Journal
MINERALS
Volume 10, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/min10090732
Keywords
clay minerals; montmorillonite; surfactant; hydrophobicity; wettability
Funding
- Russian Science Foundation [19-79-10266]
- Russian Science Foundation [19-79-10266] Funding Source: Russian Science Foundation
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In this work, a series of comparative studies for the effect of the nine commercially available cationic, amphoteric and nonionic surfactants on the structure and wettability of the montmorillonite based organoclays were performed. The pristine and modified clays were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy, and water contact angle (CA) measurements. It has been observed that the maximum basal spacing and the hydrophobicity of the organoclays increased with the alkyl chain length and chain number of the surfactant. It was found out that this effect is most pronounced when using cationic surfactants. The maximum value of contact angle corresponded to the organoclay obtained using di(hydrogenated tallow) ammonium chloride (DDA). The outcomes of this study are important and relevant to the preparation of effective organoclays for geotechnical, petroleum and polymer nanocomposite applications.
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