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AssigneeDeutsche Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt vormals Roessler
InventorAxel Volling
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Process for the production of finely divided silicon dioxide having a surface of more than about 380 m.sup.2 /g BET which comprises converting a volatile silicon halide in an inert gas vehicle with a gas forming water upon combustion and oxygen gas or air in a flame, the quantity of oxygen being sufficient for the practically complete combustion of the combustible gas, and the quantities of oxygen or air and combustible gas being sufficient to produce a quantity of water which will at least suffice for the hydrolysis of the volatile silicon halide, said volatile silicon halide consisting essentially of trichlorosilane and said inert gas vehicle consisting for instance of nitrogen, carbon dioxide, noble gases or others the amount of trichlorosilane vapor being about 410-565 g trichlorosilane vapor per Nm.sup.3 /h total gas, the molar ratio of trichlorosilane vapor to nitrogen being about 0.5:1 - 5:1, the molar ratio of hydrogen in the combustible gas to oxygen being about 0.5:1 - 1.3:1, and separating the resulting silicon dioxide from other reaction products. Finely divided silicon dioxide prepared according to this process is also provided. The finely divided silicon dioxide is useful as a thickening agent in liquid systems.
In a process for the production of finely divided silicon dioxide having a surface area of more than about 380 m.sup.2 /g BET which comprises converting a volatile halogen-containing inorganic silicon compound in an inert gas vehicle with a hydrogen-containing gas capable of forming water upon combustion and oxygen gas or air in a flame, whereby the quantity of oxygen is sufficient for the complete combustion of the water-forming gas, and whereby the quantities of oxygen or air and water-forming gas are sufficient to produce a quantity of water which will at least suffice for the hydrolysis of the silicon compound, said inert gas vehicle selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, carbon dioxide or noble gases, the improvement wherein said inorganic silicon compound is trichlorosilane vapor in an amount of about 410-565 g trichlorosilane vapor per Nm.sup.3 /hr total gas the molar ratio of trichlorosilane vapor to inert gas vehicle being about 0.5:1-5:1, the molar ratio of hydrogen in the combustible gas to the oxygen being about 0.5 :
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