Calorimetric investigation of adsorption of an aqueous metachromic dye (crystal-violet) on montmorillonite

Loren G. Hepler*, Shmuel Yariv, Celina Dobrogowska

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Abstract

Crystal-violet is a cationic dye that exhibits metachromasy in aqueous solutions and when adsorbed on various solids; the changes in the absorption spectrum of the dye permit identification of monomeric, dimeric, and polymeric species and can also help in distinguishing between several different kinds of dye-adsorbent interactions. This paper reports the results of calorimetric measurements of enthalpies of adsorption of aqueous crystal-violet on to eight different cationic (Li+ K+, Cs+, Mg2+ Ca2+ Ba2+ Cd2+ and Al3+) montmorillonite clays.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)373-379
Number of pages7
JournalThermochimica Acta
Volume121
Issue numberC
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Nov 1987
Externally publishedYes

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