XRD and CO2 Adsorption Studies of Modified Silica Gel with Octadecylamine
Porous surface of silica gel (SG) have been modified with long and straight chain fatty amine compounds (octadecylamine, ODA) via wet impregnation process. SG was undergo heat treatment with various temperature which are 100, 200, 400 and 600 °C before continuing with impregnation process. Characterization by XRD of the treated samples were showed no significant different in their diffractograms. The best temperature for heat treatment was 600 °C and it was referred to the ability of the SG600 type adsorbents in adsorbing CO2 resulted from adsorption desorption isotherm of CO2. The 5 and 35 wt. % of ODA supported on the SG (ODA/SG600) was further characterized using XRD analysis which displayed the increasing intensity of crystalline ODA with higher percent amine loaded and shifting of the several crystalline peak of ODA verified the interaction of SG600-ODA. These further strengthen the prevailing dispersion of ODA on the surface of SG600.