Hydrophobic silica gels with reduced surface area

C - Chemistry – Metallurgy – 01 – B

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C01B 33/16 (2006.01) C01B 33/159 (2006.01) C09C 1/30 (2006.01)

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CA 2280795

The present invention is hydrophobic silica gels having reduced surface area and a method for their preparation. The method comprises three steps, where in the first step a mixture comprising a silica hydrosol and colloidal silica is formed. In the second step the mixture is heat treated in the presence of a strong mineral acid at a pH less than about 1 to form a silica hydrogel having incorporated therein colloidal silica. In the third step the silica hydrogel is contacted with an organosilicon compound in the presence of a catalytic amount of a strong acid to effect hydrophobing of the silica hydrogel thereby forming a hydrophobic silica gel having a surface area within a range of about 100 m2/g to 450 m2/g as measured in the dry state. In a preferred method the hydrophobic silica gel is contacted with a sufficient quantity of an organic solvent immiscible with water to convert the hydrophobic silica hydrogel into a hydrophobic silica organogel.

L'invention concerne des gels de silice hydrophobes présentant une zone superficielle limitée, ainsi qu'un procédé servant à les préparer. Ce procédé comprend trois étapes, la première étape consistant à préparer un mélange composé d'un hydrosol de silice et de silice colloïdale. La deuxième étape consiste à effectuer le traitement thermique du mélange en présence d'un acide minéral fort à un pH inférieur à 1 afin d'obtenir un hydrogel de silice dans lequel est incorporée de la silice colloïdale. La troisième étape consiste à mettre en contact l'hydrogel de silice avec un composé d'organosilicium en présence d'une quantité catalytique d'un acide fort afin de rendre hydrophobe l'hydrogel de silice, ce qui permet d'obtenir un gel de silice hydrophobe dont la zone superficielle est située dans une plage de 100 m?2¿/g à 450 m?2¿/g, mesurée à l'état sec. Dans un procédé préféré, on met en contact le gel de silice hydrophobe avec une quantité suffisante d'un solvant organique non miscible avec l'eau, dans le but de convertir l'hydrogel de silice hydrophobe en organogel de silice hydrophobe.

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