Surface free energy of heat-treated silicas

London Component of the Surface Free Energy of Heat-Treated Silicas. Figure 1 shows the evolution of 7sd for the different types of silicas versus heat-treatment temperature. The origin of the sample as well as the thermal treatments applied are important in determining 7sd. 

Specific Component of the Surface Free Energy of Heat-Treated Silicas. Specific interaction capacities of heat-treated silicas, that is, their ability to interact with polar molecules, were examined with chloroform (Lewis acid probe) and toluene and benzene (amphoteric molecules). Figure 2 provides examples of the evolution of the specific interaction parameter Zsp of the different silicas with chloroform as a probe. 

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The present review discusses the results of the H NMR spectroscopy for a wide range of carbonaceous materials (heat-treated and nongraphitizable activated carbons, carbon blacks, exfoliated and oxidized graphites, porous and amorphous carbonized silicas). This technique made it possible to determine the spectral characteristics of organic molecules with diverse chemical properties, as well as of water molecules adsorbed on the surface. These characteristics are compared with the structural properties of the materials under consideration. The calculations done for the majority of the subjects of inquiry gave the values of their free surface energies in an aqueous medium as well as the characteristics of bound water layers of various types. 

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