摘要:
This invention consists in the exchanging of the water of a silica hydrogel with a water miscible organic solvent to a water content of less than 10 percent by weight, and then feeding this organogel to a fluid energy mill for concurrent drying and deagglomerating.
摘要:
A silica gel of improved hardness and abrasion resistance, increased adsorption power, and other valuable properties is produced by a highly economic process. A useful manufacturing system for making such silica gel and a simple apparatus for producing silica gel spheres of considerably larger diameter than heretofore known are provided.
摘要:
High pore volume silica materials are useful as thickening, reinforcing and flatting agents. This invention comprises selectively forming silica gels having pore volumes in the range of 1.2 to 3.0 cc/g. These high pore volume silica gels can be produced by the alkaline gelation of a mixture of silicate and ammonium hydroxide at a pH of from 10.6 to 11.2, using a water soluble silica desolubilizing agent selected from the group consisting of ammonia, monohydric alcohols, glycols, ketones and salts. The silica is then aged, neutralized, optionally aged a second time, filtered and washed. This silica may then be dried and directly used, or it may be milled to a smaller size. For use as a thickening agent, the silica is milled in a fluid energy mill to an average particle size of less than about 1 micron, and preferably to less than 0.5 micron.
摘要:
SILICA XEROGELS HAVING A NARROW PORE DIAMETER DISTRIBUTION IN THE RANGE OF 300-600A., SULFACE AREAS IN THE RANGE FROM 200 TO 500 M.2/G., AND PORE VOLUMES IN THE RANGE OF 2.0-3.5 CM.3/G. AND A PROCESS FOR PREPARING SUCH SILICA XEROGELS COMPRISING CRITICALLY CONTROLLED STEPS OF PRECIPITATION OF THE SILICA GEL, AGEING THE PRECIPITATED SILICA HYDROGEL SLURRY, WASHING THE AGED PRODUCT, AND REMOVING THE WATER FROM THE GEL WITH, WHERE NECESSARY, DURING THE GEL. THE WATER IS REMOVED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE SURFACE TENSION EXERTED UPON THE GEL, DURING DRYING, IS LESS THAN THAT SURFACE TENSION WHICH WOULD RESULT FROM THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF LIQUID WATER TO WATER VAPOR. TYPICAL TECHNIQUES WHICH MAY BE EMPLOYED ARE: (A) DISPLACING THE WATER IN GEL WITH AN ORGANIC LIQUID SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY MISCIBLE WITH WATER AND THEN DRYING THE GEL; (B) VACUUM FREEZE-DRYING THE GEL; OR (C) ADDING A WATERIMMISCIBLE SOLVENT, WHICH FORMS AN AZEOTROPE WITH WATER WHEN DISTILLED, TO THE GEL, DISTILLING THE AZEOTROPE TO REMOVE SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE WATER FROM HE GEL UNDER A SPECIFIC CONDITIONS AND DRYING THE GEL FROM ANY REMAINING SOLVENT.
摘要:
Silica xerogels having a narrow pore diameter distribution in the range of 300-600 A. and surface areas in the range from 200500 m.2/g. and the process of preparing such xerogels comprising critically controlled steps of precipitation of the silica gel, heat aging the precipitated silica hydrogel slurry, washing the aged product with solutions of salts having displacing effect on sodium, disintegrating the gel, drying the gel by azeotropic distillation with a solvent which is nonmiscible with water, and calcining. Also, a process for preparing such xerogels wherein the non-water miscible solvent is continuously recycled so that a minimum amount of solvent need be used.
摘要:
Silica gels having narrow pore diameter distribution in the range of 300-600 A and surface areas in the range from 200-500 m.2/g., and the process of preparing such silica gels directly from water, comprising critically controlled steps of precipitation of the silica gel, heat aging the precipitated silica hydrogel slurry, washing the aged product with solutions of salts having a displacing effect on sodium, disintegrating the gel and freeze drying the hydrogel so as to remove substantially all of the water i.e., vacuum subliming the water from the gel after freezing said hydrogel particles at a temperature sufficient to maintain the water in the pores in the frozen state.