Abstract

Due to the colloidal silica has many applications such as coating, a catalyst precursor, a nano-size filler, investment casting, semiconductor wafer polishing, and an inorganic binder, it still attracting to be studied. The colloidal silica layer has been coated on a glass substrate using the spray-coating process. Two kinds of colloidal silica were prepared, i.e., the colloidal silica formed by mixing of nano-silica from Balai Besar Keramik (BKK) and the silane hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS), and the colloidal silica polishing Mastermet (0.06 mm) commercial as a comparison. The HMDS percent was varied at 10, 20, and 30 vol.%. The contact angle measurement obtained the hydrophobic properties of the samples, and a UV-Vis spectrophotometer measured the transmittance samples. A water contact angle of 94.9° is achieved at 10% HMDS. For all samples, the transmittance of the before and after coated glass substrate can reach an average of 89% to 90%. From this study, it is concluded that the BBK nano-silica has met the commercial requirements that are the hydrophobic property in the contact angle and the transmittance.

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