Formation of phases and porous system in the product of hydrothermal treatment of χ-Al<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf>

Abstract

© 2018 by the authors. The presence of χ-Al2O3resulting from thermal decomposition gibbsite as part of alumina catalysts is unfavorable because of its acid characteristics. One of the available techniques of χ-Al2O3removal is crystallization under hydrothermal conditions into boehmite, which is a main precursor of active γ -Al2O3. The influence of products of the hydrothermal treatment of χ-Al2O3obtaining in result of thermal decomposition gibbsite under T = 150-200 °C, P = 0.5-1.5 MPa and pH = 4.0-9.2 were studied. The hydrothermal treatment products in these conditions are gibbsite and boehmite phases which are formed coincidently by parallel ways. In the alkaline medium at pH = 8.0-9.2 three-dimensional parallelepiped boehmite crystals with the edge length > 200 nm are formed, at pH = 4.0 two-dimensional rhombic-shaped plates with thickness 20-100 nm and with the edge length ~80-500 nm are formed. Crystallization of coarse boehmite particles promotes the formation of large and closed mesoporous.