Precipitated Silica (precipitated + silica)

Distribution by Scientific Domains


Selected Abstracts


Inorganic Precipitated Silica Gel.

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY (CET), Issue 6 2010
Gel Properties, Part 1: Gelation Kinetics
Abstract Precipitated silica (SiO2) is industrially produced by mixing a silicate solution with acid in a semi-batch process. Polycondensation of monomeric silica leads to the formation of particles which aggregate and eventually form a particulate gel. However, this is instantly fragmented by the mechanical energy input caused by the stirrer. Shrinkage and compaction of these fragments lead to the final product aggregates. It is the aim of this study to enable tailoring of the structure and size of these product particles via the process parameters. The present paper describes the influence of the parameters temperature, ionic strength, and composition, which affect the pH, on the properties of unstirred gels regarding their elasticity and thus their fragmentation behavior. Gelation time may be qualitatively estimated solely from the concentration of the feed materials. [source]


Multilevel structure of reinforcing silica and carbon

JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, Issue 3-1 2000
D.W. Schaefer
Using small-angle x-ray (SAXS), neutron (SANS), x-ray diffraction and light scattering, we study the structure of colloidal silica and carbon on length scales from 4 Å < q,1 < 107 Å where q is the magnitude of the scattering vector. These materials consist of primary particles of the order of 100 Å, aggregated into micron-sized aggregates that in turn are agglomerated into 100 µ agglomerates. The diffraction data show that the primary particles in precipitated silica are composed of highly defective amorphous silica with little intermediate-range order (order on the scale of several bond distances). On the next level of morphology, primary particles arise by a complex nucleation process in which primordial nuclei briefly aggregate into rough particles that subsequently smooth out to become the seeds for the primaries. The primaries aggregate to strongly bonded clusters by a complex process involving kinetic growth, mechanical disintegration and restructuring. Finally, the small-angle scattering (SAS) data lead us to postulate that the aggregates cluster into porous, rough-surfaced, non-mass-fractal agglomerates that can be broken down to the more strongly bonded aggregates by application of shear. We find similar structure in pelletized carbon blacks. In this case we show a linear scaling relation between the primary and aggregate sizes. We attribute the scaling to mechanical processing that deforms the fractal aggregates down to the maximum size able to withstand the compaction stress. Finally, we rationalize the observed structure based on empirical optimization by filler suppliers and some recent theoretical ideas due to Witten, Rubenstein and Colby. [source]


BIOCHEMISTRY OF SILICA BIOMINERALIZATION IN DIATOMS

JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY, Issue 2000
M. Sumper
Diatoms are well known for the intricate patterns of their silica-based cell walls. The complex structures of diatom cell walls are species specific and become precisely reproduced during each cell division cycle, indicating a genetic control of silica biomineralization. Therefore, the formation of the diatom cell wall has been regarded as a paradigm for controlled production of nanostructured silica. However, the mechanisms allowing biosilicification to proceed at ambient temperature at high rates have remained enigmatic. Recently, we have shown that a set of highly cationic peptides (called silaffins) isolated from Cylindrotheca fusiformis shells are able to generate networks of silica nanospheres within seconds when added to a solution of silicic acid. Different silaffin species produce different morphologies of the precipitated silica. Silaffins contain covalently modified Lys-Lys elements. One of these lysine residues bears a novel type of protein modification, a polyamine consisting of 6,11 repeats of the N-methyl-propylamine unit. In addition to the silaffins, additional polyamine-containing substances have been isolated from a number of diatom species that may be involved in the control of biosilica morphology. Scanning electron microscopic analysis of diatom shells isolated in statu nascendi provide insights into the processes of pattern formation in biosilica. A model will be discussed that explains production of nanostructured biosilica in diatoms on the basis of these experimental results. [source]


Reinforcement of compatibilized NR/NBR blends by fly ash particles and precipitated silica

POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, Issue 5 2009
C. Kantala
Abstract Effects of precipitated silica (PSi) and silica from fly ash (FA) particles (FASi) on the cure and mechanical properties before and after thermal and oil aging of natural rubber (NR) and acrylonitrile,butadiene rubber (NBR) blends with and without chloroprene rubber (CR) or epoxidized NR (ENR) as a compatibilizer have been reported in this paper. The experimental results suggested that the scorch and cure times decreased with the addition of silica and the compound viscosity increased on increasing the silica content. The mechanical properties for PSi filled NR/NBR vulcanizates were greater than those for FASi filled NR/NBR vulcanizates in all cases. The PSi could be used for reinforcing the NR/NBR vulcanizates while the silica from FA was regarded as a semi-reinforcing and/or extending filler. The incorporation of CR or ENR enhanced the mechanical properties of the NR/NBR vulcanizates, the ENR being more effective and compatible with the blend. The mechanical properties of the NR/NBR vulcanizates were improved by post-curing effect from thermal aging but deteriorated by the oil aging. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


Kinetic study of Fe removal from precipitated silica prepared from yellow phosphorus slag

THE CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, Issue 4 2009
Yi Su
Abstract This purification process may be described by the unreacted shrink core model with solid resultant (inert material) and fixed particle size, which is carried out by the action of nitric acid solution on the precipitated silica obtained from yellow phosphorus slag which was leached with phosphoric acid. The study results indicate that the purification process is a chemical reaction controlling step and its apparent activation energy Ea is 30.354,kJ/mol, with reaction order 0.6746. Le présent procédé de purification peut être décrit par le modèle du noyau rétrécissant non réagi avec la résultante solide (matériau inerte) et la taille de particule fixe. Ce procédé est obtenu par l'action d'une solution d'acide nitrique sur une silice précipitée obtenue à partir des scories de phosphore lavées à l'acide phosphorique. Les résultats de l'étude montrent que le procédé de purification est une étape de contrôle de la réaction chimique, dont l'énergie d'activation apparente Ea est de 30,2354,kJ/mol, avec un ordre de réaction de 0,6746. [source]