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Silica, fumed

powder, 0.2-0.3 μm avg. part. size (aggregate)

Synonym(s):

Silica, Silicic anhydride, Silicon dioxide, Silicon dioxide amorphous

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Linear Formula:
SiO2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
60.08
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
12352103
MDL number:
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form

powder

Quality Segment

surface area

200 m2/g (±25 m2/g)

refractive index

n20/D 1.46 (lit.)

avg. part. size

0.2-0.3 μm (aggregate)

density

2.3 lb/cu.ft at 25 °C (bulk density)(lit.)

SMILES string

O=[Si]=O

InChI

1S/O2Si/c1-3-2

InChI key

VYPSYNLAJGMNEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Application

Fumed Silica (SiO2) has been used as a precursor to synthesize:
  • Chlorosilanes via silanization, which are used to prepare silica/polydimethylsiloxane membranes to study permeation performance.
  • Silicon carbide (SiC) nanoparticles by sol-gel method.
  • Calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) by treating with CaO and water via hydrothermal reaction.
  • Si/PtO2 catalyst for the selective conversion of cinnamaldehyde to cinnamic acid by aerobic oxidation.


It can be also used in the preparation of:
  • Silica sulfuric acid catalyst used in the synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones via one-pot three-component Biginelli reaction.
  • HClO4-SiO2 heterogeneous catalyst used in the synthesis of tetrasubstituted imidazoles.

Features and Benefits

Has interesting thickening and thixotropic properties, and an enormous external surface area.

Other Notes

Particle sizes are for primary particles, which form branched, chain-like aggregates a few tenths of a micron long.

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avg. part. size

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refractive index

n20/D 1.46 (lit.)

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n20/D 1.46 (lit.)

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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Platinum catalysed aerobic selective oxidation of cinnamaldehyde to cinnamic acid
Durndell LJ, et al.
Catalysis Today, 333(4), 161-168 (2019)
Silica sulfuric acid: an efficient and reusable catalyst for the one-pot synthesis of 3, 4-dihydropyrimidin-2 (1H)-ones
Salehi P, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 44(14), 2889-2891 (2003)
Synthesis of nano-structured 3C-SiC by carbothermal reduction of silicon bearing gel and carbon soot
Sharma M, et al.
Materials Letters, 65(14), 2161-2164 (2011)



Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
S5505-500G04061836954482
S5505-100G04061836954475

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    1. Products may be shipped at a different temperature than the recommended long-term storage temperature. If the product quality is sensitive to short-term exposure to conditions other than the recommended long-term storage, it will be shipped on wet or dry-ice. If the product quality is NOT affected by short-term exposure to conditions other than the recommended long-term storage, it will be shipped at ambient temperature. As shipping routes are configured for minimum transit times, shipping at ambient temperature helps control shipping costs for our customers. For more information, please refer to the Storage and Transport Conditions document: https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/deepweb/assets/sigmaaldrich/marketing/global/documents/316/622/storage-transport-conditions-mk.pdf

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  3. is this hydrophobic

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    1. This product is hydrophilic. Please see the data sheet for more information: https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/deepweb/assets/sigmaaldrich/product/documents/246/034/s5505pis.pdf

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