In situ preparation of hydrophobic CaCO3 nanoparticles in a gas-liquid microdispersion process

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2013-04-14
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ThisstudypresentsanovelprocessofinsitusurfacemodificationofCaCChnanoparticlesusingamultipleorificedispersionmicroreactor.CO2/Ca(OH)2precipitationreactionwasemployedtoprepareCaCO3nanoparticleswithsodiumstearatesurfactant.SynthesizedCaCChproductswerecharacterizedbythermogravimetricanalysis(TGA),infra-red(IR),X-raydiffraction(XRD),transmissionelectronmicroscopy(TEM)andBrunauer-Emmet-Telleranalysis(BET).Theeffectofvariousoperationparametersonnanoparticlesandthedosageofsodiumstearateweredetermined.Theresultsshowedthatthepreparationprocesscouldbepreciselycontrolledwithefficientmasstransferprocess.Theparticleswerehighlyhydrophobicwithacontactangleof117andmonodispersewithanaveragesizeof30nm.Theadsorptionsofsodiumstearateandcalciumiononsolidparticlesduringtheinsitusurfacemodificationprocesswereinvestigated.