چكيده به لاتين
Porous alumina spheres have attracted considerable attention in various industries due to their unique properties, such as chemical stability, high specific surface, high thermal shock resistance, desirable strength and etc. Due to these special properties, these spheres are used as catalyst, support catalyst, adsorbent, membranes of arsenic and fluorine removal from water. In this study, by using the agarose gel casting method and the drop in oil method, which is an inexpensive, simple, non-toxic and environmentally friendly method, the porous α-alumina and mesoporous gamma-alumina spheres were produced.In this study, for the production of α-alumina porous spheres, slurries with a concentration of 10, 20 and 30% vol calcined alumina and aluminum hydroxide containing from 0.5 to 3% by weight of agarose as a gelling agent and 20 and 30% vol calcined Alumina and Aluminum Hydroxide Containing 2% agarose weights were selected to add 10% boehmite weight. To produce gamma-alumina porous spheres, slurries with a 20%vol concentration of nanoboehmite containing 2 %Wt of agarose were prepared and droped in oil to produce alpha and gamma porous alumina spheres. After drying at ambient temperature, alpha-alumina samples were sinterd at 1350 °C and 1450 °C for 1 hour and the gamma-alumina samples were calcined at 550 ° C, 650 ° C and 750 ° C. After sintering, the bulk density, porosity percentage, fracture strength, pore structure (BET), microstructure (SEM) and X-ray pattern (XRD) of the specimens were characterized. In the porous alpha-alumina spheres prepared from calcined Alumina and aluminum hydroxide, the bulk density was measured 1.70-1.88 and 1.36-1.1 g.cm3 respectively, the total porosity was 52.78-57.3 % and, 63.31 70.09 %, crush strengh of 47-50 N and 45-47N, and special surface area for porous spheres made of calcined Alumina and aluminum hydroxide were obtained at 8.984 m2g-1 and 8/7188 m2g-1 respectively. In mesoporous gamma-alumina spheres, the specific surface area was measured from 193 to 284.89 m2g and the pore size was 5.9-8.2 nm and the pore volume was 0.393 – 0.423 cm3g-1.