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    This document contains a 6 question quiz about inorganic membranes and thin films. The questions cover topics like: - Hydrolysis and condensation reactions of tetramethylorthosilicate (TMOS) in the sol-gel process. - The desired fractal dimension range for polymeric sols used to prepare microporous membranes and which of two membranes has a larger helium permeability based on their thickness, pore diameter, and porosity to tortuosity ratios. - Matching the number of oxygen-membered rings in zeolite pores, the materials, and their pore diameters. - Comparing the chemical composition, pore structure, crystallinity, and thermal stability of silicalite and

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    Inorganic 

    Membranes and Thin Films           ChE 477/577  Spring, 2021 

    Quiz 4 Name _______________________ Score _______________________

    1.Hydrolysis of tetramethylorthosilicate (TMOS) proceeds like: Si-OR +H2O <=> Si-OH + ROH.
    a) Write 2 hydrolysis reactions (with full molecular
    formula) (1):

    b) Write 2 condensation reactions (1 alcoxolation


    condensation and 1 water condensation) that follow
    the hydrolysis reactions (1)

    c) Increasing water content in the sol-gel process


    would increase the chance of forming polymeric or
    particulate sol? (0.5)
    2. The clusters of solid in a polymeric sol can be characterized by fractal
    dimension D. What is the desired range of D, and why, for a polymeric
    sol used to prepare microporous membranes? (1)

    3.The thickness, pore diameter and porosity to tortuosity ratio are respectively 100 nm, 0.5 nm and 30%
    for the sol-gel derived microporous silica membrane, and for 6 m, 0.5 nm and 45% respectively for the
    PPG microporous silica hollow fiber membranes. Which membrane has larger helium permenace (1)?

    4. Select the closest match for the following sets of materials, oxygen-membered ring and pore size (use
    lines to connect the matched ones) (1.5)

    a. Number of oxygen-member rings for the main pores: 12 8 10


    b. Materials (FAU, MFI and LTA zeolites): FAU, MFI, LTA
    c. Pore diameter (nm): 0.7 0.4 0.6

    5.. The pores of the aluminum-free pure silica zeolite “silicalite” are from the channels defined by 10-
    oxygen-member rings. Describe the major features of zeolite silicalite membrane and sol-gel acid
    catalyzed silica membrane in the following table (3):
    Sillicalite Sol-gel silica
    Chemical composition
    Mesoporous or microporous
    Uniform pore or pores with a distribution
    Crystalline or amorphous
    Hydrophilic or hydrophobic surface
    Poor or good thermal stability

    6. In the in-situ synthesis of zeolite membranes reported by the Noble and Gavalas groups, what do you
    have to do to ensure the growth of zeolite membrane on the support surface? (1)

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