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The application of silica gel waste for the two-step synthesis of wollastonite in temperature range of 200–950 °C

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In this work, the possibility of applying silica gel waste for the production of wollastonite via both single- and two-step methods was investigated. For the synthesis of wollastonite, two initial mixtures with CaO/SiO2 molar ratio of 0.75 and 1.0 were prepared. The synthesis was done by single-step and two-step methods: one-step synthesis was carried out in 800–950 °C temperature range in high-temperature furnace, while two-step method was based on hydrothermal treatment in autoclave (w/s-10, 200 °C, 4–72 h) and calcination of obtained products (800–950 °C, 1 h). It was determined that by using single-step synthesis, only the negligible amount of wollastonite was formed. The different results were obtained after calcination of hydrothermal synthesis products at 850 °C temperature, because wollastonite was the main compound. The obtained results were confirmed by data obtained from the XRD and STA analyses and thermodynamic calculations.

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This research was funded by a Grant (No. MIP – 17-92) from the Research Council of Lithuania.

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Gineika, A., Baltakys, K. & Dambrauskas, T. The application of silica gel waste for the two-step synthesis of wollastonite in temperature range of 200–950 °C. J Therm Anal Calorim 138, 2263–2273 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-019-08481-5

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