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Rapid Sintering of Porous Monoliths Assembled from Microbeads with High Specific Surface Area and Multimodal Porosity
Author(s) -
Schumacher Thomas C.,
Klein Tanja Y.,
Treccani Laura,
Rezwan Kurosch
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced engineering materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1527-2648
pISSN - 1438-1656
DOI - 10.1002/adem.201300220
Subject(s) - materials science , sintering , porosity , microbead (research) , ceramic , adsorption , monolith , specific surface area , tube (container) , composite material , tube furnace , chemical engineering , catalysis , biochemistry , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering
Ceramic microbead derived monolithic adsorbents (MAds), consisting of Al 2 O 3 /SiO 2 , are prepared and subsequently sintered rapidly (<5 min) in a tube furnace. By applying rapid sintering, an approximately 60‐fold decrease is observed in the total sintering time required for the ceramics. The obtained materials exhibit a high specific surface area, which is up to 68% higher compared to conventionally sintered samples, leading to a quicker adsorption of molecules.