Preparation of MgO catalytic support in shaped mesoporous high surface area form

Transesterification of castor oil usingMgO/SiO2 catalyst and coconutoilas co-reactant

“…To take advantages of their beneficial characteristics, various types of heterogeneous catalysts have been developed and assessed, and of particular interest are base catalysts composed of the oxide of alkaline earth metals, primarily MgO and CaO supported on silica [16][17][18] . In addition to base character, these catalyst systems were reported to posses high activity at relatively low temperature and under atmospheric pressure condition.…”

Consequences of MgO activation procedures on its catalytic performance for acetone self-condensation

“…Other synthesis method proposed is the sol-gel [12,13], which involves a multi-step decomposition process of a precursor in the presence of an expensive template. Surface areas in the range of 250-650 m 2 /g have been reached [14], although the template should be removed in subsequent steps. In an attempt to avoid the use of templates and toxic solvents, Bian et al [15] described a procedure to synthesize mesoporousMgO with a nanocrystalline framework via the thermal decomposition of magnesium acetate, obtaining surface areas around 120-136 m 2 /g.…”

Controlled morphological structure of magnesium oxide particles

“…In recent years, many experiments regarding magnesium oxide (MgO) based material has been conducted, advantages in distinguish applications of MgO or magnesia has been also discovered [1][2][3][4][5][6]. A great number of applications such as refractory materials [4], catalyst [1,5,[7][8][9], carbon dioxide chemisorbents [6], reflecting and anti-reflecting coating [10], toxic waste remediation [11] and additive to heavy fuel oil [2] utilized MgO powders.…”

“…A great number of applications such as refractory materials [4], catalyst [1,5,[7][8][9], carbon dioxide chemisorbents [6], reflecting and anti-reflecting coating [10], toxic waste remediation [11] and additive to heavy fuel oil [2] utilized MgO powders. These applications requires different characteristic of MgO including the morphology of the particle [12].…”