Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1990, 55, 1920-1927
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19901920
Effect of steaming on physical properties of aluminium hydroxide and aluminium oxide
Ro Yong Zun, Jaroslava Polednová and Květa Jirátová
Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 165 02 Prague 6-Suchdol
Abstract
The effect of partial pressure of water vapour (50-750kPa) in air on physical properties of calcinated aluminium hydroxide AlOOH and aluminium oxide Al2O3 was examined. For both materials it was found that increasing pressure of water vapour leads to a decrease in the specific surface area and to an increase in the diameter of their mesopores. However, changes in the surface properties have not been identical: the total acidity of Al2O3 decreased whereas the acidity of calcinated AlOOH passed through a maximum. The total basicity of Al2O3 increased while that of AlOOH decreased.
