Journal
MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS
Volume 277, Issue -, Pages 1-9Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2018.10.007
Keywords
Brick; Metakaolinite; Alkaline activation; NaA and NaP zeolites; Solid state NMR; Porosity; ESEM/EDS
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- Agence de l'Eau Artois-Picardie
- City Hall of Villeneuve d'Ascq
- Embassy of France
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A metakaolinite-containing brick made by craftsmen in Central African Republic was treated with sodium hydroxide at 90 degrees C. After metakaolinite dissolution, gel state Na - aluminosilicates were initially formed and impregnated the surfaces of no-attacked brick grains (mainly sand). This gel changed progressively with time into crystal seeds at remaining brick surfaces. The generation of 'low silica' zeolites (NaA and NaP) with molar Si/Al ratios close to 1 was evidenced by the ESEM/EDS technique and their pore size distribution by using N-2 adsorption-desorption isotherm at 77 K. Al-27 and Si-29 MAS NMR spectra of alkali-brick samples were recorded for studying their evolution with NaOH-reagent level and for characterizing newly-generated zeolitic materials in which Si and Al atoms are identified in the classification of alumino-silicates by the coordination number of the central silicon atom and the number of Si and Al second neighbors used. Al-27 MQ (multiple quantum) MAS NMR was employed to study the aluminum coordination in synthesized zeolites. Na-23 and H-1 MAS NMR measurements were performed on alkali brick for evidencing the abundance of hydrated Na+. ions associated with negatively charged brick sites. After checking in the future the ability of zeolitized brick in the removal of heavy metals from wastewaters, this new composite should be of great interest in water treatments at low cost in Central African Republic.
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