Silicates physical properties

Physical Properties. Physical properties of importance include particle size, density, volume fraction of intraparticle and extraparticle voids when packed into adsorbent beds, strength, attrition resistance, and dustiness. These properties can be varied intentionally to tailor adsorbents to specific apphcations (See Adsorption liquid separation Aluminum compounds, aluminum oxide (alumna) Carbon, activated carbon Ion exchange Molecular sieves and Silicon compounds, synthetic inorganic silicates). 

The crystalline mineral silicates have been well characterized and their diversity of stmcture thoroughly presented (2). The stmctures of siHcate glasses and solutions can be investigated through potentiometric and dye adsorption studies, chemical derivatization and gas chromatography, and laser Raman, infrared (ftir), and Si Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance ( Si ft-nmr) spectroscopy. References 3—6 contain reviews of the general chemical and physical properties of siHcate materials. 

A large group of silicates of varying composition, but similar in physical properties. All have excellent cleavage and can be split into very thin sheets. Used in electrical insulation. 

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As a result of its unique chemical and physical properties, silica gel is probably the most important single substance involved in liquid chromatography today. Without silica gel, it is doubtful whether HPLC could have evolved at all. Silica gel is an amorphous, highly porous, partially hydrated form of silica which is a substance made from the two most abundant elements in the earth s crust, silicon and oxygen. Silica, from which silica gel is manufactured, occurs naturally, either in conjunction with metal oxides in the form of silicates, such as clay or shale, or as free silica in the form of quartz, cristobalite or tridymite crystals. Quartz is sometimes found clear and colorless, but more often in an opaque form, frequently colored... 

One of the most important phenomena in material science is the reinforcement of mbber by rigid entities, such as carbon black, clays, silicates, calcium carbonate, zinc oxide, MH, and metal oxide [45 7]. Thus, these fillers or reinforcement aids are added to mbber formulations to optimize properties that meet a given service application or sets of performance parameters [48-53]. Although the original purpose is to lower the cost of the molding compounds, prime importance is now attached to the selective active fillers and their quantity that produce specific improvements in mbber physical properties. 

Swanson, E. W. (1936). Effect of particle size on the physical properties of silicate cements. Journal of the American Dental Association, 23, 1620-31. 

Separation of these minerals from oxides and silicates can be readily accomplished as the surface chemical and physical properties of these minerals are very similar. On account of this fact, separation of the metals themselves has proved to be extremely difficult. 

Callisto orbits Jupiter at a distance of 1.9 million kilometres its surface probably consists of silicate materials and water ice. There are only a few small craters (diameter less than a kilometre), but large so-called multi-ring basins are also present. In contrast to previous models, new determinations of the moon s magnetic field suggest the presence of an ocean under the moon s surface. It is unclear where the necessary energy comes from neither the sun s radiation nor tidal friction could explain this phenomenon. Ruiz (2001) suggests that the ice layers are much more closely packed and resistant to heat release than has previously been assumed. He considers it possible that the ice viscosities present can minimize heat radiation to outer space. This example shows the complex physical properties of water up to now, twelve different crystallographic structures and two non-crystalline amorphous forms are known Under the extreme conditions present in outer space, frozen water may well exist in modifications with as yet completely unknown properties. 

Rubidium hydroxide, 27 821-822 Rubidium iodide, 27 823 Rubidium metal alloys, 27 816 Rubidium metal, pure, 27 818 Rubidium oxides, 27 816, 823 Rubidium ozonide, 78 417 Rubidium silicates, 22 452 Rubidium sulfate, 27 821 Rubidium superoxide, 78 417 Rubidium tetrahydroborate physical properties of, 4 194t Ruby, 2 405 color, 7 329 Ruby glass, 7 344... 

Redwine, R.H. and Field, M.B. (1968). The effect of microstructure on the physical properties of glasses in the sodium silicate system. Journal of Materials Science 3 380-388. 

Some of the compounds described in this chapter were studied for specific physical properties. Surface tension measurements with solutions of 9-16 in 0.01 M hydrochloric acid demonstrated that these zwitterionic X5Si-silicates are highly efficient surfactants.21 These compounds contain a polar (zwitterionic) hydrophilic moiety and a long lipophilic z-alkyl group. Increase of the n-alkyl chain length (9-15) was found to result in an increase of surface activity. The equilibrium surface tension vs concentration isotherms for 9 and 16 were analyzed quantitatively and the surface thermodynamics of these surfactants interpreted on the molecular level. Furthermore, preliminary studies demonstrated that aqueous solutions of 9-16 lead to a hydrophobizing of glass surfaces.21... 

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