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Adsorption study of xanthates on PbSO4 by titration microcalorimetry

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Isoperibol (pseudo-adiabatic) titration microcalorimetry was used to study the adsorption of various xanthates [CH3(CH2)nOCS2−] at the PbSO4/aqueous solution interface. The effect of the xanthate alkyl chain length (1n–3n) on the adsorption heat was evaluated. Xanthate adsorption isotherms were also determined. Furthermore, the amount of SO4 into the aqueous solution was quantified to correlate it with the xanthate uptake by PbSO4. The adsorption isotherms and the adsorption heat of the xanthates showed two steps. The first step occurred within a sub-monolayer xanthate coverage and was attributed to chemisorption of the xanthates exchanging surface hydroxyls to form CH3(CH2)nOCS2Pb. Lead xanthate (CH3(CH2)nOCS2)2Pb multilayers formed in the second step, which was attributed to an ionic exchange chemical reaction between the xanthates and PbSO4(aq). In the chemisorption step, the heat was found to be independent of the xanthate alkyl chain length and to linearly decrease in magnitude with the xanthate adsorption. In the multilayer formation step, the magnitude of the integral heat increased with the chain length of the xanthate. Heat contributions due to both the alkyl chain length and the interaction between the xanthate polar group and PbSO4(aq) for the formation of lead xanthates are presented. Raman spectroscopy was used to characterize the lead xanthate multilayers on PbSO4.

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A. Robledo-Cabrera and O. A. Orozco Navarro gratefully acknowledge the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), México for the Fellowship Grant Nos. 63211 and 281812 to pursue Ph. D. studies in Materials Science and Engineering at Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Authors thank J. D. Hernández for DFT calculation and to CONACYT for the partial financial support of this work through the Project No. 155148.

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    A. Robledo-Cabrera, A. López-Valdivieso & O. A. Orozco-Navarro

  2. Instituto de Física, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Manuel Nava 6, 78290, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    J. E. Pérez-López

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Robledo-Cabrera, A., López-Valdivieso, A., Pérez-López, J.E. et al. Adsorption study of xanthates on PbSO4 by titration microcalorimetry. J Therm Anal Calorim 133, 991–999 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-018-7175-1

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