127%) on the 7th day. At the same time, on the 28th day the strength of concrete increases slightly


2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 939-951 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Calonne ◽  
C. Geindreau ◽  
F. Flin ◽  
S. Morin ◽  
B. Lesaffre ◽  
...  

Abstract. We used three-dimensional (3-D) images of snow microstructure to carry out numerical estimations of the full tensor of the intrinsic permeability of snow (K). This study was performed on 35 snow samples, spanning a wide range of seasonal snow types. For several snow samples, a significant anisotropy of permeability was detected and is consistent with that observed for the effective thermal conductivity obtained from the same samples. The anisotropy coefficient, defined as the ratio of the vertical over the horizontal components of K, ranges from 0.74 for a sample of decomposing precipitation particles collected in the field to 1.66 for a depth hoar specimen. Because the permeability is related to a characteristic length, we introduced a dimensionless tensor K*=K/res2, where the equivalent sphere radius of ice grains (res) is computed from the specific surface area of snow (SSA) and the ice density (ρi) as follows: res=3/(SSA×ρi. We define K and K* as the average of the diagonal components of K and K*, respectively. The 35 values of K* were fitted to snow density (ρs) and provide the following regression: K = (3.0 ± 0.3) res2 exp((−0.0130 ± 0.0003)ρs). We noted that the anisotropy of permeability does not affect significantly the proposed equation. This regression curve was applied to several independent datasets from the literature and compared to other existing regression curves or analytical models. The results show that it is probably the best currently available simple relationship linking the average value of permeability, K, to snow density and specific surface area.


2020 ◽  
Vol 850 ◽  
pp. 16-21
Author(s):  
Hoc Thang Nguyen ◽  
Phong Thanh Dang

Diatomite or diatomaceous earth (DE) is one of materials which can be used as an adsorbent to treat heavy metal ions from waste water, even there are many factories used it to clean the water for drinking. However, natural DE (raw DE) has very low adsorption capacity because of low specific surface area. In this work, natural DE from Lam Dong province, Viet Nam was demagnetized to remove iron and activated by HCl solution for 90 minutes with concentration of 10% at room condition. Adsorbent capacity was evaluated using As solution and the results show that the activated diatomite has adsorption capacity three times higher than that of raw DE, and the specific surface area of activated diatomite was increased 47.5% with the main chemical composition of 90.8% SiO2 and high porosity


2010 ◽  
Vol 1256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Girija Shankar Chaubey ◽  
Yuan Yao ◽  
Julien Pierre Amelie Makongo Mangan ◽  
Pranati Sahoo ◽  
Pierre F. P. Poudeu ◽  
...  

AbstractA simple method is reported for the synthesis of monodispersed HfO2 nanoparticles by the ammonia catalyzed hydrolysis and condensation of hafnium (IV) tert-butoxide in the presence of surfactants at room temperature. Transmission electron microscopy shows faceted nanoparticles with an average diameter of 3-4 nm. As-synthesized nanoparticles are amorphous in nature and crystallize upon moderate heat treatment. The HfO2 nanoparticles have a narrow size distribution, large specific surface area and good thermal stability. Specific surface area was about 239 m2/g on as-prepared nanoparticle samples while those annealed at 500 °C have specific surface area of 221 m2/g indicating that there was no significant increase in particle size. This result was further confirmed by TEM images of nanoparticles annealed at 300 °C and 500 °C. X-ray diffraction studies of the crystallized nanoparticles revealed that HfO2 nanoparticles were monoclinic in structure. The synthetic procedure used in this work can be readily modified for large scale production of monodispersed HfO2 nanoparticles.


2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. N. Arnepalli ◽  
S. Shanthakumar ◽  
B. Hanumantha Rao ◽  
D. N. Singh

2011 ◽  
Vol 239-242 ◽  
pp. 2274-2279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Chun Wang ◽  
Wen Hai Huang ◽  
Ai Hua Yao ◽  
De Ping Wang

A simple method to prepare hollow hydroxyapatite (HAP) microspheres with mespores on the surfaces is performed using a precipitation method assisted with Li2O-CaO-B2O3(LCB) glass fabrication process. This research is concerned with the effect of sintering temperature on the microstructure evolution, phase purity, surface morphology, specific surface area, and porosity after sintering process. The microspheres were sintered in air atmosphere at temperatures ranging from 500 to 900 °C. The starting hollow HAP microspheres and the sintered specimens were characterized by scanning electron microscope, X-ray diffractometer, specific surface area analyzer, and Hg porosimetry, respectively. The as-prepared microspheres consisted of calcium deficient hydroxyapatite. The results showed that the as-prepared hollow HAP microspheres had the highest specific surface areas, and the biggest total pore volume. The pore size distribution of the as-prepared hollow HAP microspheres were mainly the mesopores in the range of 2~40 nm. The specific surface area and total pore volume of hollow HAP microspheres decreased with increasing sintering temperature. Whereas the mean pore size increased with increasing sintering temperature. It showed that at 700°C, Ca-dHAP decomposes into a biphasic mixture of HAP and β-calcium phosphate(TCP).


Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (17) ◽  
pp. 3037 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang ◽  
Su ◽  
Yu ◽  
Li ◽  
Ma ◽  
...  

We load the natural active molecules onto the spin film in an array using electrospinning techniques. The electrospun active molecular membranes we obtain in optimal parameters exhibit excellent capacity for scavenging radical. The reaction capacity of three different membranes for free radicals are shown as follow, glycyrrhizin acid membrane > quercetin membrane > α-mangostin membrane. The prepared active molecular electrospun membranes with a large specific surface area and high porosity could increase the interaction area between active molecules and free radicals. Additionally, it also has improved anti-airflow impact strength, anti-contaminant air molecular interference ability, and the ability to capture free radicals.


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