Journal
APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE
Volume 104, Issue -, Pages 110-118Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2014.11.016
Keywords
Bentonite; Intercalation; Exfoliation; Terpenic compound; Adsorption
Funding
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), The Hague through the International Foundation for Science (IFS) [F4458-1]
- SCAC (Service de Cooperation et d'Action Culturelle - Cooperation Francaise) [700351K]
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Two organic molecules and two inorganic polymers have been used to modify the structure of bentonites as to obtain a high adsorption capacity of thymol, an insecticidal terpenic compound. The selected organic molecules were cetyl and phenyl trimethyl ammonium chlorides (CTMA and PTMA); the inorganic compounds were aluminium hydroxyl and iron hydroxyl polymers. Organic bentonites were obtained after treatment with CTMA and PTMA solutions. Inorganic bentonites were obtained after treatment with polymeric solutions of Al-x(OH)(y) and Fe-x(OH)(y). Materials were characterized by several physicochemical techniques including X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermal gravimetric and differential analysis (TGA, TDA), infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and nitrogen adsorption-desorption. Adsorption capacities of modified and unmodified bentonites for terpenic compounds were also carried out. Results show that the organic cations have been intercalated successfully into the bentonite interlayer space. XRD measurements show that PTMA and CTMA induce an interlayer space expansion of 4.1 angstrom and 10.5 angstrom, respectively. The increase of specific surface areas (SSA) of materials treated with metallic polycations attests the occurrence of exfoliation. The highest adsorption capacity of thymol is obtained with bentonites modified by alkylammonium, which proves that the modification of the interlayer space is an interesting way to improve adsorption properties of clays usable as support for natural insecticides. (c) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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