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Adsorption by Organo-Clay Complexes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

C. T. Cowan*
Affiliation:
Gas Research Dept., The University, Leeds 2, Oklahoma, USA
D. White
Affiliation:
Gas Research Dept., The University, Leeds 2, Oklahoma, USA
*
1Present address: The Fullers' Earth Union Ltd., Redhill, Surrey

Abstract

The adsorption of phenols from dilute aqueous solution by n-aliphatic amine and Ethomeen clays has been investigated and it is shown that dodecylammonium bentonite is the most active member of the series ethylammonium to octadecylammonium bentonite. On the basis of spatial considerations, thermodynamic data, and electron density measurements a theory of adsorption has been proposed in which it is envisaged that condensation of adsorbate molecules on the organo-clay surface occurs through electrostatic/hydrogen bond forces at the hydrophilic sites and van der Waals forces at the organophilic sites.

Type
Symposium on Clay—Organic Complexes
Copyright
Copyright © The Clay Minerals Society 1960

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