(1) Instituto de Investigacions en Materiales, UNAM, Apartado, Postal 70-360, 04510 Mexico, DF, Mexico;(2) Instituto de Fisica, UNAM, Apartado, Postal 20-364, 01000 Mexico, DF, Mexico
Abstract:
The porosity of ZnO-polyacrylic acid (PAA) composites was studied by mercury intrusion porosimetry and scanning electron microscope. There seems to be a dependence of the porosity on the ZnO/PAA ratio and a particular value for which the pore volume is a minimum. These results are analysed and explained in terms of the reaction kinetics.