Heating to high temperatures in air or oxygen.
Notes:
- The term is most likely to be applied to a step in the preparation of a catalyst.
- In sol-gel processing the term applies to the heating of a polymer network
containing metal compounds to convert it into an oxide network.
- Modified from previous definition. The definition proposed here is more
explicit about the elevated temperatures that are required.
Source:
PAC, 2007, 79, 1801
(Definitions of terms relating to the structure and processing of sols, gels, networks, and inorganic-organic hybrid materials (IUPAC Recommendations 2007))
on page 1821
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
doi:10.1351/goldbook.
