Rapid synthesis of highly ordered Si-MCM-41

Xianbin Liu, Hui Sun, Yanhui Yang

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Abstract

A very short-time synthesis of highly ordered MCM-41 molecular sieve was formulated by using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as the template and silica gel from SiliCycle as the silica source. The physical properties of MCM-41 samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), nitrogen physisorption, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The MCM-41 sample prepared in this study exhibited well defined long-range order and good hydrothermal stability. It was demonstrated that reducing the time of self-assembly step to 2 h during the synthesis had no unfavorable effect on the quality of MCM-41 materials.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)377-380
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Colloid and Interface Science
Volume319
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Nitrogen physisorption
  • Rapid synthesis
  • Si-MCM-41
  • TEM
  • XRD

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