• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Characterization of Highly Porous Materials from Cellulose Carbamate
  • Beteiligte: Pinnow, Manfred; Fink, Hans‐Peter; Fanter, Carola; Kunze, Jürgen
  • Erschienen: Wiley, 2008
  • Erschienen in: Macromolecular Symposia, 262 (2008) 1, Seite 129-139
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1002/masy.200850213
  • ISSN: 1022-1360; 1521-3900
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  • Beschreibung: AbstractHighly porous cellulose was formed by gelation of cellulose carbamate solutions in caustic soda. Two methods for gel preparation were optimized for the formation of beads and bulky materials – the chemical precipitation from dilute sulfuric acid and the thermal gelation by annealing at elevated temperatures. Various methods were used for characterizing of the pores of low density materials: scanning electron microscopy, small angle X‐ray scattering, mercury intrusion and nitrogen sorption. These methods were optimized and used for characterizing the complete pore system from micro to macro pores. The effects of different preparation (cellulose carbamate concentration in caustic soda) and processing (precipitation, drying and pyrolysis) on the pore structure were studied by the set of complementary methods. Aerocell samples with a minimum density of 0.06 g/cm3 were prepared from cellulose carbamate. They are characterized by a broad pore size distribution ranging from 0.5 nm to 1 mm, specific internal surfaces of up to 660 m2/g and total pore volumes of up to 18 cm3/g.