Aqueous Preparation of Chemically Homogeneous Multicomponent Silicate Precursors
Abstract
Chemically very homogeneous precursors of multicomponent silicate oxides may be easily prepared from rather dilute aqueous solutions of metal nitrate(s) in which a silicon alkoxide is hydrolyzed into silicic acid. The transformation into solid precursors is achieved by different processes. Fine powders are obtained by spray-drying (examples of mullite and cordierite) and gels by in-situ generation of a base (examples of mullite and zircon)
Keywords
Silicic Acid Metal Nitrate Aluminum Nitrate Homogeneous Precipitation Silicon AlkoxideRésumé
Des précurseurs chimiquement très homogènes d’oxydes silicatés peuvent être facilement obtenus à partir de solutions aqueuses, relativement diluées, à de nitrate(s) métallique(s) dans lesquelles un alcoxyde de silicium est hydrolysé en acide silicique. La transformation en precurseur solide peut se réaliser de différentes façons. On obtient ainsi des poudres fines par atomisation (exemples de la mullite et de la cordiérite) ou des gels par génération d’une base au sein de la solution (cas de la mullite et du zircon).
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