Infrared study of the thermal treatment of sepiolite and palygorskite saturated with organic amines

Uri Shuali*, Lea Bram, Menachem Steinberg, Shmuel Yariv

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Abstract

Butylamine (BA), pyridine (PY) and 2,4,6-trimethylpyridine (TMP) were adsorbed by sepiolite and palygorskite under reflux. The adsorption and the thermal stability of the organo-clay complexes were studied by IR thermospectrometry. In this technique KBr disks of the organo-clay complexes were heated to 100, 200, 300 and 400°C and IR spectra were recorded after each thermal treatment. The spectra proved that the adsorbed amines were located in the channels, replacing part of the zeolitic and bound water. The three amines were hydrogen bonded to the zeolitic water, Associations were also obtained between BA or PY and bound water in sepiolite but not in palygorskite and not with TMP. Small amounts of adsorbed BA and TMP were protonated. During the thermal treatment of the organo-clay, associations were formed between BA or PY and octahedral Mg exposed to the channel. From the thermal study it can be concluded that hydrophobicity of the clays increases and their thermal stability decreases as a result of the adsorption of the organic bases.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)445-456
Number of pages12
JournalThermochimica Acta
Volume148
Issue numberC
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Aug 1989

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