RESUMENSe sintetizó sílice mesoporosa a través del proceso sol-gel usando tetraetoxisilano (TEOS) como fuente de sílice y bromuro de n-hexadeciltrimetilamonio (CTAB) como agente director de la estructura. La eliminación del surfactante post-síntesis, se realizó mediante dos técnicas: calcinación con incrementos programados de temperatura hasta alcanzar los 550°C y extracción con solventes usando HCl/EtOH como solución extractora y modificando algunas variables experimentales, tales como la concentración del ácido, el volumen de solución extractora, la duración del tratamiento y el solvente empleado para realizar el lavado. Las muestras fueron caracterizadas por adsorción de nitrógeno, espectroscopia de IR y SEM. Tanto la técnica de síntesis empleada como los procedimientos para eliminar el surfactante conducen a un material del tipo MCM-41. Mediante calcinación se obtienen materiales con un área superficial de 1100 m 2 /g mientras que la extracción con HCl/EtOH conduce a disminuciones en el área superficial, atribuibles a la oclusión de los poros con material orgánico. La presencia de surfactante en las muestras fue determinada por FTIR.Palabras clave: Sílice mesoporosa, MCM-41, técnica sol-gel, TEOS, CTAB. ABSTRACTOrdered mesoporous silica was synthesized by the sol-gel process using tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) as silica source and hexadecyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) as structure directing agent. Post-synthesis surfactant removal was conducted by two techniques: calcination, with progressive increases in temperature up to 550 ºC and solvent extraction using HCl /EtOH as extracting solution. In the last mentioned technique, a few experimental variables were changed such as the acid concentration, the volume of extracting solution, the reflux time and the solvent employed for washing. The samples were characterized by N 2 adsorption, FTIR spectroscopy and SEM. Both the synthesis technique used and the procedures to remove template lead to MCM-41 type material. Template extraction by calcination results in materials having a surface area of 1100 m 2 /g. On the other hand, extraction with HCl/EtOH leads to decreases in surface area, attributed to occlusion of the pores with organic material. In both cases, monitoring surfactant traces in the samples was performed using FTIR.
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