Journal
APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE
Volume 83-84, Issue -, Pages 63-67Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2013.08.017
Keywords
Bentonite; Microwave; Bleaching; Soybean oil; Mechanism
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In this work, a bentonite clay from Brazil was activated with H2SO4 (6 N) by microwave operating at different powers for 15 min. Physical and structural changes on the clay were observed after the microwave treatment. These changes were measured by X-ray diffraction (XRD), specific surface area (SSA) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques. The bleaching capacity of each sample for the alkali-refined soybean oil was determined. It was observed that the average pore size of clay particles showed some contribution on the oil bleaching capacity, and that is not associated with maximum SSA. A mechanism of soybean oil bleaching by beta-carotene molecule adsorption into particle pore of bentonite was proposed. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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