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Silica, mesostructured

MCM-41 type (hexagonal)

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Synonym(s):
Silica, Silicon dioxide
Linear Formula:
SiO2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
60.08
EC Number:
MDL number:
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.23

Quality Level

form

powder

surface area

~1000 m2/g , BET

unit cell size

4.5-4.8 nm

pore size

0.98 cm3/g pore volume
2.1-2.7 nm pore size

bp

2230 °C (lit.)

mp

>1600 °C (lit.)

bulk density

0.34 g/mL

application(s)

battery manufacturing

SMILES string

O=[Si]=O

InChI

1S/O2Si/c1-3-2

InChI key

VYPSYNLAJGMNEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Silica, mesostructured (MCM-41) is a part of low-density organized mesoporous silicate system which has a 2D hexagonal phase, prepared in the presence of quaternary ammonium halide surfactant. It has ordered and large pores with diameter in the range 1.5-10 nm and specific surface area of 1500 m2/g.

Application

MCM-41 may be used as a base material that can be assembled with platinum complexes to develop luminescent oxygen sensing materials. It may also be used as an adsorbent in CO2 capture application. Surface functionalized MCM-41 may be used as a catalyst in the synthesis of bisphenol A.

Storage Class Code

13 - Non Combustible Solids

WGK

nwg

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Adsorption of CO2-containing gas mixtures over amine-bearing pore-expanded MCM-41 silica: application for gas purification
Belmabkhout Y, et al.
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 49(1), 359-365 (2009)
In situ investigations on cetyltrimethylammonium surfactant/silicate systems, precursors of organized mesoporous MCM-41-type siliceous materials
Frasch J, et al.
Langmuir, 16(23), 9049-9057 (2000)
Oxygen sensing materials based on mesoporous silica MCM-41 and Pt (II)-porphyrin complexes
Zhang H, et al.
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 15(31), 3181-3186 (2005)
Chiral mesostructured silica nanofibers of MCM-41
Wang B, et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 45(13), 2088-2090 (2006)
Effect of surface functionalization of MCM-41-type mesoporous silica nanoparticles on the endocytosis by human cancer cells
Slowing I, et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128(46), 14792-14793 (2006)

Articles

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