Preparation and characterization of a novel silica aerogel as adsorbent for toxic organic compounds

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 347, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 38-44

  Liu, Huijuan ^a   Sha, Wei ^a   Cooper, Adrienne T ^b   Fan, Maohong ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Temple University   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorbent; Ambient drying; Silica aerogel; Toxic organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AEROGELS; CALCINATION; DEWATERING; ETHANOL; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GELATION; GELS; HEXANE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SILANES; SILICA; SILICA GEL; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACES; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ADSORPTION BEHAVIOUR; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION PROPERTIES; ADSORPTION/DESORPTION; AMBIENT DRYING; AMBIENT PRESSURE DRYING; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CALCINATION TREATMENT; CHLOROTRIMETHYLSILANES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETERS; ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTRA; FTIR; GEL STRUCTURES; HEXANE SOLUTIONS; HYDROPHILIC SILICA; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC; HYDROPHOBIC SILICA AEROGEL; RHODAMINE B; SILANOL GROUPS; SILICA AEROGEL; SILICA AEROGELS; SINGLE BOND; SOLUBLE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE MODIFICATION; SYNTHESIZED SILICA; TOXIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; WET GELS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

ADSORBENT; ALCOHOL; CHLOROTRIMETHYLSILANE; DIELDRIN; HEXANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RHODAMINE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TOXIN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DESORPTION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GEL; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 69249225637     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2008.11.033     Document Type: Article

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