Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2013, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (2): 206-209.doi: 10.1007/s40242-013-2207-7

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Synthesis of γ-Al2O3 with High Surface Area and Large Pore Volume by Reverse Precipitation-azeotropic Distillation Method

WU Yu-sheng, MA Jiao, LI Ming-chun, HU Fang   

  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang 110870, P. R. China
  • Received:2012-05-25 Revised:2012-09-03 Online:2013-04-01 Published:2013-03-20
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the Program for Liaoning Exellent Talents in University, China(No.LJQ2011011), the Project of Science Department of Liaoning Province of China(No.20102166) and the Project of Science Department of Shenyang City of China (No.F10-205-1-03).

Abstract:

γ-Al2O3 with high surface area and large pore volume combined with high thermal stability was synthesized by a reverse precipitation-azeotropic distillation method. The effects of azeotropic distillation on the characteristics of γ-Al2O3 were studied by means of X-ray diffraction(XRD), Fourier transform infrared(FTIR) spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy(TEM) and N2 adsorption-desorption. The results show that γ-Al2O3 dried by azeotropic distillation has excellent structure characteristics with a high surface area of 426 m2/g and a large pore volume of 2.56 cm3/g. After calcination at 1100℃, the surface area of γ-Al2O3 was still 92 m2/g with a large pore volume of 1.00 cm3/g, indicating the potential application in catalyst and petroleum industry.

Key words: Reverse precipitation, Azeotropic distillation, γ-Alumina, n-Butyl alcohol, Thermal stability