Effect of ball milling on the structural and textural features of MCM-41 mesoporous material

Abu-Zied BM, Schwieger W, Asiri AM (2015)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2015

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Publisher: Elsevier

Book Volume: 218

Pages Range: 153-159

DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2015.07.012

Abstract

This paper reports on the ball-milling process and its influence on the structural, textural and morphological features of mesoporous MCM-41 material. MCM-41 and the as-milled products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), N-2-adsorption, a field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) and a thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The XRD showed that the mechanical treatment of MCM-41 in a ball mill leads to a gradual crystallinity loss with time until 2 h, and complete crystallinity loss was observed after 4 h of ball milling. N-2 sorption measurements revealed a sharp surface area decrease as well as mesoporosity loss accompanying the milling process. The FE-SEM investigation demonstrated severe damage of the spherical morphology of MCM-41 upon milling for 8 h. Moreover, it was found that these structural, textural and morphological changes strongly affected the water content of the milled MCM-41 material. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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APA:

Abu-Zied, B.M., Schwieger, W., & Asiri, A.M. (2015). Effect of ball milling on the structural and textural features of MCM-41 mesoporous material. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 218, 153-159. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2015.07.012

MLA:

Abu-Zied, Bahaa M., Wilhelm Schwieger, and Abdullah M. Asiri. "Effect of ball milling on the structural and textural features of MCM-41 mesoporous material." Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 218 (2015): 153-159.

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