Adsorption is considered a cost-effective procedure, safer to handle with high removal efficiency. Activated alumina is the most commonly used adsorbent for the removal of arsenic from aqueous solutions. However, activated alumina has a low adsorption capacity and acts kinetically in a slow manner. An ideal adsorbent should have a high surface area, physical and/or chemical stability and be ine...

The mode of retention of Co(H2O)6 species at the “γ-alumina/aquatic solution” interface is refined using simulations, adsorption isotherm, potentiometric mass titrations and mainly proton ion titrations jointly with diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. It was found that the increase in the Co(II) surface concentration affects considerably the kind of the Co(II) species deposited. Mononuclear/mono-...

This study investigated the mechanisms of stabilizing lead-laden sludge by blending it into the production process of aluminum-rich ceramics, and quantitatively evaluated the prolonged leachability of the product phases. Sintering experiments were performed using powder mixtures of lead oxide and γ-alumina with different Pb/Al molar ratios within the temperature range of 600-1000 °C. By mixing ...

Transition aluminas, and especially the gamma type, are largely used as catalyst supports in refining and petrochemicals. Most studies focus on properties resulting from material texture and casting (specific surface, porous volume, pore shape and diameter). However, surface properties of alumina should be considered as well, as the catalytic activity is tightly related to the structure of expo...

Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt. Chemistry department, Faculty of Science, Taif University, KSA. _________________________________________________________________________________________ Nine alumina samples of various modification techniques were subjected to thermal analysis via thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential thermal analysis (DTA), in order t...

The surface of γ-alumina nanoparticles can be characterized by dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) surface-enhanced NMR of (27)Al. DNP is combined with cross-polarization and MQ-MAS to determine local symmetries of (27)Al sites at the surface.

objective(s): in a new approach, following the development in metal oxide chemistry, the ibuprofen as low water soluble nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug diffused into synthetic sol-gel derived nano porous g-alumina by an impregnation method in order to increase the solubility and control the drug release in physiological environment. methods: sol-gel method was utilized for the fabrication o...

In the present study, the gamma alumina (γ-Al2O3) nano powders have been prepared with addition of 1%mol Co using an aqueous sol-gel method at lower temperature than the pure gamma alumina. The synthesis process accomplished by partial hydrolysis of the aqueous solution of metallic ions Al3+ and Co2+, with ammonia. The Al(NO3)3.9H2O and Co(NO3)2.6H2O salts were used as cations sources. The obta...

A multilayer composite ceramic membrane was prepared by depositing a nano-scale layer of SiO2 on top of a modified porous alumina support by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method. The modification of the support was carried out by adding a graded layer of Al2O3 (γ-alumina phase), using sol-gel method. An optimized temperature of 700 K for intermediate layer calcination was gained by XRD analys...