초록
Porous glass in the ZrO2-SiO2 system containing up to 30 mol% zirconia were prepared from the mixed solutions of Zr(O.nC3H7)4 and partially prehydrolyzed TEOS by the sol-gel method. Pore characteristics, physical properties and alkali resistance were investigated. The gels converted into the porous glass by heating at $700^{\circ}C$, it was found that the glass like skeleton was already made up in lower temperature regions. The specific surface area of the porous glass was 227 $m^2$/g, average mean pore size was about 19$\AA$ and porosity was 19.2%, pore characteristics and physical properties depended on heating temperature. Alkali resistance of the porous glass increased as the zirconia content increased, because of the appearance of Zr-enriched layer at glass surface.