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Ambient pressure dried TEOS-based silica aerogels: good absorbents of organic liquids

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The experimental work has been carried out to study the absorption–desorption properties of the hydrophobic silica aerogel for the application of oil spill cleanup. Aerogels were synthesized by sol–gel route prior to ambient pressure drying, by keeping TEOS:MeOH:Acidic H2O:NH4F:NH4OH:HMDZ molar ratio constant at 1:16.5:0.81:0.62:0.63:0.41, respectively. The absorption of organic liquids by as-prepared aerogels has been carried out by adding the aerogel samples in organic liquid, viz. three alkanes: hexane, heptane, octane; the aromatic compounds: benzene, toluene, xylene; the alcohols: methanol, ethanol, propanol, and the three oils: petrol, diesel, and kerosene until it is totally wetted. It was observed that surface-modified TEOS-based aerogel absorbed the organic liquids and oils by nearly 12 times its own mass. After absorption, desorption time of liquids from the aerogel at various temperatures, i.e., at 30, 60, 80, and 100 °C was measured. The 50% volume shrinkage of the aerogel in case of oils and 20% in case of organic liquid was observed, after total desorption of liquids. No significant change in hydrophobicity of the aerogel was observed and it can be reused two times.

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Acknowledgement

The authors are grateful to the Department of Science and Technology (DST) New Delhi, Government of India, for the financial support for this work through a major research project on “Aerogels” (N0. SR/S2/CMP-67/2006). Also, assistance from UGC ASSIST and DRS-phase IInd is also acknowledged. One of the author Jyoti Gurav wishes to thank Brain Korea 21 for the award of post-doc fellowship.

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

    Jyoti L. Gurav & Hyung-Ho Park

  2. Air Glass Laboratory, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, 416004, India

    A. Venkateswara Rao & D. Y. Nadargi

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Gurav, J.L., Rao, A.V., Nadargi, D.Y. et al. Ambient pressure dried TEOS-based silica aerogels: good absorbents of organic liquids. J Mater Sci 45, 503–510 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-009-3968-8

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