Effect of binder addition on the properties of unsupported gamma-Al2O3 membranes

Authors
Lambert, CK Gonzalez, RD
Citation
Ck. Lambert et Rd. Gonzalez, Effect of binder addition on the properties of unsupported gamma-Al2O3 membranes, MATER LETT, 38(2), 1999, pp. 145-149
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
MATERIALS LETTERS
ISSN journal
0167577X → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
145 - 149
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-577X(199901)38:2<145:EOBAOT>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Unsupported gamma-Al2O3 membranes prepared by the sol-gel method were chara cterized to determine the effect of the addition of binders including polye thylene glycol (PEG) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). The sol-gel method involv ed the peptization of a boehmite (AlOOH) sol prepared from aluminum sec-but oxide. The effect of the binder on surface area, pore size, and pore volume was studied, as well as the amount of crack formation during drying of the membranes. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.