Scientific Seminar / Webinar - by Prof Wojciech Kujawski
Mon, 13 Aug
|Lecture Theatre S11, 16 Rainforest Walk
Do not miss the talk by Prof Kujawski titled Physicochemical Properties of Hydrophobized Ceramic Materials (Powders and Membranes).
Time & Location
13 Aug 2018, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Lecture Theatre S11, 16 Rainforest Walk, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia
About The Event
PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF HYDROPHOBIZED CERAMIC MATERIALS (POWDERS AND MEMBRANES)
Keywords: Al2O3, TiO2, ZrO2, ceramic membranes, hydrophobization, vacuum membrane distillation
The fabrication, design and characterization of materials with controlled properties e.g. hydrophobicity, hydrophilicity, wettability or micro-, nano-architecture are extremely interesting and important in material science.
Ceramic materials are characterized by high chemical, thermal and mechanical stability and therefore they are ideal materials for many applications in the chemical, biotechnological and pharmaceutical industries as well as in water and wastewater processing. However, the ceramic materials are hydrophilic by nature. This character of the surface, related to the presence of hydroxyl group, can limit the possible range of applications of the ceramic materials, where the hydrophobic character of the surface is required (e.g. vacuum membrane distillation). For this reason, the hydrophobization process of the ceramic materials must be performed.
The initially hydrophilic micro- and macroporous ceramic powders and membranes were successfully hydrophobized by…