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Desorption of benzoic and stearic acid adsorbed upon montmorillonites: a thermogravimetric study

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The desorption of benzoic acid and stearic acid from sodium and calcium montmorillonites has been studied using thermogravimetric and differential thermogravimetric analysis. Desorption of benzoic acid from sodium montmorillonites occurs at 140 °C and from calcium montmorillonites at 179 °C. This increase in temperature is attributed to the benzoic acid bonding to the calcium in the interlayer. A lowering of the dehydroxylation temperature of montmorillonites is observed with acid adsorption. Stearic acid desorbs at 218 °C as observed by the DTG curves. The desorption pattern differs between the sodium montmorillonites and the calcium montmorillonites.

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The financial and infra-structure support of the Queensland University of Technology Inorganic Materials Research Program is gratefully acknowledged. The Australian Research Council (ARC) is thanked for funding the Thermal Analysis Facility. Financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China through Grant Nos: 40672085 and 40872089) is acknowledged.

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    Longfei Lu & Ray L. Frost

  2. State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China

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Lu, L., Frost, R.L. & Cai, J. Desorption of benzoic and stearic acid adsorbed upon montmorillonites: a thermogravimetric study. J Therm Anal Calorim 99, 377–384 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-009-0125-1

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