Abstract:
Mesoporous MCM-48 molecular sieves were synthesized in a fluorinecontaining system using tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) as silica source and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as template. To investigate the influence of various factors for synthesis on the structure and properties of the MCM-48 molecular sieves obtained, they were characterized by Xray diffraction (XRD), N
2 adsorptiondesorption and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results showed that under the optimal conditions, i.e. a CTAB/Si ratio of 0.65 and crystallization at 393 K for 24 h, the assynthesized MCM-48 exhibits high crystallinity with a specific surface area of 1 305 m
2/g and an average pore size of 2.416 nm.