Table 1.
Sample | Unit cell parameters (Å) | Crystallite sizea (nm) | Surface areab (m2 g−1) | Pore volumeb (cm3 g−1) | Average pore sizeb (nm) | ||
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a | c | D003 | D110 | ||||
MgAl-LDH | 3.05 | 22.8 | 31.0 | 26.6 | 14.1 | 0.017 | 5.2 |
γ-AlO(OH) | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 95.9 | 0.122 | 4.9 |
γ-AlO(OH)/MgAl-LDH | 3.05 | 26.3 | 10.3 | 26.6 | 34.1 | 0.052 | 6.2 |
a = 2d110, c = 3d003
aObtained from the Debye-Scherrer formula
bCalculated from the BET analysis