Journal
APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE
Volume 55, Issue -, Pages 100-107Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2011.10.012
Keywords
Clay minerals; Acid treatment; Layer charge; CEC; Methylene blue; UV-Vis spectroscopy
Funding
- Grant Agency for Science VEGA [2/0089/09, 2/0183/09]
- Research & Development Operational Programme
- ERDF
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Adsorption of methylene blue (MB) on acid-treated clay minerals was used to follow the changes in layer charge (LC). Decreased values of cation exchange capacity (CEC) upon HCI attack confirmed reduction of LC in all studied systems. Second derivative absorption spectra (SDS) were used for better resolution of the individual bands in the spectra and for easier distinguishing between absorption of different dye species, such as the monomers absorbing near 675 nm, dimers (600 nm), H-aggregates (570 nm), and J-aggregates (775 nm). The changes in the SDS of smectites showed increasing rate of their dissolution in HCI with rising substitution for octahedral Al. The MB spectra of SWy-2 revealed heterogeneity of layer charge distribution in this montmorillonite. Formation of MB monomers confirmed that smectite/illite was more stable in HCI than illite despite of its higher content of swelling layers. The MB spectra were found to better reflect the changes in the LC of acid-treated clay minerals with non-swelling layers than the CEC values. The spectra of well-ordered kaolinite did not change at all within acid-treatment, while a slight increase of monomers band was observed for disordered kaolinite after 36 h. The obtained results confirmed that MB adsorption is a very sensitive tool for characterization of layer charge of different clay minerals modified upon acid treatment. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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