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Microstructure of HDTMA+-Modified Montmorillonite and its Influence on Sorption Characteristics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Hongping He ,
Qin Zhou ,
Wayde N. Martens ,
Theo J. Kloprogge ,
Peng Yuan ,
Yunfei Xi ,
Jianxi Zhu  and
Ray L. Frost
Hongping He*
Affiliation:
Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China Inorganic Materials Research Program, School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
Qin Zhou
Affiliation:
Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
Wayde N. Martens
Affiliation:
Inorganic Materials Research Program, School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
Theo J. Kloprogge
Affiliation:
Inorganic Materials Research Program, School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
Peng Yuan
Affiliation:
Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
Yunfei Xi
Affiliation:
Inorganic Materials Research Program, School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
Jianxi Zhu
Affiliation:
Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
Ray L. Frost
Affiliation:
Inorganic Materials Research Program, School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
*
*E-mail address of corresponding author: hehp@gig.ac.cn
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Abstract

A series of organoclays with monolayers, bilayers, pseudotrilayers, paraffin monolayers and paraffin bilayers were prepared from montmorillonite by ion exchange with hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (HDTMAB). The HDTMAB concentrations used for preparing the organoclays were 0.5, 0.7, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 times the montmorillonite cation exchange capacity (CEC). The microstructural parameters, including the BET-N2 surface area, pore volume, pore size, and surfactant loading and distribution, were determined by X-ray diffraction, N2 adsorption-desorption and high-resolution thermogravimetric analysis (HRTG). The BET-N2 surface area decreased from 55 to 1 m2/g and the pore volume decreased from 0.11 to 0.01 cm3/g as surfactant loading was increased from Na-Mt to 2.5CEC-Mt. The average pore diameter increased from 6.8 to 16.3 nm as surfactant loading was increased. After modifying montmorillonite with HDTMAB, two basic organoclay models were proposed on the basis of HRTG results: (1) the surfactant mainly occupied the clay interlayer space (0.5CEC-Mt, 0.7CEC-Mt, 1.0CEC-Mt); and (2) both the clay interlayer space and external surface (1.5CEC-Mt, 2.0CEC-Mt, 2.5CEC-Mt) were modified by surfactant. In model 1, the sorption mechanism of p-nitrophenol to the organoclay at a relatively low concentration involved both surface adsorption and partitioning, whereas, in model 2 it mainly involved only partitioning. This study demonstrates that the distribution of adsorbed surfactant and the arrangement of adsorbed HDTMA+ within the clay interlayer space control the efficiency and mechanism of sorption by the organoclay rather than BET-N2 surface area, pore volume, and pore diameter.

Keywords

BET-N2 Surface AreaHDTMA+OrganoclayPore SizePore VolumeSorption EfficiencySurfactant LoadingSorption Mechanism

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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 54 , Issue 6 , December 2006 , pp. 689 - 696
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Copyright © 2006, The Clay Minerals Society

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