Comparative study of the textural and structural properties of the aerogel and xerogel sulphated zirconia.

Autor: Imene Mejri, Mohamed Younes, Abdelhamid Ghorbel
Zdroj: Journal of Sol-Gel Science & Technology; Oct2006, Vol. 40 Issue 1, p3-8, 6p
Abstrakt: Abstract  Aerogel and xerogel sulphated zirconia with defined atomic ratio S/Zr = 0.5 and molar hydrolysis ratio h = nH2O/nZrO2 = 3 show different textural and structural properties after calcination at high temperatures. The aerogel obtained just after solvent evacuation develops only the tetragonal phase, whereas the xerogel dried in an oven is amorphous. Heating to a temperature above 833 K, leads to transition of the tetragonal phase to the monoclinic one for the two solids, due to sulphur loss but the tetragonal phase remains stable for the aerogel . Raman, Infrared and XPS spectroscopies show that the loss of the sulphur at high temperatures seems to be easier for the xerogel than for the aerogel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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