Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 5, Issue 4, Pages 299-306Publisher
CSIRO PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1071/EN08015
Keywords
alternative solvents; clay minerals; sorption isotherm; sorption mechanism; thermodynamics of sorption
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- Polish Ministry of Education and Research [2P04G 083 29, 2P04G 118 29, N205 041 32/2340, DS 8200-4-0085-7]
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In the present study, the mechanism of sorption of ionic liquids onto kaolinite clay mineral has been investigated in detail. Results obtained indicate a multilayer type of adsorption. At final saturations, the highest distribution coefficients were found for the long alkyl chain molecules. The mean free energy values obtained are below values of a typical ion-exchange process, which thus suggests that the adsorption mechanism is a combination of electrostatic interaction and physical sorption. At the beginning of the binding process (formation of a monolayer), ion-exchange and van der Waals interactions are predominantly responsible for the process, whereas at higher concentrations of ionic liquids, dispersive interactions become dominant. Thermodynamic parameters were also calculated from graphical interpretation of experimental data. Negative values of Delta G indicate a spontaneous sorption process for ionic liquids. Standard heats of adsorption were found to be exothermic and entropy contributions were negative in all cases studied.
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