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Title: Characterization of Dry-Air Aged Granules of Silver-Functionalized Silica Aerogel

Abstract

This is a letter report to complete level 3 milestone "Assess aging characteristics of silica aerogels" for DOE FCRD program. Recently, samples of Ag0-functionalized silica aerogel were aged in flowing dry air for up to 6 months and then loaded with iodine. This dry-air aging simulated the impact of long-term exposure to process gases during process idling. The 6-month aged sample exhibited an iodine sorption capacity of 32 mass%, which was 9 mass % lower than that for an un-aged Ag0-functionalized silica aerogel. In an attempt to understand this decrease in sorption capacity, we characterized physical properties of the aged samples with Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) nitrogen adsorption, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and high resolution scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results showed no impact of aging on the aerogel microstructure or the silver nanoparticles in the aerogel, including their spatial distribution and morphology.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1054852
Report Number(s):
PNNL-21805
AF5805000
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
Reprocessing; Silver-functionalized arogel; Radioiodine; Aging; Sorption; BET; SEM; XRD

Citation Formats

Matyas, Josef, Fryxell, Glen E, and Robinson, Matthew J. Characterization of Dry-Air Aged Granules of Silver-Functionalized Silica Aerogel. United States: N. p., 2012. Web. doi:10.2172/1054852.
Matyas, Josef, Fryxell, Glen E, & Robinson, Matthew J. Characterization of Dry-Air Aged Granules of Silver-Functionalized Silica Aerogel. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1054852
Matyas, Josef, Fryxell, Glen E, and Robinson, Matthew J. 2012. "Characterization of Dry-Air Aged Granules of Silver-Functionalized Silica Aerogel". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1054852. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1054852.
@article{osti_1054852,
title = {Characterization of Dry-Air Aged Granules of Silver-Functionalized Silica Aerogel},
author = {Matyas, Josef and Fryxell, Glen E and Robinson, Matthew J},
abstractNote = {This is a letter report to complete level 3 milestone "Assess aging characteristics of silica aerogels" for DOE FCRD program. Recently, samples of Ag0-functionalized silica aerogel were aged in flowing dry air for up to 6 months and then loaded with iodine. This dry-air aging simulated the impact of long-term exposure to process gases during process idling. The 6-month aged sample exhibited an iodine sorption capacity of 32 mass%, which was 9 mass % lower than that for an un-aged Ag0-functionalized silica aerogel. In an attempt to understand this decrease in sorption capacity, we characterized physical properties of the aged samples with Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) nitrogen adsorption, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and high resolution scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results showed no impact of aging on the aerogel microstructure or the silver nanoparticles in the aerogel, including their spatial distribution and morphology.},
doi = {10.2172/1054852},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1054852}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012},
month = {Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012}
}