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Effects of solid acidity of clay minerals on the thermal decomposition of 12-aminolauric acid

A thermogravimetry study

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In this study, the effects of four types of clay minerals on the thermal decomposition of 12-aminolauric acid (ALA) were investigated. The decomposition temperature of ALA in ALA–clay complexes was in the range of 200–500 °C. The derivative thermogravimetry results indicated that all clay minerals exhibited catalytic activity on the decomposition of ALA. Pure ALA decomposed at approximately 464 °C, a temperature higher than the decomposition temperature of ALA in the presence of clay minerals. The decomposition temperature of ALA in different ALA–clay complexes follows the order illite (452 °C) > kaolinite (419 °C) > rectorite (417 °C) > montmorillonite (400 °C). This order is negatively correlated with the amounts of solid acid sites in the clay minerals, indicating that ALA is catalyzed by the solid acid sites in these minerals.

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This study was financially supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2012CB214704-01), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41272059), and the National S&T Major Project of China (Grant No. 2011ZX05008-002-21). This is a contribution (No. IS1592) from GIGCAS.

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    Hongmei Liu, Peng Yuan, Dong Liu, Daoyong Tan, Hongping He & Jianxi Zhu

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Liu, H., Yuan, P., Liu, D. et al. Effects of solid acidity of clay minerals on the thermal decomposition of 12-aminolauric acid. J Therm Anal Calorim 114, 125–130 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-012-2887-0

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