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Surface Area Changes of a Vermiculite by Acid and Thermal Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Juan de D. Lopez-Gonzalez  and
Jesus Cano-Ruiz
Juan de D. Lopez-Gonzalez*
Affiliation:
Laboratorios de Quimica Inorganica de la Universidad de Granada y Estacion, Experimental del Zaidin, Granada, Spain
Jesus Cano-Ruiz
Affiliation:
Laboratorios de Quimica Inorganica de la Universidad de Granada y Estacion, Experimental del Zaidin, Granada, Spain
*
1Present address: Department of Soils and Plant Nutrition, University of California at Berkeley.
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Abstract

A Vermiculite from Beni-Uxera, North Africa, was refluxed with HC1 solutions of various concentrations to determine the effect of such a treatment on its surface area. The treated vermiculite was analyzed for “free” SiO2 and by x-ray diffraction, and the refluxing solutions were analyzed for the cations removed from the vermiculite. Surface areas were determined by means of adsorption isotherms of n-butane at 0°C.

The surface area of the acid-treated vermiculite increases with increase in concentration of the acid. Heating of the acid-treated samples or the natural samples decreases the surface area.

The increase in surface area by acid treatment is due to destruction of the vermiculite and its conversion to a “free” form of SiO2 which possesses a large surface area. x-Ray analysis indicated that this “free” SiO2 was not present in the interlayer positions of the crystal lattice of vermiculite.

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Clays and Clay Minerals (National Conference on Clays and Clay Minerals) , Volume 6 , February 1957 , pp. 399 - 405
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Copyright © Clay Minerals Society 1957

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