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Structural characterization of (Cu2+,Na+)- and (Cu2+, NH4+\$\end{document})-exchanged bentonites upon thermal treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Torsten Seiffarth  and
Christian Kaps
Torsten Seiffarth*
Affiliation:
Bauhaus University Weimar, Building Chemistry, Coudraystr. 13C, D-99423 Weimar, Germany
Christian Kaps
Affiliation:
Bauhaus University Weimar, Building Chemistry, Coudraystr. 13C, D-99423 Weimar, Germany
*
* E-mail address of corresponding author: torsten.seiffarth@bauing.uni-weimar.de
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Abstract

Bentonites are excellent materials for sequestering various metal cations because of the cation fixation ability of the constituent montmorillonite layers, but sometimes, such as in the case of Cu2+, the exact location of cation fixation with respect to the clay layers is difficult to determine. Na-montmorillonite was prepared from the <2 µm fraction of the bentonite Calcigel (from Bavaria, Germany) and exchanged by Cu2+ and Na+ or by Cu2+ and NH4+\$\end{document} cations. The resulting materials (bi-ionic Cu-Na and Cu-NH4 samples, respectively, as well as homo-ionic forms with Cu2+, Na+ and NH4+\$\end{document}) were heated for 24 h at temperatures of 300 and 450°C and the structural evolution characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis.

The XRD patterns showed that the Cu sample and the Cu-Na sample have basal spacings of 12.5 Å. Upon heating at 300 and 450°C, the layers collapsed to 9.5 Å. In contrast, the d001 value in the NH4 sample and Cu-NH4 sample decreased to 10.0 Å and 10.2 Å, respectively, during the heat treatment. The Cu2+ ions migrated irreversibly into the montmorillonite structure.

For the NH4 and the Cu-NH4 samples, DSC analyses show that NH3 evolved at between 300 and 400°C though the octahedral sheet was not altered substantially by the H+ generated. Infrared spectra show that the bands of the Si-O and OH vibrations of all samples were changed upon heating due to the movement of the dehydrated cations into the hexagonal holes of the tetrahedral sheet. Apparently no Cu2+ was trapped in the octahedral sheet. In the case of the Cu-NH4 form, both Cu2+ fixation and de-ammonization occurred during the heat treatment. Other than maintaining the basal spacing, no effect of the presence of NH4+\$\end{document} on the Cu2+ fixation could be found for the montmorillonite studied.

Keywords

Acid ActivationCu FixationDe-ammonizationDRIFTFTIRHofmann-Klemen EffectMontmorilloniteNH4 Clay
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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 57 , Issue 1 , February 2009 , pp. 40 - 45
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Copyright © The Clay Minerals Society 2009

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