A Gas-Chromatography Study of Adsorption Properties of Silica Modified by Stable Nickel Nanoparticles Obtained in Reverse Micelles under -Radiation L. D. Belyakovaa, S. V. Gornostaevab, N. A. Pavlovac, O. G. Larionova, A. A. Revinaa, and A. V. Bulanovac a Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 31, Moscow, 119991 Russia b Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology, Miusskaya pl. 9, Moscow, 125190 Russia c Samara State University, Samara, Russia Received June 12, 2007 Abstract — Stable nano-sized nickel particles are prepared using the radiation-chemical synthesis in reverse micelles. Adsorption properties of raw silica (silochrome, S-120), the silochrome modified by a micelle-forming compound (AOT), and the silochrome modified by the nano-sized nickel particles are studied using gas chromatography method. The retention times for different test-compounds at different temperatures are determined for these adsorbents. Specific retention volumes of the test-compounds, as well as the thermodynamic adsorption characteristics, are determined. After the modification, the initial adsorption heat for n-hydrocarbons increases, which points out to the higher surface roughness of the modified samples. For the nickel-nanoparticle-modified silica, the contribution of specific interactions of polar compounds is less than that for the unmod-ified silica; this can be explained by screening the active centers (OH-groups) of the silica gel by the metal nano-particles. The silica polarity decreases after the modification. The gas chromatography method allows detecting the difference in the properties of nanocomposites containing Ni- and NiO-nanoparticles. PACS numbers: 68.43.-h DOI: 10.1134/S0033173208020094
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