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The variation of surface properties of SiMCM-41 and AlMCM-41 nanoporous materials as function of synthesis time was examined. The main properties studied were: surface area, pore diameter, pore volume, mesoporous parameter, and wall thickness. Siliceous MCM-41 molecular sieves were synthesized starting from hydrogels with the following molar compositions: 4.58SiO2:0.435Na2O:1 CTMABr:200 H2O for SiMCM-41, and 4.58SiO2:0.485 Na2O:1 CTMABr:0.038 Al2O3:200 H2O, for AlMCM-41. Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTMABr) was used as the structural template. The crystallographic parameters were obtained from XRD data and by nitrogen adsorption using the BET and BJH methods. The results obtained showed a significant variation of the surface properties of the MCM-41 materials as a function of the synthesis time reaching silica wall thickness of ca. 2 nm on the fourth day.
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Araújo, A.S., Souza, M.J.B., Silva, A.O.S. et al. Study of the Adsorption Properties of MCM-41 Molecular Sieves Prepared at Different Synthesis Times. Adsorption 11, 181–186 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10450-005-4911-1
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