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A Synthetic Methodology for Preparing Impregnated and Grafted Amine-Based Silica Composites for Carbon Capture
Published on: September 29, 2023
The interaction at the solid/liquid interface of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid with silica modified by reaction with
Alexandre G S Prado1, Edimar Deoliviera
1Instituto de Química, Universidade de Brasília, Caixa Postal 4478, 70904-970 Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil. agsprado@unb.br
Abstract:
A method for the attachment of ammonia to modified silica gel has been developed. In the first step, tetraethylorthosilicate and (3-glycidoxypropyl)trimethoxysilane were co-condensed in the presence of n-dodecylamine, a neutral surfactant template, to produce a modified mesoporous silica. The epoxy group incorporated into the mesoporous silica was opened by ammonia gas thus introducing amine chelate groups covalently bound to the inorganic surface. The modified material contained 1.13+/-0.06 mmol of amine per gram of silica, exhibited a surface area of 831+/-29 m(2)g(-1) and a porous diameter of 1.95 nm. Infrared, 29Si and 13C NMR spectra were in agreement with the proposed structure of the modified mesoporous silica in the solid state. This ordered organic-inorganic hybrid presented a high capacity for the removal of the agrochemical 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid from water: the DeltaH and DeltaG values for the interaction were determined to be -110.61 and -9.37 kJ mol(-1), respectively.
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