Water vapor adsorption and desorption of mesoporous materials derived from metakaolinite by hydrothermal treatment

Mesoporous materials were prepared by hydrothermal treatment of powder-compacts consisting of metakaolinite, quartz and slaked lime with different forming pressures. The hydrothermally solidified materials developed strength despite the formation of hydrogamet. The hydrothermally solidified materials exhibited a broad pore size distribution of more than 3.4 nm, and the volume and specific surface area increased with decreasing the forming pressure. The hydrothermally solidified materials showed an excellent humidity-controlling ability due to adsorption and desorption of water vapor by utilizing their mesopores. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l. All rights reserved.