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Preparation of Functional Silica Using a Bioinspired Method
Published on: August 1, 2018
The synthesis, full characterisation and utilisation of template-free silica sodalite, a novel polymorph of silica
R S P King1, S E Dann, M R J Elsegood
1Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK.
Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)
|April 24, 2009
Abstract:
Empty glass: Subjecting ethylene glycol silica sodalite to heat (680 degrees C) under a nitrogen atmosphere (i) successfully removes the templating agent to give cubic silica sodalite, which, upon consequent heating under an oxygen atmosphere (ii), transforms into a rhombohedral form of the empty sodalite, in effect a novel polymorph of silica.
