Effects of Impeller Speed on Synthesis of Monodisperse Silica Particles

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  • Saeki Shu
    Department of Chemical Engineering, Tohoku University
  • Nagao Daisuke
    Department of Chemical Engineering, Tohoku University
  • Konno Mikio
    Department of Chemical Engineering, Tohoku University

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  • 単分散シリカ微粒子合成における撹はんの影響
  • 単分散シリカ微粒子合成における攪拌の影響
  • タンブンサン シリカ ビリュウシ ゴウセイ ニ オケル カクハン ノ エイキョウ

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Monodisperse silica particles were prepared by hydrolysis and condensation of tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) at various impeller speeds up to 600 rpm to study the effects of impeller speed on particle size distribution. Ammonia-catalyzed reactions of TEOS were carried out in an ethanol–water solution at a water concentration of 11.0 kmol/m3, ammonia concentrations of 0.5 and 1.0 kmol/m3, and TEOS concentrations of 0.2 and 0.4 kmol/m3 in the presence or absence of an electrolyte (KCl). When the final particles prepared were small, the particle size hardly depended on impeller speed; but, as the size of final particles increased, the particle size more strongly depended on impeller speed, and an increase in impeller speed increased the size of final particles. This impeller speed dependence is considered to be caused by sheer flocculation, which dominates over Brownian flocculation in the case of large particles. When particle size was increased by the addition of KCl, agitation at high impeller speeds brought about excessive coagulation, resulting in generation of hard aggregates and disappearance of spherical particles.

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