CHARACTERIZATION OF UNYE BENTONITE AFTER TREATMENT WITH SULFURIC ACID


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Çağlar B., Afşin B., Koksal E., Tabak A., Eren E.

QUIMICA NOVA, vol.36, no.7, pp.955-959, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 36 Issue: 7
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1590/s0100-40422013000700006
  • Journal Name: QUIMICA NOVA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.955-959
  • Keywords: acid activation, Unye bentonite, mesoporous, X-RAY-DIFFRACTION, ACTIVATED MONTMORILLONITE, TURKISH BENTONITE, BET MEASUREMENT, CLAY-MINERALS, SMECTITE, ADSORPTION, PRODUCTS, DTA/TG
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Unye bentonite was found to consist predominantly of a dioctahedral smectite along with quartz, tridymite, cristobalite, and minor fractions of feldspar and anatase. A considerable amount of Al was retained as a constituent in acid-resistant impurities following the decomposition of the montmorillonite via acid treatment at an acid/clay ratio of 0.4. These impurities were mesoporous with a maximum surface area of 303.9 +/- 0.4 m(2) g(-1). A sharp decrease in the d(001) lattice spacing of the montmorillonite to 15.33 angstrom reflected the reduction of the crystallinity in the activated products. In addition, the increase in the ease with which newly formed hydroxyl groups were lost paralleled the severity of the acid treatment.