Surface modification of silica powder by mild ball milling
Fig. 3 shows a typical TG-DTA curve of the silica powder modified by 0.5 ml of HTMS after ball milling for 24 h. The DTA curve showed two peaks at approximately 130 and 300 °C. The first endothermic peak corresponds to the loss of physically adsorbed and/or hydrogen-bonded water from the silica powder [22].The second exothermic peak …