Pingxiao Wu | PubMed Health

PubMed2005

The relationship between acidic activation and microstructural changes in montmorillonite from Heping, China.

The montmorillonite sample from Heping, China had been studied by chemical analysis, XRD, IR, AFM and MAS NMR. The results showed that acid concentration had much influence on surface structure of montmorillonite. When the acid concentration reached 2M, the Q3Si structure in silica-oxygen tetrahedron recombined, some Q3Si structure in montmorillonite transformed to distortion Q3Si structure and Q4Si structure. However, the structure of Al had no changes, according with the observation results of atomic force microscope. The Brønsted acid site of montmorillonite increases with the accretion of the concentration of acid activation, while oversize concentration of acid activation will decrease the surface site of montmorillonite.

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PubMed2004

The microstructural study of thermal treatment montmorillonite from Heping, China.

The montmorillonite samples from Heping, China had been studied by chemical analysis, DAT, TG, XRD and MAS NMR. The results showed that the hydroxyl in octahedra sheets begins dehydrating, when the thermal treatment temperature reaches 650 degrees C, but the layer structure remains, the corresponding Al(VI) was turned into Al(IV) in octahedra sheets. When the temperature reaches 900 degrees C, the layer structure of montmorillonite is destroyed, and the new mineral phase mu-cordierite is found. When the temperature reaches 1200 degrees C, the mu-cordierite phase loses stability, and decomposes into cristobalite phase and mullite phase, meanwhile, the recrystallization phenomena in thermal treatment products is obvious. There is a small quantity of Al(VI) signal in MAS NMR spectrum, this Al(VI) corresponds to the Al of mullite. When the temperature reaches 1350 degrees C, the cristobalite and mullite phases reduce slightly, and more Fe-cordierite phase appear. There is corresponding Fe-cordierite spectrum in XRD and MAS NMR.

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