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Water-Vapor Sorption on Kaolinite: Hysteresis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

R. Torrence Martin
R. Torrence Martin*
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Abstract

Detailed water-vapor sorption measurements were made on Li, ISTa, K, Cs and Mg kaolinite at 25°C. When desorption is started from P/P0 near saturation, all ionic modifications show reversible hysteresis. The size and P/P0 range of the hysteresis loop varies with the nature of the exchangeable ion and sample history.

No hysteresis occurs on Li and K kaolinite when desorption is started at P/P0 < 0.8 which along with other data indicates that Li and K exchangeable ions are not truly hydrated below P/P0 = 0.8. The hysteresis for all ionic modifications is traced to hydration of the exchangeable ions. The apparent anomalous position of Li and K ionic hydration is attributed to control of hydration of exchangeable ions by the difference between the hydration energy of the ion minus the specific adsorption energy of the ion for the clay. This difference must be positive before true ionic hydration occurs.

A molecular model for sorption is postulated in which sorption is assumed to take place at specific sorption sites upon the clay surface. The energy of sorption at different sites is believed to be different and also to be a function of the hydration state of the exchangeable ion. By the use of the proposed model and the detailed sorption data, hydration of the different exchangeable ions as a function of the relative vapor pressure can be obtained. The sorption model also predicts phase changes in the sorbed film at certain relative pressures. These calculated phase changes agree very well with phase changes indicated from Jura-Harkins’ plots of the experimental data.

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Clays and Clay Minerals (National Conference on Clays and Clay Minerals) , Volume 6 , February 1957 , pp. 259 - 278
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Copyright © Clay Minerals Society 1957

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