Sol-Gel Processing of Silicates
Sol-Gel Processing of Silicates
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硅酸盐的溶胶-凝胶加工
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1985
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L. Klein
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L. Klein
The sol-gel process is the name applied to any one of a number of processes that involve a solution or sol that undergoes a sol-gel transition. At the transition, the solution or sol becomes a rigid, porous mass through destabilization, precipitation, or supersaturation (1-4). Rather than restrict this classification of processes by attempting an exact definition, one par ticular definition of a sol-gel process will be developed here by use of an example. An example that fits one definition is the system tetraethylortho silicate (TEOS), water, and ethanol. This is a true one-phase solution that goes through a sol-gel transition to a rigid two-phase system of solid silica and solvent-filled pores. The sol-gel transition in this case is not reversible. The mechanism that transforms one phase into two phases is not entirely understood, though the consequences of the means of transition are quite evident in the gels (5-8). In order to formulate a mechanism for the sol-gel transition, several of the better-understood aspects of the sol-gel process are reviewed. These aspects are hydrolysis reactions, condensation polymer ization, drying, and densification.