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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 377-380 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Colloid and Interface Science |
Volume | 319 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Mar 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Nitrogen physisorption
- Rapid synthesis
- Si-MCM-41
- TEM
- XRD