Journal of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering

Volume 7, Issue 3 (March 2019)

ISSN Print: 2327-6045   ISSN Online: 2327-6053

Google-based Impact Factor: 0.72  Citations  

Shape Control of Silica Powder Formation

HTML  XML Download Download as PDF (Size: 6294KB)  PP. 49-55  
DOI: 10.4236/msce.2019.73004    647 Downloads   1,512 Views  Citations

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the present research is the different morphologies production of crystalline and amorphous-silica powder. It’s a basic material for many pharmaceutical and environmental applications as well. And, it’s produced using the combination of the alkali chemical etching process and the ultra-sonication technique. The critical preparation conditions are KOH concentration (weight %) and the sonication time (hour). The paper presents the chemical mechanism of the silica particle formation as well as the different morphology. The results show the formation of crystalline and amorphous-porous-silica particles in the micrometer range with the porous order network that has pore sizes range in micrometer too. This synthetic uses commercial silicon, which could be useful for large-scale production. Also, the nano-sphere and nano-cubic shapes of silica powder are formed starting by commercial silicon powder.

Share and Cite:

Nabil, M. and Motaweh, H. (2019) Shape Control of Silica Powder Formation. Journal of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, 7, 49-55. doi: 10.4236/msce.2019.73004.

Copyright © 2024 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc.

Creative Commons License

This work and the related PDF file are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.