Surface electric and titration behaviour of fumed oxides

Adsorption of Pb(II), Sr(II), and Cs(I) on fumed silica, alumina, titania, silica/titania (ST), silica/alumina (SA), and alumina/silica/titania (AST) reveals that mixed oxides containing titania have a greater adsorptive capability in respect to metal cations than individual and SA oxides. Pyrocarbon deposits on fumed oxides enhance the adsorption of metal ions. Calculations of electrophoretic potential (ζ) with consideration for the porosity of aggregates of primary particles of AST show a significant influence of surface alumina (at pH<8) and titania and silica (at pH>8) on the ζ values. The effective diameter of particles (D_ef) of fumed oxides in aqueous media depends on pH for AST stronger than for ST (between isoelectric points (IEPs) of titania and alumina). A significant difference in the pH values of IEP and point of zero charge is observed for AST samples. A pyrocarbon influence on the ζ potential depends on the type of oxide matrix, since ζ increases for certain samples but for others it decreases. These changes depend nonlinearly on pH as well as the secondary particle size distributions (SPSDs) and D_ef.     

三维有序In2O3纳米线阵列的合成及纳米结构有序度对气敏性能的影响

采用SBA-15硬模板复制技术合成出三维有序纳米线阵列结构的In₂O₃, 通过离心分离获得了2个尺寸不同的块状颗粒样品. 利用XRD、 SEM和紫外-可见光谱对样品的晶体结构、 晶粒尺寸、 形貌及带隙宽度进行了分析. 结果表明, 2个样品具有相同的纳米微结构, 均为由晶粒尺寸约12 nm的近球形In₂O₃晶粒规则有序排列生长而成的三维纳米线阵列结构, 纳米线的直径约为12 nm, 间距约为2 nm, 且块状尺寸较大样品的带隙宽度略大. In₂O₃样品对乙醇气体的气敏性能测试结果显示, 当乙醇气体在空气中的体积分数为100×10^-6, 温度为320 ℃时, A样品的灵敏度达到50. 6, 优于尺寸较小的B样品. 通过对比研究发现该纳米结构样品的气敏性能明显优于同级别纳米颗粒和介孔结构材料, 纳米材料的气敏性能随纳米结构形态有序度的增加而提高.     

超声衰减谱测量电池浆料的粒度分布

电池浆料中颗粒状活性物质的粒度大小和分散均匀性对电池的内阻、 电压、 局部表面电流和总极化程度等性能有直接影响, 实现对其的在线实时测量对电池的质量控制具有重要意义. 基于电池浆料的高固含量、 高黏度和低透光性的特点, 本文利用超声衰减谱的方式测量了其粒度分布(PSD). 应用于电池浆料的粒度分布测量的最大难点是其利用超声衰减谱法预测粒度分布的模型需要难以获得的分散相和连续相的物性参数. 本文采用主成分分析(PCA)结合误差反向传播(BP)神经网络建立预测模型解决了超声衰减谱法的难点, 并引入遗传算法(GA)优化BP神经网络的初始阈值和权值. 通过以LiCoO₂为活性物质的电池浆料进行了验证, 结果表明, PCA-GA-BP神经网络能够有效对不同固含量电池浆料的粒度分布进行预测, 预测值与真实值的峰形重合度高, 峰高偏差小, 两者的均方误差为0.1358, 拟合度(R²)为0.9816, 说明超声衰减谱法可作为测量电池浆料粒度分布的重要方式.     

室温固相反应制备Keggin结构杂多酸铵盐纳米粒子

纳米材料由于其量子尺寸效应及表面效应而在磁、光、电等方面显示出许多常规粒子所不具有的特性[1] .纳米材料成功应用的实例及潜在应用前景推动了各种纳米粉末的合成及合成方法的发展 [2～ 4 ] .利用低温固相反应制备纳米粒子尚不多见 ,但已有报道 [5,6] .多金属氧酸盐因其独特的结构而具有较高的催化活性、导电性、磁性、光电致变色性以及抗病毒活性 ,因而有着广阔的应用前景 ,这些方面的研究已越来越引起人们的兴趣 [7～ 10 ] .本文采用室温固相反应首次制备了多金属氧酸盐纳米粒子 (NH4 ) 3PMo12 O4 0 · 9H2 O(1 )和 (NH4 ) 3PW12…     

Particle Size Distribution Measurement and Assessment of Agglomeration of Commercial Nanosized Ceramic Particles

ABSTRACT

Commercially available powders with primary particle sizes of 10–100?nm (transition aluminas, Boehmites, and a commercially available silica dispersion) have been studied using three different instruments, a photocentrifuge (Horiba CAPA 700), photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS, Malvern Zetasizer 4), and an x-ray disc centrifuge (XDC, Brookhaven X-ray Disc Centrifuge BI-XDC). Particle size distributions for five powders were collected with each instrument and in conjunction with nitrogen adsorption measurements an agglomeration factor calculated. An example is given to show the importance of using a light scattering correction when measuring particle size distributions with a photocentrifuge for a gamma alumina powder where the uncorrected data can overestimate the D _V50 by up to a factor of 10 depending on the powder. The importance of the assessment of agglomeration and how different treatments such as milling modifies the agglomeration factor F _AG is illustrated for an “as received” and attrition milled gamma alumina. Results are discussed with respect to the assumptions and limitations of the different instruments. Results are presented after consideration of the hydrodynamic density in the sedimentation methods, and light scattering for the optical based methods. For narrow size distributions in the 15–25?nm range all three instruments show very a good correlation. When the size range approaches the 40–100?nm regime PCS is very sensitivity to small populations of agglomerates. The instrument giving the best resolution in the 10–100?nm range was found to be the XDC. The speed of measurement should also be born in mind and varies enormously from several minutes for the PCS to several hours for the sedimentation techniques. To assess the accuracy of the measured sizes a model spherical silica powder was analyzed on all the instruments as well as by image analysis. The results with the silica powder showed how the accuracy of the sedimentation methods depends strongly on a knowledge of the suspended particles hydrodynamic density. This can be effected greatly by particle or agglomerate porosity and the thickness of the electrical double layer in the aqueous dispersions investigated. The results with the silica suggest accuracy's on the size better than ±20% is difficult without an accurate hydrodynamic density whereas consistency between methods for narrow size distributions can be better than 5% for median volume diameters.     

A rotating disk electrode study of the particle size effects of Pt for the hydrogen oxidation reaction

By using a catalyst-lean thin-film RDE method, the fast kinetics of the hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) on highly dispersed Pt nanoparticle electrocatalysts can be determined, free from the interference of the mass transport of H(2) molecules in solution. Measurements with carbon-supported Pt nanoparticles of different sizes thus allow revealing the particle size effect of Pt for the HOR. It is shown that there is a "negative" particle size effect of Pt on the kinetics of HOR, i.e., the exchange current density j(0) decreases with the increased dispersion (i.e. decreased mean particle size). A maximum mass activity of Pt for the HOR is found at particle sizes of 3-3.5 nm. The observed particle size effect is interpreted in terms of the size dependent distribution of surface atoms on the facets and edges, which is implied by the voltammetric responses of Pt/C catalysts with differently sized Pt particles. The accompanied decrease in the HOR activity with the increase in the edge atom fraction suggests that the edge atoms on the surface of Pt nanoparticles are less active for the HOR than those on the facets.     

褐煤中水分对油煤浆流变性质的影响

针对云南褐煤,用真空干燥脱水和恒温恒湿箱处理获得了不同含水率的褐煤,在常温常压(t=19.3℃,p=1.01×105Pa)条件下研究了褐煤含水率对油煤浆流变特性的影响。研究表明,原料煤含水率对油煤浆黏度和流变特性有一定的影响。随褐煤含水率增加,油煤浆黏度先减小后增加。油煤浆浓度不同,剪切速率不同,黏度出现最低值的含水率值wmin也不同。浓度为45.45%的油煤浆,剪切速率小于4.4 s-1时,wmin为9.20%;剪切速率大于4.4 s-1时,wmin为7.80%。浓度为55.56%的油煤浆,剪切速率小于1.32 s-1时,wmin为7.40%;剪切速率大于1.32 s-1时,wmin为10.00%。随剪切速率变化,油煤浆黏度上下行曲线之间形成滞后环,表明油煤浆体系有触变性,并且不同含水率煤浆体系触变性不同,含水率越大,触变性越明显。实验中不同含水率褐煤油煤浆都属于假塑性流体,且含水率对模型参数有一定的影响。     

Sintering effects related to filtration properties of porous continuously gradient ceramic structures

A single-step processing method has been previously established to prepare porous alumina microstructures by a controlled sedimentation technique whereby fine powder from an aqueous suspension consolidates over a casting slab. Metastable surface chemical control of the suspension properties was able to produce a highly porous flat disc structure with a continuously increasing mean pore size from top to bottom. Formation of this gradient structure was facilitated by using a relatively broad particle size distribution. Top layer pore sizes less than 50 nm have been achieved. Without modification, these structures are suitable for use as ultrafiltration media.The present work presents a comparison of properties and performance data for samples made with the above mentioned functionally gradient characteristics, to samples made with a more uniform microstructure. The effects of sintering time and temperature were analysed in view of overall porosity, pore size distribution and the extent of densification from the green state. These results are presented along with permeation measurements from a filtration test module.     

变色硅胶吸附脱除模拟柴油中各种碱性氮化物

研究了变色硅胶吸附脱除氮含量为960.56μg/g模拟柴油中的碱性氮化物喹啉、苯胺和吡啶。比较了氧化铝、硅藻土、硅胶及变色硅胶对模拟柴油中喹啉的吸附脱除效果。采用XRD、低温N_2吸附-脱附和NH_3-TPD等方法对硅胶和变色硅胶进行了表征。考察了粒径、吸附温度、吸附时间、剂油质量比及共存芳香化合物(萘、苯或甲苯)对变色硅胶吸附脱除各种碱性氮化物的影响。变色硅胶吸附脱除碱性氮化物的顺序均为苯胺吡啶喹啉。吸附时间对三种氮化物的吸附脱除没有影响;吸附温度、变色硅胶粒径和共存芳香化合物对苯胺和吡啶的吸附脱除效果影响不大,对喹啉的吸附脱除效果影响较为明显;剂油质量比对三种氮化物的吸附脱除影响均较大,尤其是对喹啉影响最大。结果表明,变色硅胶吸附各种氮化物时Co能够与其中的N原子形成配位络合吸附。经焙烧再生,变色硅胶几乎完全恢复了对喹啉和吡啶的吸附脱除能力,并可多次再生,但变色硅胶再生后对苯胺的吸附能力损失较大。     

The properties of silica nanoparticles with high monodispersity synthesized in the microreactor system

A new combined micromixer/microreactor/batch reactor system for the synthesis of monodisperse silica particles was demonstrated, which showed superiorities over the batch reactor. The silica nanoparticles with different sizes (ranging from 20 nm to 2 μm) and size distributions could be controllably synthesized by varying the reaction temperature and reaction time. The narrowest size distribution of the silica particles was synthesized at 60 °C. The transmission electron microscopy characterization showed that the sphericities of silica particles got better as the particle size increased. Thermal gravimetry–differential thermal analysis and Fourier transform infrared characterization indicated that the amount of ethoxy groups of silica particles decreased and the hydroxyl groups increased with the reaction time increasing. And the hydroxyl groups in silica particles increased with the reaction temperature rising.     

Structural characteristics of pyrocarbon-fumed silica

Two series of pyrocarbon/fumed silica (CS) samples at different carbon concentrations C_C=0.5–64 wt.% (first series, CSI) and 2.6–53 wt.% (second series, CSII) synthesised by means of pyrolysis of CH₂Cl₂ at fumed silica substrate (S_BET=297 (CSI) and 232 (CSII) m² g⁻¹) under slightly different conditions were studied by using TEM, FTIR-PAS, DTG, and nitrogen adsorption–desorption methods. On methylene chloride carbonisation, disordered carbon deposits can form mainly in the inter-particle volume of secondary particles (aggregates of primary particles and agglomerates of aggregates) covering the surfaces of primary silica particles; therefore, marked reduction of the pore (gaps between primary particles) volume and the specific surface area is observed with increasing C_C. Estimation of distributions of the pore f_SCD(R_p) and particle f(a) sizes using a self-consistent method with binary regularisation with respect to both f_SCD(R_p) and f(a) shows that the average size of particles increases (silica particles are covered by pyrocarbon) and individual pyrocarbon particles (up to 50 nm according to TEM) also appear. Structural parameters of carbosils are characterised by nonlinear changes with increasing carbonisation time. Surface functionalities on CS samples correspond to aromatic and twinned CC bonds with contribution of oxygen-containing groups.     

Microfluidic synthesis of colloidal silica

We demonstrate the design, fabrication, and operation of microfluidic chemical reactors for the synthesis of colloidal silica particles. Two reactor configurations are examined: laminar flow reactors and segmented flow reactors. We analyze particle sizes and size distributions and examine their change with varying linear flow velocity and mean residence time. Laminar flow reactors are affected by axial dispersion at high linear velocities, thus leading to wide particle size distributions under these conditions. Gas is used to create a segmented flow, consisting liquid plugs separated by inert gas bubbles. The internal recirculation created in the liquid plugs generates mixing, which eliminates the axial dispersion effects associated with laminar flow reactors and produces a narrow size distribution of silica nanoparticles.     

三维贯穿大孔氧化铝的孔道改性、表征及转化机制

利用相分离技术制备了非晶三维贯穿大孔氧化铝初始材料,然后通过氨水水热改性处理,使其大孔形态发生了显著改变,孔壁边缘生长有尺寸为50-300 nm的片状聚集体,大孔尺寸由430 nm下降到250 nm,但仍然保持蠕虫状三维贯穿且空间分布均匀的特性。改性后的氧化铝材料经550℃焙烧转化为高结晶度γ氧化铝,比表面积达到331 m²/g,具有8.9 nm及250 nm两种集中的孔径分布,L酸度及抗压强度均有所提高。研究表明,无定形水合羟基铝离子聚合物与氨水发生再水合反应生成薄水铝石中间物,因此,可在较低的焙烧温度下转晶为γ态;大孔孔壁边缘的AlOOH晶粒受NH₄⁺模板诱导作用从里向外重排形成片状聚集体,从而改变了大孔的形态。     

Study on the Effect of Nano and Active Particles of Alumina on Natural Rubber–Alumina Composites in the Presence of Epoxidized Natural Rubber as Compatibilizer

Natural rubber composites with alumina of different particle sizes (28 nm nano particles, 200 nm active particles and > 1000 nm raw alumina) were prepared by the usual rubber processing technique. Epoxidized natural rubber (ENR) was used in the composites as compatibilizer. Cure characteristics and mechanical properties of all composites were analyzed. The values of minimum rheometric torque (M_L), maximum rheometric torque (M_H) and torque difference (M_H – M_L) increased. Maximum enhancement was observed for the nano-filled composites. It endorses the view that nano alumina reveals highest interaction with natural rubber in presence of ENR. Scorch time and optimum cure time values for nano-composites were highest among all types of composites. Vulcanization reaction for the sulfur curing system of the composites was found to follow first order rate kinetics. Specific rate constant decreased with decreasing particle size in composites. Crosslink densities of composite-vulcanizates showed increasing trend with decreasing particle size of alumina. Mechanical properties of the composite vulcanizates increased with decreasing particle size of alumina - nano composites exhibiting much higher mechanical strength. Results of oxidative resistance reveal that particle size of alumina in composite vulcanizates has a significant impact on aging behavior.     

中空碳纳米球的制备及VOCs吸附性能

首先, 在碱性条件下, 不使用表面活性剂, 采用St?ber小球法以正硅酸四乙酯(TEOS)和正硅酸四丙酯(TPOS)为硅源, 生成初级氧化硅球形颗粒; 然后, 使酚醛树脂(间苯二酚和甲醛)与球形氧化硅的羟基共缩合形成酚醛树脂-氧化硅复合材料; 最后, 经高温碳化和酸蚀获得了空心碳纳米球(HCNSs). 通过调节TEOS/TPOS的摩尔比获得了一系列具有良好的单分散性且粒径、 壁厚可调节的HCNSs, 其粒径和壁厚分别在280~430 nm和15~63 nm的范围内. 仅以TPOS为硅源时合成的HCNS-0/4具有较大的粒径(426 nm)和壁厚(63 nm)、 较高的比表面积(1216 m²/g)和孔容(0.508 cm³/g), 并且具有较大的挥发性有机化合物(VOCs)吸附性能, 其正己烷、 甲苯和油气的静态吸附容量分别为2.02, 1.42和0.926 g/g, 正己烷和甲苯的动态吸附容量分别为2.01 g/g和1.37 g/g, 均远高于商业化活性炭.     

硅溶胶粒度与分布对高硅铝比镁碱沸石合成的影响机理

以硅溶胶为硅源, 在不同碱度的溶液中对其进行前处理, 制得不同粒度与分布的硅溶胶母液, 并以此为原料合成了高硅铝比镁碱沸石分子筛(FER zeolite). 通过激光粒度分析仪(LPSA)、 傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)、 X射线衍射(XRD)、 扫描电子显微镜/能量色散X射线光谱(SEM-EDS)和X射线荧光(XRF)等对母液和产物进行了表征, 考察了碱度对硅溶胶粒度特性和分子筛晶化过程以及产物性质的影响. 结果表明, 随着碱度增加, 硅溶胶母液的粒径逐渐增大, 对应于溶液中更多的Q³硅单元向Q²硅单元转变. 在低碱度下, 高聚合度的Q³硅单元倾向于使晶化过程遵循固相转化机理, 生成大片纯相镁碱沸石, 且产物的相对结晶度和固体收率均较高; 而在高碱度下, 大量活性的Q²硅单元则易于使凝胶成块, 晶化过程遵循液相转化机制, 产物尺寸较小且含有杂晶, 相对结晶度和固体收率均较低.     

Coulter particle analysis used for studying the effect of sample treatment in slurry sampling electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

This work focuses on the potential of using a Coulter particle analyzer for method development in slurry sampling ETAAS. Plant materials were used as an example; the particle size distributions obtained after grinding in a mixer mill were measured for ground material and slurries prepared from flowers, leaves, stem and roots of the same plant material. Normally the particle size distribution is reported either as number of particles versus size or volume of particles versus size. The advantage of using the latter mode of reporting is demonstrated. It is shown that detailed information about the larger particles is lost when the distribution is reported in terms of the number-percentage. In the present case, 60 min of grinding gave similar size distribution for all the plant materials. All particles had diameters less than 50 μm and the calculated number of particles per mg was 6–8 × 10⁷. It is shown that the ultrasonic agitation used to homogenize the slurries, prior to injection of the sample, also had an effect on the particle size distribution. Received: 16 February 1998 / Revised: 20 July 1998 / Accepted: 26 July 1998     

添加剂PVP和MTS对合成Beta分子筛结构与性能的影响

分别以铝酸钠和硅溶胶为铝源和硅源,四乙基氢氧化铵为模板剂,在水热条件下,考察了添加剂(聚乙烯吡咯烷酮(PVP)和甲基三乙氧基硅烷(MTS))对合成Beta分子筛结构与性能的影响,并通过XRD、TEM、BET、ICP、~(29)Si-NMR和NH_3-TPD等方法对合成样品进行了结构表征和作用机理讨论,同时以催化裂化异丙苯为模型反应评价其催化性能。结果表明,与传统Beta分子筛相比,加入PVP后所得样品具有更高结晶度和较高的硅铝物质的量比(25.68)以及较大的比表面积(772 m~2/g);而加入MTS后尽管具有较大比表面积(657 m~2/g)和较高硅铝物质的量比(25.76),但是结晶度却相对降低,且粒径减小(160-320 nm)。两种添加剂作用下所得样品均具有更多酸量,在催化裂化异丙苯的反应中表现出较高的催化活性。     

TEM,XPS and ESR Studies of Sol-gel ZnO-SiO2 Nanocomposite and ZnO/SiO2 Prepared from Impregnation

The ZnO-SiO₂ nanocomposite was obtained using the sol-gel method^[1] and the sample of ZnO/SiO₂ was prepared by conventional impregnation way. A narrow size distributed ZnO nanoparticles had been observed on silica matrix through both methods by TEM. The particle size increased slightly with zinc oxide content and treatment temperature from the particles of an average value of ca. 3-5 nm for Zn₁₀-T₄₀₀ (the treatment 400℃ and the zinc oxide content 10 wt%) sample to an average value of ca. 6-8 nm in Zn₁₀-T₇₀₀ sample. Furthermore, the ZnO crystalline transition from monocrystal to polycrystalline phase had been observed with treatment from 400℃ to 700℃ in ZnO-SiO₂ from the selected area diffraction patterns. XPS investigation indicated that the Zn 2p binding energy in samples of ZnO/SiO₂ and ZnO-SiO₂ increased greatly compared with zinc oxide, which suggested that strong interactions between nanometer-size ZnO and silica support were established. And it also suggested that the Si-O-H groups present in the surface of silica may be partially or totally substituted by Si-O-Zn bonds. Comparison of the ZnO-SiO₂,the Zn 2p binding energy in the ZnO/SiO₂ is lower, which implied that more Si-O-Zn groups existed on the former than the latter. The ESR results showed an interesting phenomena that a first-order standard differential ESR spectra (g_e=2.062) appeared in all ZnO-SiO₂ samples and no any signals in other samples. The ESR signal obtained may be due to O^-, O^2-, Zn⁺ or other ions. But the O^- ion vacancy is unstable, and if the Zn⁺ and the O^2- ions are the paramagnetic centers the g-factor should be equal to 2.0021^[2] or 2.109^[3], so the ESR signal from ZnO-SiO₂ sample does not arise from the ions above. Perhaps it comes from Zn³⁺, because the g-factor is close to d⁹ and Zn 2p binding energy in ZnO-SiO₂ is much higher than ZnO. The results showed that the interaction between microcrystlline ZnO and silica support in ZnO-SiO₂ is stronger than in the ZnO/SiO₂.     

紫外光-热双固化聚苯胺防腐涂料

以酸性磷酸酯为掺杂剂对本征态聚苯胺(EB)进行掺杂,制备了可在聚氨酯和聚氨酯丙烯酸酯中进行纳米分散的导电聚苯胺(ES),其粒径分布在80~750 nm之间可控。 在此基础上,制备了不含重金属的紫外光-热双固化聚苯胺防腐涂料。 该防腐涂料先后经过3~5 s紫外光固化和80 ℃下1~3 min的热固化,即可完成紫外光-热双固化过程。 由于ES与聚氨酯或聚氨酯丙烯酸酯之间是不相容体系,因此随着ES质量分数的增大,会导致ES的团聚,分散粒径增大。 当ES质量分数从1.0%增大到5.0%时,ES的粒径从80~119 nm增加到500~750 nm。 ES的分散粒径增大会导致防腐涂层的致密性变差,降低防腐效果。 与普通紫外光固化聚苯胺防腐涂层相比,当ES为1.0%时,紫外光-热双固化防腐涂层在质量分数为3.5%的NaCl水溶液中浸泡2160 h后,其0.1 Hz下的绝对阻抗值(|Z|_{0.1 Hz})仍高于1.0×10⁸ Ω·cm²,优于普通紫外光固化聚苯胺防腐涂层的|Z|_{0.1 Hz}(1.0×10⁷ Ω·cm²),表明紫外光-热双固化涂层的防腐效果有了显著改善。 经过500 h划叉中性盐雾试验后,普通紫外光固化防腐涂层的板面出现了锈蚀宽度小于1 mm的锈蚀,而紫外光-热双固化防腐涂层经过500 h划叉中性盐雾试验,板面没有出现生锈、起泡的现象,表明紫外光-热双固化路线对提高涂层的防腐性能具有较大的价值。