<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The objective of the present work is to prepare and characterize a porous material using quite particular and localized dunar sand (erg) of the desert near the El-Oued (south-east of Algeria). The porous material is prepared according to the mechanism of co-operative self-assembly. The method consists of polymerizing a silicic precursor (sodium silicate obtained by alkali fusion of sand with the sodium carbonate) around micelles of surfactant in an acid aqueous solution according to the sol-gel process. The elimination of the surfactant by calcining at high temperature leads to the final material which was characterized by XRF, XRD, MEB-EDX, FTIR and BET techniques.</p></abstract>

The objective of the present work is to prepare and characterize a porous material using quite particular and localized dunar sand (erg) of the desert near the El-Oued (south-east of Algeria). The porous material is prepared according to the mechanism of co-operative self-assembly. The method consists of polymerizing a silicic precursor (sodium silicate obtained by alkali fusion of sand with the sodium carbonate) around micelles of surfactant in an acid aqueous solution according to the sol-gel process. The elimination of the surfactant by calcining at high temperature leads to the final material which was characterized by XRF, XRD, MEB-EDX, FTIR and BET techniques.

Preparation and characterization of a porous material from an Algerian desert sand

Laboratory of Applied Chemistry and Materials Technology

Laboratory of Natural Resources and Management of Sensitive Environments

Acta Scientifica Naturalis

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The objective of the present work is to prepare and characterize a porous material using quite particular and localized dunar sand (erg) of the desert near the...

Preparation and characterization of a porous material from an Algerian desert sand

Published Online: Dec 07, 2018

Page range: 48 - 56

Received: Sep 01, 2018

Accepted: Nov 01, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/asn-2018-0020

Keywords
characterization, sand, porous material, silica gel, surfactant

© 2018 Mecheri G. et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Preparation and characterization of a porous material from an Algerian desert sand

Published Online: Dec 07, 2018

Page range: 48 - 56

Received: Sep 01, 2018

Accepted: Nov 01, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/asn-2018-0020

Keywordscharacterization, sand, porous material, silica gel, surfactant

© 2018 Mecheri G. et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
characterization, sand, porous material, silica gel, surfactant